Dan Perjovschi
Biography
Born in 1961 in Sibiu (Romania). Lives and works in Bucharest (Romania).
Dan perjovschi is a visual artist mixing drawing, comics and graffiti, commenting on current political, social or cultural issues. With his long experience acquired in the 1990s in post-Ceausescu Romania as a press illustrator, Dan Perjovschi brings to this graphic genre a quick and incisive hand associated with black humour. He plays an active role in the development of civil society in Romania, through his editorial activity with Revista 22 (a cultural magazine from Bucharest) by stimulating exchanges between the Romanian and international contemporary art scene. In the last 10 years, he stopped working only on paper, to use chalk and marker on the walls of buildings and exhibition spaces, drawing with great freedom, even on floors, walls and windows.
His drawings are covered or erased at the end of the exhibitions but continue to circulate and renew themselves constantly, mirroring the daily flow of information from which they originate. Perjovschi has chosen to play with this process of erasure and re-creation, of appearance and disappearance, sometimes involving the public, who unknowingly step on works of art or are invited to draw, sometimes even over the artist's own drawings.
His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (New York); the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago); the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg); the MOT Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo); the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (Helsinki); the 48th and 52nd Venice Biennale (Venice); the 9th Istanbul Biennale; Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin) and Manifesta 2 (Luxembourg).
The Michel Rein gallery will devote a solo exhibition to him in the first quarter of 2019. Perjovschi has won numerous awards such as the Princess Margriet Award of the European Cultural Foundation and the George Maciunas Prize. His work is in the collections of the Ludwig Museum (Budapest), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Centre Georges-Pompidou (Paris), the Moderna Museet (Stockholm), the Tate Modern (London), the Nomas Foundation (Rome), the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), the Nasher Museum of Art Duke University (Durham), the Centre national des arts plastiques (Paris), and the Fonds Municipal d'art contemporain de Paris.
Selected works
Dan Perjovschi
Virus Diary (Hope) , 2020
posca on paper
21 x 29,7 cm (8.27 x 11.42 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ20322
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Dan Perjovschi
Virus Diary (L'Homme at home) , 2020
posca on paper
21 x 29,7 cm (8.27 x 11.42 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ20307
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Dan Perjovschi
WAteR , 2019
posca marker on newspaper
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ19300
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Dan Perjovschi
UK , 2019
posca marker on paper
29,7 x 21 cm (11.42 x 8.27 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ19297
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Dan Perjovschi
Beaucoup d'Etat , 2019
posca marker on paper
21 x 29,7 cm (8.27 x 11.42 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ19292
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Dan Perjovschi
uTOpia , 2019
ink on paper
21 x 29,7 cm (8.27 x 11.42 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ19286
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Dan Perjovschi
EXIsT , 2019
posca marker on paper
21 x 29,7 cm (8.27 x 11.42 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ19283
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Dan Perjovschi
LE MONDE , 2018-2019
7 postcards sent from 7 different cities with hand writing text and drawn letters
17 x 117 cm (6.69 x 46.06 in)
Edition of 10
Private collections, Paris, France
N° Inv. PERJ18227
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Dan Perjovschi
Utopia , 2018
posca marker on paper
21 x 29,7 cm (8.27 x 11.42 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ19282
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Dan Perjovschi
Le mur après le mur après le mur #D , 2018
posca marker on paper
21 x 29,7 cm / 8.2 x 11.6 in.
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18231
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Dan Perjovschi
#86 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
40 x 28,5 cm / 15.7 x 11.2 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18123
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Dan Perjovschi
#84 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
57 x 79 cm / 22.4 x 31.1 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18121
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Dan Perjovschi
#57 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
26 x 20 cm / 10.2 x 7.8 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18094
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Dan Perjovschi
#52 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
20 x 29 cm / 7.8 x 11.4 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18089
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Dan Perjovschi
#50 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
41,2 x 28,8 cm / 16.2 x 11.3 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18087
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Dan Perjovschi
#40 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
56 x 35,5 cm / 22 x 13.9 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18077
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Dan Perjovschi
#35 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
35,7 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18073
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Dan Perjovschi
Le mur, après le mur, après le mur #32 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
30 x 24 cm / 11.8 x 9.5 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18070
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Dan Perjovschi
#19 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
27 x 41,3 cm / 10.6 x 16.2 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18057
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Dan Perjovschi
#17 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
47 x 31,3 cm / 18.5 x 12.3 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18055
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Dan Perjovschi
#14 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
56,8 x 35,3 cm / 22.3 x 13.8 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18052
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Dan Perjovschi
