Nature in the City
Journal Title: Martor. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review - Year 2016, Vol 21, Issue 21
Abstract
The article signed by the artist Ernö Bartha is a contemplation of the way sculptures are created out of an ephemeral and cyclic material, hay. The artist explains the way he works with hay and conceive his work. The article ends with presenting the opinions of two art critics, Alexandra Rus (Faculty of History and Philosophy, “Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and Pavel Șușară (Institute for the History of Art, Romanian Academy, Romania) regarding the works of Ernö Bartha.
Authors and Affiliations
Erno Bartha
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