VIRTUAL PHILBIBLON ANTHOLOGY !!! Now from the artistic illustrations of the Philobiblon Journal. ... Currently, the exprerssive AND ideatic TANSILVANIAN PHOTOGRAPHER .... IRINA DUMITRAŞCU MĂGUREAN ! Which illustrated. the no. 2 /2011 of the Journal. By one after another... we REPRODUCE each... under the idea: Studies about Confusion and about (versus?) Nature! PART- 3 – Artistic Portfolio – “The artistic portfolio chosen to illustrate the current number of Philobiblon belongs to the young photographer from Cluj, Irina Dumitraşcu, and it is constructed on two different levels: the human and the natural one. The human level shows a twisted universe, dominated by the feeling of lack, loss of identity and confusion, while the natural universe is one of a serene beauty and perfection underlined by the round shape of the photographs. Thus, in the first series entitled “Self Confused,” Irina applies (by digitally processing the image) the technique of the “composite portrait” used in the nineteenth century to identify psychological types, such as the “criminal type” or the main facial features of mental illness. Here, the superposition of different shots of the same person underlines the lack or loss of identity, ranging from the effacement of the self (Inner-sight/inside, 2010), insecurity (Self Confused 3, 2009), confusion (Confusion 2, 2010), to “a paranoid state of mind” (Self Confusion 4, 2009). The other series, the “Untitled Nature” is a projection of the world outside, a positive desire for beauty, serenity and perfection. Applying a perfect geometric shape to nature, which is traditionally associated with disorder, Irina tries to create an equilibrium between the tormented “self” and the surrounding universe. In fact, this “natural world” is entirely constructed, a vision mediated by the “peeping hole”, the sténopé of the camera obscura, by which the chaos of the natural world is tamed and ordered by reason, creating a “positive illusion” (Untitled Landscape 37). Thus, Irina Dumitraşcu’s photographs share with the articles presented in the current number, a general feeling of “Crisis and anomie” and the (im)possibility of transcending it by means of harmony and reason.” Teodora Cosman Irina Dora Dumitraşcu (Măgurean) was born in 1985, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Between 2004–2008 she was a student of the University of Art and Design from Cluj-Napoca, at the Department of Photography, which she graduated in 2008. In 2009 she obtained her master’s degree, and since 2010 she has been a doctoral candidate at the same university. While still a student in photography, she participated at a workshop with the renowned photographer Rene Burri, in February 2006; equally, in 2006 she had a scholarship at the Summer Academy, Salzburg, Photography class, under the tutorial of professor Qiu Zhijie; in October 14–15 she was a participant at the Photo Glamour Workshop, with the photographer Paul Leclaire (Köln, Germany) and for the fall semester of 2006 she was a CEEPUS student at the “Moholy–Nagy” Art University, Budapest, Hungary; during the fall of 2005 and the spring of 2007 she attended video studies with Professor Eugen Moritz; during the spring semester of 2008 she was an Erasmus student in Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna, Lodz, Poland, and in 2009 she studied at the Academy of Art and Architecture, Prague, The Czech Republic. Professional Experience 2012 – assistant photographer for Peter Rigaud, Berlin 2009–current – owner of Bavarde fashion, portrait and advertising photo studio 2005–2007 – the official photographer of the 4th, 5th and 6th edition of the Transylvania Film Festival, Cluj, Romania 2007 – photos for the movie casting “Delta” directed by Kornél Mundruczó – curator of the international photography exhibition “Movie in Photography” in observation of the Transylvanian International Film Festival (June 3–10, 2007), Art Museum, Cluj – internship at Johannsen Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2006 – creator of a photo album made during the workshop with Rene Burri at the University of Art and Design, Cluj 2005 – assistant photographer at the studio Maison Photo, Cluj April 2005–April 2006 – photojournalist at the national newspaper “Ziua de Cluj” – photos published in different national newspapers and magazines 2003–current – graphic designer of book covers, pamphlets, posters and flyers Exhibitions 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 – The annual exhibitions of the Fine Artists’ Union, National Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2004 – group exhibition of the University of Arts, Cluj, in the Salt Mine of Turda, Romania 2005 – exhibitions of the art-group Part (founded by students from the Photo–Video Department) – photo exhibition at the one year anniversary of the newspaper “Ziua de Cluj” – photo exhibition at the 10th anniversary of Agraria International Fair, at Expo Transilvania, Cluj 2006 – participation award at a poster exhibition organized by the Artemis Foundation, Cluj, Romania – land art exhibition with the theme “Natural artificial” (during a symposium with foreign artists, organized by the Art in Situ association) in Făget, Cluj, Romania – Alte Saline, Hallein, Austria – Eurodreams – Romanian–Hungarian art-event at the Karinthy Szalon, Budapest 2007 – Eurodreams, second edition at the Museum of Art, Cluj – group exhibition of the art-group Part at the 50th anniversary of the Students’ House of Culture, Cluj, Romania – 3rd edition of the International Humoristic Photography Exhibition, Aiud, Romania – Interactive installation at the 11th edition of the art festival La Strada, Sibiu – international photography exhibition “Movie in Photography” – Art in situ project and exhibition, Crest, France 2008 – ”Persona” photographic exhibition, Preview Gallery Cluj, Romania – students’ exhibition at Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna, Lodz, Poland 2009 – MasterArt, exhibition at Casa Matei, Cluj, Romania – Fabrica de Pensule, opening exhibition, Cluj 2010 – Art Rotterdam, Tales of the Unexpected, Rotterdam, NL – Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL – The face of an Angel, exhibition organized by Rotary Club Bulgaria at the Opera House, Sofia, Bulgaria 2011 – ‘Punct si de la capat’ (Start again), solo show at Gallery Alianta Artelor, Cluj, Romania - “Border”, Art Museum, Zalau, Romania - “Confused”, Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj, Romania 2012 - “6x6”, Rochester Institute of Art, Rochester, New York - ‘Vent au profit de Fabrica de Pensule’, Tajan, Paris - ‘Retratos de Natureza Rumena em Lisboa’ (solo), Museum of Water, Lisbon 2013 – “Lisabona”, Casino- Centrul de Cultura Urbana, Cluj -“Skin”, Dark Room Gallery, Vermont, USA -“Home” Ground Art Foundation, New York, USA -“Portas Abertas”, Forum Eugenio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal - Sapixel International Photograhy Competition - XV International Biennal of Portrait, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Berliner Liste, Berlin, Germany - „Intimacy”, Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj Contact information: Adress: Str. Albert Einstein no. 10, ap 3, Cluj, Romania, Phone no: +40-721-474-298 e-mail: [email protected] website: bavardestudio.ro
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