Vlad Nancă's 'Adsumus' at Il Ponte Gallery in Florence

Romanian artist Vlad Nancă (b. 1979, Bucharest) presents 'Adsumus,' a solo exhibition at Galleria Il Ponte in Florence, curated by Pietro Gaglianò. The show is intimately connected to his project 'Human Scale' at the Romanian Pavilion of the 19th Architecture Biennale di Venezia 2025. While the Venice installation explored trans-human architecture through transient light and transparent panels, 'Adsumus' shifts focus to a more urban and trans-social dimension, emphasizing the constant, almost frenetic relationship between space and physical presence. Nancă's work, distinct from the painterly Cluj School, pursues formal purification for immediate message delivery, echoing Marshall McLuhan. The exhibition features iron silhouette sculptures on the gallery walls, derived from brutalist architectural drawings from former East Germany, reflecting an ostalgic research. Nancă's minimalistic contours and planetary trajectories convey a dynamic of Being as 'Homo Migrans,' where forms reiterate inherited gestures. His practice includes craft techniques like ceramics and mosaic, and he is considered a spiritual heir to Constantin Brâncuși. The exhibition runs at Il Ponte in Florence.