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VLAD OLARIU 15 january 2009 Bucharest
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Bulldozer, technique: autoclaved cellular concrete (ACC), dimensions: 30/40/17 cm 2008
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Eschimo & Igloo, technique: autoclaved cellular concrete (ACC),wooden plate, dimensions: 25/50/30 cm 2008
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Dollhouse, technique: autoclaved cellular concrete (ACC), dimensions: 60/40/15 cm 2008
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Untitled, technique: autoclaved cellular concrete (ACC), dimensions: 30/40/17 cm 2008
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Building site, technique: autoclaved cellular concrete (ACC),woodenpallet, dimensons: 100/120/80 cm 2008
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Vlad Olariu starts from the idea of toy, which he reconstructs from ACC, at approximately the same scale. Tippers, trucks, blocks of flats, pallet stackers, tractors, etc are among his subjects.
The artist recreates a miniature world of adults in the candid and idealized form of toys, using the customary building material of which the today world is made. The advantages of this modern building material are its lightness, thermo insulating properties, easiness of use, low cost. It is easy to see what it is so wide spread on construction sites today.
Thus Vlad Olariu’s ”toys” are not at all innocent, but depict a grotesque image of building sites and real estates that tend to overtake the daily routine of contemporary society. In a children’s world, a priori pure, each abnormality is easy to spot. On top of these building sites’ “toys”, there is an igloo and an Eskimo, both made of ACC, expanding the issue to a global level.
The whole body of works can be viewed as an installation, a strange playground, inhabited by grotesque toys, reminding us of the frailty of normality in contemporary society.
Artist Page Vlad Olariu porneste in general de la ideea de jucarie pe care o reconstruieste din BCA, la aproximativ aceeasi scara. Subiectele sale sunt basculante, camioane, blocuri, motostivuitoare, tractoare etc.
Artistul recreaza o lume miniaturala a adultilor sub forma candida si idealizata a jucariilor, utilizand materialul de constructie predilect cu care este construita lumea actuala. Avantajele acestui material de constructie modern sunt greutatea redusa, proprietatile termoizolante, lejeritatea utilizarii, pretul scazut. E lesne de inteles motivul pentru care este atat de folosit astazi in constructii.
Astfel, ”jucariile” lui Vlad Olariu nu sunt deloc inocente, ci reprezinta o imagine grotesca a lumii santierelor de constructii si a afacerilor imobiliare care tind sa fie obsedant de prezente in rutina zilnica a societatii contemporane. In lumea copiilor, aprioric pura, orice anomalie e perceputa cu usurinta. La toate aceste ”jucarii” din universul santierelor de constructii se adauga si un iglu impreuna cu un eschimos, ambii din BCA, ca o extrapolare la nivel global a problematicii.
Intreg ansamblul de lucrari poate fi privit ca o instalatie, ca un spatiu de joaca straniu, populat cu jucarii grotesti care ne reamintesc fragilitatea starii de normalitate din societatea contemporana.
Pagina Artistului Vlad Olariu starts from the idea of toy, which he reconstructs from ACC, at approximately the same scale. Tippers, trucks, blocks of flats, pallet stackers, tractors, etc are among his subjects.
The artist recreates a miniature world of adults in the candid and idealized form of toys, using the customary building material of which the today world is made. The advantages of this modern building material are its lightness, thermo insulating properties, easiness of use, low cost. It is easy to see what it is so wide spread on construction sites today.
Thus Vlad Olariu’s ”toys” are not at all innocent, but depict a grotesque image of building sites and real estates that tend to overtake the daily routine of contemporary society. In a children’s world, a priori pure, each abnormality is easy to spot. On top of these building sites’ “toys”, there is an igloo and an Eskimo, both made of ACC, expanding the issue to a global level.
The whole body of works can be viewed as an installation, a strange playground, inhabited by grotesque toys, reminding us of the frailty of normality in contemporary society.
Artist Page
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