There are times which “catch” you, there are landscapes which „enchant” you and atmospheres which “embrace” you in a way which reveals long forgotten memories… such times are summer, the Mediterranean landscape and the atmosphere of the French Riviera. They all meet at this beginning of autumn in Cluj, in my simple “new paintings” or Mediterranean impressions.  I can say, without emphasis, that the encounter of these three marks has made me incline towards colour beatitude and the rediscovery of emotions felt long ago. The postimpressionist landscape through the Cezannian example, the fauvism with its lyrical Dufy and tenor Matisse, the joy of life from Renoir and Bonnard’s coloured palette, together with the felt and seen blue, which veils you from everywhere, all these constitute the base of my new paintings. Three elements of the landscape become central through their repetition: the blue of the sea, the red-pink flowers of oleander and the palm tree leaves. I think all three are representative to sketch the atmosphere of those places, which cannot stop surrounding you once seen. This exhibition becomes a small station in an aquatic route, started even from the Danube Delta the last few years, from where I still show sketches and chromatic exercises, that I deliberately associate, especially to illustrate these two aquatic universes resembling in essence, but still so different.

The reflections of the reeds and water lilies on the water surface, together with the vegetal element on the blue-green of the sea.

An invitation to painting, I am waiting for you!

Opening day the 14^th of September ‘09, between 5-8 pm

Claudiu Presecan

+ 40 (0) 745591560

HIM Gallery, 14A Axente Sever Street, 400428 Cluj-Napoca

open between 9 am-5 pm / Saturday – Sunday closed

14 – 30^th of September

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nu demult am notat aparitia unei noi galerii si case de licitatii binevenite in Romania si anume Artmark. Citind urmatoarele linkuri din Ziarul Financiar  puteti sa va faceti o idee mai ampla despre evenimentele marca Artmark cat si sa parcurgeti un interviu cu fondatorul acesteia, Radu Boroianu cu privire la urmatoarea licitatie din 25 iunie a.c.

Cautand una si alta am dat despre acest foarte bun interviu luat criticului si expertului in arta Valentin Ciuca in decembrie anul trecut si postat de Daniel Baba, pe care il consider ca merita sa fie citit de catre cei interesati de starea pietei de arta romanesti. Si in acelas timp un site la fel de bun, Art-Business, unde se pot parcurge si alte articole la fel de bune si pertinente asupra artistilor, cotelor si targurilor romanesti de arta. Enjoy it!

Surfing on the net, I found this pertinent article taken to Gallerist David Zwirner by Kelly Crow about art market today… Money alone does not make a great collector…Art should be the most democratic of all endeavors, but these days it’s not…The art fairs are important, but they’re overvalued…

Un interesant interviu de Remus Florescu din Ziarul  Clujeanul luat artistului Ioan Sbarciu, presedinte al UAD Cluj despre piata de arta clujeana, colectionari si oamenii de afaceri locali…

A new place for art lovers from Romania, Bucharest. Enjoy it!

Artmark, Galerii de arta & Casa de licitatie

Revin dupa o perioada lunga de absenta din motive f. intemeiate, trecand in revista ultimul an recent incheiat, 2008, cu bune si rele, mai multe bune decat rele, chiar daca inspre final a venit ca o umbra peste noi criza economica… cu toate acestea pot spune ca anul 2008 per ansamblu a fost bun, iar ecourile avute de la alti artisti mi-au confirmat ideile, piata de arta romaneasca a mers ascendent.
Dar reluand, recitind anumite linkuri salvate anul trecut mi se par relevante urmatoarele, pe care va invit sa le cititi, unul foarte pertinent si anume: “Pretul si cota sau lungul drum al artei catre piata”, un interviu cu scriitorul Tudor Octavian, de Miron Manega aparut in Saptamana finaciara. Chiar daca a fost scris in 2006, ramane foarte actual in esenta…Si un al doilea intitulat: “Licitaţia anului: peste 570.000 de euro încasări, numai pe tablouri” de acelasi autor, dar la finele anului trecut…

At last year’s Art Basel, I was outside in the sun with Samuel Keller, the outgoing director. Shiny-pated, in an open shirt and a chocolate-coloured suit, Keller was speaking about the auctioneers and the dealers. “The art world is an ecosystem,” he said. “It’s not the shark eating up all the fish, because that means they will starve tomorrow. So the galleries are providing the auction houses’ living. Which is the artists who have a career. And only if you have a career and a reputation do you have a secondary market.”…. read more….

Clement Greenberg – Despre modernism si avangarda
aparut in revista IDEA arta+societate