EXHIBITION “ESSENTIALISM”

Alexandra Andone studied and works in Brand Creation and Communication field. She discovered her vocation for painting 7 years ago at the age of 27. She spent 4 years studying oil painting technique in Nicolae Maniu’s studio, one of the best contemporary painters from Romania, the only one that has been represented in the last 20 years by the successful OPERA Gallery  in Shanghai, New York and Paris.  During her art training time, she had personal & group exhibition, marking a consistent entrance in the Universe of Romanian Arts both in the country capital, Bucharest but also in the city where she lives, Cluj- the capital of Romanian arts where the famous Cluj School of Arts was created and where internationally known painters like Adrian Ghenie were formed. All Alexandra’s exhibitions had a huge success and won the public sympathy due to her courageous and original subjects, always represented in vivid and strong colors.

“I paint because I’m always challenged by new ideas and how I should put them in practice. When I look at a painting, I see a window to another world.

A new world.

A world that unveils itself and invites to a journey beyond the wall where the painting hangs. A world where the stories are the witness of the events, where the trees talk, the wings are free and the colors simplify the forms. A world where the creation is new.” 

“I paint because I have too much color in my soul”.

We are delighted to invite you to an incredible special exhibition.

Even if you just came back from your holidays spent all over the Globe, the maps painted on leather by the artist will send you again into an imaginary journey, geographical and historical.

The Exhibition will include a collection of 3 original maps on leather prepared according to an old recipe by Leonardo da Vinci that Vali has successfully revived and also smaller original sketches  with characters from the maps and also different sizes prints on canvas of the original maps plus of other maps that were sold after Vali’s exhibition of the National Museum of Maps and Old Books in Bucharest.

Also, the handmade carpets made using antique techniques out of hand spun& naturally dyed wool will still be on display in the Gallery, together, the maps painted on leather by a contemporary artist and the contemporary rugs, will recreate the Renaissance ambiance of the event.

Works Available at Our Gallery:

Vali Irina Ciobanu, curator Karima Elmagharaby Radwan and the Gallery owner Oana Visoiu, on the Antena 1 TV morning show, “Neatza cu Razvan si Dani”

An article from OZB Magazine going in depth about the techniques used by artist Vali Irina Ciobnu can be read here.
For any information regarding the works or the carpets from the gallery, you can contact us at: oana@renaissance-artgallery.com sau la +40 722 381 325.