(un)intentional contemporary art in Transylvania

Garage Art Sale

2011-09-02T13:50:00.003+03:00

In prima sambata a fiecarei luni va invitam sa cotrobaiti prin atelierul nostru din str. Anatole France nr. 48. Va asteptam de la 11 la 18 cu lucrari mai vechi si mai noi, de/ale noastre si de/ale altor prieteni, cele mai multe inutile, unele chilipiruri, altele cam scumpe. Avem tablouri, gravuri, sculpturi, figurine de ceramica, veioze, ghivece, scrumiere, magneti, cercei, semne de carte si multe alte minunatii. Va asteptam la atelier. Ana si Viviana

link aparte

Despre Toruń, expozitie la Turnul Croitorilor, 7 mai 2011, ora 17

2011-04-27T11:40:00.005+03:00

Ana a fost în Polonia şi i-a plăcut.

În expoziţia de la turn ne va povesti despre Toruń cu cuvinte, imagini şi turtă dulce. Oraşul, cu arhitectura lui de cărămidă, este locul naşterii lui Copernicus şi unul dintre cele mai importante centre de producere a turtei dulci, cu tradiţie încă din epoca medievală.

Lucrările sunt realizate în tehnică mixtă, combinând linogravură şi desen.

organizatori: Asociaţia Socio-culturală apARTe, Primăria Cluj-Napoca, Centrul de Limbă şi Cultură Poloneză. Sponsor: Kamart

VIRTVS ANTIQVA

2010-10-31T20:11:00.004+02:00

see all at http://virtusantiqua.ro/?page_id=777

soon on the shop of the new reenactment group VIRTVS ANTIQVA

See the website:www.virtusantiqua.ro
and the facebook page

2010-02-11T10:25:00.004+02:00

IDENTITĂŢI TEMPORARE
Expoziţie internaţională

Vineri, 12 februarie 2010 va avea loc vernisajul expoziţiei internaţionale „Identităţi temporare”, la Maitresse Maison Store (Str. Samuel Micu, nr. 4). Vizitatorii expoziţiei se vor întâlni cu lucrări aparţinând unui grup de cinci artişti plastici: Ana-Maria Călinescu (România - pictură), Nicolae Câmpan (România - pictură şi ceramică), Rolana Ceckauskaite (Lituania - pictură), Ana-Maria Gruia (România - pictură şi tehnică mixtă), Lojze Kalinsek (Slovenia - pictură şi gravură). Grupul s-a format spontan, iar lucrările expuse abordează stiluri diferite. Ora de începere a vernisajului este 18:30. Vă aşteptăm!

2010-01-12T14:25:00.000+02:00

"Acestea sunt tablourile mele; eu le-am făcut.
Cred că sunt bune.
Tehnica este nouă: linogravură, colaj, acril şi creion pe pânză.
Este vorba despre Clujul medieval, despre oraşul imaginat, cu arhitectura, ritualurile, oamenii şi sfintii săi protectori. Unele titluri sunt în latină pentru că se potrivesc mai bine cu perioada.
Mă puteţi întreba de preţuri. Trei pânze nu sunt de vânzare, căci aparţin deja vărului meu Călin.
Ana"

2009-12-17T14:49:00.000+02:00

O noua editie a targului de arta, la Bastionul Croitorilor! Peste 20 de artisti expun si vand obiecte de arta decorativa.

2009-10-13T13:24:00.004+03:00

TERRA DACICA AETERNA

Poţi să fii dac sau roman pentru o zi!

24 octombrie 2009
Expo Transilvania, ora 12-20

Asociaţia Terra Dacica Aeterna în parteneriat cu Primăria Cluj-Napoca, Expo Transilvania şi Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a Transilvaniei organizează în 24 octombrie 2009 un eveniment de recreare a atmosferei antice, dacice şi romane. Manifestarea constituie o premieră în cadrul evenimentelor cultural-istorice din judeţul Cluj.

La Expo Transilvania, Terra Dacica Aeterna organizează o serie de prezentări de echipament militar şi civil specific epocilor dacică şi romană, reconstituiri de momente din viaţa religioasă a celor două popoare antice şi simulări de luptă. Evenimentul este interactiv, organizându-se ateliere în care publicul va putea îmbrăca armurile şi costumele antice, va putea gusta din raţia zilnică de hrană a unui soldat roman, se va putea delecta cu jocuri specifice perioadei şi va avea ocazia să îşi demonstreze măiestria în cadrul atelierelor de tir cu arcul şi balista romană (scorpio), aruncare cu suliţa şi lancea (pilum). Doritorii, în special copii, vor putea participa la mini şedinţe de călărie.

