In the midst of the winter cultural season, the Ipotești Memorial House within the National Center for Mihai Eminescu Studies in Botoșani opens a distinctive visual dialogue between traditional printmaking and contemporary media arts through the exhibition Points of View 2, signed by Cezarina Florina Caloian, visual artist and university lecturer at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași. The exhibition opened on December 12, 2025, in the “Horia Bernea” Hall, and remains open to the public until January 10, 2026.

A project mirroring one’s own perception

Points of View 2 presents a series of works that bring printmaking, animation, and artistic installation into direct relation with the visitor’s experience. The exhibition is structured as an affective journey, in which the elementary graphic sign functions as a nucleus for spatial, temporal, and introspective explorations. Visitors are invited to move through a spectrum of states and perceptions that extend beyond the visual surface, becoming tactile and auditory experiences as well.

According to the official press release, the exhibition includes works of printmaking, animation, and installation, bringing together the tradition of graphic techniques with contemporary means of artistic expression.

A visual and bodily ecosystem

The exhibition aims to transcend the optical–spatial boundaries of conventional art. By combining printmaking with elements of animation and installation, the artist constructs a “visual ecosystem” in which the viewer’s gaze is no longer a passive receptor, but an active participant in the interpretative flow. This approach reflects the artist’s interest in the ways image, sign, and movement can generate multiple layers of meaning when placed in dialogue.

Although the emphasis remains primarily on the tradition of graphic art and the reflective dimension of the visual act, the elements of animation and installation introduce a particular dynamism into the exhibition space, mobilizing the viewer’s energy in a direct dialogue with the works.

A continuation

Points of View 2 represents a continuation and expansion of the earlier project Points of View, presented in September 2025 at the International Center for Contemporary Art – Baia Turcească, Octogon Gallery in Iași.

The initial exhibition proposed a visual journal in which the graphic sign became a metaphor for human perception and for the relationship between external reality and inner experience. Art critic Maria Bilașevschi described the project at the time as “a cartography of interior states through visual pulsations and speculative rhythms,” emphasizing the connection between printmaking, animation, and installation as forms of meditation on perception.

The artistic project Points of View foregrounded the role of the sign as non-text—an element that does not merely represent, but evokes mental and affective processes in its interaction with the viewer.

An art of introspection

Points of View 2 aligns with contemporary tendencies toward the exploration of visual hybridity, where the boundaries between tradition and innovation blur, giving rise to a complex aesthetic experience. Through this exhibition, Cezarina Caloian reiterates her commitment to an art practice that does not limit itself to sight alone, but engages the viewer’s full sensibility. The exhibition at the Ipotești Memorial is not merely a presentation of works, but a space for reflection on how we see, feel, and understand the world around us.

Notes on the artist

Cezarina Florina Caloian was born in Iași in 1981 and has developed a solid professional trajectory in the field of visual arts. A graduate of the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design in Iași, specializing in Graphics, and holder of a PhD in Visual Arts (2009), she is currently a habilitated associate professor in Graphics at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași. The exhibition Points of View 2 marks an important moment in her artistic and professional evolution, consolidating her ongoing exploration of perception within graphic art and media practices.