Today was the day to go visit the available temporary exhibitions and I really made the most of it. I've visited three exhibitions, of which one was paintings, the other was photography (a very frustrating experience) and the third was textile and fiber art, which is the subject of my post today.
The exhibition is called Ariadnae and is organized each year for more than 30 years now. Each year textile and fifer artists from the country gather to show their artworks and today I was lucky to catch the penultimate day of the exhibition and also have a very interesting chat with the exhibition curator, but more about it later in this post.
The reason why I love textile and fiber exhibition is because it's the art that is the closest to me. As an untalented individual, I see this type of art that maybe I can do as well. It's true, I keep saying I'm going to start, but for now, all I have created is bags. Time will come though.
Sarolta Puskai - Fusion
This was the first artwork I saw and this is where the game started. With textile, each work is a riddle. You want to know how it was made and sometimes it's impossible to tell. Here, I think it's woven and that's how you get the print. Purple is not my color, but I like it.
Bianca Cigher Fernea - Fingerprints
This one stile my heart. Would I want it on my wall? Probably not, but it's brilliant. I love the multitude of colors and the texture of the fabrics and the patterns just add to it. Fingerprint is a very good title as each piece is as unique as a fingerprint.
Enikő Bíró Kálmán - The Silk Road, On The Wings of Winds
It's not the first time I see the artist's works and I remember it as it's a special type of art. Basically the white is baking paper, torn into pieces to have the desired shape and most likely the base is some kind of fabric. I admit, you need some talent and vision, to get the shape of the pieces to look like this but it's not my kind of art.
I hope you can see the arrows on top. She had several works on the upper floor, so you're going to see those in an upcoming post.
Anca Pia Rusan - Imaginary Herbarium
Another brilliant work, even if it may look a bit too colorful to your taste. If you judge purely the work and not your desire to hang it on your wall, you can see how amazing it is.
Look at all those little flowers, leaves, plants. Those are all stitches. I love it!
Valentina Stefanescu - A Faded Face Dreaming In The Tapestry Of Silence
If you think you've seen it all, look at this artwork.
In case you can't figure out what it is, or how it is made, it's a portrait made using pins on canvas and black threads. When I spotted it, my first thought was, "I've seen this before", but chatting with the lady I found out that it was a different work with the same technique, exhibited last year.
When I see works like this, it makes me realize how small and untalented I am. Both the idea and the execution are brilliant. I'm not sure if I'm right, but it reminds me of Cher.
Dalma Nagy - Enmeshed I., II.
Anca Luiza Zaharia - Patterns In Invisible Fields II.
This is a real puzzle. I think it's digital weaving, I mean the pattern is digitally woven into it.
Ágnes Csíki Szabó - Land Of Oblivion
Felting on canvas. It's not unusual, but not very common either. I love it, it feels so natural and the warm colors just add to it.
So these are a few of the artworks exhibited this year. I hope you have some favorites and also hope I could show you something you've never seen before. Let me know in a comment.
What I was mentioning at the beginning of my post was a conversation I had with the curator lady. There was no one in the gallery and we had time and privacy to chat about art, artists and exhibitions. At the end of the conversation, I thought if we're at the textile and fiber exhibition, let me show her two of my bags I have lately made. So I showed the photo of this crazy bag and the cat bag, just for fun. Her reaction surprised me. She loved them both and said the place of these bags would definitely be at the exhibition. Even though she's not an artist, with 40 years of experience in all kinds of exhibitions, it means something.
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