“Waiting for Something That Has Already Found Us” is the latest personal exhibition of the artist Andrei Gamarț hosted by STRATA Gallery.

The exhibition presents a series of new works, including four new media installations, which combine oil on canvas with live projection from surveillance cameras located in different parts of the world.

“Gamarț’s latest works mark a change in the theme that the artist has been exploring over the last decade, shifting from complex and timeless subjects such as the memory of light or the relation among light, memory, and matter to a concept that, although it has been with us from the very beginning of human conscience, is now more than usual connected to the current state of the world – the waiting. Even if we live in a time of urgency, global events that have had a direct impact on humanity in the last three years forced the world to slow down and the general background to change from an ongoing action-oriented rhythm to an uneasy state of waiting.

Combining traditional oil paintings with new media installations that project live images from surveillance cameras placed in different corners of the globe, Gamarț’s approach to the subject is not necessarily a direct one. The works allure the viewer into more than just a visual story, inviting them to decipher the emotional architecture of a complex condition, that generates a variety of feelings – from impatience and excitement to boredom and despair. In his own words, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦.

The title of the exhibition,”Waiting for Something That Has Already Found Us”, is a reference to one of the lyrics included in the poetry volume” An American Prayer”, by Jim Morrison.” (Strata & Mobius team)

Andrei Gamarț (b.1980, Republic of Moldova) lives and works in Bucharest. He is an artist educated in Chișinău and constantly exploring other creative fields such as poetry and literature.
His paintings, drawings, and graphic works reveal fractures of a world that seems suspended in-between time and space. The major themes populating this tenebrous and sometimes surreal “counter-reality” tackle the relation between memory, matter, innocence and error.

On Saturday, November 19, between 5 p.m and 7 p.m, visitors of the exhibition will benefit from guided tours and art stories during the “5 O’clock Tea at the Gallery” event.

The exhibition can be visited from Tuesday to Friday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m, and on weekends by appointment.
Location: STRATA Gallery (Str. Parângului, no. 76, Bucharest).
The entrance is free.

Event co-produced by Mobius Gallery.

Cover photo: Tudor Codre Isaac