fountaindrinkers, 2023, found objects, epoxy resin, plasticine, 117 x 45 x 20 cm
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fountaindrinkers, 2023, found objects, epoxy resin, plasticine, 117 x 45 x 20 cm

Born and raised in Romania in the 1990s, Andreea Anghel currently lives and works in Wrocław, Poland. Her work mixes ready-mades, found pieces of mid-century furniture, assemblage as a writing technique, with newly built elements and curiosity cabinets that involve durational and emotional labour. Inspired by situations and elements that at first glance may seem common, Anghel’s artistic language reverts that easiness and brings forth uncanniness in a sensibility that channels both care and irony.

The artist adopts a gleaner’s gaze that animates through reinterpretation. The insertion of found objects, often in a disused state, fosters an anti-ad aesthetic, as commodity and waste collide in narratives of daily life. Artefacts of early and late modernity circulate non-chronologically inside her works, reversing references and the norms they are attached to. Building and archiving (personal) histories, pasts are reactivated in the present to question temporal linearity. Through the chosen images, pieces of furniture, church candles, modernist design fragments, the artist allows disruptive counter-memories to emerge.  

In The Pacifist, Anghel juxtaposes temporary tattoos and an image of her scanned sword play mask over a large-scale print of an old etching image from a vintage Larousse Encyclopaedia showing early modern proto-amputation methods. The artist underlines the still existing understanding of tattoos as signifiers of prison culture, as the spectacle of punishment is reproduced through contemporary pop culture stereotypes. Saint Incel of 4chan brings forth a satyric take on hyper/incel masculinities, from contemporary internet culture to past ideals of manhood such as the Christian, or the Nietzschean ‘blond beast’ = Ubermensch. A priestly figure, found in a 19th century book, which might resemble a contemporary meme, a caricatural human contour, is turned upside-down wearing an attached blond ponytail wrapped inside a thin webbing. The oversized scale of the vinyl prints inside the strong aluminium frames become portals towards unknown memories roasted in a thick layer of sharp dark humour.

Selected solo and group exhibitions include: The Well-Upholstered Nightmare (2022) - Solo Show, Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; The Current Affair of Some Young Romanian Artists - Group Show, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (2021); Silver Shining Tears at 3 a.m (2021) - Duo Show Andreea Anghel / Łukasz Stokłosa, Galeria Śmierć Człowieka, Warsaw; HEARTBEAT 20 (New Entries in the MNAC Collection) (2021), Kunsthalle Bega, Timisoara, Romania; Exception of (not) being - Online-only group show curated by Essenza Club and Rhizome Parking Garage (Ongoing since August 2020); I really miss Adorno - Solo show (2019), Galerie Klubovna, Brno, Czech Republic; Know Every Way Out Of Your House (2019) - Solo show, Cave Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland, curated by Barbara Żłobińska and Mariusz Maślanka; Where Do We Go From Here? (2018) - Group show, Salonul de proiecte, Bucharest, Romania.

Upcoming exhibitions include: duo show with Radek Szlaga, curated by Romuald Damidenko at MOS Gorzów, Poland (2023); Collateral Event of the Art Encounters Biennial curated by Ciprian Muresan, Timisoara, Romania (2023); Figuring Desire, Reshaping Monstrosity (2023) - group show, SUPRAINFINIT Gallery, Bucharest, Romania. 

