{"id":279,"date":"2015-08-28T18:02:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T16:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.ambogdan.com\/romanian-tapestry-beyond-threads\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T19:54:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:54:05","slug":"romanian-tapestry-beyond-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/romanian-tapestry-beyond-threads\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Threads \u2014 Romanian Tapestry at Its Best"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 25, Orizont Gallery opened the doors of a unique Romanian tapestry exhibition. Georgeta Mocanu and Marijana Bitulescu, opened the doors to their souls by revealing an amazing exhibition of tapestry and textile collages.\u00a0It’s called Beyond.Threads<\/em> (Dincolo. De fire).\u00a0It\u2019s not just a collection wonderful pieces gathered on the same roof, but a rewriting by four magic hands of all meanings of contemporary tapestry.<\/p>\n

Romanian tapestry<\/h2>\n

Forgetting your own people\u2019s traditions and customs is not an option, at least not from my point of view.\u00a0Therefore, whenever I get the chance to see Romanians honoring our own traditions, I feel humble, happy to share such moments, so I can write about them later on. \u00a0This time I have witnessed a moment of cultural and historical uncover of the past and present reflected in the artwork of two Romanian artisans and artists.<\/p>\n

As Alexandra Craciun, the curator of this exhibition so nicely said it at the opening, when looking at these pieces, one understands that<\/p>\n

\u201cTapestry is not just an art. It\u2019s a science of getting to the bottom of all things, of growing woods without acorns, of raising offerings of threads.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Georgeta Mocanu<\/h3>\n

A graduate from Nicolae Grigorescu Plastic Arts Institute<\/em> (Bucharest), since 1979 Mocanu has presented her tapestries and textiles in numerous local and international exhibitions.\u00a0 In 1986 she moved to Paris to work as a conservator for Chevalier Conservation, an establishment founded in 1917, which specializes in the restoration, conservation and cleaning of carpets, rugs, tapestries and textiles be they ancient or contemporary.\u00a0 Her restoration pieces are part of important French museums such as Louvre, Musee de la Renaissance, Ecouen, Rouen, Musee de Beaux Arts etc.<\/p>\n

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Her story-like trees are hand-made on vertical loom in a workshop in Transylvania, in Nandru village (Hunedoara county). \u00a0They maybe well be trees, cathedral columns and thoughts given to God by the artisan.<\/p>\n