18 September 2020

[EN/RO] ‘In Midst of Worst, Best of Times’ by Anca Poterasu Gallery at litost Gallery

Aurora Király, 'Soft Drawings: Subconscious Narratives, Self Portrait as Pierrot', 2020, felt, cotton, mesh, 49 x 60 cm
[EN/RO] ‘In Midst of Worst, Best of Times’ by Anca Poterasu Gallery at litost Gallery
Aurora Király, 'Soft Drawings: Subconscious Narratives, Self Portrait as Pierrot', 2020, felt, cotton, mesh, 49 x 60 cm

[EN]

…we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…”
Charles Dickens, ‘The Tale of Two Cities’, (1859)

In Midst of the Worst, the Best of Times brings together a number of works that primarily reflect on the shifting limitations of our spaces and the bending of our perception of time caused by the unaccustomed realities brought forth due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The show revolves around the domestic and familiar, around the artists’ studios and their homes. With all the works made during the lockdown period, the presentation is systematized as a journal of changes, adaptations and reactions through which the artistic processes reveal intimate exchanges with the world at large.

‘In Midst of Worst, Best of Times’ is conceived in cooperation with Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest. The event is part of SUMO and has been kindly supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute Prague, the Ministry of Culture Czech Republic Arts Grant, the Culture Fund of Czech Republic Arts Grant, the Prague City Hall’s Cultural and Arts Grant and Key Promotion.

Aurora Király, 'Soft Drawings: Subconscious Narratives, Warrior Pose’, 2020, felt, cotton, mesh, 49 x 60 cm
Aurora Király, 'Soft Drawings: Subconscious Narratives, Days Passing By’, 2020, felt, cotton, mesh, 49 x 60 cm
Aurora Király, 'Soft Drawings: Subconscious Narratives, Contours’, 2020, felt, cotton, mesh, 49 x 60 cm
'In Midst of Worst, Best of Times', exhibition view
Olivia Mihălțianu, 'Unisex Underwear Mask, One Size Fits All’, 2020, thong, laser print, packaging, 15.5 x 16.5 cm, ed. 8/24
Olivia Mihălțianu, 'Unisex Underwear Mask, One Size Fits All’, 2020, thong, laser print, packaging, 15.5 x 16.5 cm, ed. 8/24
Olivia Mihălțianu, 'Unisex Underwear Mask, One Size Fits All’, 2020, thong, laser print, packaging, 15.5 x 16.5 cm, ed. 8/24
Alexandru Solomon, 'Recycled Travels’, 2020, HD, 16:9, 25FPS, 10’
'In Midst of Worst, Best of Times', exhibition view
'In Midst of Worst, Best of Times', exhibition view
Megan Dominescu, 'Botox’, 2020, acrylic rughooking, 43 x 62 cm
Megan Dominescu, 'Anxiety has many faces’, 2020, wool and acrylic rug hooking, 43 x 62 cm
'In Midst of Worst, Best of Times', exhibition view
Iulian Bisericaru, 'Damussi in Panteleria’, 2020, oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm
Dragoș Bădiță, 'Diana’, 2020, oil on wood, 53.5 x 73.5 cm
Irina Botea Bucan, 'Spațiul fizic [Physical Space]’, 2020, embroidery on canvas, 60 x 40 cm
Irina Botea Bucan, 'Thermal rehabilitation plasters over the lines of personal interventions’, 2020, embroidery on canvas, 40 x 60 cm
Adelina Ivan, 'Left Square, Right Square’, 2020, film stills, Full HD 16:9, 03’39’', https://vimeo.com/451109805

[RO]

„…we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…”
[…aveam totul înainte, nu aveam nimic în fața noastră…]
Charles Dickens, ‘The Tale of Two Cities’ [Povestea a două orașe]  (1859)

Un jurnal de pandemie, expoziția de grup In Midst of the Worst, the Best of Times prezintă o serie de lucrări ce abordează în principal teme ale izolării impuse de pandemia COVID-19. Artiștii reflectă asupra noilor limitări ale spațiului și asupra schimbării percepției asupra timpului cauzate de distanțarea socială și restricțiile ce ne afectează pe toți.

Conceptul expoziției are legătură cu spațiul domestic sau familiar, cu spațiul de lucru din atelierele artiștilor și din casele lor. Toate lucrările sunt realizate în aceste ultime luni de zile și sunt prezentate ca o serie de reacții, tensiuni și schimbări, o relaționare continuă a individului cu lumea înconjurătoare și contexte ce par din ce în ce mai absurde.

‘In Midst of Worst, Best of Times’ este conceput în colaborare cu Galeria Anca Poterasu, București. Evenimentul face parte din programul SUMO și a fost sprijinit de Institutul Cultural Român din Praga, Ministerul Culturii din Republica Cehă – Programul de granturi pentru Arte, Fondul pentru Cultură din Republica Cehă Bursă pentru Arte, Fondul cultural și artistic al primăriei din Praga și Key Promotion.

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ArtistDragoș Bădiță, Irina Botea Bucan, Iulian Bisericaru, Matei Bejenaru, Megan Dominescu, Sebastian Hosu, Adelina Ivan, Aurora Király, Olivia Mihălțianu, Alexandru Solomon
ExhibitionIn Midst of the Worst, the Best of Times
Place / venuelítost Gallery, Prague, Czechia
Dates4 September – 16 October 2020
Websitelitost.gallery/en/
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