The Romanian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce the exhibition presented by Mingei International Museum in San Diego featuring beautiful works of folk art and craft that witness the rich and diverse artistic expression of traditional cultures from Romania, and to partner in the organization of a series of public events early 2011 (to be announced).
As the exhibition press release notes, the richness of Romania’s related arts - costumes, textiles, architecture, works in wood, pottery and other objects of daily and ceremonial use - derives energy from the confluence of East and West.
In addition to the Lucia Ionescu Kanchenian Collection, several other collections are represented in the exhibition. These lenders brought back from their travels beautiful works of folk art and craft: wooden chests and benches embellished with paint; pottery in fanciful forms for various uses; magnificent hand-embroidered costumes and textiles, each one specific to its own linguistic and geographical zone; New Year’s festival masks intended to frighten and colorful icons painted on glass.
The exhibition will include a number of full costumes representing a variety of regions and a village room furnished in the style of Transylvania’s Maramures County.
