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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Romanian artist was tramp on the streets of Bucharest

Barladeanu Gallery: Artist Ion Barladeanu
Ion Barladeanu is on his way to becoming an important contemporary artist, but in May 2008 he was still an anonymus tramp on the streets of Bucharest. PR PIC Photograph: PR handout
Barladeanu Gallery: Ion Barladeanu
His collages are being hailed as politically brave and culturally irreverent
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Barladeanu Gallery: Artist Ion Barladeanu
He created many of his collages from scraps of discarded magazines during and after the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu
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Barladeanu Gallery: Artist Ion Barladeanu
Barledeanu describes himself as a 'director' of his own films and considers each collage to be a movie in itself
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Barladeanu Gallery: Ion Barladeanu
While many are light-hearted, others are darker, infused with black humour
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Barladeanu Gallery: Artist Ion Barladeanu
'Now I feel like a prince, says Barladeanu. A pauper can become a prince. But he can go back to being a pauper too.'
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