#12 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
29 x 27 cm / 11.4 x 10.6 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18050
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Dan Perjovschi
#9 , 2018
posca marker on newspaper
28,8 x 42,5 cm / 11.3 x 16.7 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18047
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Dan Perjovschi
Turbulence Odessa , 2016
13 elements : drawings on postcards, paper and envelope
74 x 77 cm (29.1 x 30.3 in.)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ18223
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Dan Perjovschi
Triptyque (Expression) , 2015
handwritten inscription on 3 newspaper pages of Le Monde (january 2015 edition)
42 x 29,7 cm (A3) each page
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ15033
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Dan Perjovschi
A transparent retrospective , 2012-2015
26 elements : posca pen on laminated glass (33/2), steel
208 x 176 x 100 cm (each) / 200 x 170 cm x 6 mm (glass)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ12012
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Dan Perjovschi
Talk-talk , 2009
1à elements : chalk on slate
29,5 x 40,8 cm (each)
unique artwork
N° Inv. PERJ09008
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Gallery exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
Fridericianum Museum, Kassel, Germany
Meta Art Space, Timisoara, Romania, 2021
Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg, Germany, 2021
Templehof Airport, Berlin, Germany, 2021
Communist Party headquarters, Paris, France, 2019
Jeu de Paume bookstore, Paris, France, 2018
Jeu de Paume bookstore, Paris, France, 2018
HMKV - Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany, 2016-2018
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(d)OCUMENTA 15 with Jimmie Durham & Dan Perjovschi, Fridericianum Museum, Kassel, Germany
The apocalypse of the white elephant, Meta Art Space, Timisoara, Romania, 2021
Time Out. From Breaks and Moments to Leave, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg, Germany, 2021
Diversity United. The Artistic Face of Europe, Templehof Airport, Berlin, Germany, 2021
Ex-East. Histoires passées et récentes des avant-gardes roumaines, Communist Party headquarters, Paris, France, 2019
Performance view Transparent Action, Jeu de Paume bookstore, Paris, France, 2018
Performance view Transparent Action, Jeu de Paume bookstore, Paris, France, 2018
The Hard Drawing, HMKV - Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany, 2016-2018
The Hard Drawing, HMKV - Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany, 2016-2018
The Hard Drawing, HMKV - Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany, 2016-2018
Dan Perjovschi, National Theater, Brussels, Belgique, 2015
Pression, Liberté, Expression, Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France, 2015
Le Quartier - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Quimper, France, 2015
Le Quartier - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Quimper, France, 2015
Le Quartier - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Quimper, France, 2015
Le Quartier - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Quimper, France, 2015
Pression, Liberté, Expression, Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France, 2015
Pression, Liberté, Expression, Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France, 2015
Pression, Liberté, Expression, Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France, 2015
Pression, Liberté, Expression, Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France, 2015
Mental Diary, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany, 2015
Mental Diary, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany, 2015
Cité Nationale de l'Immigration, Paris, France, 2014
Cité Nationale de l'Immigration, Paris, France, 2014
Intense Proximity: Art as Network,Triennale, cur. Okwui Enwezor, Mélanie Bouteloup, Abdellah Karroum, Emilie Renard, Claire Staebler, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2012
Intense Proximity: Art as Network,Triennale, cur. Okwui Enwezor, Mélanie Bouteloup, Abdellah Karroum, Emilie Renard, Claire Staebler, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2012
Dan Perjovschi: A transparent retrospective, CCC, Tours, France, 2012
Dan Perjovschi: A transparent retrospective, CCC, Tours, France, 2012
Dan Perjovschi: A transparent retrospective, CCC, Tours, France, 2012
Intense Proximity, La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2012, ph. Jean Picon
Dan Perjovschi: Dessiner cioran, Bucarest, Romania, 2011
Dan Perjovschi: The Crisis is (not) over, MACRO, Rome, Italy, 2011
Invisible borders. Europe XXL, TriPostal, Lille, France, 2009, ph. Maxime Dufour
The Spectacle of the Everyday, Lyon Biennal, Lyon, France, 2009
Les Frontières invisibles, Lille 3000, Tri Postal, Lille, France, 2009
Revolutions. Forms that turn,16th Biennial of Sydney, Australia, 2008
Projects 85, MoMA, New York, USA, 2008
Projects 85: Dan Perjovschi, MoMa, New York, USA, 2008
Dada East? Romanian Contexts of Dadaism, Musée des Beaux Arts Tourcoing, France, 2008
Dada East? Romanian Contexts of Dadaism, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing, France, 2008
Dan Perjovschi: All over, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium, 2008
Art Focus (cur. Ami Barak and Bernard Blistène), Jerusalem, Israel, 2008
Moscow Biennal, Moscow, Russia, 2007
52th Venice Biennal, Romanian Pavillion, Venice, Italy, 2007
52th Venice Biennal, Romanian Pavillion, Venice, Italy, 2007
Le nuage Magellan, Espace 315, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2007
L'Europe en devenir, Centre culturel Suisse, Paris, France, 2007
Dan Perjovschi: On the other hand, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany, 2006
Dan Perjovschi: The Room Drawing, Tate Modern, London, UK, 2006
I still believe in Miracles. Dessins sans papier, ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Couvent de Cordeliers, Paris, France, 2005, ph. Marc Domage)
Dan Perjovsci: Naked Drawings, Ludwig Museum, Köln, Germany, 2005
48th Venice Biennal, Romanian Pavillion, Venice, Italy, 1999
48th Venice Biennal, Romanian Pavillion, Venice, Italy, 1999
Press
the Art Newspaper
Dan Perjovschi : a Romanian's postcard from the edge
2008
Kunstforum International
In einem land, das die intellektuellen liquidiert hat, kann man kein maoist sein
2007
Flash Art
Dan Perjovschi
2007
Publications
NO GRAFFITI ON BARBWIRE WALLS
Publisher: éditions autrechose
2018
Behind the line
Publisher:
2012
Temporary Yours, 1995-2012
Publisher: Idea Design & Print
2012
Recession
Publisher: Ludwig Forum for Internationale Kunst
2008
