subREAL group
Founded in 1990 by Călin Dan and Dan Mihălțianu and joined by Iosif Király in 1991, it functioned as a duet since 1993 when Dan Mihălțianu left.
Stamped by post-conceptual attitudes, overstated with irony and self-mockery, subREAL was the first to introduce an operating mode that challenged the viewer’s knowledge. Their historical reflection explored the native artistic, institutional context. Over short period they had been flexibly inspired to social and institutional issues.
The most well-known project focused on Arta magazine archive and highlighted upon the way the communist art system functioned and issues of representation. subREAL captured the stereotypes and distortions induced by the globalization but did not harbor any illusions on the way the West saw the post-communist reality. They had exhibitions in renowned institutions and have been invited to events such as Manifesta, Berlin and Venice Biennale, etc.
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In and Out, Out and In – curated by Ami Barak
curated by Ami Barak 14 Oct - 18 Dec 2022Curator Ami Barak explains the title of the exhibition In and Out, Out and In by referring to one of Lawrence Wiener’s major works which begins as follows. The statement,...Read more -
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | An anniversary, a compass for the future
The first double-digit anniversary of the gallery is a happy occasion to organise an exhibition of the gallery’s artists under the sign of the number 10 and to invite Ami Barak to curate it. 30 Sep - 20 Nov 2021When you are 10 years old, you can still count your age with your fingers. Because fingers are the ones that contribute most intensely to creation. We proposed to the...Read more -
subREAL (Călin Dan & Iosif Kiraly) – Serving Art Again
curated by Ami Barak 18 Sep - 26 Oct 2019 Jecza GalleryThis fall’s exhibition at Jecza gallery should mark a turning point in the gallery’s programming as well as in the resurrection of the collective, whose reputation is intact but was...Read more
