7. The Art Galleries - Part of the Cultural and Educational Dynamics in the Contemporary Artistic Space of Iasi

Abstract

Abstract This article brings into the discussion one of the important components of the cultural and educational infrastructure - the art gallery. In the paper, we will analyze the transformations that occurred in the offer of exhibition spaces in the contemporary artistic dynamics of Iasi. Along with an radiography of the Iași art galleries and the relational dimension they exercise, we will expose some of the comments of some Iași visual artists, on the side of this topic, extracted from the interviews which I realized in my doctoral research and which I published in the book Ieșeni ai artei vizuale contemporane. In shaping a dynamic artistic context, the art galleries constitute a factor of relational consolidation between the artist and the public, an aesthetic and active environment for the promotion of local, national and international artistic values. The space where visual artists exhibit their artistic projects either in personal, group or collective exhibitions is the place where a special connection is created, an aesthetic and educational means of communication between artists, critics and viewers, from the perspective of the dynamics of new structures, styles and forms of visual expression.