Dreams and Hopes is Victor Răcătău’s first solo exhibition in China, where both old and new works are showcased to give an overview of the artist’s practice over the past decade. Răcătău is one of the main representative artists of the Cluj School in Romania, which has been steadily gaining extensive recognition both locally and internationally in recent years. What distinguishes the Cluj School from other contemporary movements is its specific post-communist aesthetics of natural realism. While the grey tones symbolize the essence of quotidian life and the struggles to overcome the post-communist morass, Răcătău's paintings are also imbued with surreal and absurd elements, as well as the artist’s strongly personalized symbolism.

image © Victor Racatau and gallery