This exhibition is an hommage to the artist Ioana Nemes who left us way too early. I was fortunate enough to have met her on my first, and best, trip to Romania.
Apparatus 22 (RO) | Irina Bujor (DE) | KILOBASE BUCHAREST (RO) | Hans Leonard Krupp (stateless) | Olah Gyarfas (RO) | Carl & Pontus Olsson (SE) | Falke Pisano (NL) | Rochi?e (RO)| Sillyconductor (RO) | Lisa Torell (SE).
curator: Drago? Olea (RO) | exhibition design: Liste Noire (RO)
The exhibition, as the first part of a series outlining less known aspects of Ioana Neme?' oeuvre, is attempting to shape a non-inertial reference frame on the breadth of cross-disciplinary collaborative work late Romanian artist (1979 – 2011) contributed to as well as on her exchange of creative energies with like-minded artists.
In parallel with her individual practice she engaged in collective work (whose main feature is the renouncement of personal authorship): from two art collectives initiated in 2010, namely Apparatus 22 and the nomadic gallery KILOBASE BUCHAREST to progressive fashion label Rozalb de Mura (2006-2010) and interior & exhibition design duo Liste Noire (since 2006). Furthermore, she contributed to the work of artists from various disciplines or commissioned artists for her projects, encouraged emerging ones