The exhibition "A new lifestyle trend" at the Underground Gallery in Timisoara has ended

For 2 weeks, the exhibition curated by Mihaela Ion, at the Subterană Gallery in Timisoara, "A new lifestyle trend" could be visited by the general public. Angela Ciobanu's jewellery, Liliana Stoica's wood-on-wood paintings and Ciprian Manda's hardwood furniture transformed the Underground Gallery into a space for cultural consumption, dedicated to a new lifestyle trend, dedicated to those who appreciate designer products.

Curator Mihaela Ion says "Designer products, be they jewellery, paintings or furniture, have broken the barrier of the conventional and have their place in art galleries, museums and spaces specially created for the consumption of creative industry and culture. This exhibition showed exactly that, that the place of art products is in art galleries, and to be exhibited with this status to the public they need a curator able to display them properly."

The exhibition was conceived as a journey between light and shadow, old materials and techniques reinterpreted through new techniques. Luxurious jewellery created by Angela Ciobanu found its place in lanterns, Liliana Stoica's vibrantly chromatic paintings were fitted into the five rooms of the Underground Gallery, and furniture by Ciprian Manda presented an alternative to banal chairs, stools and poles.

The public was fascinated by the exhibition and the curatorial concept, which was also demonstrated by the many texts in the exhibition book. The project "A new lifestyle trend" supports the production of Romanian 100% products, sometimes inspired by the local traditional heritage, with the promotion of the concepts proposed by the exhibiting artists Liliana Stoica, Ciprian Manda and Angela Ciobanu.

The timing of this exhibition is also very important, as we are currently facing a general trend towards opening up to new emerging art and design markets, discovering new national values and adopting art products as (inter)national goods.

The advantage of this project is that it is an event created by the Creative Workshop Association. www.revista-atelierul.ro, an association with more than 7 years of experience in the field, which constantly promotes the Romanian creative industry and culture both nationally and internationally. Atelierul magazine (www.revista-atelierul.ro), the main project of the Atelierul de Creație Association, is an active online and offline promotion platform for the creative and cultural industries in Romania and abroad. Atelierul magazine has positioned itself since its foundation in 2010 as an active promoter of author and designer products and appeared at a time when the culture of designers and creators of unique objects began to take hold in Romania and it became increasingly necessary a structure in which creators and designers of products and ideas could find themselves.

Media partners: AGERPRES, Modernism.ro, Revista din lemn, The Institute, Radio România Cultural, Hotnews, IQADS, SMARK, Artivist, Casa mea, Casa Lux, Casa și jardina, Association of Cultural Operators in Romania, Alist magazine, Magmob, Calea Victoriei Foundation, Bookblog, Radio Timișoara, Ziarul Actualitatea, Timișoara Azi, AroundTimișoara, Pagini de Cultură, Evenimente Bănățene, Timiș Plus, Timisoreni.ro, inoras.ro, umblat.ro, feeder.ro.
The exhibition A new lifestyle trend is produced by Atelierul Magazine in partnership with the Timis County Department for Culture.

Photo credit: Daliana Iacobescu