The exhibition “Only I Can Be HereNow”, presented by GLORIÆ Art Gallery in Craiova, is a collective project featuring works by Paul Ilfoveanu, Ana Ionescu, Albert Kaan, Irina Motroc, Radu Pandele, Ana Pascu, and Alexandru Ranga.
The exhibition title – “Only I Can Be HereNow” – suggests, as curator Anne-Marie Lolea notes, “a subtle transition from the shared space to the embodied space, a moment of pause that each of us needs.”
The concept is built around the idea of “Ba”, a notion developed by Ikujiro Nonaka and defined as a living context in which knowledge, emotion, and experience emerge through presence and interaction. The exhibition becomes a layered field — physical, digital, mental, and relational — where the artworks act both as aesthetic objects and as catalysts for an ongoing process of dialogue.
“The exhibition zones are shaped by intimate philosophies and the inner creative impulses of each artist. While each work stems from a personal need to express a feeling, a thought, or a search, through the here-now recontextualization, the works converge — transforming the space into a layered Ba,” explains Anne-Marie Lolea.
The curatorial vision of Gloria Berceanu emphasizes the viewer’s role as an active participant:
“The way the rooms are structured serves the viewer above all. The exhibition is an invitation to explore, to move away from rigid frameworks and toward immediate, intimate sensibilities. Seven artists with distinct practices and personalities become a singular entity — united by the universal experience of ‘being in a specific moment and place.’”
The exhibition invites the audience into a journey where the artworks communicate through visual tensions and complementary concepts — from Ana Ionescu’s explorations of enclosure to Alexandru Ranga’s lightning-charged gravity, from Paul Ilfoveanu’s reflections on identity to Ana Pascu’s installations investigating the relationship between the inner and the outer self.
Curated by Anne-Marie Lolea and Gloria Berceanu, the exhibition is opened to the public from October 17, 2025, to January 16, 2026.
GLORIÆ Art Gallery is located in the historic center of Craiova, at 49 Alexandru Macedonski Street, and can be visited Thursday through Saturday, between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM.
Since its opening, GLORIÆ Art Gallery has become a key hub for contemporary art in southern Romania, showcasing exhibitions by artists such as Vincenzo Bianchi, Sorin, Adrian and Nicu Ilfoveanu, Marilena Preda Sânc, Roxana Trestioreanu, Aurora Király, and Elena Scutaru, in projects curated by Ruxandra Demetrescu.
In parallel, the gallery has developed initiatives in collaboration with cultural partners such as Empower Artists and Arta Prezentului, including the “Permanent World Encyclopedia” exhibition curated by Norbert Filep, and the 2025 edition of the CONNECT Contemporary Dance Festival, organized with the Delazero Association.
GLORIÆ has also participated in two editions of White Night of the Galleries and the RAD Art Fair 2025, quickly strengthening its presence within the network of Romania’s independent contemporary art institutions.
