After the success registered in four important cities in Romania, the traveling exhibition “Permanent World Encyclopedia” will arrive in Pitesti, continuing to connect the public with the art of the present. With a bold concept and a diverse selection of works that capture the richness of contemporary artistic practices, the exhibition is part of a more significant effort dedicated to promoting the new generation of artists at the national level, initiated by the cultural platforms Arta Prezentului and Empower Artists.
The “Permanent World Encyclopedia” exhibition will open on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 6:00 p.m., at the Ilfoveanu & Badea Cultural Foundation (Str. Armand Călinescu 2, Pitesti).
“The itinerant exhibition “Permanent World Encyclopedia” debuted last year, at the beginning of September, at Banatul Montan Museum in Reșita. After Resita, the next two destinations were Craiova, at GLORIÆ Art Gallery, and Brașov, at the Art Museum Brasov. Initially, the exhibition project was scheduled to end with a final exhibition in Bucharest. Still, after this series of successful exhibitions, which were appreciated by both specialists in the field and the general public, we are happy to bring the exhibition to Pitesti at Ilfoveanu & Badea Cultural Foundation. The extension of the exhibition route with a new city, which is important in the cultural landscape, confirms the relevance of our approach and contributes significantly to the promotion and support of Romanian contemporary art,” stated Angela Izvercian, the initiator of the project.
“We are delighted that the traveling exhibition “Permanent World Encyclopedia” is also coming to our gallery. As you well know, the mission of the Ilfoveanu & Badea Cultural Foundation is to be a space for artistic debate and dialogue by promoting contemporary art.
I congratulate the initiators of this wonderful project, Arta Prezentului and Empower Artists, for the fresh breath they bring by promoting these young and emerging artists, a project that we wholeheartedly support and which aligns perfectly with the values of our foundation”, said Maria Lina, executive director of the Ilfoveanu & Badea Cultural Foundation.
The seventeen young and emerging artists part of the “Permanent World Encyclopedia” exhibition project: Roxana Ajder, Adrian Buda, Mihaela Coandă, Iulian Cristea, Călin Dumitrascu, Iuliana Hlihor, Andrei Ispas, Ana Lupu, Andreea Mihalka, David Miholcsa, Moga Dan Marius, Ada Muntean, Oana Năstăsache, Raluca Pavelescu, Iulia Pușcașu, Daniel Semenciuc and Codruț Zele, are graduates of a faculty of arts, bachelor’s and master’s, being already active and visible on the local art scene. They work with various mediums, from painting to graphics, sculpture, participatory installations and digital art, exploring current topics in their own, easily recognizable manner.
The exhibition can be visited until March 31, 2025, from Monday to Friday between 10:00 and 19:00 and on Saturdays from 10:00 to 17:00.
Event details:
Opening: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, time: 18:00-20:00
Address: Ilfoveanu & Badea Cultural Foundation (Str. Armand Călinescu 2, Pitesti)
About the initiators of the project
Arta Prezentului and Empower Artists, an editorial project launched by the Empower Art & Artists Cultural Association, are platforms dedicated to supporting and promoting Romanian visual artists. The Empower Artists Art magazine facilitates the interaction between the public and the artistic community through a series of artistic chronicles and interviews with artists and specialists in the field, and Arta Prezentului offers a necessary and useful channel for promoting and selling the creations of Romanian artists. The two platforms aim to play an essential role in developing and supporting the artistic scene in Romania.
Partners: Ilfoveanu & Badea Cultural Foundation.
The Ilfoveanu & Badea Cultural Foundation aims to be a space for debate and artistic dialogue. The foundation’s priorities include sensitizing the community to the artistic act, emulating and stimulating an informed public that deciphers and assimilates the aesthetics of contemporary art and establishing a nucleus for disseminating artistic information synchronous with the effervescence of the European phenomenon.
Media partners: RFI Romania, Radio Romania Cultural, Empower Artists, Urban.ro, Revista Atelierul, The Institute, Feeder.ro, Amo News, ArTeVezi, Modernism, IQads.
