As I said in my previous post, yesterday was the day to visit the new exhibitions. I was looking forward to it for sure as the last time I went to an exhibition was more than a month ago, but I guess I wasn't ready mentally, or the experience was not what I expected. Anyway, let's see what I brought you today.
There were two exhibition available at my regular galleries. One was an exceptional photo exhibition, the other was a painting exhibition, which I'm going to write about today and the other was a mix of art, by a group of artists.
The exhibition I'd like to write about today was a solo exhibition or Radu Florea, called Maritime and had everything to do with water. I must admit, I've never seen anything similar before, but not because this was the best exhibition of my life.
When I stepped into the gallery, this was the first scene I saw. Don't get me wrong (although I haven't said anything that would give you the chance to get me wrong :P), I love blue a lot, it's one of my favorite colors and love water as well, but seeing so many seemingly similar artworks in one place, made me think this was a series.
But let's start with the beginning, as this was the very first painting on the wall.
Green-Violet Wave
What makes this painting special, apart from the colors is its simplicity. It's about a wave and it is made of two brushstrokes. That's all.
From the Shore (... Towards the Waves)
Visiting this exhibition makes you think in how many ways you can paint or draw the same subject and the artist gives you the answer. You just have to pay attention to the artworks and the titles. Like this one for example. Kind of the same subject, but with different colors. Not every water and shore looks the same.
Most likely in our mind, the water is always blue, or green or it had a greenish blue color, the shore is grey as the sand is grey, but that does not match reality. The other thing to consider is that art is art and sometimes has very little to do with reality. It's a creation of the mind, of the imagination, so in art everything is possible.
Splash 1.
From The Foam Of The Sea
Blue Melancholy
There are a few things to mention here. First of all, these paintings, except the last one, are not on canvas. These were painted on MDF boards. The second thing to notice is that two of them have the frame painted too. It's not something I've never seen before, but it's not very common either.
Now, regarding the style. If you don't know what the topic is and take a step back and look at them, you say it's abstract painting. Maybe it is to some extent, but if you know it's about water, especially se water, close to the shore, when the waves break, you see it's not quite abstract.
In The Eye Of The Storm
At this point, hats off in front of the artist, as I'd be in deep trouble, if I'd have to paint like 30 - 40 paintings, all about water. He did it and managed to create something very different each time. This is where talent shows.
Let's see what you think about this exhibition. I'm really curious to know how you see it.
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