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In how many ways does sculpture continue to exist? For centuries, sculpture has been revered as a monument, a symbolic representation aimed at immortalising a notable place or event in our consciousness. Does sculpture still uphold the validity of this convention? Are the boundaries within which sculpture was formerly perceived still adhered to? What happens after the grand models have achieved their ultimate forms of expression? Does Romanian sculpture still hold relevance in the present day, following Brancusi's experience?

To address these inquiries, the project "after SCULPTURE / SCULPTURE after" offers a series of exhibition events spanning seven months, running from May 4th to November 30th, 2023, at Cazarma U in Timisoara (Piața Mărăști nr. 2).

The curatorial concept unifying these events stems from the notion that in contemporary art, the three-dimensional object has transcended its condition and boundaries. In this context, the curatorial selection will consider artistic productions grounded in the sculptural object, which aim to extend its temporal, spatial, or meta-spatial dimensions through forms of expression such as intervention in the ambient space, site-specific installation, Land Art like interventions, the object augmented by computerised technologies, performance, or relational art.

This kaleidoscopic presentation of the evolution of Romanian sculpture will be accomplished through four permanent exhibitions, open to the public starting with May 4th:

• Monumental and Ephemeral Exhibition, curated by Ioana Vlasiu, takes on the historic and thematic perspective of Romanian sculpture, starting with one of its archetypes - the column. This exhibition presents multiple aspects of the column in Romanian sculpture, showcasing the works of artists such as Mircea Cantor, Andrei Cădere, Ioana Ciocan, Reka Csapo Dup, Doru Covrig, Darie Dup, Teodor Graur, Grupul Sigma, Peter Jacobi, Peter Jecza, Aurelia Mihai, David Morar, Ciprian Mureșan, Paul Neagu, Ion Nicodim, Mihai Olos, Alexandru Păsat, Silvia Radu, Mircea Roman, Elena and Marcel Scutaru, Virgil Scripcariu, Aurel Vlad, and Victoria Zidaru.

• Responsive Matter Exhibition, curated by Alina Șerban, focuses on working with materials that are not in the classical realm of sculpture and how they are used to respond to the artistic concept, highlighting new forms of interpretation and perception of sculpture in its extended version. The selected artists are Nimbert Ambrus, Alexandra Satmari, Dan Vezentan, Adrian Kiss, and Ioana Sisea.

• Volume through Layers Exhibition, curated by Ciprian Mureșan, proposes a dialogue between artists in each exhibition space. Thinking of sculpture as a process of adding or subtracting layers, using various methods to bring out the desired form, the curatorial project symbolically transfers this idea, imagining added conceptual layers that can change the function of objects. The invited artists are Andrea Anghel, Marieta Chirulescu, Norbert Costin, Mihai Iepure-Gorski, Istvan Laszlo, Mihnea Mircan, Adriana Popescu, Silvia Radu, Cristian Rusu, and Paul Stoie.

• Spark in the Dark Exhibition, curated by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher, is realized with the support of the Asortymentna Kimnata Association and aims to connect the idea of ruin, symbolized through Ukraine’s experience, with that of revitalization through art. The exhibition is designed as an organism in constant growth and transformation, which occupies and redefines the exhibition space. The invited artists for the creative residences are Luka Basov & Krystyna Melnyk, Maria Leonenko & Anna Potyomkina, Oksana Pohrbennyk-Tishenko, Mariia Rusinkevych, Karina Synytsia / Sievierodonetsk. Guests: Radu Cioca and Alex Mirutziu.

Over the course of the next seven months, the project will also feature guest artists in temporary exhibitions such as Andreea Albani, Andrei Arion, Radu Comșa, Arantxa Etcheverria, Camilia Filipov, Vlad Olariu, Bogdan Rața, Larisa Sitar, and Lera Kelemen (curated by Horațiu Lipot in the exhibition AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave), as well as Terence Muskiwa (curated by Catinca Tăbăcaru). In addition, performance artists Alex Mirutziu and Gabriela Vanga will be presenting their work.

The concept behind this project has been thoughtfully developed by Sorina Jecza and Attila Kim through the TRIADE Foundation and Attila Kim & Architects.

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În câte feluri mai trăiește încă SCULPTURA? Înțeleasă secole de-a rândul ca monument, ca reprezentare simbolică menită să fixeze în conștiințe un loc sau un eveniment memorabil, își mai păstrează încă sculptura valabilitatea convenției? Limitele în care era ea înțeleasă în vechime mai sunt respectate? Ce mai poate surveni după ce marile modele și-au desăvârșit manifestările? Își mai găsește sculptura românească azi îndreptățirea, după experiența lui Brâncuși?