Accesul publicului la eveniment este gratuit iar fondurile rezultate din participarea publicului la atelierele organizate şi din achiziţionarea suvenirurilor istorice puse spre vânzare vor fi folosite de Terra Dacica Aeterna pentru achiziţionarea de noi echipamente şi materiale.

Program:
12 - conferinţă de presă

13 - deschiderea oficială

13.30 - prezentarea membrilor Terra Dacica Aeterna

13.45 - consacrarea altarului Legiunii XIII Gemina, consacrarea armelor la daci

14.15 - demonstraţii de măiestrie călare (Riding Adventures)

14.45 - demonstraţii de lupte şi mânuirea armelor

15 - ateliere deschise publicului

17 - bătălie între daci şi romani

17.30 - ateliere deschise publicului

18.45 - spectacol cu flăcări (Firearts)

19.30 - foc de tabără

Mai multe despre Terra Dacica Aeterna

targ de handmade la Sibiu

2009-08-14T11:29:00.002+03:00

http://www.bazart.tk

little new things

2009-08-10T11:03:00.004+03:00

recomandare - expo metamorfozele evei

2009-06-25T13:04:00.004+03:00

De vazut expozitia temporara de la Muzeul national de Istorie a Transilvaniei, str. C-tin Daicoviciu nr. 2, orar:
Marti, Miercuri, Vineri, Sambata, 10-16
Joi 12-18

Daca tot mergeti, vizzitati si tezaurul, biletul e foooarte ieftin :)

international exhibition in Sighisoara, May 25th

2009-05-22T12:15:00.002+03:00

Cluj bike

2009-04-26T16:22:00.001+03:00

I wish I had a bike like that!

urban fashion for garbage bins

2009-04-18T15:04:00.003+03:00

2009-03-31T16:40:00.004+03:00

NEW edition of the Art Fair, at iulius Mall, 10-12 April 2009!
A group of young artists (and one's grandma) will exhibit and sell their paintings, graphic works and photos. You will also find engravings on hand-made paper, printed after original 18th and 19th century plaques. But of course, the main attraction are the artists themselves, so don't be shy and ask all you want about how they create.

Images from the fair at: http://aparte-cluj.blogspot.com/2009/04/rezumat-mall.html

down here on the farm

2009-01-30T16:14:00.002+02:00

full deco, trees, fence and some grass

blue-eyed, four-legged

donkey got drunk

note the proportions. killer giant rabbit

slaughtered, yet still alive

a mare, naturally, considering the blue eyes and the haircut

2009-01-29T13:06:00.001+02:00

with energy, ahead! my favorite sculpture detail from Budapest, near Keleti

temples and amfitheatre models - Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa and Sarmizegetusa Regia

2009-01-18T14:46:00.003+02:00

entrance to the Roman amphitheater in Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, the capital of the province Dacia. Detail of the gypsum model.

Detail of the gypsum model of the amphitheater.

The "round sanctuary" from Sarmizegetusa Regia, the capital of the Dacian kingdom. Detail of the model.

Column bases from another Dacian sanctuary. Detail of a model.

top - silly painting titles (RO)

2009-01-18T10:42:00.004+02:00

Metamorfoză I, II, III....etc.
Flori
Apus de soare
Nori, ceaţă şi o ploaie măruntă, aproape invizibilă, pe platourile de la Fjerlandsette
Natură statică cu pepene galben. Armonie în verde şi portocaliu
Natură statică cu pepene roşu. Armonie în negru şi roz
Stare I, II, III....etc.
Metamorfoză
Vis

larry as a dancer

2009-01-05T23:45:00.004+02:00

group exhibition Lithuania

2008-12-14T10:42:00.004+02:00

The Other Sides of the World

http://www.antanasmoncys.com/lt/Naujienos.html?article=41;

