Marina Oprea

Marina Oprea (b.1989) lives and works in Bucharest and is the current editor of the online edition of Revista ARTA. She graduated The National University of Fine Arts in Bucharest, with a background in photography and video art, and has since extend her interest into the area of critical writing. She is keen to point out the instances where pop culture meets contemporary art, her texts often indicating towards performativity as the intersection between the two. In between projects she makes translations and collaborates with various national and international artistic publications.

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December 16, 2019

If these tunnels could speak

The art of new sincerity is not an object, but an encounter, a coming together of many minds and visions that is not limited to only one reading, as we see in the case of the performance piece Tun.el

— Marina Oprea
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October 9, 2019

The Unending Attraction of Nature

Can public art truly surpass its status as a mere visitors’ attraction and can it successfully stand up to public scrutiny as well as being judged according to contemporary art criteria?

— Marina Oprea

September 12, 2019

Minitremu – art/dream camp

Where teens take a break from the discipline of public school and are "introduced to the local art bubble".

— Marina Oprea

January 9, 2019

A Study in Punctum

Art photographer Juliane Eirich is fully aware of the punctum at play in her work – she is a master at not only capturing reality, but also a certain emotional charge.

— Marina Oprea

October 31, 2018

Art As A Timeless Commodity

A compact art exhibition that requires no space, no set-up and no gallery custodians, which can be easily moved from place to place.

— Marina Oprea

May 23, 2018

Let’s talk performance art

Metaphor. Protest. Concept. Performing art in Romania and Moldova is a unique publication entirely consisting of interviews with local artists that have worked predominantly in the performative area.

— Marina Oprea