Ciprian Mureșan's First Institutional Show in Rome at Museo Canonica

Ciprian Mureșan (born 1977 in Cluj, Romania) presents his first exhibition in a Roman institutional space at the Museo Pietro Canonica, a historic studio and home of the Piedmontese sculptor Pietro Canonica (1869–1959), nestled in Villa Borghese. Curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, the show features sculptures, drawings, installations, and performances that engage with the site's layered history. Mureșan draws on an iconographic repertoire blending contemporary references with historical evocations, particularly from his native Romania, which he treats as a universal prototype to explore myths, utopias, and contradictions of the modern and postmodern world. The human figure serves as a unifying theme, paying homage to Canonica's own focus. The exhibition runs until October 30, 2016.