ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

The Need for Uncertainty

Celebrated Romanian artist  Mircea Cantor presents a new sculptural installation at the Modern Art Oxford on the theme of uncertainty.

Born in 1977 in Oradea, Romania, Mircea Cantor lives and works in Paris and Cluj, Romania. Since he first began exhibiting in 1999 his work has achieved a growing international reputation.

Mircea Cantor is currently taking part in the Artes Mundi Prize 3 exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff, Wales, between 15 March - 8 June 2008. The overall recipient of the prize is selected from the shortlist of artists by a panel of eminent judges who consider the artists' work over the last 5-8 years.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Ciel Variable, Frac Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France (2007), The Title Is the Last Thing, Philadelphia Museum of Art (2006) and Burn to be Burnt, GAMEC, Bergamo, Italy (2006).

Group exhibitions include the 4th Berlin Biennial for contemporary art, Berlin (2006), Power Play, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas (2007), Brave New Worlds, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Airs de Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2007).

Cantor's poetic use of materials, images, animals and places offers an eloquent meditation on the contradictions of our contemporary world and the human condition. His work has a beauty and an immediacy that resonates long after the encounter.
Suzanne Cotter, Senior Curator Modern Art Oxford

The Need for Uncertainty is the first from an ambitious new series of artists' commissions produced by Modern Art Oxford in collaboration with Arnolfini, Bristol and Camden Arts Centre, London. It will be presented at Arnolfini, Bristol, 13 September to 16 November 2008 and Camden Arts Centre, London, 13 February to 12 April 2009.

King of the wild frontier: exhibition review in The Observer by Laura Cumming.

Mircea Cantor's exhibition is supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London.

When: 2 April - 1 June 2008
Where: Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP
Admission: free.