Dan Perjovschi is an artist, writer and

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born on 29 October 1961 in

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, Romania. Perjovschi has over the past decade created drawings in museum spaces, most recently in the

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in New York City in which he created the drawing during business hours for patrons to see. The drawings present a political commentary in response to current events. Another exhibition of Perjovschi's within a Portuguese bank consists of several

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style drawings which address more European issues such as Romania's acceptance to the EU and abortion legalization in Portugal. Dan and Lia Perjovschi had their first retrospective exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art at

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in fall 2007. In 2009 Dan Perjovschi created his first permanent realisation in Czech National Library of Technology in Prague. It consists of 200 monumental drawings on the concrete walls of main atrium of the building. In 2010, Dan Perjovschi served as an International Artist in Residence at the

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. He created an installation in the museum's Central Court and engaged with students from various departments at KU. In March 2013 Dan and Lia Perjovschi were awarded with the European Cultural Foundation's Princess Margriet Award. His work is reflecting social and civic issues of interest and as such it is often printed out and used during protests. File:Black belt drawing 04 by Dan Perjovschi at MQ.jpg, Black belt drawing by Dan Perjovschi at MuseumsQuartier, File:Dan Perjovski- Mind the step (5020715132).jpg, Dan Perjovschi- Mind the step,

Van Abbemuseum The Van Abbemuseum () in Eindhoven is one of the first public museums for contemporary art to be established in Europe. The museum’s collection includes key works and archives by Joseph Beuys, Marc Chagall, René Daniëls, Marlene Dumas, Shee ...

, 2010 File:Dan Perjovschi (Triennale, Palais de Tokyo) (6975551546).jpg, Dan Perjovschi at Triennale,

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, 2012

Authored Books

* Postcards from America. Edited by Karen Davidson. Essay by Kristine Stiles. New York: Pont La Vue Press, 1995. * Castle Stories. Edited by Patricia Corbett. La Napoule, France: Edition La Mancha and La Napoule Art Foundation, 2000. * Vis-à-vis, Editura Nemira, București, 2000. * I Draw - I Happy. Edited by Lutz Becker. Koln: Schnittraum and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2004. * Toutes Directions. Edited by Dominique Abensour and Marc Geerardyn. Quimper, France: Le Quartier Centre d’art contemporain de Quimper, 2005. * Human Natural Desaster. Edited by Lutz Becker and Uwe Kock, Koln: Flypaper, 2005 * My World- Your Kunstraum, Edited by Stefan Bidner. Innsbruck: Kunstverein and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2006. * Non-Stop 1991-2006: 22 Magazine / Revista 22, București. Paris: Onestar Press, 2006. * A Book with an Attitude. Edited by Jean Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser. Edited by Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser. Geneva: Edition et Diffusion Attitudes, 2007. * Postmodern Ex-Communist. Edited by Marius Babias., Sabine Hentsch. Cluj, Romania: IDEA, and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2007. * Mad Cow, Bird Flu, Global Village: The Art of Dan Perjovschi. Verso: London 2007. * Love 196, Fuck 2008. Edited by Jean Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser. . Edited by Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser. Geneva: Edition et Diffusion Attitudes, Kunsthalle Basel, 2008. * București, Brussel, Chisinau. Edited de Matei Caltia. București, Galeria Posibila 2008 * Lia & Dan Perjovschi: The Cologne Crime, Edition Worpswede 2008. * Dan Perjovschi: Recession. DuMont, 2010. * Temporary Yours, 1995–2012. Idea Editura, Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E * The Book of Notebooks. Cartea carnetelor, P+4 Publications, 2021.

References

External links

* Dan Perjovschi is represented b
Lombard Freid Gallery, New Yorkgalerie Michel Rein, ParisGregor Podnar, Berlin
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090310104131/http://www.nasher.duke.edu/exhibitions_statesofmind.php * https://www.flickr.com/groups/danperjovschi/pool/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20070924123326/http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=3956
Interview with the artist

Dan & Lia Perjovschi European Cultural Foundation Princess Margriet Award
1961 births Living people People from Sibiu 20th-century Romanian writers 21st-century Romanian writers Romanian editorial cartoonists Romanian political artists {{cartoonist-stub