Let’s talk performance art
Metaphor. Protest. Concept. Performing art in Romania and Moldova is a unique publication entirely consisting of interviews with local artists that have worked predominantly in the performative area.
Marina Oprea (b.1989) lives and works in Bucharest and is the current editor of the online edition of Revista ARTA. She graduated The National University of Fine Arts in Bucharest, with a background in photography and video art, and has since extended her interest into the area of critical writing. She is keen to point out the instances where pop culture meets contemporary art, her texts often indicating towards performativity as the intersection between the two. In between projects she makes translations and collaborates with various national and international artistic publications.
marinaoprea.comMetaphor. Protest. Concept. Performing art in Romania and Moldova is a unique publication entirely consisting of interviews with local artists that have worked predominantly in the performative area.
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