This exhibition is an introduction to the work and universe of Ana Adam and
brings together works from the last five years of production. During this time
the artist has not ceased to reinvent herself, developing a universe based on
research into original myths, her relationship with the visible and the way she
expresses the imprint of the body and its place in nature. The exhibition thus
aims to highlight the relevance of a contemporary work, whose coefficients are
both political and vibrant. Ana Adam is unique in her choices, and the subjects
she tackles tend to be universal. Eros, in its feminine version, guides her, is the
catalyst of her activity and the lever of her freedom. More than mere symbols
of desire, the power of her traits serves to sublimate desires constantly hidden
in real life. The artist operates with notions such as femininity, power, fragility,
appearance, change of form in an anhistorical gesture. She enacts the myths
of a femininity wounded, lost but then recovered and empowered. Plants,
fungi and animals serve as guides, and the role and destiny of the witches are
completely rehabilitated. From these revelations we can take in endless details.
What is the forgotten thread that binds me to myself? points to the relationship
between the artist’s introspective femininity and art as a vehicle for this inner
journey. The thread of thread on one side and the virtual line of drawing on
the other are the threads of Ariadne in mythology that draw you out of the
ancestral labyrinth of a society that has ignored the feminine. The artist draws
and sews visual fairy tales and invents methods and points of view. The stories
deal with power, recognition, her recuperative force and the taking over of this
inner force that works as an exergue through which she tries to capture emotion
in such a way as to dispose of it and make it appear as she pleases. In addition
to ink drawings she also creates stitched drawings, the result of the informal
weaving of threads of thread through fabric or paper, as another way of
approaching drawing. Ana Adam’s art is testimony to a transfigured reality, both
fictional and rooted, to which she gives meaning. The artist who lives and works
in Timișoara is without a doubt a revelation and for this reason, her promotion
is more than a duty, a must.
Ami Barak, curator
