The Flight of Brancusi's Magic Bird Through the Centuries

Mina Loy wrote THE GOLDEN BIRD before she met Brancusi, who became an intimate friend. More than recognition of kindred genius, Mina Loy's poem collaborates with Brancusi's Magic Bird by extending its flight in what came to be the spaces of new expressions of the modern mind.

The Golden Bird has flown into the future, taking on a variety of signifcances. In 1990 the Chicago Art Museum acquired and displayed Pasarea Maiastra, the Magic Bird, in the context of the fall of the Romanian dictatorship in 1989.

Mounted ed on its three pedestals, as Brancusi wanted to and wasn't always listened to, the The Magic Bird, added a new meaning to its already miraculous flight through world wars, revolutions, pandemics and changing technologies? Where does it lend now in the 21st century?

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The lecture will be held in English
Cinema Elvire Popesco (Bd. Dacia 77) Free admission, registration required