Lucia Ghegu

Cage Structure I, 2022

oil-based marker on paper
70 x 50 cm
(77 x 57 x 4.5 cm framed)

Cage Structures is a body of work that extends from the two-dimensionality of geometric drawings to the three-dimensionality of a sculptural object made in aluminum.

At first glance, the drawings bring to mind technical representations of a series of six similar structures. Despite their formal precision, the imagined structures maintain a mysterious purpose. Lucia Ghegu incorporates in their makeup various architectural, industrial, and erotic references, which are open to interpretation.

Embracing contradictions, the structures are animated by an inner tension between opposite elements: structured/inexact, symmetrical/imbalanced, centrifugal/centripetal, logical/implausible. The result is a sensation of ambiguity and playfulness that crosses the mediums, from drawings to object.

With Cage Structures, the artist articulates a study on the way our attitudes and actions are determined spontaneously, intuitively or subconsciously by self-developed “mental architectures” and a sensual imaginary.

Accelerator project is financed with the support of EEA Grants 2014-2021 within the RO-CULTURE Programme and is implemented by Asociația Culturală Eastwards Prospectus.

The EEA Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway towards the reduction of economic and social disparities in Europe and towards strengthening the bilateral relations between the donor countries and the 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. The three donor countries cooperate closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The donors have provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014. For the period 2014-2021, the EEA Grants amount to €1.55 billion. More information is available on www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro.

RO-CULTURE Programme is implemented in Romania by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit. The Programme aims at strengthening social and economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management. The total budget amounts to almost 34 million EUR. For more details access: www.ro-cultura.ro.

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