Garden of Forking Paths, the group show presented by Sector 1 Gallery brings together 13 emerging artists belonging to a newer generation, working across different regions in Romania, and the Republic of Moldova. In their practices, intimacy, memory, spatiality, social critique and humor play an important role. Engaging in different explorations and instances of emotion translated through various mediums, these artists involve affect in their universe of creation.
Drawing its title from the short story The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges, the exhibition, curated by Cristina Buta and Norbert Filep, proposes to explore the many-worlds in their body of work tapping into a miscellaneous network of approaches and references ranging from popular culture to medieval history, AI or the subconscious. In each of their “gardens”, a particular story is told, from a different perspective, mapping trajectories of inquiry into conventionality and contesting the particular way in which systems of perception come to be.
Artists: Vlad Albu, Alexandra Boaru, Maria Brîneț, Celina Cordoș, Matei Emanuel, Dimitrie Luca Gora, Maria Guțu, Darius Iova, Andrei Ispas, Andrei Nuțu, Raluca Pavelescu, Mihail Șarpe and Ana Maria Szöllösi.
The exhibition can be visited until April 6, 2024. Entrance is free.
