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Geta Bratescu

1926 – 2018

Hands (For the Eye, the Hand of My Body Draws My Portrait) 1977
© Geta Bratescu, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest
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Biography

Geta Brătescu (4 May 1926 – 19 September 2018) was a Romanian visual artist with works in drawing, collage, photography, performance, illustration and film.

In 2008, Brătescu received an honorary doctorate from the Bucharest National University of Arts for "her outstanding contributions to the development of contemporary Romanian art". Brătescu was artistic director of literature and art magazine Secolul 21. A major retrospective of her work was held at the National Museum of Art of Romania in December 1999. In 2015 Brătescu's first UK solo exhibition was held at the Tate Liverpool. In 2017, she was selected to represent Romania at the 57th Venice Biennale.

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Conceptual art

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  • Medeic Callisthenic Moves

    Geta Bratescu
    1980–1
  • Hands (For the Eye, the Hand of My Body Draws My Portrait)

    Geta Bratescu
    1977
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