Geta Brătescu (1926 – 2018) is today considered the grand dame of the Eastern European avant-garde. Because of the Iron Curtain, she has only been discovered by the Western art world in the last decade. Ever since she designed the Romanian pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2017 at the age of 91, she is no longer only known to a specialist audience.
Serial variations, playing with lines, and the use of found objects determine her work, which spans 70 years. Despite the repression brought about by the communist regime, she continued her artistic path undeterred.
Geta Brătescu's work was honored in an exhibition at the Ravensburg Art Museum. All of the artist's works from the Stadler collection were on display there.
Geta Brătescu. Drawing as a Dance
25.03.2023 - 25.06.2023
Ravensburg Art Museum
»Drawing is an activity, like walking in an open space.
Drawing gives me the feeling of freedom.«
Geta Brătescu
Insight into the artist's studio
Gallery owner Marian Ivan photographed Geta Brătescu's collage Linia (2014) in the artist's studio after its completion. Brătescu used simple wooden sticks for this piece, the kind often found in fast-food restaurants for stirring coffee or tea.
