Sharpening the senses, Art Encounters style: Saturday, 11 December, between 12 PM and 1 PM, Sorina Vazelina will welcome you to a writing, drawing and collage-making workshop. Created in conjunction with the exhibition Infra-Noir, the workshop is dedicated to the adults public and will include activities such as creating objects out of cardboard/craft paper, comics/writing exercises, collage/image poetry exercises. The workshop will begin with a guided tour in the exhibition with Gia Țidorescu.
Taking part in the event is free of charge. To register, please contact us at contact@artencounters.ro
To ensure that the workshop will take place in safe sanitary conditions , access to the space will only be allowed for up 30% of the maximum capacity of the space, only for individuals who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or who have been infected with the virus, by presenting the green certificate and wearing a face mask.
Organised in collaboration with Centre Pompidou Paris, the exhibition brings together works from the collections of Centre Pompidou, as well as from private collections.
Curated by Mica Gherghescu, the exhibition revolves around the Infra-Noir group and its members, Ghérasim Luca, Gellu Naum, Paul Păun, D. Trost and Virgil Teodorescu. Between 1945 and 1947, through their activity in Bucharest, Romania, the five artists assimilated and built upon the international Surrealist inheritance, creating a series of profoundly experimental artworks and publications that drew the attention of important Surrealist personalities, among whom André Breton.
Infra-Noir will also highlight key moments in the history of Romanian Surrealism by exploring pivotal works in the history of the movement. At the same time, it will examine the nuances and eclecticism that resulted from the hybrid import of Surrealism grafted on the local artistic ecosystem. The exhibition will delve into the technical diversity of artistic practices, presenting cadavres exquis, talisman drawings, cubomanies, lovajes, vaporisations, striages, photographic cut-ups, photo albums, and subverted images, as well as avant-garde publications.
Infra-Noir: Anatomies of desire, metamorphoses of the image
Artists: Aurel Bauh, Théodore Brauner, Victor Brauner, André Breton, Jean David, Benjamin Fondane, Jacques Hérold, Ghérasim Luca, Gellu Naum, Constantin Nisipeanu, Paul Păun, Hedda Sterne, Virgil Teodorescu, D. Trost
Curator: Mica Gherghescu
Dates: 12 November 2021 – 3 January 2022
Exhibition opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 12 PM to 6 PM
Location: Art Encounters Foundation, 46C Take Ionescu Blvd., Timișoara, 300 124
The exhibition is part of MAP – Mentoring, Artists, Partnerships, a cultural programme organised with the support of the Timișoara City Hall and the Timișoara Local Council.
Co-financers: The Timișoara City Hall, The Timișoara Local Council
Sponsor of permanent programme: Banca Transilvania
With the support of: The Timișoara National Art Museum
Media partners: Radio România Cultural, RFI România, Radio Guerrilla, TVR Timișoara, Observator Cultural, Revista Arta, Zeppelin, The Institute, Modernism, Propagarta, StudentFest
Sponsors: Thesaurus Wines, illy, Melbo Instal, Agasi