The famous \u201cGate of the Kiss\u201d made by Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i was recreated in Bucharest as part of the \u201cYou are Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i!\u201d project to mark 150 years since the sculptor’s birth. The project is a collaboration between the Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i Research, Documentation and Promotion Center in T\u00e2rgu Jiu and auction house Artmark, which hosts the recreated gate at the Cesianu-Racovi\u021b\u0103 Palace.<\/p>\n
The gate will remain in Bucharest from February 13 to March 9. It is meant \u201cnot only an object to look at or see oneself reflected in, but a space to experience – a city threshold where passersby see themselves in Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u2019s symbol of love, unity, and continuity,\u201d according to the press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As such, it becomes a threshold between stages of life and \u201cfulfills in the life of the Romanian people the role of a magical creation that watches over all the major acts of an individual\u2019s life\u2026 births, weddings, deaths,\u201d according to another famed Romanian artist, the writer Mircea Eliade.\u00a0<\/p>\n