Plastic

Cristi Pogăcean's exhibition Alternate Histories, although conceived before the political elections, perfectly reflects the turbulent times we live in. The exhibition's title suggests a crossroads where history is rewritten, with his works—including a collage depicting Hitler in Francis Bacon's studio—posing the question what if...?. Pogăcean urges us not to fall into the trap, critiques the “sleep of reason,” and this Ionesco-like “collective psychosis,” presenting in a direct style the idea that totalitarianism does not stem from an absolute evil, as in Twin Peaks, but lurks among us, seemingly innocent, hidden in the banality of everyday life.