Dan Perjovschi was born in Sibiu, Romania in 1961 where he lives and works. Since the 1990s and in the aftermath of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, Perjovschi has become internationally known for his cartoon-like drawings in museums and other institutional spaces, as well as public spaces. His characteristic imagery, executed in permanent black markers draws from current affairs, politics, social issues and contemporary narratives, situations and pathologies. With a humorous, incisive and critical eye, Perjovschi explores political topics including recent global conflicts and contestations, identity issues, cultural biases, and burning issues such as the migration crises and religious conflicts, but also consumerist habits. Perjovschi has transformed the practice of drawing into a medium of information, political commentary and activism. Expressing difficult ideas in rapidly executed, off-the-cuff drawings, Perjovschi’s installations propose that art can be both political and critical without being didactic and moralistic. For his first solo museum exhibition in Greece, Perjovschi has been invited to create a new, large-scale 30-metre drawing installation, directly onto the largest wall of the EMST Foyer. Perjovschi has contributed to numerous exhibitions and biennials as well as literary and political journals, such as Contrapunct and 22. The latter was the first independent oppositional weekly published in Romania in the aftermath of the Democratic Revolution.
Curated by Anna Mykoniati
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Dan Perjovschi was born in Sibu Romania where he lives and works. Since the 1990s Dan Perjovschi has become internationally known for his cartoon-like drawings in museums and other institutional spaces, as well as public spaces. He has contributed to numerous exhibitions and biennials as well as literary and political journals. His characteristic imagery, executed in permanent black markers draws from current affairs, politics, social issues and contemporary narratives, including the migration crises or recent global conflicts and contestations, identity issues, cultural biases or consumerist habits. Perjovschi has transformed the practice of drawing into a medium of information, political commentary and activism.
Perjovschi has exhibited, among many other places, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin and Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven. His work has been featured in important international exhibitions such as Documenta, the Venice and Istanbul Biennials, and Manifesta, among many others. Perjovschi has won prizes such as the Princess Margriet Award of the European Cultural Foundation and the George Maciunas Prize. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum Ludwig, Budapest and Tate, London, UK.
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