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Paul Neagu: Cake Man

Our solo presentation revolves around a paramount performance by Romanian artist Paul Neagu from 1971, meant from the beginning to be restaged and recalled in an active, participatory manner, in the presence or the absence of the artist altogether. According to Neagu’s view, art can benefit from an unlimited freedom of communication in time and space, and in this regard he conceived his performances like rituals meant to transcend the physical realm.

Cake Man is a performative action Paul Neagu had organised after his definitive move to Great Britain from Romania in 1970, …