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no. 12 (2013)
Archival

Rumunia - Romania - România

Romania is a paradoxical country. Although the long 19th century was very kind to it – the young country entered the European arena and quickly acquired an esteemed position – the short 20th century did not spare it in any respect. Trapped between fascism and communism, Romania had chosen the lesser of two evils. Decades in the shadows of “The Sun of the Carpathians” turned out to be the worst years of all. A sad country, full of humour” – George Bacovia’s prophetic words from the 1930s came true in excess.

The idea behind this monographic issue is to summarise contemporary Romanian culture, and take a look at new art trends in the context of social and political changes of the 20th century.

Exiting communism was not velvety for Romania and the road to Europe – bumpy. Is this the reason why Romanian transformation turned out to be so complicated? This is just one of the questions we would like to answer, as the balance of that period is still open, and the reasons for the state of the affairs seem to be rooted in the past. At the same time, Romania is an important partner in East‑Central Europe and we are not entirely aware of its potential. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to recognise and understand Romania’s specificity, and most of all – to perceive it as a country in the process of modernisation, which presents great inner diversity and cultural creativity, best manifested by the success of young Romanian cinema or “young Romanian art”.

Romania is different, but somehow similar, close, and therefore – very interesting.

Jacek Purchla

Editor-in-chief
Archival

Contents - no. 12

Romanian Dilemmas

Why Is Romania Different?

Professor Lucian Boia Talks to Cristian Pătrășconiu

Who’s Had Enough of Romania, and Why?

Traian Ungureanu

The Paradox of Nostalgia Over Communism

Dan Lungu

In Our Own View. People of Cultural Recognition Before, During and After…

Marius Stan

The Absent Gadjo Gypsy and the Present Goy Jew

Octavian Logigan

Does Romania Need the Myth of Central Europe?

Olga Bartosiewicz
Art

Surrealism’s Second Homeland: The Mysterious Heritage of Romanian Avant-Garde

Jakub Kornhauser

Benjamin Fundoianu – The Unknown Face of Romanian Modernism

Olga Bartosiewicz

The Rulers and the Exiles: The Past and Memory in Romanian Cinema Since 1989

Małgorzata Rejmer

The Invented Peasant. Traditionalism in Modern Romanian Art

Valentina Iancu

The Clujians

Łukasz Galusek
Ideas in Practice

City Meets Art – How Micro Big Bangs Changed Cluj

Corina Bucea

Museum of the Peasant

Tomasz Ogiński
Reflections, Impressions, Opinions

A Close‑Up. On Nicu Ilfoveanu’s Photography

Michał Korta

The Dark Revelations of Max Blecher

Wojciech Bonowicz

New After Fifty Years

Adam Burakowski

Return to Transylvania, a Spiritual Tower of Babel

Claudio Magris
By Myself

Finis Saxoniae and the Art of Return

Dieter Schlesak
BROWSE

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The Absent Gadjo Gypsy and the Present Goy Jew

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Logigan Octavian

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The Dark Revelations of Max Blecher

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Bonowicz Wojciech

  • Romania
  • Culture
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The Invented Peasant. Traditionalism in Modern Romanian Art

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Surrealism’s Second Homeland: The Mysterious Heritage of Romanian Avant-Garde

Druga ojczyzna surrealizmu
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The Paradox of Nostalgia Over Communism

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Lungu Dan

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  • Avant-garde

The Rulers and the Exiles: The Past and Memory in Romanian Cinema Since 1989

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  • Romania
  • Culture
  • History
  • Politics
  • Art
  • Avant-garde

Finis Saxoniae and the Art of Return

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Schlesak Dieter

  • Romania
  • Culture
  • History
  • Politics
  • Art
  • Avant-garde

Who’s Had Enough of Romania, and Why?

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  • Romania
  • Culture
  • History
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  • Art
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The Dark Revelations of Max Blecher

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  • History
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The Absent Gadjo Gypsy and the Present Goy Jew

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  • History
  • Politics
  • Art
  • Avant-garde

Benjamin Fundoianu – The Unknown Face of Romanian Modernism

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  • History
  • Politics
  • Art
  • Avant-garde

Why Is Romania Different?

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  • History
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