MNAC – Exhibition Session, 08.2022–03.2023

Abstract

I’m glad that I managed to visit the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest after a long time during which I haven’t been able to see the simultaneous exhibitions. I’m curious to explore the work of the artists in the line-up so I quickly get into the story. On the ground floor, there was a large photography exhibition under the title Continuous Flow – Discontinuous Images: Author Dani Ghercă, curator Sam Steverlynck. What do we see? A few visual obstacles in the ample space of the first hall, i.e. photographs mounted on a few lonely monoliths describing geometric compositions seen from above. The planimetry of the buildings looks like a section in the structure of a voluminous honeycomb. The compositions are monumental but not as imposing as one would expect after the first steps into the exhibition. In this case, the minimalism of the display excessively rarefies the exhibition. Next door, in the marble hall, we have a slightly more mystical room. Artist Dorina Horătău’s installation relies on correspondence. The bright diagonals are what support the whole ensemble, they are the key to the room. Slits of light mystify the dry leaves layered inside some vertical labyrinth objects. The penumbra leaves a slight feeling of depth, of something more. We advance to the next level. This exhibition is called Leviathan and was inaugurated on 26.05.2022, allowing the visitor to step Into the bowels of the collection of MNAC, concept: Călin Dan, curator: Irina Radu and architecture: Raluca Vișinescu & Ioana Marin.