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I Really Miss Adorno
I Really Miss Adorno
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2019
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Chromed steel, zip ties, wire, wax candles, steel chain, wire mesh, UV print on vinyl, oxidised steel
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300 x 120 x 100 cm
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 Moving Money For Better
Moving Money For Better
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2018
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Plexiglass marquee, LEDs
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70 x 30 x 10 cm
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The Voight-Kampff Test
The Voight-Kampff Test
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2023
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Found objects (antique ceramic wall hooks) UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass
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170 x 100 x 16 cm
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Bend It Like Beckham Found objects (antique 'Milicja' Polish secret police gun holster, press conference microphone)
Bend It Like Beckham Found objects (antique 'Milicja' Polish secret police gun holster, press conference microphone)
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2023
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latex paint, UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass
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134 x 180 x 8 cm
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Catherine-The-Not-So-Great
Catherine-The-Not-So-Great
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2023
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found objects (antique agrarian tool, wig), UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass
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134 x 180 x 20 cm
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Matriarchy & Patriarchy
Matriarchy & Patriarchy
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2023
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found object (antique wooden hat mould/ antique measuring tool), UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, aluminium
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66 x 100 x 3 cm / 62 x 100 x 3 cm
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Patriarchy (detail)
Patriarchy (detail)
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2023
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found object (antique measuring tool), UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, aluminium
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62 x 100 x 3 cm
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 Matriarchy (detail)
Matriarchy (detail)
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2023
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found object (antique wooden hat mould), UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, aluminium
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66 x 100 x 3 cm
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Monster's Ball (detail)
Monster's Ball (detail)
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2023
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found objects, oil-based enamel paint, UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass
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100 x 45 x 73 cm
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Monster's Ball
Monster's Ball
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2023
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found objects, oil-based enamel paint, UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass
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100 x 45 x 73 cm
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The Magic Trick
The Magic Trick
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2023
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found objects, UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, aluminium, plexiglass
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132 x 180 x 12 cm
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Requiem For All That We Hold Dear
Requiem For All That We Hold Dear
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2022
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Found object (tubular chromed steel heater), dried Euphorbia characias 'Tasmanian Tiger' (killed off during an unusually-cold winter), wax candles
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90 x 93 x 15 cm
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He Who Danced Like A God
He Who Danced Like A God
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2022
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Found objects (leather shoe, billiard ball, hunting crop / horse whip with missing lash, 1952 Larousse encyclopaedia opened at page 169 / APU, highlighting ‘L’apres Midi D’un Fa D’un Faune’, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky and with the main part danced by himself), UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass.
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132 x 180 x 18 cm
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The Pacifist
The Pacifist
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2022
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UV prints on vinyl, water-based temporary tattoos, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass
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124 x 180 x 10 cm
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Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
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2022
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Found objects (Mercedes upholstered car door handles), chemical transfer print, UV print on vinyl, wood
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125 x 180 x 13 cm
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Unit of Carelessness
Unit of Carelessness
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2022
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Found objects (1920s chromed steel frame from a Hynek Gottwald Bauhaus daybed, tension arches Mart Stam S34 chairs, steel spring, foam, nylon, rope), bandages
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65 x 87 x 16 cm
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The Rat Race
The Rat Race
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Found objects (brass spikes, boxing glove, billiard ball), UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass
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127 x 180 x 35 cm
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Simone's Chair
Simone's Chair
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2022
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Found objects (antique chair, antique urine bottle), epoxy resin, pigment, paint, clay
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45 x 80 x 40 cm
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Saint incel of 4chan
Saint incel of 4chan
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2022
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Found objects (blonde hair, webbing), UV print on vinyl, fibreboard, wood, aluminium, plexiglass
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132 x 180 x 18 cm
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ANDREEA
ANGHEL
I Really Miss Adorno
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I Really Miss Adorno
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Moving Money For Better
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 Moving Money For Better
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
The Voight-Kampff Test
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The Voight-Kampff Test
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Bend It Like Beckham Found objects (antique 'Milicja' Polish secret police gun holster, press conference microphone)
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Bend It Like Beckham Found objects (antique 'Milicja' Polish secret police gun holster, press conference microphone)
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Catherine-The-Not-So-Great
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Catherine-The-Not-So-Great
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Matriarchy & Patriarchy
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Matriarchy & Patriarchy
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Patriarchy (detail)
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Patriarchy (detail)
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Matriarchy (detail)
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 Matriarchy (detail)
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Monster's Ball (detail)
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Monster's Ball (detail)
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Monster's Ball
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Monster's Ball
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
The Magic Trick
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The Magic Trick
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Requiem For All That We Hold Dear
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Requiem For All That We Hold Dear
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
He Who Danced Like A God
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He Who Danced Like A God
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
The Pacifist
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The Pacifist
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
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Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Unit of Carelessness
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Unit of Carelessness
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
The Rat Race
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The Rat Race
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Simone's Chair
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Simone's Chair
ANDREEA
ANGHEL
Saint incel of 4chan
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Saint incel of 4chan
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