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Georges Banu's Essay on the Curtain in Theater and Painting

publication · 2026-04-23

Georges Banu has written an essay titled 'Le Rideau et le théâtre du monde' (The Curtain and the Theater of the World), exploring the curtain as a source of imagination in both theater and painting. The forthcoming text, accompanied by rich iconography, is excerpted in art press. The excerpts discuss the mystical veil, the curtain as a plastic motif in paintings and a scenographic tool in theater, as well as its role as a code of expectation and a structure of appeal, and finally its disappearance from the contemporary figurative system.

Key facts

  • Georges Banu wrote an essay 'Le Rideau et le théâtre du monde'.
  • The essay focuses on the curtain as a source of imagination in theater and painting.
  • The text is forthcoming and accompanied by rich iconography.
  • art press publishes excerpts from the essay.
  • Excerpts cover the mystical veil, the curtain as a plastic motif in painting.
  • The curtain is discussed as a scenographic tool in theater.
  • The curtain is described as a code of expectation and a structure of appeal.
  • The essay addresses the curtain's disappearance from contemporary figurative systems.

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Artists

  • Georges Banu

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  • art press

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