Aurel Popp permanent exhibition, by Andra Gerin, 1st year ITA

THE ART MUSEUM OF SATU MARE, ROMANIA

Paintings, graphic works and sculptures, over 70, made by Aurel Popp, one of the most talented and representative fine artists in Transylvania, are exhibited at the Art Museum in Satu Mare during a permanent exhibition. There are five halls.  In the first room, the artist's studio is recreated, the portrait room, the landscape hall, and the last two halls are dedicated to the artist.

    In the last room, the artist is revealing the tragedy of war and the tragedy  of the man crushed by history; it also presents two paintings with Christ represented as a crying martyr who crashes under the weight of his own cross. His war is not a glorious battle, in his war the final victory belongs to the crowd and eagles; the imobilized old man is headed to death. His people are not young couples in love, or children playing. His true hero is the man crushed by work, the hungry mother and the child born to die.

    Between chromatic flashes seeming too aesthetic but always captivating, Aurel Popp became one of the most representative painters when it comes to aggressiveness. He glorifies human misery like no one else;  that’s for sure.

Polish School of Poster art. WOMEN IN POLISH POSTERS, by Madalina Istrate, 1st year ITA

In the context of the celebration of the Year of Women's Rights in Poland in 2018, the art museum in Cluj Napoca  hosted an exhibition dedicated to the Polish poster between February 27 - March 17, 2019 in collaboration with the Polish Institute in Bucharest.

It was worth seeing for the multitude of posters dedicated to the female presence in the vision of the famous Polish poster school, bringing refreshing atmosphere to the art museum, and celebrating the characteristics that, sixty years ago, made the Polish poster famous all over the world.

The exhibition brought together over forty posters made by some of famous graphic artists of Poland and offered the visitors the opportunity to see and understand a diverse range of themes and styles in tradition of the Polish posters at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. Worth mentioning is the context of the celebration of the Year of Women's Rights, proclaimed by the Polish Parliament on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the full enjoyment by the Polish women of full voting rights.

Partner for the Abyss, By Madalina Matei, Ist year, ITA

            On Tuesday, the 7^th of May, five new exhibitions opened their doors at Centrul de Interes, the already well known community of artists, based in Cluj-Napoca. In addition to the event, there was a live performance show, good music, good food and a big crowd of nice people.

            Bazis Contemporary in collaboration with Anaid Art Gallery from Berlin, hosted an exhibition called “Partner for the Abyss”, curated by Diana Dochia. The featured artist is Alexandru Rădvan, one of the most controversial artists of his generation. His work channels the relationship between contemporary society, religions and mythology and he tries to penetrate the darkest human desires. There, in the inner darkness, the artist shapes his heroes and goddesses in oversized self-portraits, in which the self becomes an alter ego of the mythical characters. "Partner for the Abyss" is about the distance between what the "I" wants to be and what can become. Whether this "I" is represented in the form of an ancient goddess, a fertility goddess, or a hunter.

            Alexandru Rădvan's paintings and drawings attract the viewer through both the impressive dimensions and the topics of his work. I recommend you go see all of them for yourself, from 4 pm to 7 pm, until the 15^th of May, from Tuesday to Saturday.

Dinosaurs Live in the Seven Overlaid Skies, by Ingrid Dan, ITA, 1st year

     

  Last Friday, on May 3rd, White Cuib gallery held the opening of Tincuța Marin’s exhibition called “Dinosaurs Live in the Seven Overlaid Skies”. Born in Galați, the artist studies painting at the University of Art and Design. She has had three solo exhibitions so far: ”In the dinosaurus World stars are green” at Atelier Patru, “Theatre of the mind ” at La Cave Gallery at the French Institute, and “Distorted Realities” at Casa Matei. She has also shown her work in a number of group exhibitions, some of the more important ones being “The Night Watch”, “Sottobosco”, both having taken place at the Art Museum, and "A word for each of us" at Richter FineArt Gallery in Rome. Open until May 15th, the first day of the exhibition attracted a rather large number of people interested to see what the young artist had to offer in her new works. The project includes elements of stage design, street art, and the everyday.

