Marco Trentin

On Thursday, October 1st, at 6 pm, the Biennial’s event series in Sfântu Gheorghe will commence at the Lábasház (Arcaded House) with the opening of Distinguishing Marks, a solo exhibition by Italian artist Marco Trentin, winner of the 8th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland.

The title of the exhibition draws its conceptual basis from the practices of identification and recognition, referring to the features by which a person can be identified and which are recorded in various registers and identity documents. Starting from these administrative and bureaucratic categories, Trenti explores the paradox of making identity fixed and definable.

In his works, the complex and ever-changing nature of the individual is set against the reductive logic of identification, which seeks to reduce personality to a few distinctive, categorizable features. Through this tension, the artist questions how individual characteristics can become evidence of identity, and how the need for recognition and identification shapes and transforms our perception of the person.

The opening will be conducted by dr. Irén Kányádi, art historian. The event will be hosted by Mihály Vargha, sculptor and director of the Székely National Museum.

The exhibition will remain open to visitors until October 29th.

More about the 9th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland: www.gbiennial.ro