Video: Ion Barladeanu-the stunning life of a forgotten artist

Romanian artist Ion Barladeanu revealed his misery life in an interview for the famous British broadcaster BBC. Despite the tragic nuance of the topic, Mr. Barladeanu proved a real sense of humor depicting his life history in a somewhat funny way which makes you smile (even if a litte bitter). (scroll down for Emmy winning “World According to Ion B.” (embed) and the BBC interview (link)

Abroad he is regarded as one of the greatest Romanian contemporary artists but in his own country the man lives in a poor Bucharest apartment. Until 2008 none heard about Ion Barlandeanu, but now his collages are exhibited in the top art world in Paris and moreover he is known to the celebrities.

Ion Barladeanu has spent his life creating politically subversive collages by stealth, many as opposition to the Nicolae Ceausescu’s dictatorship . Ion has always believed in his art, in his collages which have an excellent cinematic quality. He says he considers himself as a ‘director’ of his collages, which he sees as being like films.

Ion B. described the first encounter with Angelina Jolie:
“I told also Angelina Jolie: Madame, I am the greatest director in the world” “How come?” she asked me. “Just like that” I said. “So, I gave her a catalog of my collages as a present.”
“To whom?” the BBC reporter asked.
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Ion B interview with BBC’s Tom Wilson

After many years in the shadow, the Romanian was discovered by the outer world and his art was the recent subject of an Emmy award-winning documentary, “The World According to Ion B”.

Video: The World According to Ion B. – Emmy awarded (trailer)