            Through a expressionist filter, the artist aims to suggest a dreamlike atmosphere and to convey emotion, without indulging in any narrative cliches. What can easily be seen is the preoccupation with things such as dreams, magic, form, and the absurd, through the atypical faces of the deformed characters in the works, the colors, the composition. The artist succeeds in creating the impression of the world of dreams, the images just as absurd, the space just as unclear, the events presented just as incoherent as what one might remember of a dream just after waking up, before it is partially or entirely forgotten.

DAN CRECAN ' 64, artnews by Alina Grozav, 1st year ITA

LIGHT, COLOR, SYMBOLS AND SOUND: Dan Crecan's art exhibition which opened on April 25, at the Alba Iulia’s Art Gallery, started from the idea of a traditional Romanian house. The most usual and modest objects that can be found in any of these places were highlighted by the artist to show that things which initially seem banal, unimportant can hide an unexpected beauty, but only if you have the time to look at them. 

The public who will visit this exhibition will enjoy the experience of the past, of that house of our grandparents or even  our parents who sometimes we miss, even if we don’t know. The traditional objects, the furniture or even the way simple things like some apples, present in some paintings, can send us back in time for a short amount of time and I think the exhibition deserves every single minute of our visit.

Flawless Sin, review by Andreea Bruma, 1st year ITA

                    
“Beauty in the lines of a woman’s body can become, when filtered through art, so sublime to give the spectator an almost mystical shiver, a feeling of unearthly adoration.”

Monica Dan’s exhibition is looking to engage directly with the public, by asking a simple yet intriguing question: What did the initial sin taste like before it was born?

In her works of art, the artist presented the purity as it was waiting to be ruined. Intact and barely resisting the inevitable sin. By definition, purity represents innocence and freedom from immorality, especially of a  sexual nature.
Purity is the soul's original and eternal form and nature of being clean and free of vices or negativity. Among the soul's seven original qualities, it ranks first being known as "the mother of peace and happiness."

Filtered by the artist’s own perception of purity, the concept is portrayed by her through a number of features that she considers to be relevant: the use of the color white, feathers, and drawings of women.
The exhibition is a graceful dance between light and shadows, the immaculate purity standing at the edge of innocence lost.
 

Delirium, a review by Valeria Gavrila, 2nd year, Conservation-Restauration

 Alexnder Zigo and Danka Laliková are the directors and editors of the remarkable  short film that was made within the project. This, as well as other short films can be found on the organizers' page http://thaliateatro.sk/ :  the film

 The film is titled Delirium, an allusion to the society we live in, because the delirium is a serious disturbance in mental abilities that results in confused thinking and reduced awareness of the environment.

Both Alexander and Danka are high school students of JOZEF GREGOR TAJOVSKÝ, Banská Bystrica and SSUŠ in Zvolen.

Alexander is a young man with a promising future in both cinematographic and graphic arts, choreographed with all forms of art, including music, with numerous diplomas and successes in all fields.

Danka is studying promotional arts, being extremely talented on the graphics side, having a personal style that reminds us of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces. If you are curious, you can take a look at her  artist Instagram. https://www.picluck.net/user/danique_lalik/1361316335

The short film lasts 3.16 minutes and shows the story of two office colleagues outside working hours, both deprived of human rights, such as the right to free speech, to liberty, etc.  and also speaks about  how the world can be corrupted. The faces with which you will live the moment and the actors of this film are: in the role of the activist- Yaiza Misut, in the role of the media guy- Santiago Tapia and  last but not  least, in the role of the politician- Alexander Zigo.

The manner in which these young artists manage to direct Delirium is impressive, considering the sensitive themes especially in the context of the latest terrorist attacks, such as the one in Amsterdam on  August 31, 2018 or in Paris on  May 12, 2018, and all the other conflicts around the world.

The short film captivates you from the beginning not only with the well-chosen soundtrack, but also with the overlapping effects of several frames in sepia shades.

Intriguing, right ?!

Well, Delirium also comes with some shocking scenes where the protagonists succumb to pressure and express their suffering through screaming, their mimic being incredibly expressive, just like in the painting of Edvard Munch.

All in one, the short film was a real delight for me as a viewer and it is definitely worth a couple of minutes to watch not only  “Delirium” , but also the future movies of these artists, these young people with such a great potential.