Decades of inclusion? Roma artists and contemporary art 26 April 2024 A picture containing horse Description automatically generated Oto Hudec: Invisible Museum, project, 2017 Internationally… …regionally… …locally A poster with text and images Description automatically generated 52nd Venice Biennale (2007): "Think with the Senses, Feel with the Mind: Art in the Present Tense" Roma pavilion – transnational representation; ethnic collective Tunali, T. (2011). The politics of "Roma inclusion" at the 52nd venice art biennale. Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 11(4), 701-711. Is art history lagging behind processes of inclusion? – first Romani Group exhibition in 1979 (Budapest) Inclusion as “the consequence of a sudden and spontaneous humanitarian interest. They are the continuation of a complex set of political, economic, and discursive relations marked by the collapse of State Socialism and EU expansion which helped to institutionalize ”Western” human rights discourses to frame ”Eastern” ethnic conflicts and tensions in the process of the ongoing ”liberalization” and ”democratization” of the CEE countries” Tunali, T. (2011). The politics of "Roma inclusion”, 702–703. A picture containing building, sky, outdoor, tall Description automatically generated Did the Roma Pavilion in the 52nd Venice Biennial aim for negotiating the Roma’s ”particular political vocabulary” in need to be visible to Romany populations around Europe to build an alternative political solidarity? Or was this exhibition part of the institutional creativity aimed at the socio-political integration of the former communist Europe into the global economic circuits? Tunali, T. (2011). The politics of "Roma inclusion”, 703. Tamás Péli (b. Budapest 1948, d. Budapest 1994), https://www.romarchive.eu/en/collection/staciok-portrefilm-peli-tamas-festomuveszrol/ Vanda Zsoldos, Stációk (Stations), 1988 ‘…and in order to become a Roma painter, the existence of the Roma bricklayer should be acknowledged. This is a massive and difficult question … and I would like to be a Hungarian painter … The time will come but I will not get the final immigration license from my colleagues for another year or two … I am going to present a significant piece of art at the World Fair and this work of art … will not be made by Tamás Péli the Roma painter but Tamás Péli, a painter with a European mind and soul, that of the image designer who is concerned with the future of this country and his community’. A person wearing a hat Description automatically generated with medium confidence Gabi JIMÉNEZ A picture containing person, indoor Description automatically generated Map Description automatically generated with medium confidence A picture containing text Description automatically generated Text Description automatically generated Identity and artistic expression András Kállai, Fat Barbie. 2006, Terracotta, plastic, 28 x 13 x 14 cm, http://universes-in-universe.de/car/venezia/eng/2007/tour/roma/img-19.htm A person holding a bottle and a statue of a naked person Description automatically generated with low confidence András KÁLLAI A close-up of a document Description automatically generated with medium confidence Kiba LUMBERG A picture containing text Description automatically generated Roma identity politics in the EU has not been employed to unveil the reasons of increasing social inequality; instead it has been applied to define Roma as a distinct community, which, in turn, has triggered traditional prejudices on them. Tunali, T. (2011). The politics of "Roma inclusion”, 705. ”Are we creating an ethnicising, socially motivated ’special case’, sponsored by philanthropy, in the hybrid environment of the art establishment?” Gottfried WAGNER, ”The Roma Pavilion in Venice: A Bold Beginning”, in Exhibition Catalogue: Paradise Lost, Open Society Foundations, Budapest, 2007, p. 36. A screenshot of a video game Description automatically generated with low confidence Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (*1978) A picture containing indoor, floor, ceiling, gallery Description automatically generated Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Re-enchanting the World, exhibition view, Polish Pavilion at the 2022 Venice. Biennale. Image courtesy Zachęta National Gallery of Art. Photo: Daniel Rumiancew. A close up of text Description automatically generated https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/biennale-arte-2024-stranieri-ovunque-foreigners-everywhere -First Biennale in 1895 -collective exhibition spaces as well as 30 permanent national pavilions RrOMA LEPANTO refers to the naval Battle of Lepanto (1571), highlighting the role of enslaved Gitanos from Spain and Roma from Italy, tasked with rowing the vessels. The site-specific installation initiates a discourse concerning the (in)visibility and recognition of Roma contributions to European history and societies. The choice of the exhibition venue is deliberate: the show takes place at Palazzo Bembo, as Giovanni Bembo served as commander during the battle, which culminated in the triumph of the Holy Alliance. https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/592567/rroma-lepanto/ A painting of a battle Description automatically generated The Battle of Lepanto by Andrea Vicentino (c. 1571-1600), Museo Correr, Venice A close-up of a painting Description automatically generated Luna De Rosa, RrOMA LEPANTO (detail), 2024. Luna De Rosa https://www.lunaderosa.com A black and white text Description automatically generated A painting of a path of people Description automatically generated with medium confidence Manolo Gómez Romero https://en.kaidikhas.com/artists/70063/manolo-gomez-romero/works/ A close-up of a piece of art Description automatically generated Damian Le Bas https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/06/racism-gypsy-damian-le-bas-travellers-stopping-places A group of wagons in a field Description automatically generated A book cover with a horseshoe Description automatically generated “WE ARE WHAT WE ARE” ASPECTS OF ROMA LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY ART @ MINORITEN GALLERY, GRAZ (2004) (SHOWN IN TRNAVA IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR) Matei Bejenaru (RO) Michaela Bruckmüller (A) Pavlina Fichta Cierna (SK) Cosmin Gradinaru (RO) Iosif Kiraly / Mariana Celac / Marius Marcu-Lapadat (RO) Monika Kovacova (SK) Aydan Murtezaoglu (TR) Terez Orsos (HU) Nihad Nino Pusija (D/BiH) Gyöngyi Raczne Kalanyos (HU) Mario Rizzi (I), Erzen Shkololli (KOS) Mladen Stilinovic (HR) Ceija Stojka (A) Chad Evans Wyatt (USA/CZ) Dusan Zahoransky (CZ/SK) Nihad Nino Pusija, photo from the series "Ramadan Armani" A picture containing outdoor, person Description automatically generated LACKA – Ladislava Gažiová https://www.artlist.cz/en/lacka-ladislava-gaziova-618-video/ A person with long hair Description automatically generated with low confidence O kosmos hino kalo/The Universe is Black, 2017, Moravian Gallery in Brno, A person wearing a garment Description automatically generated with low confidence Ladislava Gažiová, https://www.artmap.cz/artist/ladislava-gaziova/ Phundrado drom / The Open Road, Ethnographic Museum, Prague, 3. 6. 2022 – 31. 5. 2024 https://www.nm.cz/en/program/exhibitions/phundrado-drom-the-open-road#gallery-9 A picture containing text, indoor, window, shop Description automatically generated BíLá Místa, Hranicář Gallery, Ustí nad Labem (2020) A room with art on the walls Description automatically generated with low confidence https://artalk.cz/2020/10/05/roma-lives-matter-v-hranicari/?fbclid=IwAR2zbG0yCtwDxh874ZrCspWpNciDXD cyPXIozFszM1hilHljIcTH42TT3Dw A picture containing text Description automatically generated A picture containing logo Description automatically generated Text Description automatically generated A picture containing horse Description automatically generated https://eriac.org/category/romamoma/ Internationally… …regionally… …locally Which different strategies do you detect? Are there any regionally or locally specific practices? A wheel with a yellow background Description automatically generated