OFFSCREEN 2024
Image: Various sizes (pannel 80 x 120 cm)
Paper: 80 x 120 cm
Image: 3,9 x 5,6 inch
Frame: 21,5 x 25,5 cm
Titled, signed and dated at the back
Image: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (each)
Frame: 26 x 52 cm
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the back
8 vintage black and white gelatin silver prints
Image: 4,2 x 6,5 inch each
Frame: 42 x 82 x 3 cm
The Labyrinth photographs, from the Mirror series, capture an intervention on the seaside, and act as a philosophical reflection around the concept of reality. Like a labyrinth, this notion of reality can take a multitude of paths; there is a global picture of reality in accordance with a supposedly established definition, becoming nevertheless more and more complex and elusive as soon as our common conventions are reconsidered, calling into question its very existence.
Image: 11 x 15 cm
Frame: 22 x 26 cm
“The Mirror” is an iconic series of vintage photography’s by Decebal Scriba. It captures an intervention on the seaside which began in the 1980s, and act as a philosophical reflection around the concept of reality. In echo to this series, will be exhibited a large central contemporary mirror sculpture, along with the major work “Suite #1 - Monades”, a personal poetic diary presented as a montage of 23 vintage prints. Decebal Scriba is a leading figure in the post-war Romanian avant-garde from the 1970s and 80s, approaching media such as photography, installation, performance and video art with a sustained activity in the sphere of conceptual art.
Decebal Scriba exhibited in Romania starting with 1974, participating in notable exhibitions including “Situatie si concept” [Situation and concept], Atelier 35, Bucharest (1974); “Fotografie si film experimental” [Photography and experimental film], House of Art, Bucharest (1979); “Scrierea” [Writing], Institute of Architecture, Bucharest (1980); “Spatiu-Obiect” [Space-Object], Institute of Architecture, Bucharest (1982); “Spatiul-Oglinda” [Space-Mirror], Institute of Architecture, Bucharest (1986); “Experiment în arta româneasca dupa 1960” [Experiment in Romanian art after 1960], National Theater, Bucharest (1996). During the communist regime, he participated in several projects abroad, between 1973 and 1988, which encouraged art by correspondence, or so-called ‘mail-art’, such as “Objeto de Interferencia”, Sao Paulo (1985) or the ecological project “Messagio Terra”, Milan (1983). He has recently exhibited in Europe and in France with the gallery and has lived in Fontainebleau-Avon since 1991.