PULS 20 unites the most valuable finds from a communal treasure hunt. Exponents of the Romanian
arts scene and representatives of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) in Bucharest
teamed up to review the oeuvres of countless eminent Romanian artists and select works of
outstanding quality that reflect the diversity of the country's creative production over the
past fifty years. In time for the celebrations of MNAC's twentieth anniversary in 2020 the
institution acquired the 180 works reproduced in this catalogue. That makes PULS 20 a singular
document in two respects: it gathers a selection of key works of Romanian art that is
unprecedented in its breadth between the covers of a book and it is the result of a successful
cooperative curatorial process an organic discourse involving a wide variety of participants
demonstrating that democratic dialogue in art is not just possible but also extraordinarily
fruitful and indeed necessary. All in all this catalogue is the perfect choice both for
newcomers to Romanian contemporary art and for specialists.
