A new installation by Mircea Cantor will be presented at Arnolfini, elaborating on the theme of uncertainty, and addressing the notions of displacement and co-existent communities.
Following his exhibition at Modern Art Oxford earlier this year, the exhibition at Arnolfini will be a second stage to this project, with significant new components, including a large-scale Romanian traditional wooden gate. Coated in gold leaf, the gate has been imposed with a DNA-strand motif symbolising life, yet paradoxically certainty and control. Mircea Cantor lives and works in Paris and Cluj, Romania.
A fully illustrated catalogue featuring views of Cantor’s new work and an essay by Suzanne Cotter, Senior Curator at Modern Art Oxford, accompanies the exhibition. This show will be presented Camden Arts Centre, London, 13 February to 12 April 2009, and was presented at Modern Art Oxford 2 April to 1 June 2008.

Supported by The Ratiu Foundation / The Romanian Cultural Centre in London

‘Mircea Cantor: The Need for Uncertainty’, 13 September – 9 November 2008
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA; Tel. 0117 917 2300 / 01. Gallery opening hours: 10.00-18.00, Tuesday to Sunday.

Details on www.arnolfini.org.uk