THE BRANCUSI EFFECT

Edited by Vanessa Joan Müller,
Nicolaus Schafhausen
May 2015
English/German
152 pages
45 b/w and 12 color ill.
Softcover
ISBN 978-3-95679-082-9

Price: 125 lei
Texts by Alessio delli Castelli, Paola Mola

The Brancusi Effect begins with the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi. Cited as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Brancusi’s considerations of the pedestal launched a reorientation of the relationship between object, viewer, and space, influencing Minimalism and the aesthetic of the installation as a whole. Brancusi’s work, its modular structure and adaptability, can be seen as a point of departure; the autonomy of artworks abates in favor of a reflection on their historical and institutional positioning.

Taking this influence into account, the exhibition and publication collect Brancusi’s original photographic documentation. The installation reflects the recent currency of the sculptural within contemporary art while referencing Brancusi’s sensibility.