Radu Pulbere

Born: 1963 in Cluj- Napoca, Romania. Lives and works in Cluj- Napoca.

Personal / Private
Our long-lasting and complex familiarisation with various kinds of images, ranging
from photography, video or hologram, has worn out our capability to respond and maintain
our eagerness to make sense of their inner connections and complex details; as a result, a sort
of mistrust in our very capacity of decoding images has built in.
To be more precise, rather than visual acuity, to see is a performance stemming
from the accomplishment of concord. This confers a particular meaning to the recognition of
data or elements of visual reality, blends them in with memory fragments, then interprets the
sequence, and relates to all of these in a personal way.
A complex process underlies our personal manner of cutting up from the vision the
elements, the details, the relations or the images that engage our interest. This individual,
personal ability to relate to, detach from, understand and interpret images has enabled me
to identify and question aspects of pictural structure and expression of a space I have called
personal/ private.
The works I have created recently share the interest in identifying and dev...

Education: University of Art and Design in Cluj, 1982-1986.
Solo Exhibitions (a selection): The National Museum of Art in Cluj 2008 and 2005; Romanian Embasy in Helsinki, Finland, 1999; De Boog Gallery, Ijsselstein, The Netherlands 1997; University of Zwolle, The Netherlands, 1994; Gallerie Gijzenrooy, Geldrop, The Netherlands,1990 and 1991; The Galleriy of The Union of the Romanian Artists in Cluj, 1995.
Group exhibitions (a selection): Homage to Magnelli, Espace Bateau Lavoir, Paris, France, Museo Civico, Murlo, Italy and The National Museum of Art, Cluj, Romania, 2004 and 2005; Las Meninas after Velasquez, The National Museum of Art, Cluj, 2004; Pink Grey, Gallery of The U. A.P.of Romania, 2004; Bachus, The Marino Marini Museum, Pistoia, Italy; Black Underground, Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj, 2003; Academia di Romania, Rome, Italy, 2002; Museo di Montecatini, Italy, 2002; Culture Palace, Iasi, Romania, 2000; The Romanian Institute, Palazzo Correr, Venezia, Italy; De Boog Gallery, Ijsselstein, Holland, 1999; Nothburga Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria, 1997; Art Addiction Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, 1995; The Vasarely Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 1996; Caminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest, 1995; Hungarian Center for the Culture, Buchares...