SOME ORDER IN THE CHAOS: CARICATURES BY VASILE DUB

The Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca (MACN), a public cultural institution under the authority of the Cluj County Council, invites you to visit between September 30 – October 12, 2025, the exhibition “Some Order in The Chaos: Caricatures by Vasile Dub.”
The opening will take place on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 5:00 PM, in the presence of Lucian Nastasă-Kovács, Manager of the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca and the artist Vasile Dub. The musical interlude will be provided by Nucu (Eugen) Pandea, a renowned Cluj performer known for his mastery of leaf-playing. On this occasion, the artist’s new book will also be launched.

Vasile Dub (b. August 23, 1947, Oradea) graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca in 1970 and received a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2001. Although trained as an engineer and university lecturer, over the decades he has built a distinctive artistic career, with a constant presence in caricature exhibitions and salons both in Romania and abroad. His works have been presented at major events dedicated to graphic humor in Montreal, Knokke-Heist, Budapest, Bucharest, Târgu Mureș, Zalaegerszeg, and Tel Aviv. International recognition came as well: at the 22nd edition of the Haifa International Cartoon Contest (2016), he received an Honorable Mention certified by the Israel National Commission for UNESCO. Alongside his academic and exhibition activities, Dub has published volumes of prose, essays, and caricature albums, including Cartoon Anthology Collection Vasile Dub (Alexandria Publishing, 2019), Paratrăsnete pe sinagogi? (Arhipelag XXI Publishing, 2019), and Vino cu mine la Ritz (Hasefer Publishing, 2023).

The exhibition “Some Order in The Chaos” brings together heterogeneous works, unified by the artist’s personal style and ironic spirit. Far from following a single theme, the selection highlights instead the power of diversity and the ability of caricature to provoke, amuse, and question everyday reality.