Acestor multiple întrebări, proiectul ‘după SCULPTURĂ / SCULPTURĂ după’ le propune câteva răspunsuri, printr-o serie de evenimente expoziționale, desfășurate timp de șapte luni, între 4 mai și 30 noiembrie 2023 la Cazarma U din Timișoara (Piața Mărăști nr. 2).

Conceptul curatorial care dă unitate acestor manifestări pornește de la faptul că în arta contemporană obiectul tridimensional și-a depășit condiția sau limitele. În acest context, selecția curatorială va avea în vedere producții artistice care au la bază obiectul sculptural, dar care urmăresc o extensie temporală, spațială sau meta-spațială a acestuia, prin forme de expresie precum intervenția asupra spațiului ambiental, instalația de tip site-specific, intervențiile de tip Land Art, obiectul augmentat prin tehnologii computerizate, performance-ul sau arta relațională.

Această prezentare caleidoscopică a evoluției sculpturii românești va fi realizată prin 4 expoziții permanente, care vor fi accesibile publicului începând cu 4 mai:

• Expoziția 'Monumental și efemer. Memorie sculptată', curator: Ioana Vlasiu, abordează perspectiva istoric-tematică a sculpturii românești, având ca punct de pornire unul dintre arhetipurile sculpturii - coloana. În cadrul acestei expoziții, sunt prezentate multiple ipostaze ale coloanei în sculptura românească, avându-i ca expozanți pe artiștii: Mircea Cantor, Andrei Cădere, Ioana Ciocan, Reka Csapo Dup, Doru Covrig, Darie Dup, Teodor Graur, Grupul Sigma, Peter Jacobi, Peter Jecza, Aurelia Mihai, David Morar, Ciprian Mureșan, Paul Neagu, Ion Nicodim, Mihai Olos, Alexandru Păsat, Silvia Radu, Mircea Roman, Elena și Marcel Scutaru, Virgil Scripcariu, Aurel Vlad, Victoria Zidaru.

• Expoziția 'Responsive Matter', curator: Alina Șerban, vizează lucrul cu materiale care nu sunt in zona clasică a sculpturii și felul în care acestea sunt folosite pentru a răspunde conceptului artistic, evidențiind noi forme de interpretare și percepție a sculpturii în versiunea sa extinsă. Artiștii selectați sunt Nimbert Ambrus, Alexandra Satmari, Dan Vezentan, Adrian Kiss și Ioana Sisea.

• Expoziția 'Volum prin straturi', curator: Ciprian Mureșan, propune în fiecare spațiu expozițional câte un dialog între artiști. Gândind sculptura ca un proces de straturi adăugate sau reduse, prin diverse metode, pentru a face să iasă la lumină forma dorită, proiectul curatorial transferă simbolic această idee, imaginând straturi conceptuale adăugate care pot schimba funcția obiectelor. Artiștii invitați sunt: Andrea Anghel, Marieta Chirulescu, Norbert Costin, Mihai Iepure- Gorski, István László, Mihnea Mircan, Adriana Popescu, Silvia Radu, Cristian Rusu, Paul Stoie

• Expoziția 'Spark in the Dark', curatori: Nathalie Hoyos și Rainald Schumacher, este realizată cu sprijinul Asociației Asortymentna Kimnata și are ca scop conexiunea între ideea de ruină, simbolizată prin experiența Ucrainei, cu cea de revitalizare prin intermediul artei. Expoziția este concepută ca un organism în continuă creștere și transformare, care ocupă și redefinește spațiul expozițional. Artiștii invitați în rezidențele de creație sunt Luka Basov & Krystyna Melnyk, Maria Leonenko & Anna Potyomkina, Oksana Pohrbennyk-Tishenko, Mariia Rusinkevych, Karina Synytsia / Sievierodonetsk. Invitați: Radu Cioca și Alex Mirutziu

Pe parcursul celor 7 luni vor fi prezenți și artiști invitați în expoziții temporare, cum ar fi Andreea Albani, Andrei Arion, Radu Comșa, Arantxa Etcheverria, Camilia Filipov, Vlad Olariu, Bogdan Rața, Larisa Sitar, Lera Kelemen (expoziția AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave, curatoriată de Horațiu Lipot), Terence Muskiwa (curator: Catinca Tăbăcaru). Vor susține performance artiștii Alex Mirutziu și Gabriela Vanga.

Conceptul expozițional este dezvoltat de Sorina Jecza și Attila Kim prin Fundația TRIADE și Attila Kim & Architects.

