ALSO VIEW: PAINTING GALLERY | OBJECTS GALLERY | DALGART EXHIBITION |
INSTALLATION FULL RESEARCH DOSSIER | PRESS + VIDEO
EXHIBITION TOPOGRAPHY: DATA POINT REFERENCE + Fieldwork- LOG_07.2025
REF: ARC.25.07 LOCATION: Calea Victoriei 91-93 Gallery Bucharest| November 2025
This series of captures is not a display catalog, but an organic extension of the research.
The choice for this “forensic” visual language stems from the artist role as a Memory Analyst: memory is never a perfect rendering, but a pulsing organism that degrades and persists through fragments. The visual noise and the rawness are in full alignment with the essence of the quiet disquiet archive. These are imperfect, yet alive images—the closest proxy to the direct, unmediated experience of the exhibition.
Concept
Enriched with four new paintings and in a new configuration, “The Aftermath of Safety” is the second reincarnation of the “Safety First!” modular installation, created by visual artist Roxana Donaldson and first exhibited in June 2025 at DalgART.
Operating at the intersection of Conceptual Art, Immersive Installation, and Process Art (emphasis on abrasive materials and temporal tension, similar to Arte Povera), the installation transforms the space into a systemic experience of anxiety.
The visitor to “The Aftermath” installation is invited to interact with the works as they would with their own fear, to deconstruct their defense mechanisms, and, hopefully, find their own path to liberation.
Structure
“The Aftermath of Safety” serially materializes an Invasion of Spheres, Protective Diagrams, Failed Schematics, and Impossible X-Rays, each representing possible paradigms of Metastasized Fear. The paintings are extended by assemblage art objects (the black spheres) that embody three different emotional pillars: Beautiful Illness, Beautiful Anxiety, and Precious Remedies.
Exhibitions
In 2025, Safety First was on view at DalgART Craiova and at Calea Victoriei 91-93 Gallery, Bucharest.
The artist continues to update it by adding new pieces that recreate a new anxiety proposition with each new space and display.
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