Romanian Sculpture Brancusi in Museums and Patriciu Mateescu at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Prof. Dr. Ileana Costea 18 November 2005 Slide Presentation Made by Ileana Costea at the opening of the ENCOUNTERS exhibition
Brancusi
Gorj House – wooden post Brancusi‘s Bird
Adam and Eve Guggenheim 1916-24
King of Kings Guggenheim 1912
Nothing grows under a big tree. National Museum of Art Romania Inspiration by Rodin Nothing grows under a big tree.
Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse - LACMA Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania, 1876-1957) Mlle Pogany II, 1920 Polished bronze, 17 x 7 x 10” (43.7 x 17.5 x 25.5 cm.) Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Avant-Garde Central European Art – LACMA Museum, Los Angeles
Brancusi‘sWorkshop Renzo Piano - Paris
Brancusi‘s Atelier - Workshop, Centre Pompidou - Paris Renzo Piano – architect LACMA Museum Exhibit until October 2, 2005
Disney Symphony Hall down-town LA
Brancusi‘s fish sculpture Frank Gherry Architect Guggenheim – Bilbao Symphony Hall - LA Inspired most by Brancusi‘s fish sculpture
Isamu Noguchi – Maison Japonaise, Paris 10 pages in catalogue about Brancusi
Noguchi - Brancusi
Isamu Noguchi‘s furniture Brancusi‘s Leda and Fish
Birds in space Canberra
Liable for duty as a manufactured object not a work of art. The court decided in 1928 that the sculpture was a work of art.
Bird in Space Norton Simon Museum Pasadena – LA on an Asian journal cover : Why?
Brancusi vs. the United States: The Historic Trial, 1928. Book by Rowell, Margit. When Brancusi shipped work to his friend in New York, for the Brummer Gallery in New York, Customs refused to allow it in duty-free, as was the case for art. In 1927, the most famous trial concerning the definition of art began.
Golden Bird – Chicago Arts Institute
Brancusi‘s Heads
Brancusi’s “The Kiss” – many variations
The Kiss Montparnasse Cemetery
Brancusi’s Kiss Philadelphia
ConstantinBrancusi Monumental Ensemble Table of Silence Targu-Jiu Romania
The Endless Column or Column of Infinity A sketch by Brancusi
The End - Brancusi
Patriciu (Patrick) Mateescu
Monumental Works in Romania
Mateescu in LA 1980 – UCLA Love Flower 1
Patriciu at CSUN 2 m high Polyester CSUN -1985
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