13/08/2025
The exhibition โI โ self-portrait vs mirroringโ at the Galateea Contemporary Art 132, Victoriei Ave, Bucharest, Romania, between August 19th to September 5th, 2025. Is an art exhibition recommended by Intell News Romania in English(media partner), consigned by Claudiu Victor Gheorghiu, Senior Editor of the bilingual press platform Intell News in Romanian and English, August 13, 2025
Press release:
Galateea Contemporary Art Gallery presents the exhibition I โ self-portrait vs mirroring, an informal get-together of a group of ceramic artists with different creative foci and practices who, however, share a language of expression that is derived from ceramic art and the creative possibilities it offers.
The exhibition brings together members of the Galateea Group (an initiative group that promotes contemporary Romanian ceramics) and guest artists who express themselves fluently through ceramics and constantly contribute to the development of the field. Visual artists Bianca BOEROIU, Adela BONAศ, Clara DฤRรNGฤ, George DRAGOMIR TURIA, Lucia LOBONศ, Romana MATEIAศ, Nicolae MOLDOVAN, Alina TUDOR, Anca VINTILฤ DRAGU, Iulian VรRTOPEANU and guests Maria CIOATฤ, David OLTEANU and Leontin ศIBACOV challenge the viewer to engage in introspection and self-knowledge.
To look at yourself, to find and understand yourself, is to have a complex perception of life and its fundamental aspects. In the relationship with his own self, the individual is an observer, a fellow traveler and an accomplice in inner revolutions and rebellions. Whether as tool or as technique, the mirror reflects or absorbs the rays and waves that make up oneโs unique personal chemistry. In doing so, it functions as both gateway to the inner self and catalyst for transformation. The theme is open but also personal, which is why - despite the group setting - the exhibition favors individual statements. It is a synthesis of ideas that, from a psychological perspective, opens up new, dynamic and effervescent perspectives. The artists create different but essentially unitary universes, offering an X-ray of lifeโs complexity.
In a troubled sociopolitical context, art is survival in its purest form. From the self-portrait decalcomania or its photographic recording to abstract or even random transpositions of the perceived self, Galateea Contemporary Art invites the viewers to explore their own selves alongside the exhibiting artists.
The exhibition will run from August 19 to September 5, 2025.
The opening will take place on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM in the presence of the artists.
Curators: George DRAGOMIR TURIA, Alina TUDOR
Partners: Workspace Studio, Inkad
Media partners: Modernism.ro, Revista Arta, Intell News, Leviathan, ArtLine, Agenศia de Carte, top BUSINESS, Empower Artists, Agerpres, Radio Romรขnia Cultural, Piaศa de Artฤ, Coolt Neamศ, Propagarta, Zile ศi Nopศi, Amos News.
