127. VICTOR MAN
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Untitled (Basil Hymen), 2010,
installation
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Untitled (Tamed Triangles), (from, If Mind Were
All There Was), 2009
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Untitled (After St. Anthony the Hermit Tortured
by the Devils, 1423, Sassetta), 2008
BIO & STEPS
Born:
In 1974
Nowadays:
Lives in Berlin and Cluj, Romania
Studies:
He began to
study at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, graduating in
1992.
Themes and
style:
He
emphatically distances himself from Eastern Europe's profitable obsession with
its Communist history. Often obscured by his signature dark grey palette and
playful or altogether absent titles, the sources of his works are largely
untraceable. Rather than clues to reconstruct any past events -- as if it were
actually possible to excavate and find an intact version of them -- Man's works
become misleading signs that invite the viewer to construct new narratives when
not deliberately intended to disorient them.
Techniques:
His work
is developed in paintings and instalations.
Exhibitions
See all at:
Representative
Galleries:
Gladstone
Plan B
Blum & Poe
In
his own words:
"I'm
not so interested in preserving the memory of any events," says Man, but
rather "in stripping the image of its initial significance in order to
reconstruct a new one with it. It's a process of emptying."
For
more Information: