Florin Ungureanu's Page

Website

http://www.axisweb.org/artist/florinungureanu

Relationship status

married

College / University

Goldsmiths, University of London

Program

MFA Fine Art

Graduation

September 19, 2008

Member type

Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Conceptual

I am...

I am interested in what Boris Groys has written in one of his recent books, ART POWER (2008, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England):

"The death of God means that there is no power in the world that could be perceived as being infinitely more powerful than any other."

About my artwork

My work explores the concepts of power, politics, history, identity and death through irony and humour.

I am interested in how they influence beliefs and perceptions by altering and subverting them.

From here derives the desire to further explore the need for uncertainty and the metaphysical loneliness of the human being, addressing such issues as solitude, amnesia, memory, suppression, doubt and the sublime.

Artists I like

Luc Tuymans, IRWIN, Dan Perjovschi, Santiago Sierra, Wilhelm Sasnal, Adrian Ghenie and Mircea Cantor.

Interests

Playing around.

What exhibitions are good at the moment?

"Manifesta 7" in Italy and "SUMMER EXHIBITION 2008", Gallery IV Curated by Humphrey Ocean RA & Gallery VIII Curated by Tracey Emin RA, Royal Academy of Arts London.

Centre of the artworld:

nowhere and everywhere