The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, in partnership with the Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, are inviting you to the conference & art exhibition "I Am a Romanian: the Bucharest – Tel Aviv Route", which propose a series of cultural analyses and interpretations of the Romanian identity.
The conference will present significant case studies in various cultural fields, such as: history, folklore, theology, literature, cinema and fine arts. The influences and the Romanian creative roots of some Israeli artists of Romanian origin, as well as important contributions of intellectual Jews to the Romanian cultural patrimony will also be taken into discussion. The participants are Romanian and Israeli specialists who are going to address relevant topics for both cultural milieus.
The art exhibition will focus on different point of views about Romanian identity, tradition & memory, as they are expressed in the works of 20 contemporary artists from Romania and 20 Israeli artists of Romanian descent. Their artistic productions are representative for the present Israeli and Romanian cultural spaces, for the modern and contemporary art, with an accent on the Romanian influences in the case of the Israeli creations.
The exhibition will be open for the public from March 29 to June 1st, 2011. The art works have been selected by the curator of the project, prof. Haim Maor, and his students, in direct cooperation with expert Claudia Lazar, who coordinates the project on behalf of the Romanian Cultural Institute.
The catalogue of the exhibition is the result of a special curatorial project, each artist being presented by an art history student from the Ben Gurion University.
The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv supports the participation of lectors Măriuca Stanciu, Codruţa Gabriela Antonesei, Liana Cojocaru, Adina Babeş, as well as the presence to the official opening of artists Dan Perjovschi, Maxim Dumitras, Vasile Raţă and gallerists Matei Câlţia and Mihai Pop. The RCI will also provide the presentation of the Romanian contemporary art works.
The introductory remarks will be made by HE Edward Iosiper, the ambassador of Romania to Israel, Dr. Gina Pana, the director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, prof. David Newman, the Dean of the BGU faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The project was made possible with the financial help of the A.M.I.R. (United Organization of Romanian Jews in Israel) and H.O.R. (Hitachdut Olei Romania).
Special thanks to Tarom for their support in the transportation of some of the art works.
The documentation has been realized with the support of Matei Câlţia (Galeria Posibilă), Mihai Pop (Galeria Plan B) and Cosmin Năsui (Modernism.ro).
Program of the conference
More information about the Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva: http://web.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Home.
The Romanian artists (in alphabetical order): Zoltan Bela, Irina Botea, Victor Brauner, Dragoş Burlacu, Claudiu Ciobanu, Florin Ciulache, Maxim Dumitraş, Teodor Graur, Nicu Ilfoveanu, Sorin Ilfoveanu, Istvan Laszlo, Stela Lie, Ciprian Mureşan, Miklos Onucsan, Lila Passima, Ştefan Pelmuş, Dan Perjovschi, Alexandru Potecă, Tudor Prisăcariu, Vasile Raţă. The Israeli artists (in alphabetical order): Efi Ben-David, Arie Berkowitz, Jean David, Digi Dekel, Yaacov Eisenscher, Belu Simion Făinaru, Dov Heller, Liana Saxone-Horodi, Marcel Janco, Iris Kovalio, Yehudit Matzkel, Dinu Mendrea, Ruth Oren, Philip Rantzer, Reuven Rubin, Edwin Salomon, Sasha Serber, Vilhelmina Sokol, Nora (Eleonora) Stanciu, Erica Weisz Schveiger. The curators: prof. Haim Maor and the students: Ilanit Aharoni-Chachkes, Aviva Almog, Efrat Baruchi, Lilach Baumer, Hagit Bernstein, Shiran Basson, Dafna Blum, Marganit (Niti) Cassapu, Yevgeny Cherp, Smadar Cohen, Shani Dagan, Rut Elad, Deborah Elhadad-Aroshas, Ayelet Evron Grover, Liad Gross, Svetlana Hasler, Yasmin Levin, Sigal Maor, Iveta Manshirov, Rachel Mosches Dayan, Emily Nester, Shiran Nissim, Sharon Rasuli, Noa Rosenberg, Maayan Rubinovitz, Lara Shilov, Avi A. Shumach, Nikolas Smirnov, Iris Tresman, Anna Yevelson, Meital Zisman.
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