Ion Grigorescu
(Bucharest, 1945)- Around the table, 2015
- Drawing?, 2014
- Cortinas de la democracia, 2012
- The poor people are fending for themselves, 2009
- Wax Cherry Tree, 2009
- Returned Cart, 2009
- The Portuguese carpet, 2009
- Sleep, 2008
- Documenta 12, 2007
- Skin, 2006
- Study for Oedipus, 1985
- Portrait(s) of Ceausescu, 1980
- Selfsuperposeds, 1976-1979
- Dialogue with Ceauşescu, 1978
- Box, 1977
- Masculine – Feminine, 1976
- Electoral Meeting, 1975
Dialogue with Ceauşescu, 1978
Film 8mm 7' 11''
ENG
“In Dialogue with Ceausescu, his anthological 8mm film (1978), the artist assumes the roles of both the dictator and of himself in what might be called “an impossible dialogue”. The image is split in two and the lines of the text are scrolling down, a method which compensates for the scarce technical possibilities (the lack of sound) but which enhances the significance of this piece: it subtly reveals the split between the textual and the verbal, as the neat body of the text, which shows no signs of pauses or interruptions, is in stark opposition with the tense atmosphere that exists between the “two” protagonists (fig.5-8). Reading the dialogue, one realizes that the two discourses run parallel and that there is no interaction whatsoever between the representative of the “people” and the one who embodies the power.”
CAST
"En Dialogue with Ceausescu, su película antológica en 8mm (1978), el artista asume los papeles tanto del dictador como de él mismo en lo que podría llamarse " un diálogo imposible”. La imagen se divide en dos y las líneas del texto van bajando, un método que compensa las escasas posibilidades técnicas (la carencia de sonido) pero que realza la importancia de esta pieza: sutilmente se revela la ruptura entre lo textual y lo verbal, mientras el cuerpo del texto, que no muestra ningún signo de pausa o interrupción, está en clara oposición con la atmósfera tensa que existe entre los " dos" protagonistas.
Al leer el diálogo, uno toma conciencia de que los dos discursos corren en paralelo y que no hay ninguna interacción entre el representante "de la gente" y el que representa al poder. "
(Magda Radu, Art and Politics: considering some of Ion Grigorescu’s films and photographs)
