Ana Lupas

Cluj, Romania, 1940

Ana Lupas lives and works in Cluj, Romania. She studied at the Institutul de Arte Plastice Ion Andreescu, in Cluj. She started to work with textiles, happenings and installations from the Sixties, and her conceptual approach strongly influenced a whole generation of Romanian artists in the 1970s and 1980s. From the beginning Ana Lupas founded and guided the Romanian collaborative of young artists called “Atelier 35”, orienting it in the direction of a clearly Avant-garde approach. She has always remained far from the spotlight and the world of galleries, always working in close connection with the territory, especially the villages of Transylvania and Bukovina.

Selected works

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Ana Lupas, Eye behind gratings, 1974-1991, porcelain, hand twined wire net, diam. cm.71
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Ana Lupas, War Flag, 1990, bronze, metal chain, protective pen (metal), cm.96,80x52x81,50
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Ana Lupas, Coat to Borrow, 1989, two handmade coats, various techniques, and coat rack in painted iron, variable size
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Ana Lupas, Coat to Borrow, 1989, two handmade coats, various techniques, and coat rack in painted iron, variable size, detail
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Ana Lupas, Coat to Borrow, 1989, handmade coat, various techniques, and coat rack in painted iron, variable size
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Ana Lupas, Coat to Borrow, 1989, handmade coat, various techniques, and coat rack in painted iron, variable size, detail
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Ana Lupas, Insignias of power, 1988, porcelain, wood, cm.93,8x25x12
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Ana Lupas, Insignia of power, 1988, bronze, cm.19,6x6x4,3
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Ana Lupas, Insignia of power, 1988, bronze, cm.18,2x4,4x3,9
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Ana Lupas, Portrait, 1985, white porcelain, cobalt blue pigment, cm.26x16x17
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Ana Lupas, Insignia of power, 1976-77, wood chips, metal wire net, lead, stone supports, cm.49x18,9x15,6
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Ana Lupas, Humid Installation, 1970, two photos printed on paper (printed in the 70s), artist's original text, original cloth roll, cm.70x100 each and cm.50x720
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Ana Lupas, Humid Installation, 1970, two b-w photographs (printed in the 70s), cm.41x61 each (cm.41x122 overall)
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Ana Lupas, Humid Installation, 1970, four color photographs (printed in the 70s), cm.40x61,5 each (cm.80x123 overall)
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Ana Lupas, Humid Installation, 1970, photo printed on paper (printed in the 70s), cm.70x100
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Ana Lupas, Humid Installation, 1970, photo printed on paper (printed in the 70s), cm.70x100
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Ana Lupas, Identity shirt, first generation, 1969, sewing machine-stitched drawing, cm.59x80
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Ana Lupas, Identity shirt, first generation, 1969, sewing machine-stitched drawing, cm.64x76
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Ana Lupas, Identity shirt, first generation, 1969, sewing machine-stitched drawing, cm.49x63
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Ana Lupas, Identity shirt, second generation, 1969, various fabrics, thread, pencil, cm.59,2x49,6
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Ana Lupas, Identity shirt, second generation, 1969, various fabrics, thread, pencil, ink, cm.60,8x52,3
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Ana Lupas, The Solemn Process, 1964-2008, offset, cm.100x70
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Ana Lupas, The Solemn Process, Preparatory drawing for wire mesh for wheat, 1964-1976, graphite on paper, cm.29,7x21
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Ana Lupas, The Solemn Process, Preparatory drawing for jointed skeleton structure (structure built with hammers, pliers, nails...), 1964-1976, graphite on paper, cm.29,7x21
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Ana Lupas, The Solemn Process, Preparatory drawing for wire mesh on skeleton, 1964-1976, graphite on paper, cm.21x29,7
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Ana Lupas, The Solemn Process, Preparatory drawing for wire mesh on skeleton, 1964-1976, graphite on paper, cm.29,7x21
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Ana Lupas, Coat for reaching the Heaven, 1962-64, various fabrics, thread, diameter cm.110
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Ana Lupas, Coat for reaching the Sun, 1962-64, various fabrics, thread, cm.70x90