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A Catalogue Raisonne embodies the whole range of work or specific type of work of an artist. It should do the artist justice, and his work. The graphic solution should be identifiable with the artist, but should feel as though it was made by an art critic that captured his essence.
All of this gained new dimensions when the task at hand was directed towards the work of famous Romanian artist Ion Grigorescu, his work being neither of visual aesthetics or easy subjects.
All of this gained new dimensions when the task at hand was directed towards the work of famous Romanian artist Ion Grigorescu, his work being neither of visual aesthetics or easy subjects.
His work is raw, visceral, destructive, disruptive and his visual manner is iconoclastic. For all of this, the catalogue is unpretty and raw, done within a visual statement.
The wire used is a very soft aluminium, easy to bend and twist.
Edited by MARe/Museum of Recent Art in collaboration with Vellant Publishing House, “Ion Grigorescu. Painted work.1963-2017” is the first catalogue Raisonne dedicated to a Romanian living artist. Embodying the whole range of work, the volume is published in Romanian and English, with 700 illustrations in 512 pages. The catalogue is the product of 8 month of research done by Erwin Kessler, Cristian Vechiu, Carola Chișiu, Ioana Antonia Pearsică and Diana-Andreea Novăceanu.
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