Extended Hours
+AURA
With Tudor Ciurescu
In +AURA, Tudor Ciurescu continues his exploration of contemporary visual culture, while responding site-specifically to the Malmaison Studios—a space laden with history, having once functioned as a political prison. In the very first exhibition in Sandwich Library, Ciurescu makes a historical leap over the concept of aura reclaimed by Walter Benjamin to be an artwork’s unique presence in time and space. Recontextualizing the aura and situating it beyond the mechanical reproduction paradigm of an artwork, the artist unfolds layered, ironic reflections on image-making, personal narrative, and the commodification of presence within both cultural and historical contexts.
