Petru Lucaci’s Redemptive "Diptych / Monochrome Materialities" at RCI’s Brâncuși Gallery

A versatile painter with a cerebral outlook and expressive touch, Petru Lucaci is hailed as a powerhouse of contemporary Romanian artistic scene. The revered professor of the University of the Arts in Bucharest and the long-time president of Romania’s Union of Fine Artists crosses the Atlantic for his biggest American project in years, revealing an effort of self-reinvention and adaptation to a visual photo-realistic mentality predominant today and a desire to go beyond the purely aesthetic.

The exhibition is accompanied by a presentation offered by the Romanian sociologist, writer, teacher and feminist activist, Laura Grünberg.

"Diptych / Monochrome Materialities", hosted by RCI’s Brâncuși Gallery, is Petru Lucaci's follow-up to two remarkable projects, "Noctumbre" and "Clarobscur. Beyond Wikipedia", and underlines the artist’s energetic style as well as his preference for unexpected twists of wonder, surprise, and the paradoxical. The assured execution of objects made in various mediums, from painting and digital…