The artist Gili Mocanu has answered the invitation coming from Laika to make an exhibition in Cluj and proposes four new paintings in black and white.
For those already familiarized with Gili Mocanu’s work it is easier to decipher the meaning of these recent paintings, as they come as a natural continuation of his artistic investigation. It is an imaginative exercise (in a painterly sense) by which the artist depicts the intermolecular space that in his vision is a geometrical one where abstract linear forms go along harmoniously with the organic forms, the light is dim, mysterious and colour lacks completely. It is an artificial, abstract space, marked by a colourless sunset. The forms that make up this space are either basic (rectangles, triangles, etc) or completely irregular. They have the advantage of being two-dimensional and three-dimensional at the same time. The three-dimensional characteristic is vaguely suggested by the means of light and dark. This space paradox creates a feeling of tension and gives the compositions a sensation of movement.
Gili Mocanu avoids using a certain technique, declining any spectacular artifices or any superficial effects, covering the surface of the canvas with almost mechanical gestures, equally vibrated. His paintings are intellectual statements dubbed by a scientific mysticism.
Artistul Gili Mocanu raspunde invitatiei lansate de Laika de a face o expozitie personala in spatiul din Cluj si propune patru picturi noi, lucrate in alb-negru.
Cei familiarizati cu arta lui Gili Mocanu pot descifra mai usor sensul acestor picturi recente, pentru ca ele sunt, evident, o continuare a demersului sau artistic. Este vorba despre un exercitiu de imaginatie (in sens pictural) prin care artistul “descrie” spatiul intermolecular, care in viziunea sa este unul geometric, in care formele abstracte rectilinii sunt in armonie cu cele organice, lumina este difuza, misterioasa, iar culoarea lipseste cu desavarsire. Este un spatiu artificial, abstract, sub amprenta unui amurg incolor. Formele din care este alcatuit “peisajul” sunt de doua tipuri: geometrice primare (dreptunghiuri, triunghiuri etc.) sau sunt total neregulate. Aceste forme au dubla calitatea de a fi atat plate, bidimensionale, cat si tridimensionale. Tridimensionalitatea este vag sugerata cu ajutorul clar-obscurului. Acest paradox spatial creaza o stare de tensiune si imprima o senzatie de miscare compozitiilor.
Gili Mocanu se fereste sa abordeze o tehnica anume, refuzand orice artificiu spectaculos sau orice efect superficial, acoperind suprafata panzei cu gesturi aproape mecanice, egal vibrate. Picturile sale sunt niste enunturi intelectuale dublate in acelasi timp de un misticism stiintific.
The artist Gili Mocanu has answered the invitation coming from Laika to make an exhibition in Cluj and proposes four new paintings in black and white.
For those already familiarized with Gili Mocanu’s work it is easier to decipher the meaning of these recent paintings, as they come as a natural continuation of his artistic investigation. It is an imaginative exercise (in a painterly sense) by which the artist depicts the intermolecular space that in his vision is a geometrical one where abstract linear forms go along harmoniously with the organic forms, the light is dim, mysterious and colour lacks completely. It is an artificial, abstract space, marked by a colourless sunset. The forms that make up this space are either basic (rectangles, triangles, etc) or completely irregular. They have the advantage of being two-dimensional and three-dimensional at the same time. The three-dimensional characteristic is vaguely suggested by the means of light and dark. This space paradox creates a feeling of tension and gives the compositions a sensation of movement.
Gili Mocanu avoids using a certain technique, declining any spectacular artifices or any superficial effects, covering the surface of the canvas with almost mechanical gestures, equally vibrated. His paintings are intellectual statements dubbed by a scientific mysticism.
