BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://mnar.ro///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260419T111826EEST-80958ksD9N@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260419T081826Z DESCRIPTION:The National Museum of Art of Romania invites you to the openin g of the autumn exhibition season with the exhibition of the creator of th e Cluj school of sculpture\, Romulus Ladea. Part of the MNAR program which aims to give the public access through exhibitions to the national herita ge it either owns or is in the collections of other Romanian museums\, thi s exhibition takes place more than 50 years after the last retrospective o f the artist in Bucharest.\nThe exhibition presents a selection of the mos t important works of Romulus Ladea\, as envisioned by curator Judit Balint \, from MNAR’s own collection and works on loan from the Cluj-Napoca Art M useum\, the Timișoara National Art Museum\, the Arad Museum Complex\, the Brașov Art Museum\, the National Brukenthal\, National Museum of Banat\, O radea Museum of the Crișurilor Country\, from the collection of the Ladea family and that of Mr. Radu Zaciu. To these\, photos and documents are add ed from the National Museum of Contemporary Art and an audio recording fro m the 'Constantin Brăiloiu' Institute of Ethnography and Folklore.\nThe sc ulptor Romulus Ladea established himself in the history of local art throu gh a modernist vision and the adoption of an original sculptural language extracted from the local popular tradition\, from the lessons of the class ical masters and from the trends of interwar European sculpture. Although he had studied in Paris with Antoine Bourdelle and worked in Constantin Br âncuși’s studio in Montparnasse he did not become burdened by any of these influences.\nAs a teacher and a mentor\, Romulus Ladea made an important contribution to the development of specialized art education in Transylvan ia. He worked at the Cluj Academy of Art from its establishment until 1966 . Born in Jitin\, Caraș-Severin\, in 1901 he lived and worked in Arad\, Ti mișoara\, Cluj and in his last years in Arcuda\, near Bucharest.\nWhen the communist authorities removed him from education\, he lived for a period of isolation in Suceag\, near Cluj. With a strong personality and an inter est in broadening his cultural horizon and dialogue\, Ladea attracted writ ers and artists around him and formed an informal cenacle in Timișoara tha t met at the 'Spieluhr' cafe. During his retreat to Suceag\, his workshop became a place of pilgrimage visited by students\, writers\, artists and j ournalists. He passed away in 1970\, and as a sign of appreciation\, the h igh school of fine arts in Cluj-Napoca bears his name.\nThe 33 sculptures\ , presented in an impeccable scenography\, constitute a chronological cour se\, highlighting the stylistic evolution of the sculptor and his main the mes: portrait and self-portrait\, love\, motherhood\, family\, sacred spir it\, heroism. His artistic virtuosity enlivened materials such as wood\, c lay\, or bronze\, to which he gave an impressive monumentality\, a strikin g\, sometimes frustrated expressiveness. His sculptures thus bear the impr int of a strong spirit that managed to add a distinct artistic profile to the configuration of Romanian sculpture\, distinct from everything that wa s done before him.\nPublic monuments are an important part of his creation \, as Ladea is the author of works that represent great cultural personali ties\, with an emphasis on the symbolic figures that contributed to the em ancipation of the Romanian people. Statues with symbolic value in Cluj's p ublic space\, deeply attached to a local identity consciousness\, such as the statuary group 'Ardelean School' (Petru Maior\, Gheorghe Șincai\, Samu il Micu)\, placed in front of the\nrectorate of Babeș-Bolyai University\, Lucian Blaga\, placed in front of the National Theater\, Ion Agârbiceanu\, appear in the exhibition through a video production.\n'We want to respond to the public's appetite for diversity and high artistic quality with an exceptional exhibition of sculpture that will\, we hope\, revive interest in this artistic genre and in the work of an artist of Transylvanian origi n\, Romulus Ladea. At the same time\, we also aim with this exhibition to make known the extraordinary artistic heritage that MNAR owns and to offer other museums in the country the opportunity to present works of immense importance to the public in the capital' says the general director of MNAR Călin-Alexiu Stegerean.\nThe curator of the exhibition\, Judit Balint\, c oordinates the Oriental and Decorative Art Section of MNAR and the design project of the European Decorative Art Gallery. Trained as a sculptor\, sh e obtained her doctorate with a thesis on art in public space in Romania a fter 1989 and has over 15 years of experience within the MNAR\, where she collaborated in the organization of numerous temporary exhibitions.\nDurin g the exhibition\, the curator will support various educational-formative activities.\nThe opening will take place on Sunday\, October 1\, 2023\, at 6 p.m.\, on the ground floor of the National Gallery\, Calea Victoriei no . 49-53. The exhibition will be open from October 4 2023 to February 4\, 2 024.\nInstitutional partners: Cluj-Napoca Art Museum\, Timisoara National Art Museum\, Arad Museum Complex\, Brașov Art Museum\, Brukenthal National Museum\, Banat National Museum\, Oradea Crișurilor Country Museum\, Natio nal Museum of Contemporary Art\, Institute of Ethnography and Folklore 'Co nstantin Brăiloiu' https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/706-romulus-ladea- –-sculpture-exhibition DTSTART:20231001T114418Z DTEND:20231231T144418Z LOCATION:Muzeul Național de Artă al României (Calea Victoriei 49-53\, Bucur ești\, România) SUMMARY:Romulus Ladea – Sculpture Exhibition URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/706-romulus-ladea-–-sculpture-exhi bition END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR