The Galateea Contemporary Art Gallery opened the exhibition “Trodden Limits” by the artists Andrea Éva Szőcs (HU) and Georgiana Cozma (Ro).
The exhibition represents an artistic research, from a visual perspective, that analyzes how the human being reacts when exposed to trauma; this artistic approach investigates the line of separation between what can be considered bearable, what can be endured, and the areas in which trauma produces irreversible changes and metamorphoses at the psychological level. These perimeters of the demarcation lines are perceived as limits that, once violated, produce mutations; most of the time, these limits have an immensely personal character, being fluid, non-constant, and specific to each individual, there is no scale able to establish a certain degree of acceptability.
“Trodden Limits” approaches this theme from the perspective of the personal circumstances experienced by the artists Andrea Éva Szőcs (HU) and Georgiana Cozma (Ro); the exhibition has been conceived as an exercise of sincerity, a visual-based confession of some experiences, moreover, familiar to many of us.
The journey through the exhibition integrates a series of ceramic installations aiming to generate a process of mirroring, proposing an intimate perspective of inquiring trauma, a type of mediation that the public, incited to empathy and emotion, experiences in contact with the works.
The particular path of these installations as they are staged across the space was planned in such a way as to bring the viewer to the point of directly confronting his reality, offering a personal decision-making act – whether or not the viewer will interact with the works.
Ana Negoiță, curator
Georgiana Cozma (b. 1967, Pitesti, Romania)
She graduated from the National University of Art – Bucharest, Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design, Ceramics (1997); she is an active member of the Union of Visual Artists from Romania (UAP), also part of the Board of Directors of the Decorative Arts Branch of UAP during 2011-2015, president of the branch in the period 2016 – 2022.
Her portfolio includes numerous solo shows and group exhibitions in Romania and abroad, completed by an essential curatorial and editorial activity and participation at international conferences and residencies dedicated to decorative arts.
Szőcs Éva Andrea (b. 1970 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
She graduated from the University of Arts and Design in Cluj in 1997 and has a Ph.D. in visual arts from the University of Pécs, Faculty of Art (2007).
She has remarkable professional activity in Hungary and Romania, with an international engagement in personal and group exhibitions, attending biennials and specialized conferences or artistic residencies, and a significant and awarded university activity in research and publishing.
The exhibition can be visited until September 27, 2023.
