19. White on Black Counterpoint [1985]

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19. White on Black Counterpoint [1985]

Roman Cotoşman

1935, Jimbolia, Timiș - 2006, Philadelphia

Not sold

Selling price

EUR 1.809

acrylic on Arches coloured paper, 38 x 76 cm, 38 Ã 76 cm, signed, dated and entitled on the reverse, with pencil, "Roman Cotoșman, 1985, White on Black Counterpoint"

Roman Cotoșman established himself on the artistic scene in the 1960s, when, following his friendship with Ștefan Bertalan and Constantin Flondor, the first experimental group in Romania, the 111 Group (1966-1969), was born. The year 1968 brings with it two significant events for Roman. Firstly, he makes his first kinetic work, Quaternar I, at Dermatina Factory in Timișoara. Secondly, together with his group colleagues Molnar Zoltan and Diet Sayler, he participated in the first exhibition of constructivist art in Romania, the Kalinderu exhibition. Roman Cotoșman was one of the few artists aware of Romania's isolation not only politically, but also culturally and artistically, trying through his art to synchronize with the main Western European artistic trends of the time. Supported by the critic Eugen Schileru, the exhibition at Kalinderu is noticed at national level, so that the members of group 111 will be chosen to represent Romania at the Constructivist Biennale in Nurnberg in 1969. In the context of motivated international travel, Roman Cotoșman, one of the first representatives of the minimalist movement in Romanian art, chose the path of exile, refusing to return to his country and settling in the USA.

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