BUCHAREST.- Catinca Tabacaru Gallery announces two solo exhibitions and a special collaboration connected by the artists' exploration of ecosystem fragility and the complex relationship between nature, urban life and the human condition. The three projects stretch across the gallery’s main gallery, immersive project space, and atelier at Calea Giulesti 14, Bucharest.
Main Gallery
NONA INESCU: Ecuator Nocturn (Nocturnal Equator)
The exhibition marks Nona Inescu’s second solo presentation in Romanian, following Hands Don’t Make Magic at Sabot, Cluj-Napoca (2015). Recognized as an important voice coming out of Eastern Europe, Inescu's ethereal, multidisciplinary works delve into the intricate nature of life in its many forms.
Her new body of work examines the delicate interplay between environmental collapse and the transformation of both human and non-human bodies. Offering a raw and contemplative perspective on ecological fragility, Ecuator Nocturn expands the artist's ongoing exploration of the natural world to a broader, more encompassing scale. Shifting focus from individual species to entire landscapes and ecosystems, the exhibition investigates the intricate relationships between bodies and their environments.
Project Space
MARA VERHOOGT: I Want to Be the Moment in a Dream
Newcomer Mara Verhoogt, recently completed her studies at Chelsea College of Art in London. Her work looks at the convergence of humans and non-human beings. Through self-portraiture and body modification, she reinvents and disrupts rigid identity structures.
In I Want to Be the Moment in a Dream, Verhoogt transforms the gallery into a delicate, surreal landscape. Inspired by the lyrics of the Romanian love song "If You Were a Willow by the Shore," the exhibition moves between nostalgia and transformation, blending imagery of nature, urban life, and fantasy into a deeply immersive sensory experience. The work fosters a dialogue between control and liberation, order and indulgence, portraying summer as an amplified emotional and aesthetic state.
Atelier
CIPRIAN PALEOLOGU: The HUMAN Project | The 13th Stage
The Corrective Research Institute
Fascinated by Ciprian Paleologu's lifelong project The Human (The Corrective Research Institute), Galeria Catinca Tabacaru has invited the work's 13th Stage to make a connection with our gallery space and community.
This ambitious endeavor is designed to transcend the average human lifespan, imbued with a profound existential irony. Conceived by Paleologu in 2000, at the age of 24, The Human is envisioned to unfold through 2046, offering a meaningful exploration of human existence. Paleologu reimagines the complexities of human power and limitation through a decades-long journey into existentialism and utopian ideals. This 13th stage of the project is a pivotal milestone in the artist's evolving body of work.
The Corrective Research Institute will play a leading role in preparing the envisioned utopian mega-aggregate for human correction, known as OMODROM.
The foundation of the Institute lies in a theory of human vibration. Its scope of research includes, but is not limited to: exploring the complexities of human nature, analyzing human waves, studying ancient cultures, developing technologies for OMODROM, and quantifying human factors such as happiness, kindness, faith, indifference, fear, and rage. Additionally, it focuses on measuring vibrations within the OXOYOZ human system and implementing corrective processes across various dimensions.
On September 24, 2024, the rental agreement for the Institute's first premises was signed, establishing its initial base at Calea Vitan 17 in Bucharest. Here, individuals interested in conducting a personal analysis of one or more of the six human factors—happiness, kindness, faith, indifference, fear, or rage—are encouraged to participate in a unique process during one one one appointments.
