Sector 1 Gallery

Repost from • Alive in Sight Only for a Second
February 23 — April 06, 2023
, Bucharest
Curated by Horațiu Lipot

Artists:bercea







[…]”Thus, the exhibition is composed on one hand by artists whose practice uses the camera as a tool to see the analyzed object structurally rather than as a simple mimetic mechanical image producing an object, with the result becoming another processual layer that creates distance and analysis. Photographic works question the medium’s autonomy by relating to major stances of painting, such as pictoriality or the transcendence of the “mirror with memory,” towards the image as a window. Balanced by a number of artists whose work primarily focuses on the medium of painting, based on questions related to the inherently reductive power of photography, the emotional potential of the camera, the materials that capture light in a physical or chemical trace, or the optical perception issues that the photographic-based image places forward.”

Dear friends, as we come to the end of this year, we want to thank you for being with us, for your presence in the gallery, for your curiosity, and for the conversations that shaped our 2025 season.
May this holiday season bring you quiet brightness and the joy of encounters that matter.
We look forward to meeting you again in the gallery in the new year.
Wishing you peaceful holidays! ✨

We’re happy to look back at the exhibitions that defined our year:

• Slide 1: The Sun At Its Zenith Holds The Balance Of The Day, 20 February - 13 April 2025

• Slide 2: Melancholia of Living in the Afternoon of Time, 8 May - 21 June 2025

• Slide 3: The Soft Geometry Of Color, 10 July - 23 August 2025

• Slide 4: Around the Body, the Earth Sews Carefully, 25 September - 6 November 2025

Our current exhibition, Sorin Dumitrescu: Report from the Last Judgement, remains open after January 15 and can be viewed by appointment.

See you next year!
Sector 1 Gallery Team

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Anunțăm bucuroși prezența artistului Iulian Mereuță în expoziția ‘Steaua - young and innocent days’ | .

Repost from • .young.and.innocent.days
steaua. young and innocent days
Part I

Ivan Gallery, București
Vernisaj:
Joi, 6 noiembrie, 19.00 – 21.00

Program de vizitare:
06.11 – 14.12.2025
Miercuri – Sâmbătă, 15.00 – 19.00

Expoziția are ca punct de pornire acțiunea „Steaua” din iarna anului 1968, când un grup de studenți la scenografie a creat o stea din materiale pentru decoruri și costume de teatru și a pornit prin București să-și colinde profesorii, o acțiune întreruptă brusc de Securitate chiar la începutul serii. Inițiatorii principali au fost Miruna și Radu Boruzescu, scenografi cu renume internațional. Expoziția reunește lucrări ale unor artiști ce au avut conexiuni pe termen lung cu familia Boruzescu, precum Horia Bernea și Paul Neagu, sau Iulian Mereuță și Doru Covrig, dar și producții noi ale artiștilor Giulia Crețulescu, Ioana Mincu și Mono Mihai, care reinterpretază din perspective contemporane steaua și contextul social al epocii.

Tururi ghidate realizate de Bogdan Bălan, sâmbetele 08, 15, 22 noiembrie la Ivan Gallery și 29 noiembrie, 6, 12 decembrie la Ivan Gallery & Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român (participare prin rezervare).
Adresă & program: Ivan Gallery, Profesor Doctor Dimitrie Grecescu 13, București | Miercuri – Sâmbătă, 15:00 – 19:00

Proiectul continuă cu o a doua expoziție la Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român între 27 noiembrie 2025 și 11 ianuarie 2026, completată de evenimente conexe la Sala Nouă a Teatrului de Comedie.
Proiect cultural co-finanțat de AFCN, realizat de Miruna M. Boruzescu în colaborare cu Maria Mora, Paula Dunker și Paul Breazu, în parteneriat cu Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român, Teatrul de Comedie, Ivan Gallery și alte instituții culturale.

GUADALUPE VILAR, Póllux, 2024
recycled textiles
430 x 240 cm

We invite you to join us today starting 6 PM for this final encounter and a guided tour — a moment to experience the works in their full resonance, to reflect, and to share in the closing gesture of 𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 together.

Norbert Filep (), the curator, will be present and available for conversation.

📍Sector1Gallery, Băiculești Street 29, inside Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest.

Photo documentation: .

GUADALUPE VILAR
• Cuerpo abierto, 53 x 73 cm, recycled dyed textiles and cotton paper, 2024
• Polux III, 52 x 81 cm, hand-dryed, stamped and embroided paper, 2024

✨ Tonight at Sector 1 Gallery ✨

Join us tonight, November 6th, from 6 to 7 PM for a guided tour and closing evening of our exhibition 𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 — featuring artists Guadalupe Vilar () and Oláh Gyárfás ().

We’ll be joined by the exhibition’s curator, Norbert Filep (), for a special walkthrough and final conversation.

📅 When: Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 6:00–7:00 PM
📍 Where: Sector 1 Gallery, 29 Băiculești Street, inside Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest

Photo credits: .

