remains open to the public until September 28 at Meron Gallery
Meron Gallery announces the extension of the exhibition Renascence of Imaginalia by artist Andrada Lolu, which can be visited until September 28, 2025. Curated by Lorelai Mursa and Crina Ciocian, the works in this project open a sensitive territory, built from memories, visions, and visual traces that do not submit to a story, but remain in their state of emergence.
The series of works, initiated in 2023, begins with a dialogue with the writings of C.S. Lewis, especially his reflections on imagination as an affective and cognitive mechanism. For Andrada Lolu, Imaginalia is an inner territory, an imaginative world shaped since childhood, which remains alive in the form of sensations, fragile presences, and unexplained signs. It is not fiction, but what persists after the story has ended — a subtle form of visual memory.
Her works — oil and graphite paintings and mixed media — do not follow an explicit narrative, but suggest an approach to a space that is simultaneously recognizable and cryptic. The texts do not translate the image but accompany it in its suspended state. Each piece is a trace, a silent reflection, a suggestion of meaning that avoids direct interpretation.
“Through the exhibition Renascence of Imaginalia, I wanted to present the rebirth of this concept, this metaphorical world that speaks about Heaven after death. Therefore, the selection of works focused precisely on what represented this rebirth and the exploration of a new universe.” — artist Andrada Lolu.
The exhibition title — Renascence of Imaginalia — marks a return to this inner world, but with a new, objective, and liberated perspective. It is a gesture of rediscovery of the works through the filter of creative and spiritual maturity, a reaffirmation of the courage to dream beyond this world.
The exhibition is part of a broader concept, On Vigil in Imaginalia, and the current selection invites the public to step into a state rather than a place: a lucid vigil over the imaginary, over inner time, and over affective memory.
The exhibition Renascence of Imaginalia by artist Andrada Lolu can be visited at Meron Gallery until September 28, 2025. Admission to Meron Gallery is free, and for more information about the exhibition, please visit the gallery’s website: merongallery.ro
About Meron Gallery
Meron Gallery, located in the heart of Cluj-Napoca at the ground floor of the Blau Ullmann Palace — an emblematic historical monument built in 1910 — offers a generous space with impressive windows and high ceilings.
The building has been returned to the community with the purpose of promoting art and artists, creating a unique atmosphere, a special place where specialty coffee (for which the Meron brand is recognized today) and art meet and complement each other, bringing value to the artistic and cultural community of Cluj-Napoca.
