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Grigorescu, Ion

Delivery/Birth

1977

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Object description	14 color photographs
Object category	sculpture
Dimensions	Objektmaß: height: 30,5 cm, width: 40,5 cm
Year of acquisition	2015
Inventory number	G 1341/0
Creditline	mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, erworben mit Unterstützung des mumok Board
Rights reference	Grigorescu, Ion
Further information about the person	Grigorescu, Ion [GND]

In this series of photographs, the artist stages a simulation of the act of giving birth. He sits on a chair in a dark room; the camera shows parts of his naked body from various perspectives. A baked pastry, braided into something resembling a knot, functions as a prop that stands in for ovaries, the umbilical cord, even the newborn baby. The process of giving birth can be understood in a political sense as well: in the particular context of Romania at the time, Grigorescu’s performance has also been seen as a critical response to the power-hungry “deliverer” of the political system, the head of state Nicolae Ceau?escu.