Jecza Gallery, together with /SAC, Mobius Gallery, Sector 1 Gallery, Suprainfinit Gallery, Himera Gallery and Lutnița Gallery, presents the exhibition “There were times I wanted to change the world”, curated by Diana Marincu.
The exhibition “There were times I wanted to change the world” starts from a curatorial research into the concept of the monstrous, the mirror as a metaphor for painting, and the idea of the simulacrum, found today in the different types of constructions, deconstructions, and reconstructions of the visual representation. As part of a collaborative effort initiated by Jecza Gallery, the exhibition brings together artists represented by the galleries Jecza, /SAC, Mobius, Sector 1, Suprainfinit, Himera and Lutnita.
“The idea of the monstrous as an expression of human-nonhuman hybridity spans the entire history of knowledge, from pre-Platonic philosophy and Hellenistic systems of understanding nature, or more precisely human nature, to current non-normative theories of radical alterity.
The deconstruction of the real, functioning as an artist’s strategy to transform a perception or a fantasy into images, is a way of reaching the monstrous – that combination of incompatible elements.
One of the authors who dealt with the history of the monstrous from the ontological-political point of view, Filippo Del Lucchese, writes that one of the constant questions throughout the centuries of philosophical reflection is: does the order of the world emerge from chaos thus ending it, or is chaos the monstrous destiny of any so-called order? This question can guide us in the exhibition course proposed here, and the relationship between a search for compatibility with incompatible elements that get under our skin and transform us takes multiple incarnations, under the effect that the “body” of painting/art bears on us.”
Diana Marincu
The exhibition, hosted by Paltim (Splaiul Nicolae Titulescu 5, ground floor), is open from Thursday to Sunday until July 13, 2025, from 12:00 to 20:00.
Event part of the collateral program of the Art Encounters 2025 Biennial.
