“There is a specificity to Chirulescu’s works that’s not always easy to parse. At first sight, they convey, elegantly and reservedly, a formal precision that initially suspends the intriguing imagery they deliver. But things get complicated once one tries to pierce through their dense visual fabric in order to arrive at an articulation of what they might be showing and „doing“. This act of translation poses a challenge, since Chirulescu’s paintings are paintings are photographs are paintings are copies are reproductions are originals. The images traverse different modes of the real and the virtual before, eventually, reaching the actual canvas and resting there in their composite, quasi-final form.”

(…) Aside from the many practical actions and decisions, there are essentially two movements in the process of Marieta Chirulescu’s image-making: an additive and a subtractive movement that alternatively swap their functions to conceal or reveal, that is to make room for, or obstruct other visual layers. This process is one that has shaped her practice, whether in painting, printing, or in her more recent works with textile objects/drawings. It is an inquisitive attitude and an intuitive balancing act performed by the artist while inventing a room of her own in the space of the image.“

(Excerpts from pieces of spaces, exhibition text by Mihaela Chiriac)