The exhibition 'A Spring of Hope, A Winter of Despair,' curated by Olivia Nițiș, will debut at Faber in Timișoara, showcasing for the first time the works of 17 Romanian and Czech artists. It creates a context for observations and reflections on a particular segment of the conceptual art of the 1970s and 1980s in the former Socialist Republic of Romania and Czechoslovakia as well as în the period following the fall of the Iron Curtain.

📌 Timișoara, Hala Faber
🗓️ Period: May 11-30, 2024
⏰ Visiting hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 12:00 – 20:00 (closed on Monday)
🎟️ Free entry
→ Opening: May 11, 19:00
🗺️ After its presentation in Timișoara, the exhibition will travel to Prague, where it will be on display at the Pragovka Gallery from June 6 to August 29.

Through a selection of conceptual artworks and a series of film screenings, the exhibition illustrates the practice of hope, the complex representation of human conflicts, despair, resistance, and survival in various forms of political regimes - from totalitarianism to capitalism.
Artists:
🔹 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐁. 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲
🔹 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐚
🔹 𝐕𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐢𝐤
🔹 𝐉𝐢ří 𝐊𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚
🔹 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮
🔹 𝐈𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐮ță †
🔹 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫
🔹 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐚
🔹 𝐆𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐳𝐤𝐲
🔹 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚 𝐒â𝐧𝐜
🔹 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐚
🔹 𝐑𝐨𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮
🔹 𝐉𝐢ří 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐡
Screenings:
🔹 𝐄𝐯𝐚 𝐊𝐨ťá𝐭𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐚
🔹 𝐈𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐭ă𝐭𝐢𝐜ă & 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂â𝐭𝐮

More details about the exhibition: https://www.accontrasens.ro/a-spring-of-hope-a-winter-of.../
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Our cultural mediators organize daily guided tours during the opening hours of the exhibition.
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Funder: AFCN
Producer: Cultural Association Contrasens
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Partners: Experimental Project, Pragovka Gallery, Czech Center, "G. Oprescu" Institute of Art History of the Romanian Academy
Media partners: ARTA Magazine, Propagarta
Project co-funded by AFCN. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the project content or the way in which the project results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding beneficiary.