Ole Bjorn Gundermann – Danija, Ana Maria Gruia - Rumunija, Lojze Kalinsek - Slovėnija, Faust Campama Peleja - Andora, Lluisa Casas Grimaldos - Andora, Martje Verhoeven- Olandija, Cristiana Itiopolos - Graikija, Octavo Esinencu - Moldavija, Laura Gomez Volero - Andora, Olga Cabanes Chao - Andora, Isabel Pons Escarre - Andora, Dolors Pascuet Mas- Andora, Elga Grinvalde - Latvija, Gelu Lupas - Rumunija, Edmond Krebik- Rumunija, Mindaugas Aučyna - Lietuva, Martinas Jankus - Lietuva, Edita Matulionytė - Lietuva, Eugen Raportoru - Rumunija.

homemade fair 13 december Cluj

2008-12-05T19:01:00.003+02:00

Gruia&Gruia exhibition, december 2008

2008-12-04T16:59:00.007+02:00

I invite you to Gruia&Gruia, my first exhibition together with my father. It can be seen (and bought) at Galeriile La Fortuna, Piata Muzeului nr. 6, Cluj, all throughout this December. The place is a nice and cozy cafe where you will have a good time, and there are good chances we will meet there.
My father exhibits a series of flowers and landscapes (oil on canvas) on the upper floor, while I have the basement of the cafe, with works from two different series. The most numerous contains works about Cluj, made in a mix technique (collage, linocut, acryl on canvas) while the other is part of a an older cycle of acryls.

covers for contemporary art magazines

2008-12-01T19:12:00.004+02:00

fell free to order them online!

winter bazaar at La mesteceni Country Club

2008-11-23T21:59:00.007+02:00

We were invited to take part at this great event organized by a country club near Sebes, Romania. Fighting the weather we went to try our luck, with some paintings and some Dacian hats. We landed in a room crowded with Christmas decorations, music cds, shoes, clothes, icons, and the above photographed :)

And a special treat for Romanian speakers. It is worth reading, I guarantee.

tonight's work

2008-11-17T21:59:00.002+02:00

19 november - Seeing yourself, international photo exhibition

2008-11-12T22:11:00.001+02:00

The exhibition is the result of an international project, exhibiting works by 60 artists from 5 countires, Romania, the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, France, Germany. The opening, at the Arts Museum in Cluj, will be held on Nov the 19th, at 5 PM.

doodles

2008-11-09T11:50:00.003+02:00

Doodle=a figure, design, or scribble drawn or written absent-mindedly.
More about doodle as art at http://www.squidoo.com/doodle-art, for example. Or better, Gombrich's "Pleasures of Boredom: Four Centuries of Doodles (1991)" in The Uses of Images: Studies in the Social Function of Art and Visual Communication, 304 pp., 356 illustrations, London. Phaidon Press

expo Zoe Vida-Porumb

2008-11-09T11:05:00.004+02:00

retrospective textile exhibition of Zoe Vida-Porumb at the Art Museum in Cluj

Day of the Dead

2008-11-02T10:39:00.005+02:00

international exhibition of decorative objects in Cluj

2008-11-01T12:31:00.003+02:00

at the Quo Vadis Cafe, until the end of November
more on the blog of the organizers: http://aparte-cluj.blogspot.com/2008/10/nou-expoziie-de-miercuri-la-quo-vadis.html

recently discovered artists

2008-11-01T10:56:00.004+02:00

Jason de Caires Taylor
http://www.underwatersculpture.com
-underwater installations, artificial reef, sculptures with natural patina

Wim Delvoye
http://www.wimdelvoye.be
http://www.galerieperrotin.com/artiste-Wim_Delvoye-7.html#
-shit machine, tattooed pigs, Gothic chapels made of metal and x-rays, etc.

Matthias Corvinus exhibition at the National History Museum of Transylvania

2008-10-27T14:31:00.003+02:00

I invite you to see the temporary exhibition organized by the National History Museum of Transylvania and the National Archives of Cluj, to see documents, some with the signature of the king, his alleged boots, the wax model for the sculpture of the king from Unirii square, and several XV-XVIth century objects, mostly weapons and stove tiles.