3–31 October 2015

www.artencounters.ro

Curators: Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher

First edition of the Timisoara Art Encounters, to become a regular venue for Romanian art in the international curatorial dialogue.

In October 2015, Timisoara, the city in western Romania in the heart of the historic Banat region and among the Romanian cities in the current competition for European Capital of Culture 2021, will host the first Timisoara Art Encounters. Stretching over the historical center of the city, Timisoara Art Encounters offers multilayered displays at diverse sites that invite visitors to share in the sensual and intellectual experience of contemporary art. It appeals to people of all ages, to visitors both local and international.

This year’s curatorial theme is Appearance and Essence, and with it Timisoara Art Encounters focuses on a not so well-known chapter in the history of European art: the story of Romanian art from the 1960s to the present day. The selected works trace the distinct narrative thread of Romanian art that emerged and evolved in parallel to art in Western Europe. For the first time, visitors have the chance to experience a comprehensive survey of Romanian art of the last 50 years in dialogue with a few international artists.

Participating artists include: Saâdane Afif, Dragos Alexandrescu, Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu, Apparatus 22, Rosa Barba, Marius Bercea, Stefan Bertalan, Matei Bejenaru, Rudolf Bone, Mihut Boscu Kafchin, Geta Bratescu, the Bureau of Melodramatic Research, Andrei Cadere, Mircea Cantor, Marieta Chirulescu, Radu Comsa, Calin Dan, Daniel Djamo, Joakim Eskildsen, Constantin Flondor, Adrian Ghenie, Ion Grigorescu, Mihai Iepure Gorski, Sofia Hultén, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Gabriel Kelemen, Maxim Liulca, Ana Lupas, Dan Maciuca, Alex Mirutziu, Florin Mitroi, Anca Munteanu Rimnic, Ciprian Muresan, Vlad Nanca, Paul Neagu, Ioana Nemes, Tara von Neudorf, Alexandru Niculescu, Mihai Olos, Andrei Pandele, Dan Perjovschi/Balamuc, Lia Perjovschi, Veda Popovici, Stefan Sava, Serban Savu, Sigma, sub:real, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Iulia Toma, Gabriela Vanga, to name but a few.

Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher, the two Berlin-based curators, take Romanian art as the starting point for their selection. “We will concentrate the Encounters on artists who have a relationship with Romanian culture and whose art is rooted in its history, be it by place of birth, by language or by some underlying artistic references; artists who live in the country or abroad. As outsiders, we have taken an ‘archeological’ look at the Romanian art scene and have tried to capture its essence. After identifying the uniquely Romanian quality of this art, we bring it to the surface and make it clear to see. Appearance & Essence is the curatorial theme for this edition of Timi?oara Art Encounters. We are not looking to pin down a specific ‘national’ identity, and are instead searching for certain cultural differences and individual nuances in the global discourse.”

Timisoara Art Encounters takes place across the entire historical city center. A thematic map will connect exhibitions in institutions, public galleries, the Timisoara Art Museum, a former high school and several abandoned buildings. Numerous artistic interventions will be staged in public places. A series of talks featuring international artists, curators and art historians will intensify the open dialogue with the public and the city at large. The educational program developed for Timisoara Art Encounters is aimed at all ages and communicates a concept of art as an open space, where different ideas, opinions and concepts about the world can meet and interact.

Detailed information on the exhibition sites, educational program and participating artists will be announced on the website. A complete overview will be released by the end of May. Further information available at www.artentcounters.ro.

Timisoara
Timisoara lies at a historic crossroads between the former Ottoman and Habsburg empires, in the center of Banat, a Southern-European region rich in diverse traditions. Over several centuries, the city has been a melting pot for various cultures and religions. Furthermore, in the 1960s and 1970s, the city was an important and vibrant creative center for Romanian contemporary art. In that period, artists from Group 111 or the Sigma Group publicized new artistic concepts which drew international attention. In December 1989, the revolution against the Ceausescu dictatorship started in Timisoara. In the 1990s, the city offered a stage for a series of influential festivals, which gave artists the opportunity to test their newly-won liberty. Timi?oara Art Encounters reflects the historical and cultural legacy of the city.

Curators
In 2014, curators Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher developed a film and video program for Manifesta 10 in St. Petersburg. The curators’ selection was the first major survey of film and video art by contemporary artists, working both in the East and West, from the 1960s until today. The exhibition Fragile Sense of Hope, which they curated in 2014 at me Collectors Room in Berlin, featured highlights from a corporate art collection focusing on contemporary art from Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

*info taken from: http://blog.brooklynartproject.com/2015/06/first-edition-of-timisoara-art-encounters-announced-appearance-essence/