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Romanian pop artist meets Angelina Jolie

Mediafax

Romanian collage artist Ion Barladeanu has met Angelina Jolie in Paris, where he exhibited his art collection called "Realpolitik" at the Anne de Villepoix gallery.

The Hollywood actress, who is in Paris to shoot "The Tourist", a remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", talked with Barladeanu for about two hours and said she was impressed by his work and life story.

Barladeanu, 63, homeless during the Communist regime, left his village at the age of 20 and took several menial jobs in different parts of the country. He eventually came to capital Bucharest where he worked first as a grave digger and then as a guard and a manual labourer.

After 1989, when Ceausescu  was overthrown and Romania freed from Communist rule, Barladeanu lived on the streets and collected garbage.

Barladeanu's interest in art dates back to 1960, when he first had the idea of using scrap and discarded magazines to create collages about Communist reality and Romania’s dictatorial couple.

His work was discovered two years ago by Romanian curator Dan Popescu, who exhibited his collages at the H'Art Bucharest gallery. Later, Romanian director Alexander Nanau made a documentary film presenting Barladeanu's amazing life journey that was broadcast on HBO Romania.

Barladeanu's collages are considered by some critics as masterpieces of pop art that are as significant as Marcel Duchamp's or Andy Warhol's work.

Barladeanu's art collection has also been exhibited at Fred Gallery in London, where it was highly praised by art critics.

Miserable plot
Jilted hubby Florin Dan Munteanu, 38, who allegedly tried to kill his wife with a bomb hidden inside a copy of the book 'Les Miserables' has been arrested after it blew up his mother-in-law instead, say police in Petrosan, Romania.

Woman's torso found in basement
The torso of a woman was found at the basement of a block of flats in Botosani, northern Romania.

Football champions stranded in snow
Nine players from Romania's football champions team - who met Manchester United in the Champions League playoffs - have been stranded for over 20 hours on a train, after they had left Galati for Bucharest on Monday, it emerged today (Tues).

New Prime Minister forms his team
The new prime minister (PM) will present his team tonight (Tues), after consultations with the political parties.

Former deputy sentenced to 5 years in jail
Former Romanian Chamber of Deputies member Emilian Cutean, from the Social Democrat Party (PSD) was sentenced definitively to five years in jail by the Court of Appeal in Bucharest today (Tues).

Seven buses caught up in snow
Seven buses with 450 passengers were stuck in the snow for more than seven hours in southeastern Romania, last night (Mon/Tues).

Central bank hikes inflation prognosis
Romania's Central Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu said today (Tues) the central bank had hiked the inflation prognosis from 3 per cent to 3.2 per cent in 2012.

Millions of Euro losses per day due to snowy roads
Losses of as much as 100 million Euros per day are estimated by the Associtation of Importers and Exporters in Romania (ANEIR), due to the weather conditions, as tens of national roads are blocked by snow and blizzards.

AA introduces new flights from Bucharest to Vienna
Austrian Airlines (AA) announced today (Tues) that it would increase the number of flights from Romania in the summer season.

Anti-corruption chief prosecutor's mandate extended
The chief of the National Anti-corruption Department (DNA), Daniel Morar, has his mandate prolonged for another six months the General Prosecutor Codruta Kovesi, said today (Tues).