The fourth edition of the National Sculpture Biennale
„Vârsta de bronz” took place at the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum on December 2, in partnership
with the Art and Design University (UAD) and the Artists Union of Romania (UAP).
The exhibition was based on the concept of two professors of UAD, Radu Moraru and
Alexandru Păsat, and proposed a dialogue between two generations: the more
experienced artists and the young ones, altogether over 100.
The
project „Vârsta de bronz” began in 2007, in a launching exhibition, presenting
works of the Art and Design University's students and their masters, guided by
no specific theme, the only thing in common being the material they were made
of – bronze. Although the outcome turned out well, it seemed hard to bring
together different generations with different concepts about bronze sculpture.
The material
that names the event was seen rather as a pretext to bring together so many
works of art in the same exhibition, without causing any imbalance in the
general aesthetics, and even creating a solid unity of artistic mass.
The
critic Oliv Mircea addressed to the public present at the opening, on behalf of
the artists and of the students, speaking about the sculptural phenomenon present
in Romania in the past half-century.
The
first biennial exhibition took place in 2009, reuniting the works of 76
artists, the second one, in 2011, gathered 96. But this year, the number of
participants, grew over 100, which was itself an impressive achievement, adding
to the high aesthetic quality of the exhibited works.
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