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Aristotle and Scedosporium apiospermum, from the series Zoe-therapy

Polonia, 2015

Ilustrație, imprimare cu pigment pe hârtie de arhivă, 150 x 105 cm

Lucrare achiziționată de la artist în 2021


Diana Lelonek combină medii, tehnici și domenii tematice în cadrul unei reflecții bioactive asupra locului speciei umane și a lumii pe care și-a construit-o pentru sine și doar pentru sine. Între 2008 și 2011, a studiat la Universitatea de Artă din Poznań, specializându-se în artă fotografică. În cadrul unui program de schimb de studenți din 2011, a studiat la Normal University din Shanghai. Anul următor, a studiat pentru scurtă vreme la Trent University din Nottingham, înainte de a reveni la Poznań pentru studiile de master. Din 2019, urmează un doctorat la Departamentul Intermedia, Facultatea de Comunicare multimedia, Universitatea de Artă din Poznań.

Cele două contribuții ale sale la Colecția de artă contemporană a Parlamentului European sunt reprezentative pentru abordarea transformatoare a lui Lelonek în ceea ce privește fotografia, bazându-se în același timp pe referințe fundamentale ale cunoașterii europene. Aristotel (384-322 î.H.), student al lui Plato, este un filosof grec, fondatorul Lyceum, Școala peripatetică de filozofie, și al tradiției aristoteliane – și, prin urmare, este considerat pe scară largă drept unul dintre pilonii tradiției occidentale. Sub pana lui, fizica, biologia, zoologia, metafizica, logica, etica, estetica, poezia, teatrul, muzica, retorica, psihologia, lingvistica, economia, politica, meteorologia, geologia și guvernul au fost toate abordate și puse sub semnul întrebării. Auguste Comte, născut Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (1798-1857), este un filozof și sociologist francez proeminent, considerat pe scară largă drept fondatorul pozitivismului. Acest curent de gândire, numit și pozitivism științific, a constat în privilegerea fenomenelor observabile și documentabile (precum și a relațiilor dintre acestea), mai degrabă decât a marilor adevăruri transcendente, atotcuprinzătoare. Teoretic, influența mișcării asupra logicii empirice mai metodologice este atestată și incontestabilă.  

Ambele personalități sunt ilustrate cu o finisare vaporoasă și, respectiv, granulată, similaritatea lor fiind pusă sub semnul întrebării de suprafață și de mediu. Pe lângă materia care își revendică drepturile în fața acestor reprezentanți recunoscuți ai umanității, lucrările de artă sugerează poate și că ideile și principiile acestor mari gânditori le-au supraviețuit cu mult aspectului fizic/asemănării fizice.

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Aristotle and Scedosporium apiospermum, from the series Zoe-therapy

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    Acquisition programme of works of art from Bulgaria and Romania following the Bureau decision from 13 December 2006


    (…) artistic trades constitute one of the pillars on which our cultural heritage and our economy rest (…) their continuity must therefore be safeguarded by means of appropriate mechanisms for passing on knowledge and skills, as emphasised in Parliament’s resolution of 10 April 2008 on cultural industries in Europe (…)

    European Parliament resolution of 12 May 2011 on unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries (2010/2156(INI))

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    The exhibition would be organised by a rotating system following the changing of the EU presidencies. Every six months, the Artistic Committee would decide on a selection of 8 to 10 works of art from the Member State concerned(…) GEDA D (2010) 41679

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    Acquisition programme of works of art from Croatia following the Bureau decision from 13 December 2006.


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    Value of culture

    (…) the intrinsic value of culture and of artistic expression should always be preserved and promoted and that artistic creation is at the heart of cooperation projects. European Parliament legislative resolution of 28 March 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 (COM(2018)0366 – C8 0237/2018 – 2018/0190(COD))


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    Acquisition programme of works of art from Germany, Poland, Spain and Sweden following the Bureau decision from 25 November 2019

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    Acquisition programme of works of art from Czechia, Italy, Malta and Slovakia following the Bureau decision from 25 November 2019


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    Acquisition programme of works of art from Cyprus, Estonia, Malta, Romania and The Netherlands following the Bureau decision from 25 November 2019

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