Sector 1 Gallery

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

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[…]”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.”

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, 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 ().