Dan Perjovschi is an artist

Artist

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, writer

Writer

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 and cartoonist

Cartoonist

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 born in 1961 in Sibiu

Sibiu

Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...

, Romania

Romania

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. Perjovschi has over the past decade created drawings in museum spaces, most recently in the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

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 in New York City

New York City

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 in which he created the drawing during business hours for patrons to see. The drawings present a political commentary in response to current events. Another exhibition of Perjovschi's within a Portuguese bank consists of several comic strip style

Comic strip

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 drawings which address more European issues such as Romania's acceptance to the EU and abortion legalization

Abortion debate

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 in Portugal. Dan and Lia Perjovschi had their first retrospective exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art

Nasher Museum of Art

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 at Duke University

Duke University

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in fall 2007.

External links

• Dan Perjovschi is represented by galerie Michel Rein, Paris
• http://www.perjovschi.ro/
• http://www.nasher.duke.edu/exhibitions_statesofmind.php
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/danperjovschi/pool/
• http://moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=3956
• Interview with the artist