Details:

This painting is a self-portrait, yet it is also a symbolic face. It represents a melding point between William Blake's 'vision heads' of mythical characters and a contemporary face that blends into an organic, visceral landscape.
Unframed
Signed

① Artwork:

The wanderer

This painting is a self-portrait, yet it is also a symbolic face. It represents a melding point between William Blake's 'vision heads' of mythical characters and a contemporary face that blends into an organic, visceral landscape.

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.

Specs:

15 inches
18 inches

③ Artist:

Radu Oreian

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.

Radu Oreian:
The wanderer, 2023
Oil on canvas
18.0 × 15.0 inches /