On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, starting at 6:00 PM, at CREART Gallery in Bucharest (Piața Alexandru Lahovari no. 7), the opening of the solo exhibition titled “CTRL + S(oul)” by visual artist Sabina Legănaru, curated by Ana Daniela Sultana, will take place.
“Through these works, I propose a reflection on an essential question: Can we press a command for salvation? «CTRL+S(oul)» explores the tension between technology and spirituality, between the mechanical reflex to save a file and the deep need to save the soul. We live in a world where our actions are becoming faster, automatic, almost unconscious. But salvation, in a spiritual sense, does not come through a shortcut. It involves faith, sacrifice and renunciation. «CTRL+S(oul)» is a visual message about faith, in a time when we are used to interfaces and instant solutions — a modern code for an ancient quest.” – Sabina Legănaru
“Conceptual from the title, Sabina Legănaru’s solo show with the opening during Holy Week is an exhibition dedicated to the Easter holidays, a fusion between contemporary vision and sacred tradition and, last but not least, an incursion into her artistic practice carried out in two apparently divergent directions – abstract painting and Orthodox iconography. The latter, Orthodox iconography, in whose mysteries and techniques Sabina Legănaru was initiated since high school, is only subtly present in the present selection, namely through a small detail – the folds of Christ’s garment. Through «CTRL+S(oul)» we are invited, in an increasingly polarized context on each subject, especially the most pressing ones (the evolution of AI, global warming, political leaders, socio-economic status), to save, to be able to access in the future from memory (whether internal or collective), fragments of enlightenment!” – Ana Daniela Sultana
Sabina Legănaru (b. 1982, Horezu) is a visual artist who graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Bucharest and UNArte, with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in painting, and is a member of UAP. Her exhibition activity includes painting, drawing, photography and installation exhibitions in Bucharest, Paris, Rome, Florence, London, Amsterdam, Montreux, Nice, Frankfurt and New York. Her participation in the Salon de la Peinture in Paris and the Florence Art Biennale represent significant moments in her artistic career. She studied and created for 2 years in Florence and Rome, and currently lives and creates in Bucharest.
Ana Daniela Sultana is a curator and publicist, graduated from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. She publishes articles in the magazines ARTA, Orizonturi Culturale Italo-Romane and on agentiadecarte.ro. It collaborates with institutions such as the International Cultural Center in Krakow, ICR Istanbul, ICR Vienna, ICR Venice, the Austrian Cultural Forum Bucharest, the Museum of the Municipality of Bucharest, MNLR Bucharest, the Art Museum of Timișoara, Kunsthalle Feldbach, Aluniș Art Center and numerous contemporary art galleries.
Organized by the City Hall of the Capital, through CREART – the Center for Creation, Art and Tradition of the Municipality of Bucharest- the exhibition can be visited between April 15 and May 15, 2025, at the CREART Gallery.
Built on the format of a white box, the CREART Gallery – a project of the Center for Creation, Art and Tradition of the Municipality of Bucharest – is an exhibition space dedicated to contemporary art, with solo shows by established names, but also by emerging artists.
