THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN BUT THE END IS ALWAYS NEAR – 2024
The future is uncertain, but the end is always near is a group exhibition comprised of the artistic approaches of six artists preoccupied with the perishable nature of the matter that gives weight to our surrounding reality. The expression “the future is uncertain, but the end is always near” is often attributed to Jim Morrison, the singer of the band The Doors. This reflects a feeling of inevitability and an admission that, despite whatever uncertainty follows, there is an end to all things and beings that make up the world as we know it.
In a general sense, it touches the idea that life is finite and, no matter what uncertainty we may face in the future, there is a constant awareness of our own mortality. It encourages a view that treasures the present moment and underlines the importance of making the most of the time we have. The figurative elements present in the artworks are used to suggest the fleetingness and cyclicity of life, by showing small and precious fragments of the ephemeral.
The artistic approaches offer starting points in imagining non-narrative scenarios for possible realities, based on elements and frameworks that the viewer can recognize. No firm conclusion is given to this temporal dimension, only an organic atmosphere for perceiving specific visual universes that are symbolic for a cut-out and interpreted reality.
The future is uncertain, but the end is always near offers several artistic perspectives on a vast and ambiguous subject – the future as a relative promise within a fragile and fleeting existence. The exhibition is configured as a group project with distinct but complementary visions, creating a metaphorical magnifying glass to observe the microcosmos, the ordinary and the existential fragments that evoke the cycle of life.
Ada Muntean approaches the issue of contemporary man’s identity, self, ego and the relationship between body and society. In her view, human bodies describe a known reality without binding it with certainty: from a series of possible human typologies/characters to the representation of a culture/society and the confession of a personal history. Her compositions aim to deconstruct the body, and conceptually emphasize existential decadence. The artist creates graphic compositions through figurative fragments describing a precious, organic micro-reality, subject to the inevitable transformations determined by time.
Artists: Răzvan Neagoe, Robert Andacs, Taisia Corbuț, Ada Muntean, Teodora Cosman, Dragoș Burlacu
Curator: Ada Muntean
Diptych Art Space Bucharest
