Romanian contemporary art exhibition hits the road around Danubian cities in 7 countries

A travelling exhibition of Romanian contemporary art “Open windows – the Danube river from the Delta to the Black Forest Mountains”, presented by Elena Surdu Stănescu Cultural Foundation and Aaylex Group, is touring several Danubian cities in Romania and other six countries.

The project, comprising a collection of paintings, sculptures, graphic artworks and tapestry works, will be carried out starting this year along the Danube river, in the following port cities: Giurgiu (April-May 2016, Teohari Antonescu County Museum) – Ruse, Bulgaria (May 30^th – June 9^th, 2016, Ruse Museum), Călăraşi (June 15^th – July 4^th, 2016, Dunărea de Jos Museum)– Silistra (July 7^th -30^th, 2016, Dunărea de Jos Museum), Turnu Severin (August 6^th – 30^th, 2016, Theodor Costescu Palace of Culture) – Cladovo (September 2016, Romanian Center of Culture), Tulcea (September – October 2016, Avramide House), and will continue in 2017 in Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany.

„Prominent contemporary artists open windows for their fellow artists established on the Danube’s riverside, with a desire to provide people with images filtered through their mind and soul. The list of artists participating in the exhibition will be a living document, in constant enrichment, with the participation of several artists from the itinerant cities. Within each city hosting the exhibition, the local artists will showcase an array of works focused on the topic proposed, the Danube river, and four of these works will be selected to be included in future exhibitions. In the end, we will return to Sulina and Tulcea where we will gather as part of a wide exhibition comprising all works displayed throughout the route established”, declared Elena Surdu Stănescu, sculptor and Chairman of „Elena Surdu Stănescu” Foundation, which aims at promoting the Romanian contemporary art at both national and international level.

Great Romanian artists will display their works as part of the exhibition: Elena Surdu Stănescu (sculpture), Iuri Isar (graphics), May Oana Isar (tapestry), Teodora Coltofeanu (painting), Dorin Coltofean (painting), Ruxandra Papa (painting), Aurel Bulacu (graphics), Elena (Bobi) Dumitrescu (sculpture), Laurenţiu Midvichi (painting), Elisabeta Brînzoi (sculpture), Mihai Coltofean (painting), Smaranda Isar (applied art). The works showcased are available for purchasing, and the funds thus collected will contribute to supporting the project on the Danube River.

The project, initiated by „Elena Surdu Stănescu” Foundation, is in line with Aaylex’s initiative „Art is food for the soul”, aimed at supporting and promoting the authentic Romanian cultural values, as well as their creators from a broad range of arts.

“Aaylex Company encourages artistic initiatives, as part of an essential endeavor to achieve the symbolic reconstruction of the national spirit. We are honored to have the opportunity to provide the audience with the “spiritual food” we all need”, declared Bogdan Grama, General Director Aaylex Group, a holding of privately owned Romanian companies, carrying out operations in 27 farms for poultry breeding, in 6 counties across the country: Buzău, Brăila, Călărași, Galați, Giurgiu and Prahova.