Canadian artist opens video exhibition in Bucharest.

16 November 2005 – 10 February 2006

Guest curator: Enrico Lunghi, Director Casino Luxemburg / Curator: Ruxandra Balaci
Coordinator: Suzana Dan

"Film is an old invention", says Mark Lewis. "It's a bit dusty, and artists are picking over its remains, re-thinking its history". Fascinated by cinema, its social phenomenon, and its power to seduce, Mark Lewis began to experiment with film in the mid-90s. The artist premises much of his work on the idea that cinema is entering its terminal phase as the medium of choice for mass artistic expression. Mark Lewis' productions have closer ties to the world of independent cinema than to the low-tech video art projects of the recent past. Landscapes is a selection of ten most recent video works of the artist (2001-2005), and will be hosted in MNAC for three months.

Recognized both in North America and in Europe, Mark Lewis’ films have been featured in many solo exhibitions and have been presented in group exhibitions that have conceptualized the growing interest of contemporary artists in the temporal and narrative properties of film:
Re-makes at CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, and (Based upon) True Stories, at Witte de With in Rotterdam, in 2003; Liverpool Biennal at the Tate Liverpool, in 2002; Mois de la Photo à Montréal, in 2001; Intelligence: New British Art 2000 at the Tate Britain in London, in 2000; Cinema! Cinema! The Cinematic Experience at the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum d’Eindhoven, in 1999; and L’effet cinéma, at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, in 1997.

With the support of British Council Romania.

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MNAC, The National Museum of Contemporary Art
2-4, Str. Izvor, aripa E4, Bucharest (RO), 050563
General director: Mihai Oroveanu
Artistic director: Ruxandra Balaci
www.mnac.ro