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