Laboratoriya marks Andreea Ilie’s first solo exhibition with Jecza Gallery. The exhibition brings together a new body of sculptural works investigating the way socialism approached the child as an ultimate project, a living material to be shaped with scientific precision.
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Laboratoriya | Andreea Ilie on display until 04.04 at Jecza Gallery Bucharest.
Visit at Jecza Gallery Bucharest at Scanteia+, Casa Presei Libere, Corp 2A – Thurs–Sat, 11 AM–7 PM, with group guided tours every Sat. from 4PM.
If you would like to visit any other time or day, please contact
Jecza Gallery : jeczagallery.team[at]gmail[.]com, +40 722 406 841
Guided by the metaphor of the child as “soft wax,” Soviet ideology transformed childhood into a total pedagogical environment. Through extensive research and travels across the ex-Soviet space, Ilie demonstrates that this “laboratory” was, beyond its theoretical form, a concrete architectural reality, a network of physical structures in which political goals were translated into matter and space.
Her engagement with this failed utopian legacy takes the form of an archaeological and dialectical investigation. The works presented in Laboratoriya function both as replicas and as reflections: forms extracted from their original contexts and reconstructed in metal and ceramics. Through processes of essentialization and recontextualization, the formal lines and geometric rigor of the original structures are amplified, allowing viewers to experience the tension between aesthetic purity and ideological function.
We look forward to welcoming you.
The 2026 exhibition program at Jecza Gallery Bucharest is supported by Saint-Gobain România and Policolor. This exhibition is made with the support of MUSO, Bere Normală, Mellow Drinks, and Fritz Cola.
