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Director’s
Introduction
Cindy M. Petersen, Ed.M.
Executive Director,
Taubman Museum of Art
A
mong the Taubman Museum of Art’s key
strategic goals, we strive to broaden our reach
— both throughout our regional community,
as well as throughout the international art
world — by presenting artists whose works
garner critical acclaim across the globe. That is why we are
so delighted to showcase key Romanian artists who have
captured the world’s attention in recent years. The result
is our proud presentation of Looking Anew and Beyond:
Contemporary Romanian Art from the Collection of the
Arthur Taubman Trust, co-curated by Ambassador Nicholas
F. Taubman and Eugenia L. Taubman.
In 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Nick Taubman
to serve as the United States Ambassador to Romania.
The Taubmans were excited to embark upon this new
adventure and the opportunity it would provide Nick to
serve our nation. It was a time of artistic awakening as
Romanian artists enjoyed fewer restrictions than under the
former communist regime.
Opposite: DAN PERJOVSCHI
Anthroprogramming (detail), 1994-97, illustrated page 108
Among the talents emerging during this time, there was
a particular group of artists in the city of Cluj that began
to flourish. They included Adrian Ghenie, Victor Man,
Ciprian Mureşan, Dan Perjovschi, and Șerban Savu, all
of whom have works in this exhibition. Cluj is situated
in Transylvania, a province in the northwestern region
of the country, and home to the University of Art and
Design where these artists had met and studied together.
Artists in Cluj were not only living under the shadow
of the Carpathian Mountains, they may also have been
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