Art Encounters 2017 Exhibitions:
The Unavowable Community

Through the projects he’s working on (TOATE.ORG, Z47H, Tamtam, O.Z.I., obiectzburatorneidentificat, Arp148), Vlad Gheorghe Cadar (b. 1984) formulates a critique to capitalism, marketing and advertising, deconstructing their strategies and mechanisms. The ugly face of consumerism is revealed by unmasking the great players in the economic field, which he regards as magicians preparing tricks and disappearing acts.

Selected exhibitions and projects: Mall Exhibition, Kinema Ikon, Arad (2016); Ironing Our Differences, The White Night of the Galleries / Laborazon Makerspace Brașov (2016); kinema ikon, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) Bucharest (2015); “Alexandra Georgescu” collaborative workshop, WAD Weekendul Artistului Dependent [WAD The Dependent Artist’s Weekend], Arad (2015); Micul Dejun al Supereroilor [Breakfast of Superheroes], Balamuc, Timișoara (2014); Awaiting Spaces #III, Interventions in public space, Timișoara (2014); The end of days, Simultan Festival, Timișoara (2014); Feroviara Transdimensională [Transdimentional Railway], Pygmalyon Gallery, Timișoara (2014); TOATE.org presentation, OY OY OY Center Sapporo (2013); Sons and daughters of Brâncuși, Salonul de proiecte, București (2012); Intervenții 3 (Interventions 3), Chișinău Oberlist (2009).

Vlag Gheorghe Cadar constantly refuses to fit in the any of the drawers of today’s art world, appearing and disappearing from the artistic underground, under various guises: as an independent artist, an initiator of projects, the founder of the Tam-Tam space and member of the Biserika group. In the Testing Reality series of works, Vlad Cadar introduces suites for the various simulacra of today’s world – for the nature of plastic that imitates reality, for the contemporary art in books that plays the role of dominant culture, for the universe of plush that isn’t much less fluffy than the natural fur of animals. Every suit can be worn and adopted as a daily prop when the paradoxes of today’s society impose new masks on us. The identity that the person wearing these costumes assumes can be one temporary, parallel to everyday life, but no less important in the configuration of personal freedom.

Images:

1. Vlad Gheorghe Cadar, Portrait

2. Vlad Gheorghe Cadar, Physical Wearable no. 5 – from the project “Testing Reality” (2015 – ongoing), object, textile, performance, dimensions variable