Bogdan Rață Explained

Bogdan Rața
Birth Date:1984 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Baia Mare, Romania
Nationality:Romanian
Field:Sculpture
Training:West University of Timișoara
Works:Scream (2008),
Pray (2009),
Lonely (2011),
The Middle Way (2014)[1] [2]
Awards:Prize for Sculpture of The Union of Romania Plastic Artists (2011)

Bogdan Rața (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan boɡdan rat̻͡s̪a/; born January 22, 1984) is a Romanian sculptor best known for his twisted, contorted and mutated versions of the human body. Rață lives and works in Timișoara and Bucharest.[3] [4] [5]

Education

Rața studied sculpture at the West University of Timișoara (2003–2006). In 2008 he got his M.A. in sculpture at the Bucharest National University of Arts and in 2012 his PhD at the West University of Timișoara.

Work

In his early years of Rața's artistic work he used his own body as a model. Subsequently, he continued his work in the form of large-scale studies of different body fragments; with quasi-surgical accuracy, he carved out his arms, feet, elbows and torsos, which he later juxtaposed, juggling with sometimes oversized proportions such as Handgun, exhibited in Bucharest and later in Paris at the Farideh Cadot Gallery. The combinations give rise to new forms, hybrid and often "absurd" sculptures.[6] [7]

Rața is focused mainly on human anatoforms. Using polyester, paint, metal and synthetic resin he twists, deforms and shapes human bodies forming hybrid and grotesque anatomic mutations.[8] [9]

His works represents deformed and hideous human bodies or parts of it.[10] [11] Rața is interested in the issues of perception and human figure in sculpture:[12]

I work with human fragments which I combine in order to create images with a strong emotional impact: frustration, fright, shame. I reinterpret the human body precisely in order to induce a state of confusion to the reader and to in a way force him to understand, from a different perspective, the contemporary human being. A finger can be stronger than a rifle, an ear more frustrating than an interrogation.

Often, he mixes different body parts like fingers, foot, head and torsos:[13] Punk (2008), Torsso (2008), Lonely (2011), The Cure (2010), Tits (2010), The Middle Way (2014), The Pressure (2015) etc. He also uses twisted trunks or faceless bodies: Shame (2009), Trying to Keep Life (2012) and The Lake (2015).[14] [15]

Teaching

Besides his artistic career, Rața is also a lecturer at the West University of Timișoara.[16]

Exhibitions

Since 2007, Rața's work has been exhibited both nationally, in Timișoara,[17] Bucharest, Sibiu, Baia Mare and internationally in Liverpool (UK), Paris (France),[18] New York (U.S.), Moscow and St. Petersburg (Russia), Venice (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel), Cascais (Portugal)[19] and Budapest (Hungary).[20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nasui Collection & Gallery at Contemporary Istanbul 2014. www.artsy.net. Artsy. 10 August 2017.
  2. Book: Nasui. Cosmin. Colouring the Grey – State of Mind. 2011. Vellant. 978-973-1984-76-6. 10 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Sculpture by Bogdan Rata. Art People Gallery. 10 August 2017. 28 December 2015. 12 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060936/https://www.artpeoplegallery.com/sculpture-by-bogdan-rata/. dead.
  4. News: Nafziger. Christina. Bogdan Rata's Grotesque, Mutated Sculptures Explore Body Politics And Self-Identity. Beautiful Decay. 10 August 2017. 15 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Bogdan Rata: Nasui Gallery. www.cosminnasui.com. Nasui Gallery. 10 August 2017.
  6. News: Cadot. Farideh. Bogdan Rata, le corps du délire. 10 August 2017. Libération. 22 April 2015. fr.
  7. Visual Zevs Attack. Flash Art. 2009. 264–266. 21. G. Politi.
  8. Web site: Ruiz. Vanessa. Bogdan Rata – Human Anatoforms. streetanatomy.com. Street Anatomy. 10 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Les Mutations corporelles futures de Bogdan Rata – Chambre237. Chambre237. 10 August 2017. fr-FR. 24 January 2016.
  10. Web site: Bogdan Rața: Interview. The re:art. 10 August 2017. 3 February 2016.
  11. News: Vasiliu. Oana. Independents Liverpool Biennial presents Romanian Bogdan Rata. 10 August 2017. Business Review. 11 June 2014.
  12. Web site: Art-Sheep Features: Bogdan Rata's Alternative Human Anatomy. art-sheep.com. 21 June 2015 . Art-Sheep. 10 August 2017.
  13. Web site: As perturbadoras e intrigantes esculturas de Bogdan Rata. Zupi. 10 August 2017. Portuguese. 15 June 2015.
  14. Book: Karlyn. De Jongh. Personal Structures: Culture-Mind-Becoming. 2013. Global Art Affairs Publishing. 978-9490784126. 174–175.
  15. Book: Nasui. Cosmin. The Soft Power of the Art Market. 2012. Vellant. 978-9731984865. 10 August 2017.
  16. Web site: UVT: Cadre didactice Arte Vizuale. West University of Timișoara: Visual Arts Academic Staff. arte.uvt.ro. 10 August 2017.
  17. News: Ionescu. Stejărel. Galeria Calina aduce din nou extravaganţa în artă într-un nou proiect. 10 August 2017. Banatul Azi. ro-RO.
  18. News: Debailleux. Henri-François. La galeriste Farideh Cadot toujours d'attaque. 10 August 2017. Libération.fr. 20 October 2010. fr. 11 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170811011507/http://next.liberation.fr/culture/2010/10/20/la-galeriste-farideh-cadot-toujours-d-attaque_687669. dead.
  19. News: Lucrarea "Middle Way" a artistului român Bogdan Rața inaugurată la Cascais, Portugalia. 10 August 2017. The Romanian Cultural Institute. ro-RO.
  20. Web site: Bogdan Rata Biography. www.artnet.com. Artnet. 10 August 2017.
  21. News: Cu mana pe oras: Bogdan Rata la Bienala de Arta de la Liverpool. 10 August 2017. HotNewsRo. 7 July 2014. ro.
  22. Web site: Români pentru o Lume: BOGDAN RAŢĂ. www.romanipentruolume.ro. 10 August 2017. 11 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170811010722/http://www.romanipentruolume.ro/juriu/bogdan-rata. dead.
  23. News: Zorzor. Corina. O sculptură a lui Bogdan Raţă este expusă la Bienala de Artă de la Liverpool. 10 August 2017. adevarul.ro. 8 July 2014. ro-RO.
  24. News: Tehran galleries in focus at Contemporary Istanbul. 10 August 2017. Hürriyet Daily News. 11 November 2015.

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