The Secession Lamp / The History of Romania in One Object
Mon, Apr 12
|Online Event
A wondrous architectural journey through the history of Timișoara
Time & Location
Apr 12, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
Online Event
About The Event
Our kaleidoscopic descent into Romania's past through vestiges and objects endowed with powerful evocative force brings us to the modernist tradition of Timișoara, the country's most western city. In this week’s episode of “The History of Romania in One Object” we examine an artifact of great historical and aesthetic value, The Sea Snail Shell Secession Lamp, and take a wondrous architectural journey through the history of the uniquely diverse capital of the Banat region.
Text by art historian and curator Marius Cornea and curator Ionela Slejiuc. Video presentation by visual artist and curator Giulia Delcea. Film concept by Ana Tudor and Adrian Tudor. A series developed in partnership with The National Museum of Banat in Timișoara and Timiș County Council.
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Marius Cornea is an art historian and curator at the National…