Oblivia-Entertainment Island 1

2008-10-27T14:04:00.006+02:00

One of the best shows during the experimental theater festival in Cluj (ManInFest), a performance on the nature of popular culture. Fun and smart. See more about the company at:
www.oblivia.fi

photo exhibition

2008-10-23T16:35:00.005+03:00

Romanians in the mirror - Photo exhibition at Iulius Mall on Sunday, 26th, at 12.

me in time

2008-10-22T17:49:00.002+03:00

Terra Dacica Aeterna at Sarmizegetusa

2008-10-20T16:53:00.004+03:00

Roman toughness

..and softness

March before the consacratio

MANinFest

2008-10-20T16:45:00.002+03:00

International Theater Festival in Cluj
program

Europa Artium

2008-10-20T16:32:00.004+03:00

The Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca has organized the already traditional Europa Artium, the autumn art festival that included conferences, workshops and exhibitions. From the discussions, one certainly got the impression that contemporary art is an almost amorphous creature and that Romanian contemporary art is much worse. The pictures were taken at the headquarters of the University and from the opening of the exhibition of the professors from the institution, held by the Art Museum.

Ceramics exhibition at the Art Museum in Cluj

2008-10-12T22:28:00.004+03:00

The exhibition entitled "The fire arts" is in fact an annual of artists from Cluj working in ceramics and glass. The pictures were taken at the opening, on October 9th, at the National Art Museum in Cluj-Napoca.

Roman dance

2008-10-12T11:42:00.004+03:00

or dancing with the wolf..

pics from the art fair:

2008-10-05T15:17:00.001+03:00

SEE more here

art fair in Cluj

2008-09-25T11:07:00.003+03:00

next week, from Monday to Friday, everyday. Dacians and Romans will join the club, XVIII-century engravings after plaques from the collection of the National history Museum in Transylvania will be sold, and the Jazzticks will delight our ears. Looking forward to see you there! More details (in Romanian) on the apARTe blog: www.aparte-cluj.blogspot.com

seeking gallery for a photo exhibition

2008-09-24T20:59:00.005+03:00

the project is entitled "on life and death" and it was enriched in time due to my morbid interest in dead animals. now I am looking for a similarly inclined curator. or for an alternative space, such as a bride dress shop or something similar..
these are some of the photos in question:

art galleries in RO

2008-09-23T21:36:00.004+03:00

just some of them, with good sites:
Ivan/Hag, Bucharest - http://www.hag.ro

ArtVO, Sibiu - http://www.galeria-artvo.ro

ANAID, Bucharest - http://anaidart.ro

Galeria de Artă Contemporană a Muzeului Naţional Brukenthal

prepairing a calendar

2008-09-20T00:08:00.003+03:00

why I open my mouth when I climb down steps

2008-09-18T10:51:00.001+03:00

for love of stove tiles!
for a week now I've been taking photos and measuring the stove tiles from the deposits of the museum. the deposit is in the basement and the dust, supplemented by fungi, has determined me to masquerade and wear gloves and a mask. But his mask, I don't know how surgeons can stand it, is very uncomfortable. it often moves and ends up covering my cheek and eyes, so whenever I walk down the stairs after taking photos of the tiles in natural light, I have to open my mouth in order to re-arrange the mask and see my steps. and since I do that some 40 timea a day, I am honestly afraid of not developing a Pavlovian connection between the two actions.
and if you still wonder why I am doing all this, take a look at the tiles.

ceramic exhibition in cluj

2008-09-18T10:51:00.000+03:00

graffiti and stencils in cluj

2008-09-16T19:09:00.007+03:00

Japan on the walls

"cărămida-n piept" - to boast

self portraits?

inspiration sources for stencils

graffiti-art, or vandalism - pros and cons

"Did you know that...?" The beginning of silly periodical columns during Communism.

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on the window of an art gallery closed-down because the building was given back by the state to its original owners

urban worms

face and stick with great Romania; "whole in the budget"

"here? stay in the country!"

"through the decision of the town hall, this space is dedicated to graffiti"

Guerillas - Cluj/Napoca hardcore

"who you want scandal"

"the anger"

nice Apple commercial

not only pro-legalize but even pro-cultivate

for dear Coco

historical stencils ("Vlad Tepes, president!" and Corneliu Zelea Codreanu - "for God, people, and country")

Save Rosia Montana, an international group taking o0ver a gold mine and threatening to destroy archaeological remains and the ecology of the area. A rare case of civil action.

