Contemporary artist Mirela Iordache, known for her artistic and interdisciplinary experiments, is now presenting a new solo exhibition. 

The exhibition “Gesture Fluidity” is on display at Art Yourself Gallery in Bucharest and “represents the rhythm, force and spontaneity of the artistic gesture, captures the moment when thought seems to dissolve, and the hands instinctively follow their own path. The works on display are visual echoes of an organic process, in which matter and movement merge into a single matter. The techniques used emphasize the force and dynamics of materials, the interaction of pigments and other materials, with the surface of the canvas highlighting the physical imprint of the gesture from beginning to end” – the artist explains.

“The exhibition investigates the relationship between gesture and work surface in the artistic process.

The pictorial gesture is not only a technical act, but also a projection of an inner state, a dialogue between intention and accident, between order and chaos, between visible and invisible, as the gesture unfolds, the surface of the work becomes a territory of gestural memory, preserving the traces of each impulse, each rhythm of the hand that creates them. 

The viewer is invited to follow this visual flow, to discover the matter and expression of the gesture that seems to flow through the impression of movement it suggests.”

Exhibitions and recognition

Throughout her career spanning almost two decades, Mirela Iordache has participated in over 90 solo, group and collective exhibitions in Romania, France, Germany, Belgium, Japan and the Republic of Moldova. Her works have been selected for prestigious international competitions, such as the Strabag Artaward International Competition and the Triennale Européenne de l’Estampe Contemporaine. 

Her recent projects include “Experiment Inside”, an exhibition presented at the Casa cu Lei in Bistrița-Năsăud, “Aterniger” at the National Art Museum of Moldova in Chișinău, “Aterniger 2” at the Bistrița-Năsăud Museum Complex, “Suspension” (Evangelical Church in Herina) and “Fragmentum Caeli” (Bistrița), which highlight the artist’s interest for the interaction between art, public space and architectural space.