International exhibition SEEING YOURSELF. AUTO-VIZIUNE

International contemporary art exhibition "Seeing Yourself" opening in Sighisoara on March 25th. It will be open at Casa cu Cerb until June 2009. It is organized by the Art Academy in Cluj-Napoca, apARTe NGO, Restauro Messerschmit NGO, and the French Cultural Center, on the topic of self portraiture. As for the chosen medium of expression, photography is mainly envisaged by this exhibition.

Cluj bike

I wish I had a bike like that! I would then be able to ignore common sense and the special lanes as well :)

Urban fashion for garbage bins

In Cluj-Napoa even the garbage bins are fashionable! This is the autumn collection, that relies on colorful ties and combination of materials, to be worn even in the direst conditions. I even wonder why Milan is considered the center of the fashion industry!

Art Fair at Iulius Mall shopping center

NEW edition of the Art Fair, at Iulius Mall shopping center,  open 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 plates. But of course, the main attraction are the artists themselves, so don't be shy and ask all you want about how they create.
The following institutions and young artists, from Romania and abroad, will take part: MNIT (National History Museum of Transylvania), Ana-Maria Gruia, Edmond Kreibik, Radu Fizeşan, Alida Boari, Vera Dan, Bogdan Mihai Radu, Adrian Gorgan, Andrei Varga, Lojze Kalinsek, Rolana Ceckauskaite, and Edita Matulionyte.

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

Down here on the farm

Kitsch is an acknowledged art form in itself and here I gave in the temptation of using it. The photo project was inspired by a sad set of cheap plastic animals (with blue eyes!), that became the subjects of this shoot. Here are the masterpieces created "down here on the farm" (which is improvised in my parents' living room, naturally):

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

Sculpture detail

This is a detail of my favorite sculpture from Budapest, near Keleti train station, where I had to waste a lot of time during the MA and PhD studies there. Even better than the classicist perfect modelling, I feel in admiration with the color and irregularities of bronze patina. Time is the best artist there is!

Temples and amfitheatre models - Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa and Sarmizegetusa Regia

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.

As all old-fashion, respectable museum institutions across Europe, the National History Museum of Transylvania owns and displays a series of models of archaeological sites. The most aesthetic ones (though, apparently, not very up-to-date) are those of the two Sarmizegetusas, i.e. the Roman amphitheater in the capital of the province of Dacia (Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa...) and the religious area of the ancient Dacian capital known as Sarmizegetusa Regia. I was delighted of these macro photographs of the details, especially under the morning sun.

Top silly painting titles (RO)

• 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

As you can imagine, my friend Larry cares nothing for contemporary dance. Yet, here he is, putting on just such a show, with his partner - the toilet paper. The photo session was organized (ad hoc) in Bratislava, he is French, and I am Romanian, so there is one perfectly international art project.

Group exhibition Lithuania

"The Other Sides of the World" international group exhibition organized in Lithuania, at the art galley

 

for more data, see

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

Involved artists:

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 2008

Another art fair hits the city! Cluj-Napoca, be ready for another exhibition at Casa Tranzit, organized with the support of the French Cultural Center in Cluj-Napoca. There will be also cookies, French music, and the atmosphere of the 1930s. And, not to mention, everything will be 100% handmade.