Lia Perjovschi. A Loud Life in Silence

On the occasion of her solo exhibition, Experiments and Conclusions, Lia Perjovschi reflects on her artistic approach and working methods in her presentation, A Loud Life in Silence, drawing from historical photographs, private snapshots, and found visual materials and quotes. This presentation, stemming from a conversation between Perjovschi and art historian Kristine Stiles, traces the evolution of Perjovschi’s multifaceted work amid Romania’s sociopolitical transformation before and after the 1989 revolution. The visual connections the artist creates between fragments of conversations, written notes on personal experiences, and photographs of her works indicate her enduring practices of collecting, organizing and contextualizing. These methods emerged as her response to the overwhelming influx of information and consumer goods in post-socialist times and continue to define her artistic work today.

In 1985, Perjovschi founded the Contemporary Art Archive and Centre for Art Analysis, which, by the 1990s, had become a crucial hub for the international art community, attracting curators, journalists, and students from around the world. It was during this period that Kristine Stiles first visited Romania to examine the post-socialist landscape, leading to her initial meeting with Perjovschi. Their collaboration has since produced several publications and exhibitions of Perjovschi’s work. The title A Loud Life in Silence is derived from a 1996 monograph on Perjovschi monograph by Stiles.

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