Cyanide kills. Oh, really?

the Resistance continues

My favorite, "IRLOMANIA", signed Happy Boris. Ethnically very mixed.
about the topic (in RO), at: http://atelier.liternet.ro

enough!

A worker's idea of art

2008-09-15T11:01:00.001+03:00

The history museum is under renovation and the workers feel free to make their contribution

apARTe

2008-09-12T20:19:00.000+03:00

This is my association, we organize exhibitions and an open-air art fair in cluj. see more at:
www.apartecluj.ro and http://aparte-cluj.blogspot.com. The next edition will be held in October 8-10.

transylvanian artistic kitsch II

2008-09-12T19:11:00.001+03:00

the greatest attraction are the Gypsy palaces. they exist in various places in Transylvania (an entire neighborhood in Huedin, these two twin buildings in Campia Turzii, the so-called "Villa Iţi" from Turda (on sale for half a year and nobody dares buy it for an awesome contemporary art gallery!), the king's palace and the emperor's palace in Sibiu, etc. the newly rich Gypsies, most of them left for "business" in western Europe, started building these residences in the 1990s. Some remain unfinished and uninhabited to this day.

from time to time there are the elections, as silly as everywhere but maybe sometimes more kitsch and in the same time more inventive. the two ads are just two examples from the campaign in June 2008 in Aiud. Ion Dumitrel, boldly gazing at the shy and the Orthodox church reflected in the shop front, ran under the slogan "power.decision.trust". Duma Emilian, a retired old man running as independent for local town councilor, organized his campaign the best he could.

old buildings are pure art treasures. these photos were taking during the transformation of an old army building in a history museum in Targu Mures:

very useful indication in the abandoned rooms, pointing to the airport, the zoo, and best of all, the communist room for "political and educational activities"

a once important note (though I wonder in which context): "Postpone other reasons"

an important pottery center in the region also displayed these two historical plates: one with the socialist national coat of arms and the second with an episode from 1601, when Mihai Viteazu, a local ruler who wanted to conquer and rule together all three medieval Romanian states, ended up with his head severed.

pure urban confusion. in cluj-napoca

and the hairy shopping troley in one of the expensive food stores in cluj

transylvanian artistic kitsch I

2008-09-12T18:57:00.000+03:00

this is a wide topic. only some examples will suffice for now.
the first category comprises mannequins, from those with broken noses to the ugliest baby boy advertising some sales and ending with dolls forgotten by children on the street over night

modern vampires in transylvania

2008-09-12T18:32:00.001+03:00

the reassuring atmosphere at the dentist's in transylvania

me after having two teeth pulled out at once

the above mentioned teeth

Dacian remakes

2008-09-10T21:40:00.000+03:00

Today I decided to adhere to an association of historical re-enactment. In my mind I will be a Roman priestess, blessing the troops before battle. But I like the Dacians as well, so here is what I did under this inspiration and thinking of my future holy mission:

godess Bendis, a sort of Dacian Diana (after an ancient statuette)

fragments of Dacian painted pottery

the Dacian war banner, half wolf, half dragon or snake

International art camps in Romania

2008-09-09T19:57:00.000+03:00

The most important are (or where) those organized by:

The Inter-Art Foundation in Aiud, Transylvania
The City Hall of Călimăneşti and the UNESCO Department of the University of Bucharest
Dorothea Fleiss & East West Artists International Association in Carei, Romania
Tina Popa in Dealu Malului, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania (site only in Romanian)

sculptures in Ordino

2008-09-08T15:17:00.000+03:00

The sculptures I made during the UNESCO art camp in Ordino, Andorra, july-august 2008

i made it! "The medieval city"

2008-09-08T14:05:00.001+03:00

One series from the exhibition I am preparing for the opening of the Urban Cultural Center in Cluj-Napoca. It is mixed technique: linocut, collage, acryl. There will also be the individual linocuts and an installation (in the making).

town square

spiritual patrons of the city

sacra conversatione

la strada

fountain square

procession

holy women by the fountain

the city of Mathias Corvinus

Bontida

2008-09-08T13:46:00.000+03:00

Beauties on sale during the cultural days of Bontida organized in august at the homonym castle in Transylvania, near Cluj. Nice antiquity market, in fact rather flo market. I almost married a gypsy from asking about the price of something.

art among ruins

the posh phone

the living coat hanger

the holy spirit