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<\/p>\nAround the centenary of the Great Union, Alexandra's Gallery aims to promote those Romanians who have left their mark on the history of universal art. The series of ROCAT events, held monthly at the Gallery, is accompanied, here on the blog, by a series of stories with Romanians whose names we do not know, unfortunately, as well as we should. Today, we invite you to read about a Saxon born in Bra\u0219ov who became, in the early 1900s, a world revelation and spiritual master for current heavy names in philosophy, such as Hermann Hesse and Martin Heidegger. A charismatic figure, he attracted the public around him like a magnet but also created enemies, so he was banned, imprisoned, sentenced to death and later released. His name was Gustav Gr\u00e4ser and he is considered the founder of the current of thought from which ecologists, pacifists and hippies later emerged.<\/p>\n
Desi a fost poet, pictor si sculptor, Gusto Graser este, oficial, incadrat de istorici la „filosofi pacifisti naturali\u0219ti” sau, asa cum isi spunea chiar el, „cel care tolera toate religiile, \u00eens\u0103 nu credea \u00een nici o biseric\u0103.”\u00a0N\u0103scut in 1879, la Bra\u0219ov, devine o celebritate in 1896, cand o sculptur\u0103 de-a sa c\u00e2\u0219tig\u0103 medalia de aur la Expozi\u021bia Mondial\u0103 de la Budapesta. Incepe studiile de art\u0103 la Viena apoi se intoarce acasa si picteaza\u00a0\u201cPuterea iubirii\u201d, o pictur\u0103 despre for\u021ba iubirii, \u00een care \u00ee\u0219i exprim\u0103 dezacordul fa\u021b\u0103 de lumea industrializat\u0103 care se autodistruge.<\/p>\n
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In 1900 ajunge in\u00a0Ascona, Elve\u021bia, unde contribuie la na\u0219terea primei comunitati hippy a lumii. \u201cColonia cooperativ\u0103 vegetarian\u0103 Monte Verita\u201d a atras ulterior scriitori, pictori, psihanali\u0219ti care se declarau \u201ctolerantly intolerable\u201c. „Colonistii” experimentau nuditatea, dieta vegetarian\u0103, medita\u021bia, arta. Rand pe rand, Monte Verita atrage\u00a0persoane ca scriitorul\u00a0Hermann Hesse, actrita Isadora Duncan, pictorul Kadinsky, psihanalistul Carl Jung. Intre timp, brasoveanul a parasit colonia, dezgustat de\u00a0„direc\u021bia comercial\u0103 \u0219i turistic\u0103 spre care se orienta colonia”, a\u0219a c\u0103 s-a mutat \u00eentr-o grot\u0103. Sase ani mai tarziu, revine in\u00a0Germania si incepe sa traiasca din vanzarea propriilor poezii, pe strada. Incepe si sa fie arestat periodic, datorita parerilor sale politice.\u00a0In 1915 este expulzat \u00een Austria, unde este condamnat la moarte, sub acuza\u021bia de instigator \u0219i contestatar, dar eliberat dupa ce \u00een ap\u0103rarea sa sar mai multe mari personalit\u0103\u021bi, inclusiv scriitorul Thomas Mann. In 1927 il gasim la Berlin, unde lucreaz\u0103 la \u201cMuzeul Anti-R\u0103zboi\u201d si continua sa tipareasca manifeste pacifiste. In 1933 ajunge \u00eentr-un lag\u0103r de concentrare, este eliberat si i se interzice s\u0103 mai scrie. In 1940 se retrage \u00een secret la M\u00fcnchen, tr\u0103ind ascuns \u00een podurile unor prieteni, unde continu\u0103 s\u0103 scrie.\u00a0Scapa de bombardamentele aliatilor din 1945 si devine celebru dupa arunca\u00a0fly-ere cu poeziile lui\u00a0din balconul Prim\u0103riei din M\u00fcnchen.\u00a0Moare in\u00a01958, dar zece ani mai tarziu, este readus\u00a0\u00een con\u0219tiin\u021ba publica \u0219i devine\u00a0simbolul mi\u0219c\u0103rilor Flower Power. Hipiotii anilor 60 aratau exact cum arata Gusto Grasser in 1900…<\/p>\n
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Gusto Graser's poems are currently held by the Munich Library and the Monte Verit\u00e0 archives. There are no Romanian translations after his work. The painting is still on display today, under the name "Der Liebe Macht", in the Casa Anatta Museum, on the famous Monte Verit\u00e0. There is no information about the fate of the sculpture with which Gusto Grasser won that prize in 1896.<\/p>\n
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