THERE THEY WERE, THE GALLERIES I WAS LOOKING FOR
I had tried to go to a couple of galleries with exhibitions recommended by Jerome but as I told you - I never found them. While the sun was still shining off I went yesterday morning and with quite a few detours, I go there. Next time around it will be very simple. I do wish I had a better a better sense of direction. What is the answer? The first exhibition was Adrian Ghenie. Born in Baia Mare Romania in 1977 and now living and working in Berlin, Adrian Ghenie is currently representing Romania in the 56th Venice Biennale. « Brought up in post-Ceausescu Romania, his work often dwells on the darker moments of post-war European history and the personalities whose actions have defined its course. Collective and personal memories, film stills, images culled from the Internet and art historical references are cut out and fused to make up the fabric of his paintings. Adrian Ghenie speaks of “painting the texture of history” and it is his fascination in recapturing these lost textures th