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Columna mutãtio - LA SPIRALE Sculpture
Italy
Sculpture, Metal on Aluminium
Size: 4.9 W x 0.6 H x 0.4 D in
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The artwork is inspired by Traiana's Column, a masterpiece of art and architecture from Roman Antiquity. This message is the “mutation” of meaning that occurs in the history, tribute to the memory of that past as relived in the present, in the dialog between the historical, artistic and archeological value of Trajan’s Column and our contemporary world. I was inspired of the sources of inspiration of Apollodorus of Damascus-itineraria picta. I interpreted essential aspects of its composition: the gestuality of the spiral movement of the frieze, the continuum, the original polychromy, to create an artwork with maximum structural and synthesis, reduced to pure geometry. Trajan's column has lost its original function. Its horizontal layout alludes to the archeological artifact as a museumized object, a metaphor of the idea that history flows horizontally. Is made of an aluminum ribbon held in place by a rolled-aluminum tubular structure . Its seven SPIRES are held in forced torsion, as if they were winding around an imaginary shaft. The alternation of the spaces between the SPIRES generates an optical blending between visible and invisible matter, as a harmonious ratio. I made the work in two years' time, 2015–2017. On the inside, I brought homage to the Dacian people through symbols and archaic signs of pre-Dacian culture and spiritualità. The outside has an intense chromatic impact that evokes the force of life. My designs refer to the Roman-Dacian world:symbols, icons and writings to create a new story, through the selection of topics and concepts, without a chronological scan. Starting from silkscreen printing, I developed a pictorial technique to create unique artworks (not to produce multiples). I “painted” the Spiral in “layers,” paint by hand and using screens with fifty preparatory drawings. Handling the screens as if they were groups of signs, enables me to create sharp images whose strong and clean chromatic impact and vibrant intensity of the colors.
Details & Dimensions
Multi-paneled Sculpture:Metal on Aluminium
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:4.9 W x 0.6 H x 0.4 D in
Number of Pieces:24
Frame:Not applicable
Ready to Hang:No
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Ships From:Italy.
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Born in Lugoj, Romania. Established in Italy since 1987, where he lives and works. Awards received: in 1987 she was awarded a National Prize of Romanian Visual Artists Union for drawing, engraving and lithography. 1996 won a silver plate for work SUPERSLIDE 29at the 23° Sulmona Prize International Contemporary Art Competition, Diocesan Civic Museum, Sulmona (AQ), Abruzzo; 2012 she received the Art Critics’ Special Mention for her pictorial installation Metaphor: Central Group Y + Central Detail + Lower Detail at the Lìmen International Art Competition held at the Enrico Gagliardi Museum in Vibo Valentia, Calabria; 2013 her project COWMAN of the World - was selected through competition and has participated at the inaugural Opening of the New Science Museum MUSE in Trento, designed by Archistar Renzo Piano. He participated with two digital installations and drawing performance. June 22, 2018 he was awarded the "Excellency Award" of the Romanian Government "100 for Centenary" (10 for Italy), held at Romanian Academy in Rome, for his artistic work made in Italy. Conferred by MPRP. 2020 - She was awarded the Special Prize for the Foreign Artist at 47°Sulmona Prize International Contemporary Art for the work PICTA MANENT 2020. Diocesan Civic Museum Sulmona (Aquila), Abruzzo. Works present in museums collection: MAGI ‘900 Museum of Italian Generations of '900, Pieve di Cento (Bologna) Scuderie Aldobrandini City Museum, Frascati (Rome) Museum Contemporary Art TEORA city Permanent Collection Center for Research, Documentation and Promotion Constantin Brancusi, Targu Jiu (Romania) Museum of History and Contemporary Art in Blaj, Romania National Library of San Nilo Abbey, Grottaferrata (Roma) Museum of the House of Dante Alighieri Foundation, Torre de’ Passeri (Abruzzo). Private collection: Italy, SUA. They wrote about his work modern and contemporary art critics: Mario de Candia, Giorgio Di Genova, Alessandro Masi, Alberto Dambruoso, Simonetta Lux, Grigore Arbore Popescu, Barbara Martusciello, Arnaldo Romani Brizzi, Ivana D'Agostino, Cinzia Folcarelli, Stefania Severi, Federica Di Castro, Adrian Guța The connecting thread of Ţăranu’s artistic development is metamorphosis, which also becomes a working method and a research method for conceptual and structural transformation in both graphic and pictorial form and in the construction of mega-objectual and digital installations.
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