On Friday, January 26 at 6 p.m., the artists Ioana Olăhuț and Anca Bodea invite you to the launch of the volume The other face of the world, a bilingual volume that they edited and produced with the support of the Hassium Cultural Association. The event will take place at Meron Roastery, Horea Street No. 5, Cluj-Napoca, in the presence of the authors of the critical texts who supported this approach: Adriana Oprea, curator, art critic and museographer, Liviana Dan, curator and art critic, Alexandra Chiriac, art historian.

The volume presents the creation of nine artists professionally trained in Cluj-Napoca at the University of Art and Design, between 2002 and 2015: Ana Maria Micu, Ioana Olăhuț, Anca Bodea, Ioana Iacob, Mirela Moscu, Anca Brânzaș, Oana Năstăsache, Roxana Ajder, Andrea Tivadar. They stand out through a relevant and constant activity in the competitive field of contemporary painting, this being one of the fundamental criteria in the selection made by the editors of the book. How does one survive in the paradigm of contemporary painting? How relevant is this and how does it assert itself in the multitude of mediums of expression of today’s art? Is there a “women’s” perspective on the painting made in Cluj in the last twenty years? Together with our guests, we will celebrate the appearance of this volume that exhibits a sample of contemporary Romanian painting and analyzes these aspects of the art world.