Romania’s project for Venice Biennale included among top ones to see at the event
Adina Pintilie’s Tu eşti un alt eu - O catedrală a corpului/You Are Another Me-A Cathedral of the Body, selected to represent the country at the 59th Venice Biennale, has been included in various rankings and articles covering the top…
Simona Fodor · Journalist
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Adina Pintilie’s Tu eşti un alt eu - O catedrală a corpului/You Are Another Me-A Cathedral of the Body, selected to represent the country at the 59th Venice Biennale, has been included in various rankings and articles covering the top national pavilions at the event.
The Art Newspaper has included Romania’s Pavilion in a list of the must-see pavilions in the Giardini della Biennale. “Many visitors entered only to immediately walk out when confronted with the often difficult imagery. But stay the duration and you might find the installation quite enrapturing: a visceral and unsettling experience that will stay with you for the rest of the Biennale.” (Aimee Dawson)
The Wallpaper mentioned Romania’s pavilion among the three that were “the talk of the art town,” alongside Canada (Stan Douglas) and Brazil (Jonathas de Andrade) in the Giardini.
In its turn, Artnews.com ranked the country’s pavilion among the 10 Best National Pavilions at the 2022 Biennale. "While most visitors will only attend the Giardini pavilion, this exhibition’s best portion is actually housed across the city, in the New Gallery of the Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research. The can’t-miss work there is a VR piece in which the viewer is allowed to look at, touch, and even see through the eyes of Pintilie’s subjects.” (Alex Greenberger)
Writing for The Guardian, Adrian Searle points out how “the social becomes the personal” in the project. “I wondered whether a biennale such as Venice, where much of the audience wanders in and out, is the right setting for these intimate and occasionally harrowing encounters. Nevertheless, I was touched and grateful for the participants’ willingness to expose their inner selves to Pintilie, who has worked with them over several years.”
Among other international outlets that highlighted Adina Pintilie’s work are Ocula Magazine, De Standaard, Numéro, and The Evening Standard, according to a release compiling the reviews on the project.
