THE EASY WAY TO HEAL YOURSELF
stop motion animation with clay and light | 1m31s | 3840 x 2160 px | 310 stills | no audio | 2021
AP from Edition: 3 + 1 AP
Ana Maria Micu is a weaver of light and life in her work. In "The Easy Way to Heal Yourself" (2021) is a step-by-step metaphoric and magical solution on how to heal a person, the same way we would mend a broken object. Through a kintsugi like technique, the artist molds her persona in clay and impregnates her with healing light, into capital transformation of her matter. The repaired self is entirely different than the one before breaking. She is attempting to a redemption of her external self; she is attempting to transgress time.
(text by Marlene Herberth from curatorial statement of the group show "Eternity as Attempt", 2024, Golia Tower, Iași)
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2025 solo show Soul, Air, Animal, curated by Kassandra Catrinescu, “Horia Bernea” Exhibition Hall, Ipoteşti Memorial − “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, Ipoteşti Village, Botoşani County, RO
2024 group show Eternity as Attempt, (within Romanian Creative Week), curated by Marlene Herberth/KraftMade, Golia Tower, Iași, RO
2023 group show Threat to the Eye, curator Ada Muntean, Indecis artist-run space, Timişoara, RO
stop motion animation with clay and light | 1m31s | 3840 x 2160 px | 310 stills | no audio | 2021
AP from Edition: 3 + 1 AP
Ana Maria Micu is a weaver of light and life in her work. In "The Easy Way to Heal Yourself" (2021) is a step-by-step metaphoric and magical solution on how to heal a person, the same way we would mend a broken object. Through a kintsugi like technique, the artist molds her persona in clay and impregnates her with healing light, into capital transformation of her matter. The repaired self is entirely different than the one before breaking. She is attempting to a redemption of her external self; she is attempting to transgress time.
(text by Marlene Herberth from curatorial statement of the group show "Eternity as Attempt", 2024, Golia Tower, Iași)
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2025 solo show Soul, Air, Animal, curated by Kassandra Catrinescu, “Horia Bernea” Exhibition Hall, Ipoteşti Memorial − “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, Ipoteşti Village, Botoşani County, RO
2024 group show Eternity as Attempt, (within Romanian Creative Week), curated by Marlene Herberth/KraftMade, Golia Tower, Iași, RO
2023 group show Threat to the Eye, curator Ada Muntean, Indecis artist-run space, Timişoara, RO