Five easy pieces, by Madalina Matei, Ist year ITA

There’s a small exhibition in town, hosted by White Cuib gallery, also a small blank space right in the heart of Cluj-Napoca. The exhibition is called “Five easy pieces”, which is also the name of a movie from the 70’s. The name of the movie comes from the piano exercises that the main character does in his childhood. There a huge gap between what the pianist in the movie could have become and what he does in the present. The artist decided to take a step back from the art space, a few years ago, but that’s the only resemblance between him and the pianist. His name is Cristi Pogăcean and he studied sculpture at the Art and Design University in Cluj-Napoca. There are five art pieces in the exhibition, as you might have guessed. They’re apparently simple objects but they stick with you because of their contemporary aesthetics and the fact that they are recognizable symbols at an universal level. I recommend you go see them for yourself, from 6 to 9 pm, until the 28^th of November.