Art In The Medieval Fortress

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Over the years I've attended many art exhibitions, one more interesting than the other. Besides the exhibited pieces, there's something I like to pay attention to and that is the location, I mean the building where the artworks are exhibited. So far, besides luxury art galleries, I've been to churches, bastions, towers, basements and medieval castles, just to name a few.

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Today I'm going to show you an exhibition hall made in a medieval structure, that is part of the fortress of Targu Mures.

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There are two rooms like this, identical I could say and you can go round from one room to the other. If you have a close look at the supporting beams, you can see those are old and so is the floor. When you step on it, it crackles. I don't know if I can find the right words to express how it feels but it's kind of like harmony between the old artworks and the old exhibition hall.

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This is the first room you enter, when visiting the exhibition. As you can see, natural light has been excluded here, all the windows have been covered and only artificial light has been used. There were a few artworks under glass, but compared to other exhibitions, I had no major problems with reflection this time.

As I mentioned in my previous posts, here and here (this is NSFW), the artist had explored painting, drawing, and other style during his life, which made the exhibition more colorful.

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What comes now was the part I liked the most. These paintings were pretty colorful and maybe that was what I liked about them. This is oil on canvas glued to cardboard, was made in the 1970's and it is called Arabian Village. There's something else that has contributed to me liking so much these paintings and that is the framing. In this case it's not pure wood, but canvas surrounding the painting and the texture and the color of the canvas is a nice addition to the painting. I suppose framing has a huge role too.

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Landscape, watercolor on paper, painted in 1949.

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Ball, from 1954, simple but still cool.

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Arabian Village again, created in the 1940's.

Marcel Janco began his main Israeli project in May 1953, after he had been mandated by the Israeli government to prospect the mountainous regions and delimit a new national park south of Mount Carmel. In his own account (since disputed by others), he came across the deserted village of Ein Hod, which the Palestinian Arabs had largely discarded during the 1948 exodus. Janco felt that the place should not be demolished, obtaining a lease on it from the authorities, and rebuilt the place with other Israeli artists who worked there on weekends; Janco's main residence continued to be in the neighborhood of Ramat Aviv. His plot of land in Ein Hod was previously owned by the Arab Abu Faruq, who died in 1991 at the Jenin refugee camp. Janco became the site's first mayor, reorganizing it into a utopian society, art colony and tourist attraction, and instituted the strict code of requirements for one's settlement in Ein Hod. source

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The other thing that I liked was the size and for of the artworks, like this one for example. It's not an usual size and again, the framing adds to the beauty as the white edge is definitely a plus here. This is Ein Hod, crayon on paper.

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Locusts, 1959. I would have never guessed what this painting is about, but even not knowing, looks nice.

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Geometrical Garden, from the 1950's.

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The Gate Of Paradise from 1964. I don't know about you but I've never thought about how the gate or paradise would look like, but according to the artist, it's yellow. It's a nice work but I suppose a thinner frame would have been more appropriate here.

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Untitled painting.

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DADA Landscape

He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe. In the 1910s, he co-edited, with Ion Vinea and Tristan Tzara, the Romanian art magazine Simbolul. Janco was a practitioner of Art Nouveau, Futurism and Expressionism before contributing his painting and stage design to Tzara's literary Dadaism. He parted with Dada in 1919, when he and painter Hans Arp founded a Constructivist circle, Das Neue Leben. source

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Although this Still Life doesn't say much, I still like it and that is due to the color combination used by the artist.

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Last, but not least, here's a strange one, that is called Composition With A Coffee Pot. To tell you the truth, I can't even see the coffee pot. There's that box on the left, that could be a grinder, but that's all I can recognize.

Anyway, while walking in the gallery, admiring the paintings, I had the feeling that I could choose one or two to hang them on my wall, which does not happen often. This is a good sign and I know I will remember this exhibition for a long time.

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I love visiting art galleries like this. There are so many great paintings. I think I wanted one of them in my room too. The last painting is really weird. I can't see anything about coffee there hahaha.

Me too, I don't miss any occasion as there's always something nice to see and learn as well. I'm glad to read that you don't understand the last painting either, that means I'm not so stupid :D

You are not stupid, but some artists can really give their paintings very irrelevant names. This is not the first example I have seen of that 😂.

I found the one painted in 1949 interesting as the cross poles and barbed wire are from the war times when they would barrack off areas like this to either keep people in or keep people out. I wonder which one it was in this case?

Erika, I saw carefully all the works that you share and I clicked on the geometric garden is great, this work is in abstract art.

The perspective of the author manages to transmit the sensations of the bodies and the forms that I can observe there, even a little bird moving wings from my point of view here moves its wings on the left side of the work.

What if instead of the coffee grinder on your left in the construction site on the right, there is a colorful teapot? What do you think?

I walked through the museum and I could even feel the cracking crack clash of your footsteps. Excellent narrative of this visit, thanks for sharing @erikah

It has been a while since I have not visited an art gallery. Honestly, my last visit was in a Museum in Manila before the pandemic, and I must say that I so enjoy visiting a wonderful place like this.

The medieval arts were really so cool. How I wish I could have these crafts at home. If I were to chose one among all, I would probably choose the Gate of Paradise. At first glance, I had also noticed the thicker shade of the gate made in yellow, and yes I am with you that a thinner gate would also be cool, but over all, it was really a very a nice work.

Have safe travels and hope you are having a great time my friend.

In my country Venezuela they don't usually do many art galleries, for that reason I'm quite enjoying "going to museums" through your posts, thanks for taking me with you digitally :)

Erika, I saw carefully all the works that you share and I clicked on the geometric garden is great, this work is in abstract art.

The perspective of the author manages to transmit the sensations of the bodies and the forms that I can observe there, even a little bird moving wings from my point of view here moves its wings on the left side of the work.

What if instead of the coffee grinder on your left in the construction site on the right, there is a colorful teapot? What do you think?

I walked through the museum and I could even feel the cracking crack clash of your footsteps. Excellent narrative of this visit, thanks for sharing @erikah

I might visit a particular art gallery a couple of times and on each visit, I still find myself staring at the artworks like I've never seen them before😍😍.

Artists always have a scenario in mind while painting and when I get the full details, I can't help but admire their level of imagination 😍🤩.

To tell you the truth, I can't even see the coffee pot. There's that box on the left, that could be a grinder, but that's all I can recognize.

Honestly, I can't explain that drawing. To me, the blue - colored painting which is joined with a yellow and red drawing looked like a pirate ship. But then, I read where you wrote the name of the painting. My definition was no where close to what it actually is 😂😂😂.

very good . I always wanted to put my works in the photo exhibition, but due to busy work, I did not succeed until now. good luck my friend

Good luck to you too.

Well, I never thought that the area that hosts an art gallery could play a significant role but now that you mentioned your experience I believe that you are completely right! Tbh recently I attended an art exhibition and I believe that the fact that the place hosting this exhibition had a couple of graves did make a specific collection more spooky than it was. Btw great post and thanks for showing to us such great paintings! Keep it up!
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Haha you won't believe what I'm about to say 😅

I thought the first image was actually one of the pictures you took at the medieval fortress 😂 but I read on and saw it was a collage you made... So cool

You sure do know a lot about paintings, I don't think I know up to a percent of knowledge.

These paintings are beautiful and feels like they all have a story behind them, I love the exhibition hall structure style too.

I wouldn't say I know much about paintings, but you learn on the go while watching then. You're right, there's a story behind every painting.

For the little you know, it's a much for who doesn't know a thing about them 😅