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A R C H I V E
IOANA IACOB 27 february 2009 Bucharest
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Untiled, technique: oil / canvas, dimensions: 30/30 cm, 2008
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Untiled, technique: oil / canvas, dimensions: 19/26 cm, 2008
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Untiled, technique: oil / canvas, dimensions: 10,3/10,3 cm, 2008
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Untiled, technique: oil / canvas, dimensions: 8/12 cm, 2008
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Ioana Iacob’s attention concentrates on her surrounding reality, very often her chosen subjects being nothing else than the most ordinary objects found among any woman’s tools or in her wardrobe (a brush, a nail clipper, a bed side table, a make up bag, underwear, the usual apartment ornamental plant etc.), but they are all investigated in a feminine perspective, vaguely erotic. Things are never explicit but they go on telling their story in the mind of the viewer. The masculine is rather absent, sometimes one gets the feeling that a man just left or is about to come. The eroticism is only imagined, suggested. The women, with the exception of portraits, are barely recognizable; their faces are either cut out or blurred. A certain dose of sadness but also of reconciliation with the daily routine comes through Ioana Iacob’s paintings.
All these images put together make out a universe somehow familiar to us, the viewers, but the perspective is highly personal, feminine, loaded with candour in places. Things are beings said with great honesty on humble sizes, her painting is highly intimate, apparently fragile, but on a straight forward voice, fresh and full of savour.
Artist Page Atentia Ioanei Iacob se concentreaza pe realitatea din jurul sau, de multe ori subiectele alese fiind obiecte absolut banale din instrumentarul sau vestimentatia unei femei obisnuite (periuta, clestisor de unghii, rufe atarnate la uscat, noptiera, trusa de machiaj, lenjerie intima, planta de apartament etc.), dar toate subiectele sunt privite dintr-o perspectiva feminina, vag erotica. Lucrurile nu sunt niciodata explicite ci isi continua povestea in mintea privitorului. Masculinul este mai degraba absent, uneori ti se lasa senzatia ca barbatul ar fi trecut cu ceva timp in urma sau urmeaza sa vina. Erotismul nu este decat imaginar, sugerat. Personajele feminine, cu exceptia portetelor, nu sunt recognoscibile, au figura decupata sau incerta. O doza de tristete, dar si de impacare cu rutina cotidiana traverseaza picturile Ioanei Iacob.
Toate aceste imagini alcatuiesc un univers foarte cunoscut la modul generic noua, privitorilor, insa perspectiva este una foarte personala, feminina, plina de candoare uneori. Lucrurile sunt spuse cu mare onestitate pe dimensiuni modeste, este o pictura extrem de intima, aparent fragila, dar cu un limbaj direct, proaspat si plin de savoare.
Pagina Artistului Ioana Iacob’s attention concentrates on her surrounding reality, very often her chosen subjects being nothing else than the most ordinary objects found among any woman’s tools or in her wardrobe (a brush, a nail clipper, a bed side table, a make up bag, underwear, the usual apartment ornamental plant etc.), but they are all investigated in a feminine perspective, vaguely erotic. Things are never explicit but they go on telling their story in the mind of the viewer. The masculine is rather absent, sometimes one gets the feeling that a man just left or is about to come. The eroticism is only imagined, suggested. The women, with the exception of portraits, are barely recognizable; their faces are either cut out or blurred. A certain dose of sadness but also of reconciliation with the daily routine comes through Ioana Iacob’s paintings.
All these images put together make out a universe somehow familiar to us, the viewers, but the perspective is highly personal, feminine, loaded with candour in places. Things are beings said with great honesty on humble sizes, her painting is highly intimate, apparently fragile, but on a straight forward voice, fresh and full of savour.
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