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Why now?
The profession is ageing. Young sculptors have no studios, no visibility, no entry point. If we do not build the structures to support them now, we lose a generation. ZSB is part of that building.
About ZSB
An annual platform for Romanian contemporary sculpture. Born online in 2021, built each year through exhibitions, film, critical debate, and education.
We are not running a festival. We are, year by year, building the infrastructure through which Romanian sculpture can survive, be seen, and matter.
ZSB exists to position contemporary sculpture as a critical practice of the present, to support the visibility and professional recognition of Romanian sculptors, and to build a living archive of Romanian contemporary sculpture in Bucharest.
Each edition creates a public context where sculpture meets film, debate, and education.
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Why Bucharest?
ZSB found its home at Combinatul Fondului Plastic, a rare complex of working studios and foundries in the heart of Bucharest. A space that proves there is still room for sculpture to be made, shown, and argued over at full scale.
A word from the curator
Why we keep going
Bucharest Sculpture Days began to take shape gradually from 2016, when, together with several fellow sculptors from Combinatul Fondului Plastic, we founded the Combinart 1+1=10 association to realise cultural projects that would highlight the power and versatility of the sculpture profession.
Our first major event was organised in 2016, in which we screened films about and with sculpture and organised the first edition of the “Sculptors for the Future” competition. The members of the association, which dissolved in 2018, continue to be active largely in the leadership of the Bucharest Sculpture Branch of the Union of Visual Artists.
In 2026, at the sixth edition, it is even more important to continue with large-scale events to highlight Romanian sculpture. Over time, the profession has begun to age, and young sculptors find it harder to reach their peak due to a lack of studio space and financial constraints.
Our goal is to lay the foundations for a Romanian Sculpture Centre where we can offer both working studios and transposition workshops, material resources through project-writing teams, and a platform for the profession to consolidate and grow.
In the Brâncuși Year, 150 years after the birth of Constantin Brâncuși, let us draw inspiration from the support the great sculptor received from Romanian society at the beginning of his journey, and let us begin to build the future of Romanian sculpture.