E T A J artist-run space Bucharest, Romania

E T A J artist-run space, George Enescu 43, 10304 Bucharest, Romania etajartistrunspace@gmail.com | www.etajartspace.com

E T A J is an artist-run space initiated in 2018, functioning as a catalyst that focuses on the efficiency of the contemporary art object within the local context. They self-curate and showcase works while travelling (in-situ projects). They often install their easy to assemble white-cube gallery cell inside other art spaces or in natural/anthropic habitats.

Through questioning the mechanisms of artist-run spaces, E T A J will tackle cultural appropriation, exoticisation, and globalisation.

Discussions surrounding cultural differences may get heated responses in collective art shows, (Interpol exhibition, 1996, Stockholm). E T A J will try to engage in an open conversation with the fair’s visitors through a performative concept focused on mitigation through humour.

Razvan Nastase & Vlad Bolborea, ‘Ekphrasis#2’, performance, E T A J space, 2019 ‘D-DAY’, exhibition view, collective performance day, E T A J space, 2019 Dumitru Gurjii, ‘ECHO’, exhibition view of solo show, E T A J space, 2019 Dumitru Gurjii and Mircea Modreanu, ‘FOIETAJ’, performance, E T A J space, 2021 ‘Log out 2.0’, exhibition view, E T A J space, 2020 ‘OFFSHORE_white cube’, floating gallery, E T A J on wheels, 2020 Mircea Modreanu, ‘The golden age of shotguns’, exhibition view, E T A J space Ilina Schileru, ‘Trading for the Dead’, photographic print, 33 x 50 cm, 2013