ICONOFLUX: Curated by Lina Țărmure
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Ciprian MureșanUntitled, 2026Porcelain, metal -
Ciprian MureșanUntitled, 2023Bronze27 x 18 x 3 cm.
10 5/8 x 7 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. -
Ciprian MureșanThe End of the Five Year Plan, 2026Terracotta20 x 25 cm.
7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. -
Ciprian MureșanCathedral of the Salvation of the Nation (Scale 1:666), 2013Waxed bronze20.5 x 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
8 1/8 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. -
Horia BerneaColumn, 1988Watercolor on paper72 x 52 cm.
28 3/8 x 20 1/2 in. -
Horia BerneaFood, 1982Oil on canvas35 x 35 cm.
13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. -
Horia BerneaUntitledInk on paper27 x 27 cm.
10 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. -
Ion DumitriuStudy of Barn III (Structure), 1982Oil on canvas73 x 73 cm.
28 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.Signed and dated -
Mihai SârbulescuBellOil on wood board60 x 47 cm.
23 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. -
Bogdan VlăduțăWomen Working the Land, 2026Oil on canvas26 x 33 cm.
10 1/4 x 13 in. -
Bogdan VlăduțăThe Painter and the Cross (Self-Portrait), 2026Oil on canvas217 x 150 cm.
85 3/8 x 59 in. -
Gili MocanuUntitled, 2020-2024Oil on Canvas200 x 200 cm.
78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in. -
Gili MocanuHill with Skull (1,2), 2007Acrylic on canvas50 x 80 cm.
19 3/4 x 31 1/2 in. -
Florin Mitroi31.XII.1992, 1992Tempera on glass34 x 30 cm.
13 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. -
Florin MitroiAtropos (2), 1994Tempera on glass40 x 33 cm.
15 3/4 x 13 in. -
Florin MitroiAtropos (1), 1993Tempera on glass34 x 29 cm.
13 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. -
Anca Mureșan”no title (standpoint)”, 2021-2022Acrylic on canvas240 x 190 cm.
94 1/2 x 74 3/4 in. -
Eva ChapkinIn a Whirlwind I Live, and in a Whirlwind I Shall Die (1), 2024Fine-art print Photo Rag 308 g Hahnemühle42 x 61 cm.
16 1/2 x 24 in. -
Eva ChapkinIn a Whirlwind I Live, and in a Whirlwind I Shall Die (2), 2024Fine-art print Photo Rag 308 g Hahnemühle42 x 61 cm.
16 1/2 x 24 in. -
Diana PopuțSporous, 2025-2026WoodVariable dimensions
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Alexandru ChiraDesemn pentru Templul Așteptărilor / Drawing for the Temple of Expectations, 1992Pastel and watercolor on paper55 x 42 cm.
21 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. -
Alexandru ChiraTelepoem with Mirrors for Memory (Triptych), 1985Oil on canvas86 x 130 cm.
33 7/8 x 51 1/8 in. -
Alexandru ChiraThe Cube of the Senses, 2008Pastel and watercolor on paper55 x 42 cm.
21 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. -
Șerban SavuRenovations, 2020Oil on canvas212 x 117 cm.
83 1/2 x 46 in.
Arsmonitor opens its 2026-2027 exhibition program with ICONOFLUX, a curatorial research project by Lina Țărmure. The exhibition will be open to the public from September 3 to October 22, 2026.
ICONOFLUX brings together works by Horia Bernea, Florin Mitroi, Ion Dumitriu, Mihai Sârbulescu, Alexandru Chira, Bogdan Vlăduță, Gili Mocanu, Anca Mureșan, Ciprian Mureșan, Șerban Savu, Diana Popuț, and Eva Chapkin.
First presented this summer at the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, as part of Praxis! Emergent Curator's Days, the exhibition has been reconfigured for the Arsmonitor space in Bucharest. The selection of works was rethought in relation to the gallery's architecture and dimensions, while the list of artists remained unchanged.
ICONOFLUX stems from a series of inquiries into the way the iconic of a sacred nature circulates in contemporary Romanian art from the 1970s to the present. As a research-based curatorial project, the present exhibition is the first in a broader series, which does not aim to provide definitive answers and conclusions, but to make visible a wide spectrum of possible correspondences between generations, historical contexts, and different - sometimes divergent - artistic mediums.
Looking from the present toward the past, the micro-selection of artists highlights multifaceted typologies of the sacred-profane antinomy. In this retrospective inquiry, the theme under reflection traces the way in which what appears sacred transgresses the boundaries of art history and local historical circumstances, while what appears profane often retains references to the sacred iconic.
What was once an explicit symbol of the sacred may today be emptied of its original meaning, while other symbolic forms make indirect references to spirituality through technique, quotation, reference, or appropriation. ICONOFLUX traces precisely this flux of the iconic between the sacred and the profane, revealing the persistence of forms and formulas that transcend historical and generational circumstances.
Lina Țărmure works as a cultural manager and curator. She completed her bachelor's (2021) and master's (2023) degrees at the Faculty of Art History and Theory, National University of Arts in Bucharest. In 2019 she co-founded Diptych Art Space, and she currently serves as director of the Arsmonitor gallery in Bucharest.
