For Andra Victoria Popescu — known as PAV — art is both confession and self-discovery. Her vivid, emotionally charged paintings reflect her search for meaning, family, and balance between chaos and clarity. From collage to oil, from emotion to intellect, PAV’s practice bridges colour and philosophy, culminating in a vision that is as personal as it is universal.

“People think that paper is used for crafts, but when they come to my studio, they see that it can also make art” says Alexandra Baranyi in her interview with Opera’s Virgil Munteanu. With a practice rooted in patience and precision and working primarily with hand-processed paper and mixed media, her works explore the intersection between material fragility and emotional endurance — tracing themes of memory, trauma, the body, and poetic absence.

Between matter and memory, Maria Langu finds the trace of the human condition. Opera’s Virgil Munteanu spoke with the young sculptor about her evolving practice and the new generation shaping Romanian contemporary art.

“I’m too young to paint Abstract,” says Radu Pandele, one of the most distinctive voices in Romania’s new generation of contemporary painters. In conversation with Opera’s Lead Advisor, Virgil Munteanu, Pandele reflects on philosophy, process, and the pursuit of artistic completeness.