Vlad Nancă, Silhouette Room Divider (After Henrieta Delavrancea), 2022, printed tiles, MDF, wheels, 185x180cm
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Vlad Nancă, Silhouette Room Divider (After Henrieta Delavrancea), 2022, printed tiles, MDF, wheels, 185x180cm

Vlad Nancă (b. 1979, Bucharest) undertook studies in the Department of Photography and Moving Image at the National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania. With works spanning the past two decades, Vlad Nancă’s recurrent use of grids, ceramic tiles, mosaic, houseplants, mirrors, and slightly distorted vernacular objects from Socialist Romania set numerous layers of history and materiality in motion. In this juncture between abstract and concrete, between reflection and landscape, memory and construct, his recent practice references at once utopian architects like Italian Superstudio and their continuous grid, ideas of flat earth maps, as well as predefined notions of the former East and former West. His early works employ political and cultural symbols, evoking nostalgia and investigating the tension between public and domestic spaces, all against the backdrop of Romania and Eastern Europe’s recent history and the aggressive capitalism of the early 2000s. His current body of works examines the notion of space (from architecture and public space to outer space) through forging constellations of subjectivities, sculptures and installations.


Selected solo and group exhibitions: THE HORIZONTAL WALL (2023), Suprainfinit Gallery, Bucharest, Romania; A map of the world as seen by him (2022) ICA Sofia, Bulgaria; The meaning of sculpture (2020), Kunsthalle Bega, Timisoara, Romania; Vis a vis (2019), solo show, Suprainfinit Gallery, Bucharest, Romania; The city and the City (2019), KVOST- Kunstverein Ost, Berlin, Germany; IT HAPPENS, duo show with Luca Resta curated by Paola Tognon (2018), Galleria II Ponte, Florence, Italy;  In the Natural Landscape the Human is an Intruder (2018), Sabot Gallery, Cluj, Romania; Souvenirs from Earth (2015), Calina – Contemporary Art Space, Timisoara, Romania.

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Self portrait (left side) and Coupled (right side)
Self portrait (left side) and Coupled (right side)
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2023
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wood panel, ceramic tiles, plaster cast / wood panel, ceramic tiles, polystyrene
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180 x 75 x 20 cm
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unique / edition of 3
Encounter (detail)
Encounter (detail)
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2023
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water jet cut and welded metal, corrugated, black paint
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180 x 75 cm
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Flower bed
Flower bed
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2023
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15 x 15 cm
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Edition of 10 hand made vases
Window
Window
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2023
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wood panel, ceramic tiles
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180 x 75 x 30 cm
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Future
Future
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2022
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Digital print on 305g Hahnemuhle Ultrasmooth photo rag mounted on aluminium, glass mosaic
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152 x 82 cm framed
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Unique
3 Planets and 4 Comets
3 Planets and 4 Comets
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2022
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Welded metal, ceramic plant pots, indoor plants
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120 x 140 cm
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Unique
Future Perfect
Future Perfect
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2022
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Marble mosaic, plastered on panel, metal frame
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125 x 75 cm
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Unique
Touch (12th Century)
Touch (12th Century)
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2022
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Marble mosaic plastered on board
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90 x 60 cm
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Unique
Touch (20th Century)
Touch (20th Century)
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2022
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Marble mosaic plastered on board
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70 x 100 cm
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Unique
Silhouette Room Divider (After Henrieta Delavrancea)
Silhouette Room Divider (After Henrieta Delavrancea)
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2022
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185 x 180 cm
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Unique
The Merger of the Room Space with the Exterior Space
The Merger of the Room Space with the Exterior Space
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2020
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Welded metal, water jet cut metal, black paint
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320 x 220 x 240 cm
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Unique
Time Travel
Time Travel
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2019
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Murano glass and travertine mosaic plastered on MDF
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90 x 180 cm
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Unique
Map of the World (after Martin Hylacomylus 1509)
Map of the World (after Martin Hylacomylus 1509)
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2019
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648 handmade ceramic tiles on MDF panel
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540 x 260 cm
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Unique
Vis a Vis
Vis a Vis
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2019
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Welded iron, ceramic tiles
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90 x 90 x 45 cm
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Unique
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Self portrait (left side) and Coupled (right side)
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Self portrait (left side) and Coupled (right side)
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Encounter (detail)
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Encounter (detail)
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Flower bed
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Flower bed
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Window
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Window
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Future
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Future
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3 Planets and 4 Comets
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3 Planets and 4 Comets
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Future Perfect
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Future Perfect
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Touch (12th Century)
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Touch (12th Century)
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Touch (20th Century)
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Touch (20th Century)
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Silhouette Room Divider (After Henrieta Delavrancea)
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Silhouette Room Divider (After Henrieta Delavrancea)
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The Merger of the Room Space with the Exterior Space
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The Merger of the Room Space with the Exterior Space
VLAD
NANCĂ
Time Travel
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Time Travel
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Map of the World (after Martin Hylacomylus 1509)
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Map of the World (after Martin Hylacomylus 1509)
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Vis a Vis
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Vis a Vis
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