Elena Pătrășcanu - Revision history

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	'''~~lena~~ Pătrășcanu''', born Hertha Schwamen, (she/her) visual [[Artists\|artist]], (b. 1914, Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary, d. 2000, Bucharest, Romania) of Jewish ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and [[Austria]]. She was a Romanian stage designer, co-founder of the Țăndărică Puppet Theatre, and a former political prisoner during the communist period. She was the wife of communist leader Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, whose arrest and execution deeply influenced the trajectory of her own life. Later, Elena Pătrășcanu became active within the cultural and propaganda structures of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_P%C4%83tr%C4%83%C8%99canu</ref>		'''Elena Pătrășcanu''', born Hertha Schwamen, (she/her) visual [[Artists\|artist]], (b. 1914, Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary, d. 2000, Bucharest, Romania) of Jewish ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and [[Austria]]. She was a Romanian stage designer, co-founder of the Țăndărică Puppet Theatre, and a former political prisoner during the communist period. She was the wife of communist leader Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, whose arrest and execution deeply influenced the trajectory of her own life. Later, Elena Pătrășcanu became active within the cultural and propaganda structures of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_P%C4%83tr%C4%83%C8%99canu</ref>
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	==== Arrest under communist regime ====		==== Arrest under communist regime ====
	On 28 April 1948, shortly after the arrest of her husband, Elena Pătrășcanu was detained and accused of “complicity in the destruction of the Romanian Communist Party and the country.” During the investigation she was subjected to intense physical and psychological pressure, as well as torture. She was sentenced in April 1954 to 14 years of forced labor, five years of civic degradation, and the confiscation of all personal property. She was released in March 1956 under a decree of amnesty, at which time she was officially informed of her husband's death in prison. After her release, she remarried. Her second husband was the Greek communist theatre director Yannis Veakis, a political refugee in Romania, taking the name Elena Pătrășcanu Veakis.		On 28 April 1948, shortly after the arrest of her husband, Elena Pătrășcanu was detained and accused of “complicity in the destruction of the Romanian Communist Party and the country.” During the investigation she was subjected to intense physical and psychological pressure, as well as torture. She was sentenced in April 1954 to 14 years of forced labor, five years of civic degradation, and the confiscation of all personal property. She was released in March 1956 under a decree of amnesty, at which time she was officially informed of her husband's death in prison. After her release, she remarried. Her second husband was the Greek communist theatre director Yannis Veakis, a political refugee in Romania, taking the name Elena Pătrășcanu Veakis.

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	'''~~...~~''', (she/her) visual [[Artists\|artist]], (b. ~~18..~~., ~~city~~) of ~~Romanian~~ ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and ~~several countries of choice, such as~~ [[...]] ...		'''lena Pătrășcanu''', born Hertha Schwamen, (she/her) visual [[Artists\|artist]], (b. 1914, Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary, d. 2000, Bucharest, Romania) of Jewish ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and [[Austria]]. She was a Romanian stage designer, co-founder of the Țăndărică Puppet Theatre, and a former political prisoner during the communist period. She was the wife of communist leader Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, whose arrest and execution deeply influenced the trajectory of her own life. Later, Elena Pătrășcanu became active within the cultural and propaganda structures of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_P%C4%83tr%C4%83%C8%99canu</ref>
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			On 28 April 1948, shortly after the arrest of her husband, Elena Pătrășcanu was detained and accused of “complicity in the destruction of the Romanian Communist Party and the country.” During the investigation she was subjected to intense physical and psychological pressure, as well as torture. She was sentenced in April 1954 to 14 years of forced labor, five years of civic degradation, and the confiscation of all personal property. She was released in March 1956 under a decree of amnesty, at which time she was officially informed of her husband's death in prison. After her release, she remarried. Her second husband was the Greek communist theatre director Yannis Veakis, a political refugee in Romania, taking the name Elena Pătrășcanu Veakis.
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	==== Artistic disciplines: ====		==== Artistic disciplines: ====
	* [[:Category:~~Painting_artists~~\|~~Painting~~]]		* [[:Category:Drawing_artists\|Drawing]]
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	==== Artistic practice ====		==== Artistic practice ====
	...		Elena Pătrășcanu is one of the founders of the first puppet theater, the Ţăndărică Theater in Bucharest, which she took care of until her arrest. She made numerous drawings and sketches for puppets.
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	~~Recurring themes in X's practice include the experience of [[...]]~~ and ~~[[...]]~~.		Trained as an architect-scenographer, she focused her work on drawings and sketches for puppets.
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	==== Works in collections and public recognition ====		==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
	* exhibited nationally and internationally, at biennales, museums, art galleries.		Scarce information.
	* preselected for Evans Foundation Prize, (Arts / The Fact Finder interventions).
	* works in public institutions collections, art museums collections and private collections.

	~~A selection of works are in the Romanian [[National Museum of Contemporary Art Collection]]~~.
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	==== Selected exhibitions ====		==== Selected exhibitions ====
	~~===== 1~~.~~Selected solo exhibitions =====~~		Scarce information.
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	~~===== 2.Selected group exhibitions =====~~
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	==== Press ====		==== Press ====
	*		* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania[<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/patrascanu-elena/</ref>
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	==== Gallery Representation ====		==== Gallery Representation ====
	*		* None currently known.
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	For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]		For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]

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	* [[:Category:Queer_artists\|Queer art]] (e.g. mixed media, queer gaze)
	~~Other interests: Writing~~
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	~~Field research & direct experience~~. ~~Socially engaged art developed at the intersection of visual art, journalism, and storytelling~~. Her practice is built around a drive to tell stories that connect with her experience as an Eastern European woman living a rather nomadic life throughout Europe. She extracts her themes directly from her nomad life though Europe, creating work on the way, within the encountered spatial and temporal restrictions, concerned with the poetics of the everyday, employing minimal gestures and observational precision to create spaces of quiet resilience when facing unfamiliar or shifting environments.		...
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==== Biography ====
'''...''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 18..., city) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and several countries of choice, such as [[...]] ...
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
* [[:Category:Drawing_artists|Drawing]]
* [[:Category:Installation_artists|Installation]]
* [[:Category:Queer_artists|Queer art]] (e.g. mixed media, queer gaze)
Other interests: Writing
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Field research & direct experience. Socially engaged art developed at the intersection of visual art, journalism, and storytelling. Her practice is built around a drive to tell stories that connect with her experience as an Eastern European woman living a rather nomadic life throughout Europe. She extracts her themes directly from her nomad life though Europe, creating work on the way, within the encountered spatial and temporal restrictions, concerned with the poetics of the everyday, employing minimal gestures and observational precision to create spaces of quiet resilience when facing unfamiliar or shifting environments.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Recurring themes in X's practice include the experience of [[...]] and [[...]].
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
* exhibited nationally and internationally, at biennales, museums, art galleries.
* preselected for Evans Foundation Prize, (Arts / The Fact Finder interventions).
* works in public institutions collections, art museums collections and private collections.

A selection of works are in the Romanian [[National Museum of Contemporary Art Collection]].
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
===== 1.Selected solo exhibitions =====
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===== 2.Selected group exhibitions =====
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==== Press ====
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==== Gallery Representation ====
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For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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[[Category:Visual artists]]
[[Category:Painting artists]]
[[Category:Drawing artists]]
[[Category:Eastern European and Balkan artists]]
[[Category:Romania]]
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[[Category:Women]]
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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]