The World According to Ion B.


1h 1m 2010

Brief Synopsis

Homeless and living in a garbage-strewn alleyway in Bucharest, Ion Barladeanu is discovered by a gallerist and lands his first art show at the age of sixty-two. After toiling in obscurity for decades, Ion's collages are now being curated and collected. Ion's artworks go from being a useless piece of

Film Details

Also Known As
World According to Ion B.
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
2010

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 1m

Synopsis

Homeless and living in a garbage-strewn alleyway in Bucharest, Ion Barladeanu is discovered by a gallerist and lands his first art show at the age of sixty-two. After toiling in obscurity for decades, Ion's collages are now being curated and collected. Ion's artworks go from being a useless piece of junk under communism to a sought after collectibles within capitalism. His provocative political collages make statements that could never have been made in Romanian society until now. We watch as Ion undergoes a complete transformation and it seems his art will outlive us all.

Film Details

Also Known As
World According to Ion B.
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
2010

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 1m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2010

Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (Next) April 29-May 9, 2010.

Released in United States 2010

Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (Next) April 29-May 9, 2010.)