GUADALUPE VILAR, Pluto III, 2024
textile, recycled textiles
24 x 91 x 12 cm

By researching sustainable alternatives to harmful, plastic-based materials, Guadalupe Vilar () aims to raise environmental awareness and expand collective consciousness through art.

On view until November 6 at , part of our current exhibition, 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 | Guadalupe Vilar and Oláh Gyárfás, curated by Norbert Filep ().

Don’t miss tomorrow’s guided tour and closing event, celebrating the ending of our current exhibition featuring artists Guadalupe Vilar () and Oláh Gyárfás (), in the presence of the curator Norbert Filep ().

We warmly invite you to share this final encounter with us — a time to experience the works in their full resonance, to reflect, and to be part of the closing gesture of 𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮.

->Thursday, November 6th, 2025, 6–7 PM
Sector 1 Gallery, 29 Băiculești Street, inside Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest

Photo documentation: Ioana Dumitrescu ().

Join us next Thursday for the closing evening of 𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮, a thought-provoking exhibition featuring artists Guadalupe Vilar () and Oláh Gyárfás (), curated by Norbert Filep ().

Thursday, November 6th, 2025, from 6 PM

In this collaborative dialogue, Gyárfás and Guadalupe expand beyond the limits of the conventional exhibition space, transforming the gallery into a sanctuary that celebrates the intimate connection between body and earth.
Organic materials intertwine with the industrial echoes of the textile world, merging in a static yet sacred choreography. Within this ritual, bodies—whether bent or suspended, flowing or solidified—find new postures and rhythms, composing a fragile equilibrium between transformation and stillness.

We invite you to join us for this final encounter — a moment to experience the works in their full resonance, to reflect, and to share in the closing gesture of 𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 together.

✨ When: November 6, 2025, 6–7 PM
📍 Where: Sector 1 Gallery, 29 Băiculești Street, inside Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest

Photo credits: Rareș Toma

GUADALUPE VILAR, Hibrido I, 2024
hybrid installation, recycled textile, wood, paper
200 x 90 x 15 cm

Working with discarded and sustainable materials, Guadalupe Vilar () creates sculptural pieces that transcend utility, embodying fictional narratives about future societies seeking to reverse ecological collapse.

On view until November 6 at , part of our current exhibition, 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 | Guadalupe Vilar and Oláh Gyárfás, curated by Norbert Filep ().

Photo documentation: Ioana Dumitrescu ().

GUADALUPE VILAR, Hibrido II, 2024
hybrid installation, recycled textile, wood,
paper
105 x 45 x 20 cm

Born in 1995 in Argentina and based in London, Guadalupe Vilar () is a fashion designer and spatial artist whose practice explores the intersection of art, sustainability, and textiles.

Her work can be seen until November 6 at , part of our current exhibition, 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 | Guadalupe Vilar and Oláh Gyárfás, curated by Norbert Filep ().

Photo documentation: Ioana Dumitrescu ().

When the surplus of overproduction wearies the mechanisms of creation, the springs of curiosity are set into motion: the impulse to explore new territories abandons the conventional zone of the utilitarian. In this way, material migrates toward models of thought, research, and a renunciation of practical limits, transforming fabric into a process of reinterpretation of the trinomial body, earth, culture. This phenomenon marks the dialogue between the two practices brought together in the exhibition Around the body, the earth sews carefully. Gyárfás and Guadalupe communicate through this expansion of conventional zones, transfiguring the gallery into a sanctuary that celebrates the intimate bond between body and earth. Organic elements intertwine harmoniously with the prefabricated remnants of the textile industry, in the static ritual of the exhibition. The bodies participating in this ceremony stiffen into solid postures, leaving behind the magical instant of the place. Bent or suspended, flowing or petrified, entangled or released, they take their place to harmonize the new order of space.

𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮, an exhibition featuring artists Guadalupe Vilar () and Olah Gyarfas () curated by Norbert Filep (), is open for visits until 6 November.

Installation views: Ioana Dumitrescu .

Visiting hours:
• Wednesday-Friday: 14.00-19.00
• Saturday: 12.00-18.00

📍Sector1Gallery, Băiculești Street 29, inside Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest.

GYÁRFÁS OLÁH
𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘴, 2015, mixed media, 125 x 82 cm
𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘐 & 𝘐𝘐, 2025, textile, hay, composite, paint, 78 x 27 cm

Gyárfás Oláh (), b. 1975, Miercurea-Ciuc (Romania). His practice draws on folk traditions, mythology, and the sculptural qualities of natural and found materials. Reusing textiles, hay, wood, or stone, he invests each work with the history and processes of its medium, often evoking ghosts, archaic creatures, or hybrid forms that move between myth and memory.

Gyárfás Oláh’s works can be seen as partof our current duo show, 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺, an exhibition featuring artists Guadalupe Vilar and Olah Gyarfas, curated by Norbert Filep, open until November 6th .

Images: Ioana Dumitrescu ().