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① Artwork:
Composition with lemon slice
This artwork is part of the artist’s nature morte series and is an attempt to recreate a lost painting his grandfather offered him when he was a child. The series focuses on how memory works as a loop, always returning to a handful of defining experiences while distorting, displacing, and exaggerating their meanings. As such, the composition of this miniature flower vase is a dense labyrinth of textures upon which the artist writes his own story.
Radu Oreian’s practice explores the classical mediums of drawing and painting and how history, ancient myths, and archives shape society’s understanding of humanity. His Molecular Paintings are miniature artworks that pulsate with detail, intending to draw the viewer's eye deeper and deeper into the fabric of the paint as well as the nature and meaning of the medium itself.
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③ Artist:
Radu Oreian’s practice explores the classical mediums of drawing and painting and how history, ancient myths, and archives shape society’s understanding of humanity. His Molecular Paintings are miniature artworks that pulsate with detail, intending to draw the viewer's eye deeper and deeper into the fabric of the paint as well as the nature and meaning of the medium itself. Meanwhile, the red thread that runs through Oreian’s paintings creates a new, meditative focal point, balancing opposing states of tension and relaxation.
Radu Oreian was born in 1984 in Tarnaveni, Romania, and lives in France. He holds degrees from the University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2005) and the National University of Art of Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania (2007).
Oreian has mounted solo or two-person shows at 1969 Gallery in New York City, NY (2022); SVIT Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (2020); Gallery Nosco in London, UK (2019); and Gallery ISA in Mumbai, India (2018).
He has been featured in group exhibitions such as Liminal Spaces at Galerie Isa in Mumbai, India (2022); The little thing that counts at MarraNosco in Brussels (2022); Electric Crossroads at Bubble'n'Squeak in Brussels, Belgium (2021); Mirror, Mirror? at CF Hill Gallery in Stockholm (2021); Libro di Desegni at Galerie Isa in Mumbai, India (2021); Chasseurs D’Images at Le Musee de la Chasse in Paris, France (2019) and others.
This artwork is part of the artist’s nature morte series and is an attempt to recreate a lost painting his grandfather offered him when he was a child. The series focuses on how memory works as a loop, always returning to a handful of defining experiences while distorting, displacing, and exaggerating their meanings. As such, the composition of this miniature flower vase is a dense labyrinth of textures upon which the artist writes his own story.More
- Framed: 12.5 x 10.0 x 1.8 in.
- Signed
