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„Ohne Titel“ Dan Perjovschi During a sojourn in Cologne, Dan Perjovschi has created numerous drawings, which were then traced onto the interior and exterior walls of the exhibition space by the collaborators of “Projekt Migration”. This multiplication is an integral part of the conception. In their contents, the drawings make reference to present-day political issues during Perjovschi’s stay. They are comments and interventions within the (semi) public space. The drawings are to be seen in the context of Perjovschi’s multifarious artistic practice. In collaboration with his wife, Lia, he heads the first independent archives of contemporary art, the CAA, in Bucharest. Since 1991, he has been the art director of the weekly magazine “22”, which was founded by former dissidents under the Ceausescu regime. This journalistic praxis sparked the idea to publish his political illustrations, puns and commenting texts in other spaces, too: on the internet or in exhibitions. These pictures, which resemble comic strips, criticize every-day opportunism and ignorance as well as developments in international politics. One of their recurring themes is the role of Eastern European countries within the process of Europeanization as a “process of civilization”. For example, the perpetuation of a self-imposed censorship, which was enforced during the time of the dictatorship in Rumania, in the pressure to adapt to Western “values”; the willing subjection under consumption and communication in the Late Capitalism; or the renewed recalling of Christianity in the EU. Perjovschi’s response to Angela Merkel’s campaign for a “privileged partnership” against Turkey was: “No Turkey. No Thanksgiving.” He also reflects on his own role in an art world where Western institutions yearn for young and fresh art from Eastern Europe. He tries to elude the friendly takeover, not least by the fact that the drawings will vanish after the end of the exhibition, and will from then on solely circulate as documentation. Artist, born 1961, lives and works in Bucharest. |
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