Group show
Celebration
When
2023
Mircea Cantor was born in 1977 in Oradea, Romania. He lives and works between Paris and Cluj, Romania. His childhood, marked by the growth in a communist country, and his memories, are the starting point for many of his works. Cantor is positioned as an observer of different realities and cultures and in his works focuses on social differences and borders between countries. His videos and installations are highly poetic and evocative. Attention to formal and aesthetic research overlap strong political meanings, translated into simple but universal values.
Keenly aware of the multitude of meanings that a word or an object can contain, he deliberately mixes materials and uses language playfully, producing poignant, challenging works that defy neat categorization.
Mircea Cantor
I decided not to save the world
2011-2014
Single channel video
Installation view at Villa Medici, Rome, 2021
Mircea Cantor
I decided not to save the world
2011
Video
6'', in loop
Mircea Cantor
Chaplet
2007-2021
Black ink for engraving, artist's fingerprints, 35mm celluloid
350 cm
Detail
Installation view at Villa Medici, Rome, 2021
Mircea Cantor
DNA kiss
2008-2021
12 women, each with a different zodiac sign, lipstick
Installation view at Villa Medici, Rome, 2021
Mircea Cantor
Aquila Non Capit Muscas
2018
Single channel HD video
Installation view at Stuk, Leuven, 2020
Mircea Cantor
Adjective To Your Presence
2018
Plexiglass
Variable dimensions
Installation view at Musée des Beaux Arts, Nantes, 2019
Mircea Cantor
Take the world into the world
2018
Bronze
ø 27 cm
Mircea Cantor
Anthroposynaptic
2018
Embroidery on traditional Romanian aprons
75 x 550 cm
Installation view at Hangar Art Center, Brussels, 2019
Mircea Cantor
Add Verticality to Your Seat (to Socrates)
2018
Oak wood
238 x 39,5 x 39,5 cm
Mircea Cantor
Vertical Aleppo
2017
Aleppo soap, aerated concrete, iron
Column 370 x ø 49 cm
Rubble base 200 x 323 x 83 cm
Installation view at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2017
Mircea Cantor
Diagonal Aleppo
2017
Aleppo soap, iron, rubble, bricks, trampoline
Column 350 cm x ø 20 cm
Trampoline 244 x ø 200 cm
Installation view at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2017
Mircea Cantor
Horizontal Aleppo
2017
Aleppo soap, iron, foam base
Column 350 x ø 31 cm
Foam base 61 x 251 x 4 cm
Installation view at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2017
Mircea Cantor
Haiku Under Tension
2017
Trampoline, rubble
252 x 240 x 240 cm
Installation view at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2017
Mircea Cantor
Fontana delle Mani
2017
Video installation: wood, LED 40″ monitor, media player, iron, water, water pump
130 x 130 x 80 cm
Thermal camera video and color HD video transferred on file; duration: 7′ 03″
Installation view at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2017
Mircea Cantor
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (The Last Supper after Leonardo da Vinci)
2016
Wall drawing made out of dynamite blasting caps, paper, artist’s hands
Variable dimensions
Installation view at Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2016
Mircea Cantor
Bellum Et Maternitas
2016
Japanese ink on paper
30 x 42 cm
Mircea Cantor
Bellum Et Maternitas
2016
Japanese ink on paper
30 x 42 cm
Mircea Cantor
The World Belongs to Those Who Set It On Fire
2016
Candle smoke on paper
196 x 284 cm
Installation view at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
Mircea Cantor
Give More Sky To The Flags
2016
Corten steel
200 x 350 x 200 cm
Installation view at Fondation Francés, Senlis
Mircea Cantor
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (La Porte de l’Enfer)
2016
Gunpowder blast on plexiglass, smoke, wood
134 x 200 cm
Performance view in front of the Porte de l’Enfer by Auguste Rodin, Museum Rodin, Paris, 2016
Mircea Cantor
Tableau X
2015
China ink on The Economist magazine issue, wood, glass
123 x 81 cm
Mircea Cantor
Heaven and Hell Simultaneously
2016
Emergency blankets
91,2 sq. m
Mircea Cantor
All the zeros from a never ending haiku
2015
Cut Romanian 10 Bani coins
Detail
Mircea Cantor
Anthroposynaptic
2015
Embroidery on traditional Romanian male and female shirts
Approx. 50 elements
Wall 400 x 900 cm
Detail
Mircea Cantor
Ti do la mia giovinezza
2014
Neon
167 x 33 cm
Mircea Cantor
Future Gifts
2014
Black Marquina marble, white Carrara marble, concrete
Each 49 x 40 x 40 cm
Installation view at Magazzino, Rome
Mircea Cantor
Regalo
2014
HD video
3'', in loop
Mircea Cantor
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
2012
HD film
4' 6''
Mircea Cantor
Wind Orchestra
2012
Video 13''
Mircea Cantor
Anima
2012
Wood, rope
10 x 7,7 x 7,5 m
Installation view at MACRO, Rome, 2012
Mircea Cantor
Epic Fountain
2012
Gold-plated safety pins
314 x ø 21 cm
Mircea Cantor
Fishing Flies
2011
Airplanes made of soda cans, fishing hooks, fishing wire, fishing net, bamboo, steel
170 x 270 x 270 cm
Positioned on the wall at 161 cm height
Mircea Cantor
More Cheeks Than Slaps
2011
White neon, wood, mirror
15 x 250 cm neon
49 x 250 cm mirror
Mircea Cantor
Stranieri
2011
Bread, knives, salt, wood
80 x ø 247 cm
Mircea Cantor
Dimensions variable
2009
Metal, wood, leather, textile, horse manure
Dimensions variable
Mircea Cantor
Europe Supported by Africa and Asia
2009
Silver gelatin print
210 x 150 cm
Mircea Cantor
Tracking Happiness
2009
Super 16mm transferred to HDCAM, 11'
Sound: Adrian Gagiu
Mircea Cantor
Vertical attempt
2009
Color video 1"
Mircea Cantor
Which light kills you
2010
Wood, terracotta
Variable dimensions
Mircea Cantor
Arch of Triumph
2008
Oak, 24 carat gold
640 x 416 x 130 cm
Mircea Cantor
Nido
2008
Ping-pong table, eggs
Variable dimensions
Mircea Cantor
The Need For Uncertainty
2008
Brass cages, peacocks, soil
Variable dimensions
Mircea Cantor
Chaplet
2007
Ink fingerprints on wall
Variable dimensions
Mircea Cantor
Chaplet
2007
Ink fingerprints on wall
Variable dimensions
Mircea Cantor
Rosace
2007
Cans, plexiglass, aluminium
ø 400 cm
Mircea Cantor
Itching Pocket
2007
Armani pants, nettle, soil, cord
ca. 170 x 85 x 15 cm
Mircea Cantor
Cielo Variabile
2007
Candle smoke
Variable dimensions
Mircea Cantor
Talking Mirror
2007
White cowboy hat, used car motor oil, wood, plexiglass
135 x 61 x 61 cm
Mircea Cantor
Deeparture
2005
16mm film transferred on BETA digital, color
2' 46'', in loop
Mircea Cantor
Untitled (unpredicteble future)
2004
Lightbox
60 x 80 cm
Group show
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2023
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2021
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2014
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2013
Group show
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2012
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2009
Group show
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2008
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When
2007
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2004
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