Curators: Layla Burger-Lichtenstein, Susanne Mierzwiak

For almost four decades, Romanian artist Lia Perjovschi has been creating situations and developing strategies to confront a radically changing world. Having grown up under the regime of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, Perjovschi first developed her multilayered artistic practice under the influence of real existing socialism. Facing political censorship and material scarcities, the artist initially created […]

Lia Perjovschi’s work spans performances, actions, installations, drawings, and text-based works, in which the artist addresses questions about the collection, archival, and distribution of knowledge from society, art, and politics. In the mid-1980s, together with Dan Perjovschi, she founded the Contemporary Art Archive / Centre for Art Analysis (CAA / CAA), a continuously evolving project that Perjovschi describes as a […]

Online presentation by Lia Perjovschi based on a conversation with art historian Kristine Stiles (Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina / USA)

On the occasion of her solo exhibition, Experiments and Conclusions, Lia Perjovschi reflects on her artistic approach and working methods in her presentation, A Loud Life in Silence, […]