2020 homegallery

The home galleries projects in Iasi, Cluj and Bucharest all have different backgrounds but what unites them is the willingness to put on shows even at times when gallery space in the respective cities is lacking. The purpose of these galleries is to create an underground melting pot of good shows spiced with dialogue and debate which would later on lead to a more elaborate contemporary art scene.

Gallery 2020 was never meant to happen it just did. In March 2003 a party was thrown in Grivita 39 to celebrate its new owners. Tom Wilson, Dj Vasile and Bathukan span their records to a fresh crowd of artsy youngsters. It was the first sign of what is was to come. In May 2003 Stefan Cosma and Bathukan did the Romanian Product Design performance and in November 2003 Vlad Nanca shows (where he) Lives and Works…
Ioana Nemes presented her Minigallery project on February 13th. It was the first show to travel to Cluj as a small parcel and it was later shown in Nita Mocanu’s homegallery. Stefan Cosma returned to 2020 on March 16 and then Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor showed The Palace / Persepolis video installation which will later travel to Cluj. For more details about their shows check our ‘past’ section of the site.