Monograph on Romanian Neo-Avant-Garde Artist Constantin Flondor Published by P+4 Publications

Key facts

• The monograph 'Constantin Flondor. Când ochiul atinge norul/When Eye Touches Cloud' was published in 2021 by P+4 Publications in Bucharest.
• Edited by Alina Șerban, the 505-page book is the first comprehensive study of Constantin Flondor's work, including a catalogue raisonné.
• Constantin Flondor co-founded the neo-constructivist artist groups 111 and Sigma, active from 1965 to the early 1980s.
• Flondor's artistic research focuses on visual perception mechanisms and structural analyses of natural forms, using scientific visualization.
• Contributors include Dieter Roelstraete, Abigail Winograd, Rainer Fuchs, and Katarzyna Cytlak, offering international perspectives on Flondor's practice.
• The book features critical texts by Romanian art critics from the 1960s onward, such as Theodor Redlow and Andrei Pleșu, and includes an interview with Flondor.
• Flondor's experimental films from the 1980s are analyzed as conceptual works reacting to the political constraints of the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime.
• Previous publications on Flondor include a 2005 book edited by George Lecca and a 2022 volume edited by Ileana Pintilie and Doina Talmann.