At Sandwich Neurohope, two solo exhibitions open simultaneously: Not Cruel, Truthful by Liliana Basarab and Supernova by Ramon Sadîc, conceived in a tense dialogue—one that lowers the gaze toward the everyday, the other oriented toward a collapsing horizon. The opening takes place on Friday, April 17, between 7:00 and 9:00 PM.
Liliana Basarab – Not Cruel, Truthful
“Familiar figures, fleeting expressions, and reflexive gestures from everyday life come together in an installation that, while discreetly coherent, preserves the fragility inherent to ceramics and seems to watch over the viewer. The exhibition activates a perceptual ambiguity: is this pareidolia—the mind’s tendency to recognize faces in surrounding forms—or a subtle sensation of being observed, within a game where the gaze folds back onto itself and moves across a non-linear composition?
Not Cruel, Truthful, Liliana Basarab’s solo exhibition, foregrounds the everyday dimension of her artistic practice. The works recover routines and seemingly banal situations through a wandering gaze that shifts from the expected center of the image toward less explored social peripheries. Minor narratives, captured with contemplative irony along the Beijing–Bucharest–Paris axis, take form in the series People of… and People of… details. From fleeting moments on public transport to the banal gesture of using a phone—now a natural extension of the body—everything gravitates toward the familiar. Even the mask series, without affiliation to any specific tradition, emerges from the modest process of molding egg cartons.” (curatorial text)
Ramon Sadîc – Supernova
“Anxieties generated by social instability seep into everyday life, taking shape as monolithic structures or dispersing into twists and vibrations. At times they can be contained; at others they blur the entire perceptual field, eventually dominating and redefining its meaning. Supernova, Ramon Sadîc’s first solo exhibition in collaboration with Sandwich, brings together a series of paintings that investigate the artist’s position within a context marked by social and political uncertainty, constructing a visual meditation on the present.
The exploration of how overwhelming emotions infiltrate images and proximate experiences takes on a self-referential structure that gradually expands into a broader affective geography. Artificial red, the convulsive twisting of a point across the pictorial surface, or the presence of a drone—these volatile appearances, defined by the artist as “manipulative elements”—are formally emphasized through the use of pigment. Applied without binder, it remains flexible and open to prolonged intervention, unlike other media. A parallel thus emerges with the artist’s way of processing these states: a continuous negotiation within the image, through cutting, distortion, and transfiguration.” (curatorial text)
Liliana Basarab is a visual artist based in Bucharest. Her practice has a strong social dimension and spans various media, including ceramics, textiles, drawing, performance, participatory workshops, and video. Her work frequently addresses themes of gender, identity, and social norms, using irony and subtle humor to question traditional symbols and cultural narratives. She has been involved in various artistic organizations, from the Vector Association in Iași in the 2000s to the Sofia Nădejde Awards Collective (2018–2022), and is currently part of Malmaison Studios.
Ramon Sadîc (b. 1975, Constanța) is a Romanian visual artist known for a practice rooted in social themes and urban experience. Drawing from immediate reality, he investigates mechanisms of anxiety and social tension, constantly exploring the dynamics between oppressor and oppressed. His work ranges from painting, drawing, and object-based practices to large-scale installations, combining social and political commentary with synthetic irony and subtle gestures of humor.
The exhibitions can be visited at Sandwich Neurohope (13 Pechea Street, 5th floor, Bucharest) from April 17 to June 26, 2026.
