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Biografii transideologice: cazul sculptorului Ion Irimescu
Transideological biographies: the case of the sculptor Ion Irimescu
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Abstract Starting from the case of Ion Irimescu, this article discusses the issue of continuity among Romanian visual artists before and after 1944. In this study, I argue that it was essential for the visual artists' survival and establishment as artists during the communist regime to enter into a clientpat... view more
Starting from the case of Ion Irimescu, this article discusses the issue of continuity among Romanian visual artists before and after 1944. In this study, I argue that it was essential for the visual artists' survival and establishment as artists during the communist regime to enter into a clientpatron relationship. The existence of this relationship meant access for the artists to financial funds, promotion within the UAP, and protection from the measures, which the Securitate could have taken against them. This article is divided into four sections. Every section examines an episode from the life of Ion Irimescu. His interwar biography is presented in the first section, and his adaptation to the communist regime is the subject of the second part of this study. The last two parts analyse the factors which facilitated his confirmation and promotion as a state artist after 1944 and the relation of the artist with the Securitate.... view less
Keywords
biography; artist; fine arts; Romania; continuity; secret service; adaptation; political regime; communism; cultural policy
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
Irimescu, I.
Document language
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 417-434
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 17 (2017) 3
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0