LEVANT
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CuratorCristiana Ursache
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Date3rd Dec 2024 - 16 Jan 2025
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ArtistSorin Ilfoveanu
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LocationInspiratio Gallery, Brasov
Led by the passion for Catalan art, medieval miniatures and Byzantine lines, the artist Sorin Ilfoveanu has come to a stop in the Levant. A Levant which he has not seen, has not touched, but which he has felt. He has captured its essence in the color of old paper and the smell of inks.
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The medieval intrigues found in literature and history fascinated the artist and challenged him to feel and outline the atmosphere of the Levant. He expressed it through a cursive and winding line which tells the story of harsh, bloody, erotic or tender scenes.
The contrast lies in the complexity of the message and the simplicity of the image. Through just a few penetrating lines, the artist talks about fights, dance, love, joy, death or sadness. So much scheming in such quiet images. Let your imagination run wild with them and allow yourself to build your own story around what you feel in the presence of the Levant. You can use the power of the word. This is what ten Romanian writers did. They got carried away by Sorin Ilfoveanu's drawings and wrote inspired by them. In this way, new pages were born which you can browse in 10 x 5 encounters in the Levant. The Levant is a mystery. In the past, it was a remote place. Today it has become a state. You have in front of you an exhibition which challenges you to meet the Levant and let yourself be inspired by its atmosphere. You are invited to sense the world from the drawings of the artist Sorin Ilfoveanu, and then to return to the interior, to your own experiences.
The contrast lies in the complexity of the message and the simplicity of the image. Through just a few penetrating lines, the artist talks about fights, dance, love, joy, death or sadness. So much scheming in such quiet images. Let your imagination run wild with them and allow yourself to build your own story around what you feel in the presence of the Levant. You can use the power of the word. This is what ten Romanian writers did. They got carried away by Sorin Ilfoveanu's drawings and wrote inspired by them. In this way, new pages were born which you can browse in 10 x 5 encounters in the Levant. The Levant is a mystery. In the past, it was a remote place. Today it has become a state. You have in front of you an exhibition which challenges you to meet the Levant and let yourself be inspired by its atmosphere. You are invited to sense the world from the drawings of the artist Sorin Ilfoveanu, and then to return to the interior, to your own experiences.
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