Creativity, fun and friends at the Art and Design Market 05

15.03.2024

The first edition of this year's Art and Design Market, an exhibition and commercial event now in its fifth edition and enjoying growing popularity in the cultural and artistic world in Bucharest and beyond, will take place on the weekend of April 5-7.

This spring's edition will take place in the Mezanin (Ion Brezoianu 23-25) and Primitiv Plants (Griviței 73-75) spaces, where the public will have the opportunity to meet and buy works and objects created by people and entities whose activities are associated with art and design.

"For the first edition of the Art and Design Market in 2024, which will take place at the beginning of April, we propose to the public 45 participations, hosted in two spaces in Bucharest, from different fields but related to art and design: independent publications, photography, contemporary jewelry, literature, illustration, painting, sculpture, ceramics, fashion, etc. We also have some unusual participations, which have already become a trademark of our event and this time they will be hairstyle, nail art and astrology", say the organizers of the Art and Design Market, Otilia Fiastru and Mihnea Mihalache-Fiastru.

The Art and Design Market is an event that brings together male and female visitors, creators who present their work to the public in a personal, direct and free way, with no entry fee and no admission for the public.

On the occasion of PAD 05 the public has the chance to buy works and support projects presented for the first time and exclusively by young, emerging creators, but also by people and entities established in art and design who propose, at each edition of the Art and Design Market, unique works and objects, different from those we are used to in their exhibition circuit.

"Starting this year we are changing the structure of our event so that the Art and Design Market will have continuous activity throughout the year. In addition to the two main annual editions to which we have already accustomed the public, we are preparing two other similar Pop-Up events, which will take place somewhere at the end of May and at the end of September. We are working on solutions to provide and support a permanent contact between the public and the creators, we will announce everything in due course", the organizers add.

At thefifth edition of the Art and Design Market you will be able to meet After Hours Work Club ● Alexandra Vogel ● Andreea Ilie ● Andrei Costache ● Assamblage ● Baad Clay ● Beatrice Duman ● Bela Rinderu ● Bogdan Gârbovan ● Codex Esfera Astrology ● Cătălin Velea ● Dezarticulat ● Diana Șinteuan ● En Masse ● Evelin Bundur ● Gluga ● Ioana Mincu ● Kalut ● La Chica es Fake ● Megan Dominescu ● Miruna Iani ● Moxa 20 ● Otilia Efros ● Pușcărie Frizerie ● Radu Remus ● Sabina Tupan ● Sandra Berghianu ● Stelian Gagiu ● Studio Shentzu ● Vlad Albu

At the same time, in the Primitiv Plants sera, Adina Marin ● Alina Bobeică ● Andrei Arion ● Books for Friends ● Carmen Secăreanu ● Covrig ● Irina Marinescu ● Lea Rasovszky ● Miruna Radovici ● Poy Archive ● Sirop ● Surrogate Selves

PROGRAM

ORGANIZERS
Otilia Fiastru is a jewelry designer and graphic-designer. In 2013 she founded the contemporary jewelry brand Oval, awarded with the MNAC Prize at the 2014 Contemporary Jewelry Fair Author 2014 and the Special Award for Designer Accessories at IFS 2016, London Fashion Week. In November 2023 she realized Oval's first solo show "The Way Out Is Through", a long-awaited exhibition and received with much enthusiasm by the cultural art world.

Mihnea Mihalache-Fiastru, artist working with image and text. He has created two web series between 2015 and 2016, collaborates with various publications, is the author of three volumes of documentary prose "The Technology of Universal Exposure" (2018), "Expres" (2019) and "Șpec" (2022). Mihnea Mihalache-Fiastru has published numerous prose texts and essays both locally and internationally and this year will release a volume of prose for all ages. He is working on several visual projects. She lives and works in Bucharest. At the Art and Design Market you will find his first photo book "Tumba" at the Booksforfriends stand.

Event supported by UniCredit Bank, with the support of Aqua Carpatica, Fabricate, Primitiv Plants, Privileg Catering and Sunday Morning.

Media Partners: Arhitectura, Curatorialist, Dezarticulat Books, Igloo, Observator Cultural, RFI Romania, Zeppelin