The Cosman Foundation presents the exhibition “Ruins”, a collective artistic endeavor that brings to the fore artists from Belgium (Valentin Capony, Émile Pierret), Greece (Georgia Papoutsi) and Romania (Mathias Bar, Taisia Corbuț, Octavian Cosman, Teodora Cosman, Răzvan Neagoe, Cristian Opriș, Patricia Todoran).

“The ruin is a complex and paradoxical object. It represents at the same time the passage of time and its immobilization, the glory of bygone times and their futility. As an aesthetic and artistic motif, ruins can convey both the melancholic feeling of finitude and the thrill of the sublime, the delight in the terrible spectacle of destruction. In the current context, the ruin takes on a particular significance given the economic (ruins of industrial heritage), climatic (floods, fires) and geopolitical (wars, which create instant ruins) changes.” (curatorial text)

The exhibition is open Thursdays and Saturdays between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM, until September 1, at the Cosman Foundation, Str. Andrei Mureșanu 11, Cluj-Napoca.