Author Archives: The re:art

Faith47 and Dane Dodds – Landfill Meditation

South African artist Faith47 and director Dane Dodds have released Landfill Meditation, a collaborative video inspired by the artist’s street paste series of broken down cars. The car, a symbol of mobility and advance in contemporary society, ironically becomes an … Continued

ART ON DISPLAY #2

After their last year edition and the aestival Art on Display summer exhibitions, the Ephemair Association returns with ART ON DISPLAY #2, a series of site-specific projects in unconventional Bucharest spaces, visually animating the city from October 15th to October 25th, 2015, transforming it into … Continued

The works of Olya Shapovalova

Olya Shapovalova often mixes two opposite worlds in her works, documenting their coexistence in contemporary society and how these contrasting perspectives shape human perception, obsessions and behavior – tradition and religion in relation to digital technologies, social media or the selfie mania. Furthermore, the … Continued

CANEMORTO presents Amo-Te Lisboa | Interview

We interviewed CANEMORTO, a crew of three Italian artists, who went to Lisbon in 2014 and during their stay had 30 interventions and numerous night bombings, without permission or authorization, now documented in Amo-Te Lisboa, “an ignominious street a̶̶r̶̶t̶̶ movie” about three painters worshiping … Continued

Moonassi – DRAW A CURTAIN @ Lateral ArtSpace

Lateral ArtSpace hosts DRAW A CURTAIN, the first solo show in Europe of Seoul-based artist Daehyun Kim, known as Moonassi, on view through October 22nd, 2015 (Fabrica de Pensule, 1st Floor, 59-61 Henri Barbusse Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania). The exhibition reflects the artist’s … Continued

The works of Bruno Pontiroli

Paris-based artist Bruno Pontiroli creates works which aim at turning the narrow vision we have of the world upside down: “I question the identity of things and try to reinvent them using representations or crafted settings based on a different logic.” He confronts the … Continued

Roman Tolici – SIMVLACRVM @ MOBIUS Gallery

MOBIUS Gallery, a new addition to the Bucharest cultural scene, had its grand opening ceremony on October 8th, hosting the solo show SIMVLACRVM by Roman Tolici, curated by Swiss-based art critic and art market journalist Simon Hewitt. On view through December 4th, … Continued

The extraordinary sculptures of Ronit Baranga

The sculptures of Ronit Baranga are based on contrast and duality in meaning, unexpected and viewer experience, using the metaphor of the body to transfer unsettling yet powerfully expressive human gestures and emotions to everyday objects, which lose their functionality to become instead active, … Continued

Vermibus – Unveiling Beauty

Unveiling Beauty is the latest project of Vermibus (featured), an artistic response to the way the fashion industry reduces beauty to body and physical appearance by imposing specific standards of aesthetics according to marketing purposes, with the ultimate goal to sell products and maintain … Continued