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25 Romanian illustrators tell the story of Hispanic culture in images

By Romania Journal Last updated Feb 13, 2024

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On Tuesday, February 20, starting at 6:30 p.m., in the Exhibition Hall of the Cervantes Institute in Bucharest (38 Regina Elisabeta Boulevard), the opening of a unique exhibition of Romanian illustration will take place. It is about the group exhibition brought together under the motto “Storytelling in Hispanic images”, carried out under the umbrella of the Illustrators Club, the most important Romanian association dedicated to the professionals of this trade, especially to the promotion of young artists.

The event will take place in the presence of the curators – Stela Lie and Veronica Neacșu -, with an opening speech from Jorge Jiménez-Zumalacárregui, director of the Cervantes Institute in Bucharest. The exhibition can be visited between February 20 and March 16, with a special event on March 7, from 6:30 p.m.: guided visit and meeting with the illustrators.

“Storying in Hispanic Images” contains works signed by Irina Dobrescu, Oana Ispir, Mihaela Paraschivu, Emi Balint, Stela Lie, Andreea Geamănu, Raluca Anghel, Alexandra-Elena Ciocan, Maria Constantinescu, Adela Silvan, Silvia Olteanu, Veronica Neacșu, Patricia Suliman , Anca Smarandache, Iulia Ignat, Bianca Hațeganu Kerscher, Eugenia Ilies Taylor, Cristiana Radu, Corina Drăgan, Iulia Burlac, Doina Butușină Roșu, Bianca Spătariu, Zelmira Szabó and Paul Grădinaru.

The idea of the exhibition made by the members of the Club of Illustrators from Romania was inspired by the project “ILUSTRAD/AS. A look at female creation in contemporary Spanish illustration”, an itinerant exhibition last year of the Cervantes Institute from Bucharest to the capital and Timișoara.

“What do Spain and Spanish-speaking cultures mean to you?”, “What images remain after you close your eyes and don’t know if you’ve seen, read or heard about Spain and Hispanic cultures?” “What do you see, what do you hear, what do you feel?” – these were the questions that started the creative work of the 25 Romanian illustrators.

The more than 50 illustrations brought together in the exhibition show the fact that the world of Hispanic culture means Lorca, but also Borges, it means “mi corazón”, but also Arte poética, the tango from Argentina, but also the “painful, universal, essential passion” of the language Spanish, red roses, frills, ¡Ole!, and, of course… Infantale. There is nothing left in which there is not, at least a little, a Spanish, Hispanic cultural resonance.

Participation in the opening of the exhibition on February 20th is free of charge, but is made on the basis of a reservation, by sending a message to cultbuc@cervantes.es (the reservation is only valid after receiving a written confirmation).

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