"Instead of discovering the unknown world surrounding him, it turned out easier for him to invent a new one, a world whose center were he and his imagination. Climbing up a mountain to see from above what was unfolding down below, Mircea put a mirror in front of his camera. The world around him was just the world in the reflected image, in the plans behind him." (Cosmin Costinas)

Mircea Cantor (born 1977, in Romania) is a visual artist who has received wide acclaim for his subtle commentary on issues of contemporary society. This includes, on a larger scale, the positives and negatives of globalization.