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Ion Grigorescu

born 1945

Loto 1972
© Ion Grigorescu
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Ion Grigorescu (born March 15, 1945, in Bucharest) is a Romanian painter who was one of the first Romanian conceptual artists.

Grigorescu is the creator of numerous films, photographic series, and actions recorded on film, as well as drawings and collages. His subjects include both his private life and the passage of the Romanian people from life under communism to capitalism.

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  • Loto

    Ion Grigorescu
    1972
    On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks
  • Throat (Self-portrait with Tutankhamen),

    Ion Grigorescu
    1976
  • Balta Alba

    Ion Grigorescu
    1980
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