Parade At Contactus

Exactly one week ago, I made my usual round and visited three exhibitions. One I posted about it right after the tour and today I'd like to show you some artworks from the other gallery.

It was the Painting Salon 2026 called Contactus, an exhibition organized annually for artist from the country and abroad as well. This edition was the third as the first one was held in 2024.

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The beauty of these exhibitions is that the artist get the theme and then send whatever artwork matches it. This is how you get a nice and colorful mix of artworks when you visit.

Andrea Cabuz - Prayers

The minute I spotted the painting, had the impression I have seen it before. The detail that reminded me of it was the colorful flags and the mountains in the background, but it's possible I am mistaken it with another one. Anyway, it reminds me of those peaks that pilgrims are visiting and have these flags.

Anyway, I like the painting, although it's a bit too dark and carry a very serious message for me to want to see it on my wall each day, but appreciate it as artwork, a lot.

Crina Stanescu - Metamorphosis

Those red spots seemed like butterflies, which would have explained the title, but I think they still are maybe abstract ones. The lace like middle section could be the pod, or cocoon. I'm not a spiritual person, so someone else who believes is a lot of things I don't, may see a lot on this canvas :)

Crina Stanescu - Cocoon

And here it is. I guess I was right above.

Hunor Budai - Quietly

So far this canvas seemed to win the game for me. Undoubtedly it was mysterious enough to capture anyone's attention. The upper part looked like those scenes in old English movies, where old castles mostly out of use, full of spiderweb are featured with one or two inhabitants, during torrential rain and thunderstorm. The light is interesting here. The artist chose to use greenish blue and a yellowish light on top. Very good choice, but what kind of puzzles me is the water and what appears to be a lamb in it.

This painting could very well be the cover of a book or a scene in a movie.

Ágnes Forró – Pilgrimage

Colorful, yes, but a bit too geometric and abstract for me. Looks good though. I love the texture.

Mihai Ionescu - Origin in Bionatism

Loretta Băluță Lőrincz - The Agony of Our Planet

I'll leave this to you, to tell me how you see the agony of our planet here.

Loretta Băluță Lőrincz - Hastily

At first glance, it looks like a colorful chaos, which most likely is indeed, but at a closer look, I can spot a head of bull and lower half a head of a cow (or whatever animal it is).

Erzsébet Fruzsina Siklódi - The Aesthetics of Concrete Transparency

Here, both the theme and the title knocked me off my feet, so to speak. Architecture on canvas is not rare, but this structure, although really lovely executed on canvas, looked strange. Interesting choice, as the colors are concerned. In photography, so many times we choose monochrome, to shift the focus on shapes. The artist kind of did the same when opting for these grayish blue colors. Would not want it on my wall, but I like it a lot.

And now about the parade!

If you're following me, you know I'm a regular at the art galleries and visit them as often as I can and last week I witnessed something for the first time. While I was looking at the paintings, a group of three people came in. Nothing unusual till here, but one of them, a girl in her early twenties were dressed kind of strange, she wasn't exactly wearing street wear, it was more like dressed for a special occasion and when she started posing in front of the paintings, my suspicions were confirmed.

They did it discretely, as she was pretending to look at the paintings, while the other one was taking photos, but only the half and totally blind could not see the person taking the photos was not aiming the paintings. Who in their right mind would photograph a painting when someone is standing in front of it and blocking the view.

There are no rules listed in the gallery, in this regard, but I bet some would charge you a nice sum if you put in a request, or throw you out, if they catch you :) In any case, you can rarely find a better venue for a nice photo shoot though. I would jump in if such an occasion would knock on my door. Wouldn't you?

Anyway, let's see what's your favorite today :) Let me know in a comment.

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