"Breaking Rules", by Alexandra Vasilescu, Ist year Graphics

Dedicated to the Future European Center of Contemporary Art Cluj-Napoca

The University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca (UAD) proposes a series of artistic events dedicated to the future Center for Contemporary Art (ECCA), which will open in 2020. The creation takes place both in the centers dedicated to artistic events and in partnership with some of the representative museum spaces, institutions that host works and support projects by artists, members of the university and of the Fine Artists Union of Romania, Cluj branch.

The concept of artistic expression is subordinated to the generic title and refers to the challenge to which the contemporary artist is constantly exposed, to value his creation and to spatialise his work according to the symbolism and destination of the exhibition frame. Breaking Rules implies exercising the ability to adapt an artistic approach and test the impact it may have on areas belonging to other areas, such as science or history.

The Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca hosts three temporary exhibitions of artists representing the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca (UAD) and the Fine Artists Union, the Cluj Branch, between October 26 and November 5, 2017 under the generic Breaking Rules , whose official inauguration will take place at the museum on October 26, 2017, starting at 18:00.

 image: the exhibition poster

Cluj Design – Christmas Edition, by Soriina-Ioana Crisan, Ist year Graphics

Cluj Design Days is an annual event that offers opportunities for young designers to promote, expose and sell their work. The creators of this project desire to promote local creativity and offer designers a way to get started in the industry, and the possibility to make a living out of their creative activities. They also wish to encourage designers to make original content that has not been seen before.

35 Romanian Designers will take part in this year’s event, exposing the coolest gifts crafted by them: accessories, home decor or fashion objects, cards, furniture, and much more! The atmosphere will be jolly and there will be cocktails waiting for everyone who shows up on the first day of the event, at 6pm.

Cluj Design Christmas Edition 2017 is the 9^th event hosted by Cluj Design Days, and it takes place between the 15^th and 17^th  of December, at Muzeul Etnografic on Memorandumului Street 21.  

Images of Gypsy people in the collection of The musum of Art in Cluj-Napoca, by Lucian Barbu, Ist year Graphics

 Cluj Napoca

        Starting  this Thursday, the 7^th of December, the Cluj-Napoca Museum of Art is showcasing a vast collection of Romania’s most prestigious portrayals of our compatriots, the gypsies.

Having such humble and bohemian origins, these nomad people settled in the Balkan region from the 14^th century and their coexistence with the Europeans has been controversial. Fluctuating between slavery and the romanticism, these people have been a main symbol of freedom and joy.

In honor of the mark that they left in our artists’ many paintings, the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum is organizing an exhibition that will take place in Piata Unirii, nr.30, and  will begin at 6pm, this Thursday. The exhibition’s curator, dr. Ioana Filipescu will join us for this showcase that will end on the 8^th of January, 2018.

Inspired by their colorful culture, well known artists such as Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, Stahi Constantin have created popular paintings in the 19^th century that are being showcased throughout the next month.

The artists who will enjoy the spotlight will be: Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, Stahi Constantin, Nicolae Vermont, Ștefan Dimitrescu, Kőváry Endre, Papp Lajos și Alexandru Popp and Walter Rudolf Widmann.

image: detail from the official poster of the event

Engraving Exhibition. Giancarlo Pozzi, by Anamaria Stanciu (Ist year Graphics)

Sketch session, by Flavia Tritean (Is year Graphics)

                                                                                                                   

The sketch session is an activity for teenagers and adults interested in art, who want to develop their drawing abilities

This meeting will give you the opportunity to relax by practicing your drawing. The resulting sketches could always serve as the starting point for your further works.

The session will take place at 21 Piața Unirii, apartment 2A, at the 

ground floor, on December 9.The hall is bright, there are 5 alleys and rows 

of chairs. 

Each participant is supposed to bring the necessary materials s/he is going 

to use:  paper, pencils, paint. There are 6 seats available and the price 

is 25 lei for 3 hours. 

You can confirm your presence by email at 

antonia.rusu92@yahoo.com.

 Works by Flavia Tritean

Images of Gypsies in the collection of Cluj-Napoca’s Art Museum, by Oana Cervinschi (Ist year Painting)

Between the 7th of December 2017 and 8th of January 2018 the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca is going to host the exhibition called “Imagini ale țiganilor în colecția Muzeului de Artă Cluj-Napoca” (“Images of Gypsies in the collection of Cluj-Napoca’s Art Museum”). The show will be opened by its curator, doctor Ioana Filipescu on the 7th of December, at 6 PM.

The artworks are from both the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. They are made by such famous and important artists as Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Kőváry Endre, Constantin Stahi, Walter Rudolf Widmann, Nicolae Vermont, Alexandru Popp, Papp Lajos, Ștefan Dimitrescu and Cecilia Cuțescu- Storck.

The exhibition comemorates this minority, present in Europe for so many centuries, which has been seen by artists as a controversial subject. It has been represented multiple times in different artworks due to its ambivalent significance which embodies both a sense of freedom (due to their picturesque lifestyle) and slavery (due to their tragical history).

Anyone who is at least a bit curious about art or would like an insight of the Gypsies’ lifestyle, seen through the eyes of these painters, is more than welcome to come and see the exhibition! We promise, you will not be disappointed! See you there!