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Atelierele Scanteia
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Atelierele Scanteia, Corp A2, Piața Presei Libere 1, București 013701, Romania
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New Tenant | Sunshine Noir

With Marius Bercea
Curated by Tevz Logar
Jecza Gallery and Scânteia+ are part of the Doi Joi schedule at RAD Art Fair 2025 with the exhibition “New Tenant | Sunshine Noir” by Marius Bercea, curated by Tevž Logar. The exhibition marks Jecza Gallery’s debut in Bucharest and presents an artistic intervention that transforms the exhibition space into a theatrical setting. In The New Tenant, Eugène Ionesco explores alienation, materialism, and existential entrapment through an absurdist lens. The play follows a man who moves into a new apartment that gradually fills with excessive furniture, ultimately suffocating him both physically and metaphorically. This act of accumulation turns the space into an oppressive, almost surreal environment, echoing Ionesco’s recurring themes of absurdity, the burden of existence, and the loss of individual agency in the face of external forces. A parallel can be drawn to Bercea’s current exhibition, which also uses space as a kind of theatrical construct—one that interrogates the viewer’s existential condition through immersive staging and visual metaphor.

Tell us about Scânteia+ X Jecza Gallery.

Atelierele Scânteia is an artists' hub run by artists, managed and designed to provide affordable long-term, high-ceilinged and bright spaces suitable for artists' sudios and exhibition spaces. We're located in one of Bucharest's most iconic buildings, The House of the Free Press, which initially was named Casa Scânteii. The project was initiated in 2023 by SwitchLab alongside a couple of visual artists and Galeria Posibilă. Within Atelierele Scânteia there are 12 artist studios (Elena Bădiulescu; Dumitrița Răzlog; Mischa Blanos - Cristi Cons; Michele Bressan - Dani Ghercă - Nicu Ilfoveanu - Alexandru Paul; Vlad Albu; Clara Caradimu - Teodor Georgescu; Roxana Morar - Anca Tintea; Teodora Gavrilă - Cladiu Lazăr - Luciana Zeca; Andrei Arion; Albert Kaan and Andrei Predescu) and 3 exhibition spaces (SwitchLab, Galeria Posibilă and Calciu Space).

What do you have upcoming?

At the moment, we are inaugurating our Bucharest debut with “New Tenant | Sunshine Noir”, a solo exhibition by Marius Bercea, curated by Tevž Logar, which will be on view until July 13. In parallel, we’re actively participating in this year’s RAD Art Fair, including its satellite program Doi Joi, where we’re presenting the same exhibition as part of a broader conversation around contemporary curating and site-responsive installations.