Vlad Nancă | Artists in Residence | Kamov Residency

Vlad Nancă

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Vlad Nancă (b. 1979, Bucharest) studied at the National University of Arts, Bucharest, Department of Photography and Moving Image. The cityscape of Bucharest was the backdrop for his poetical and subtly political artistic gestures. The shift from the embodied movement of his early actions in the city to embedded movement in the objects the artist makes and interferes with is visible in his recent practice. Through constant idiosyncratic humour and playful semiotics of imagery, Nancă’s recent practice unveils a resurgence of the notion of space (from architecture and public space to outer space) thus forging constellations of subjectivities, sculptures and installations.

10.04.-06.05.2024.

Vlad Nancă's recent research and artistic work largely relies on architectural drawings and the representation of the human body that appears as a scale model in this very early design phase. He extracts silhouette bodies from architectural sketches and drawings and enlarges them to 1:1 human size, thus creating new narratives in his exhibition making (for example „In the Natural Landscape the Human is an Intruder“, 2018 or „Vis a Vis“, 2019). During his residency in Rijeka, Vlad will attempt to further delve into his current interests of the representation of the human body in archiectural drawing, what human scale means in public art and monumentality and also take on the opportunity of documenting post WW2 anti-fascist monuments in Croatia and former Yugoslavia.

Supported by: Romanian Cultural Institute

Museum of modern and contemporary art

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Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (HR) - MMSU

MMSU in Rijeka founded in 1948, in its long tradition offers a committed support to innovative ways of approaching, producing and presenting art. From its very beginning the Museum has been building reputation of one of the most prominent visual art institutions in Croatia, entrusted with presentation of Croatian artists at prestigious international art events such as: Venice Biennial 1962, 1997, 2007, 2010, Sao Paolo Biennial 1967, 2004 etc. 

The Museum rounds its programming around visual art education, parallel to different modes of exhibition concepts that address new discursive possibilities and transform it into a place of inspiration, idea exchange and active participation. Under the motto openness, creativity & engagement, together with artistic, cultural and community organizations, Museum furthers visual arts research, collaboration and exchange within the region and internationally, while aspiring to reach increasingly diverse audiences and to work in a close relationship with the community.

Museum’s collection offers a diverse range of artistic visions with over 8,000 artworks dated from the end of the 19^th century to the present day. From 2017 Museum is located at new address, Krešimirova 26c, in ex-industrial complex Rikard Benčić. Since then, some important exhibitions were organized at MMSU in the framework of the pre-program and program of Rijeka 2020 - European Capital of Culture, i.e. Tomislav Gotovac: Crisis Anticipator - Don't Ask Where We're Going (2017), Vlado Martek: Exhibition with Many Titles and Goran Petercol: Don't Worry About Poetics, They Will Arrive on Their Own in 2019 and David Maljković: With the Collection in 2020..