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© Anton Roland Laub, "Dictators Bath", 2018, Bucharest, from the series "Of Titans and Geniuses", 2018-, Bucharest. The image shows the golden bathroom of dictator couple Ceausescu.
Exhibition
Pop Up #1
13 Dec 2019 – 15 Dec 2019
Regular hours
- Fri, 13 Dec
- 19:00 – 22:00
- Sat, 14 Dec
- 15:00 – 18:00
- Sun, 15 Dec
- 15:00 – 18:00
Address
- Kochhannstr. 14
- Berlin
Zehlendorf - 10249
- Germany
After Voies Off 2019 Festival in Arles, the photo series "Of Titans and Geniuses" by Anton Roland Laub will be on show in Berlin during the "Pop-Up #1" exhibition at aff Galerie.
About
From the series Of Titans and Geniuses, 2017–, Bucharest
During the dictatorship, there were rumors of a bathroom made of pure gold. When I first entered it, I was immediately reminded of Lee Miller's photograph.
In the former Romanian police state, the omnipresent Ceaușescu portrait was turned into a mask due to the ritualized personality cult practiced. State artists praised Nicolae (and Elena) Ceaușescu in nationalist odes as “The Titan of Titans” or “The Genius of the Carpathians”. The fake simple working clothes of the dictator couple were presented to the public, but behind them hid opulent kitsch.
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Anton Roland Laub (RO, Bucharest), MA weißensee art academy berlin, New School for Photography Berlin; Finalist for New Discovery Award, Les Rencontres d’Arles, 2018; Finalist for Dummy Book Award, Unseen Amsterdam and Les Rencontres d’Arles, 2017. www.antonlaub.de
