Art is part of our life and I must admit, without art, our life would be much poorer. Art exhibitions are everywhere, paintings, sculptures, textile art, you name it, but not every art exhibition offers you the same sensation.
Last week I went to see an exhibition and to be honest, I had no idea what to expect. The artist's name was Ioan Tâmăian, Romanian artist unknown to me till now. The name of the exhibition was The Roof Of The Universe and poster said it's glass and metal, which is more than vague. I did not mind as this is the typical case, when you don't have expectations, which can lead to nice surprises, instead of disappointment.
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The exhibition is taking place at the ground floor of the Palace of Culture in Targu Mures, in the Art Nouveau gallery,which is in the city center, easy to access from anywhere. Unfortunately the Palace was undergoing some renovation works and was all covered, so there was no possibility of taking a decent photo.
When I saw the first artwork, I knew right away that it's going to be amazing and I'm about to see something unique and what I've never seen before. The artworks are indeed a mix of glass and metal.
If I were to use one word to describe the artworks, that would be lace and I'm telling you now, right at the beginning, maybe you're going to see it too.
Most of the artworks were not labeled, which made my job more harder, but the artworks should speak for themselves. I tried to take close-up photos for you to see what they are made of and focus on the details as well.
While I was having a close look of this gorgeous woman body, dressed in lace, I was thinking how do the two material go together. I mean glass is sensitive to heat, metal as well but in a different way.
This is a bowl or vase or whatever you want to call it, made of nice blue glass, coated with a nice metal decoration, that could illustrate humans, but I'm not sure.
As you can see, so far all of the artworks are a mix of glass and metal, mostly glass covered by metal.
When I entered the art gallery and saw the first artwork, I was amazed, I said wow, I'd love to have this. Then moving forward I said the same thing at the second one and pretty much almost at every artwork :)
This one however is the one I'd gladly accept. I'm not saying buy as I kind of know it would cost me a couple of thousands of $ 😬
Look at the details! It's absolutely gorgeous!
This is definitely not my style, would not want it, but as an artwork, it's interesting.
Another skinny worrier, with wings this time and I love this one too.
Look at the feathers on his wings.
This is a bit different from what I've shown previously. Seems to be a big egg, but not just any egg.
The second room had something else to offer, something different. There were no warriors here, but there was this lady, with glass hair.
I'm not saying it's fine art, but I find it very interesting.
And here comes my absolute favorite, the mannequin, as the label says. I find the concept interesting and the details fascinating.
This is the back part. Even more beautiful.
So the mannequin is split in two halves. I suppose any human mind would try to imagine how it would look put together, as a whole and sine we're talking about the whole, I imagine the artist could have made a glass body and coat it with metal, yet he has created this beauty, which I'm grateful for as I think it's lovely.
The 3 ladies as i call this piece, although the artist may have a different name for it.
I've always loved those statues that had oxidation and were green because of it. I saw oxidation here and for me, it makes the artwork more interesting.
This was called The Twins and it's very expressive in my opinion. I can understand the artist perfectly.
As I have mentioned at the beginning of my post, I've never seen such and exhibition, but I'm glad I was able to visit as it's one of a kind.
So, which artwork is your favorite? Do you like any of these?
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