The varied depictions of the traditional blouse ia on display in Bucharest exhibition
The exhibition RomanIa – Identity representation of traditional dress in art, currently on view at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), gathers a variety of artistic representations of the traditional blouse ia, from painting and…
Simona Fodor · Journalist
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The exhibition RomanIa – Identity representation of traditional dress in art, currently on view at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), gathers a variety of artistic representations of the traditional blouse ia, from painting and sculpture, to drawing, photography, installation, film, music, posters, fashion, books, albums, and more.
It includes works by Henri Matisse, Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady, Iosif Iser, Marcel Iancu, and Mircea Cantor, among others, gathered from 25 museums from Romania and five museums from abroad: Centre Pompidou and Fondation Louis Vuitton in France; the National Art Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria; the Hryhorii Galagan Regional Art Museum of Cernihiv, Ukraine, as well as the Republic of Moldova.
