The exhibition ” Crises”, presented by Scemtovici & Benowitz Gallery, brought together works created by twenty artists: Andra Achim, Anca Boeriu, Olimpiu Bandalac, Emanuel Borcescu, Adrian Buda, Beaver, Oana Cervinschi, Marian Codrea, Adrian Ghiman, Andreea Nagy, Denis Nanciu, Răzvan Năstase, Diana Oțet, Mara Popa, Marcela Rădulescu, Adrian Sandu, Ilina Schileru, Diana Serghiuță, Alexandra Vassilikian, and Daniela Vîrlan.

“Art today finds itself caught between the (often personal) pressure to respond socially and the need to safeguard its freedom. All the “-isms” of the modern era have failed, and behind the grand discourses looms the same question: can art transform the fragility of human existence in the face of history and life into expression, and tension into thought? Can crisis, collective or individual, be not only rupture but also threshold, for change, whether for better or worse?” Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu (excerpt from curatorial text)

The exhibition, curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, offered a critical and clear-sighted view on contemporary tensions – both personal and collective – and explores the idea of crisis not only as rupture, but also as a possible threshold for transformation.