The duo show proposed by Sector 1 Gallery for Art Rotterdam brings together two trajectories that, at first glance, may appear opposed. These are embodied in the practices of artists Norbert Filep and Andrei Nuțu, who, although working in different mediums (drawing and painting), share processes that transcend the conventional boundaries of their respective disciplines.
A fascination with the image constitutes the common ground between the two, manifesting through distinct formal and conceptual paths: from mural-like collages reinterpreted through the lens of fresco (Nuțu), to the successive layers of black delineated by overlapping perpendicular and parallel graphite strokes (Filep).
Although their visual repertoires could easily be classified within categories such as abstract and figurative, these dimensions intertwine in both artists’ practices. In Norbert Filep’s case, figuration functions either as a field of imagination emerging from the deciphering of codified, repetitive gestures, or as a strategy to conceal the photographic image within a new interpretative framework—one that slows down its consumption and invites contemplation of the information it contains.
In Andrei Nuțu’s work, we discern a pursuit grounded in the relationship between entropy and the painted image. He explores the logic of decay and disorder through a visual amalgam of techniques derived from fresco painting, assembling subjects and images from art history into newly constructed relics.
For the 2026 booth in the Duo Show section at Art Rotterdam, artists Norbert Filep and Andrei Nuțu will present a new body of works.