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Collages of Old Sketches

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 TheseriesofcollagesthatImakehavebecomeamnemonicconstantinthecourseof my artisticroute.Iliketorecombineoldorveryolddrawings (from childhood),changingtheirappearanceandgiving themawhole newmeaning.Iuseglueandbonegluetostickthem together,butIfeelthatthesearen'tsufficienttosecurethepermanenceofthe new environmentofferedtothe newlycutsketches.Thisis why Isawthem.Sewingthemoneintoanother isasifIstitchedlostmemories.Inthenovel"Brickedin Windows"Alexandru Vonawrites:"I do not knowhowour life wouldbe ifwe remove all poor secrets out,if wediscoverthe reasons whichhide behind thetinyinexplicable disappearancesof time".(owntranslation)


collage drawings sketches old Ancient mnemonic artistic childhood windows secret
MEMENTOMORI

mixedtechnique on paper, 61 x 48 cm, 2008
collage drawings sketches old Ancient mnemonic artistic childhood windows secret
HOMAGE

tehniquemixte sur papier, 75 x 55 cm, 2009
collage drawings sketches old Ancient mnemonic artistic childhood windows secret
EVOLUTION

mixedtechnique on paper, 75 x 55 cm, 2009
collage drawings sketches old Ancient mnemonic artistic childhood windows secret
PAPERBAG TRILOGY III

mixedtechnique on paper, 45 x 60 cm, 2007
collage drawings sketches old Ancient mnemonic artistic childhood windows secret
PEST

mixedtechnique on paper, 90 x 70 cm, 2008
Collages of Old Sketches
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Bucharest, Romania

Collages of Old Sketches

The series of collages that I make have become a mnemonic constant in the course of my artistic route. I like to recombine old or very old drawin Read More

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