December 2023

Editors: Alexandra Croitoru, Magda Radu, Ștefan Sava

Published by Salonul de proiecte / PUNCH
Romanian/English
352 pages
17 x 24 cm
Hardcover
ISBN 978-606-95856-1-0

Available to purchase at Salonul de proiecte and through P U N C H

This publication focuses on Mircea Nicolae’s artistic practice, while also presenting a variety of texts he had written over the years that take us inside his mental laboratory and reveal the psychological dimension inherent to the artistic act.
Mircea Nicolae is the pseudonym under which Ionuț Cioană (1980–2020) conducted his activity, a character who left his mark on the Romanian cultural scene, having the profile of an artist-intellectual, which manifested itself through a permanent process of self-reflection and self-positioning within the artistic system. Although the division of this artistic practice into categories such as interventions, objects, and photography may appear artificial, it is how he himself categorized his artistic preoccupations, providing a structure that avoids a strictly chronological sequencing (which in his case would have shown its limitations quite quickly). The book’s editors (Alexandra Croitoru, Magda Radu, Ștefan Sava), provide a brief introduction to each section, and the presentations of the artworks are frequently accompanied by the artist’s own explanations, all the more since he constantly analyzed and contextualized his work.

The book is available with four different covers, distributed randomly.

Essays by: Anca Oroveanu, Jacob Mikanowski, Veda Popovici, Raluca Voinea & Sharon, Ștefan Tiron.

Mircea Nicolae — All Alone is published by the Asociația Salonul de proiecte in partnership with PUNCH, being designed by Larisa Sitar

Special thanks: Carmen Constantin și Irina Cios, Carmen Constantinescu, Suzana Dan, Anca Drăgoi, Cosmina Frîncu, Radu Leșevschi, Corina Oprea, Anca Oroveanu, Cristiana Tăutu

Editorial project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund, Romania
This project does not necessarily reflect the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The Administration of the National Cultural Fund is not responsible for the content of this project or the ways in which the results of this project might be used. These are solely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.

The project is part of the National Cultural Program “Timișoara – European Capital of Culture in 2023” and is funded through the Inside Timișoara 2023 program, conducted by the Timișoara Center for Projects, with funds allocated from the state budget, through the budget of the Ministry of Culture.

With the financial support of: Fundația9

Sponsor: BRD – Groupe Société Générale

OPEN CALLS 2011-2016

December 2016

Published by Salonul de proiecte
200 pages
Format 20x30cm, Hardcover
ISBN 978-973-0-22732-1


Edited by Salonul de proiecte
Publication concept: Alexandra Croitoru,
Magda Radu, Ștefan Sava
Editor: Alexandra Croitoru
Assistant editor: Cătălina Bolozan
Text contributors: Magda Radu, Jelena Vesić,
Diana Ursan


Design: Raymond Bobar
Paper: Arctic Volume Ivory, Munken Lynx Rough
Production: Fabrik
Print run: 600

Available to purchase through
Anthony Frost English Bookshop and P U N C H

Artists:
Marina Albu, Luminița Apostu, Apparatus 22, Maria Baroncea, Vlad Basalici, Dragoș Bădiță, Biroul de Cercetări Melodramatice / The Bureau of Melodramatic Research, Alexandra Bodea, Mihuț Boșcu Kafchin, Răzvan Botiș, Lucian Bran, Cristina Amelia Cândea, Simion Cernica, Andreea Ciobîcă, Claudiu Cobilanschi, Irina Costache, Larisa David, Andrei Dinu, Daniel Djamo, Ion Dumitrescu, Paul Dunca, Alexandru Fifea, Tatiana Fiodorova, Florin Flueraș, Irina Gheorghe, Bogdan Gîrbovan, Mihai Iepure-Górski, Simina Guga, Cătălin Ilie, Mădălina Lazăr, Mihai Lukacs, Mihaela Michailov, Olivia Mihălțianu, Szilárd Miklós, Mixer, Ivana Mladenovic, Monotremu, Alexandru Niculescu, Daniela Pălimariu, Ioana Păun, Allison Peacock, [Perplex], Alexandra Pirici, Alina Popa, Raluca Popa, Sorin Popescu, Veda Popovici, Flaviu Rogojan, Cătălin Rulea, Ștefan Sava, David Schwartz, Sillyconductor, Soyons Impossibles, Zamir Suleymanov, Ștefan Tiron, Iulia Toma

This book encapsulates five years of the Salonul de proiecte curatorial programme, whose mission was to foster the production of contemporary art in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The publication is an important collection of works shown over the course of the eight exhibitions that resulted from the annual calls for projects; it is a relevant archive of the recent history of Romanian art, as well as a useful platform for future research projects.

Editorial project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund, Romania

This project does not necessarily reflect the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The Administration of the National Cultural Fund is not responsible for the content of this project or the ways in which the results of this project might be used. These are solely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.

This publication has been supported by ERSTE Foundation.