Gaep at Art Paris 2024: preview of the presentation
We are delighted to return to Art Paris with a presentation that brings together new and recent works by three artists who share a critical approach to their preferred mediums of expression – painting (Cătălin Pîslaru) and drawing (Raluca Popa and Ignacio Uriarte) –, as well as an interest in expanding these mediums beyond traditional materials or forms.
Cătălin Pîslaru works in series that integrate a vibrant use of color, conceptual construction, and subtle formal humor. He sketches his compositions digitally and then builds them by hand with delicate lines that meet pigment-thick contours of monochrome shapes. The resulting works preserve the neatness of the digital visual language, but also show the marks of classic painting techniques. With the aim of pushing the boundaries of painting beyond the canvas, the artist experiments with alu-dibond, HPL panels, different industrial materials, confronting himself with new possibilities constantly.



Almost 20 years ago, when he quit his last administrative job to devote himself to making art, Ignacio Uriarte decided he would use office tools and methods familiar to any employee, working in a routine way and with routine as his subject matter. Since then, he has continuously set parameters and bounds for himself, convinced that art needs structure, and that such a structure is not a constraint but a fertile framework for finding new ways of expression. Referencing the formally pared-back, conceptually rigorous practices of Minimal and Conceptual Art, Uriarte gives weight to commonplace office materials (ballpoint pens, paper, permanent markers) and subtle actions. In the drawings selected for this presentation, he creates painterly effects or optical illusions through simple geometric shapes and repetitive gestures.
Art fair details
Art Paris 2024
Gaep, Booth H12
With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute
Address
Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
Public Opening Hours
4 April: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
5 April: 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
6 April: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
7 April: 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.