Cornel Barsan Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1965 -

Cornel Barsan is a visual artist, Cornel Barsan was born in 1965. Also born in 1965 and of this same generation are Tobias Madörin, Øistein Kristansen, Philippe Pasqua, Xiao Yu, and Tacita Dean.


Cornel Barsan was born in 1965 and was predominantly inspired by the 1980s. The 1980s were an era of increasing global capitalism, political upheaval, worldwide mass media, wealth discrepancies and unique music and fashion, characterised by hip hop and electronic pop music. This had a strong impact on the generation of artists growing up during this time. The fall of the Berlin Wall at the end of the 1980s signified the end of the Cold War, yet the era was also marked by the African Famine. During this time leading art movements included Neo Geo, The Pictures Generation and Neo-Expressionism, which took a particular hold in Germany, France and Italy. Artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Jörg Immendorf, Enzo Cucchi, Francesco Clemente and Julian Schnabel were key artists working at this time, alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, who established the street art and graffiti movements, which quickly gained recognition.