Although painting is the artist’s medium of choice, for this exhibition, Marius Bercea experiments with unusual media such as drawing with plaster or pyrography on carving.
Bercea’s art is based generally on memory and the theme of this exhibition is no exception. The drawing with plaster depicts a vague, diluted landscape, where one can see the geometrical structure of some stairs crossing it. The gray tones sprayed on the white-yellowish substance of the plaster give the image the air of a relic.
The pyrography on carving assembled on the opposite wall shows a group of characters posing in front of a monument – a pretext for a family album picture. The two images are contrasting; the drawing has modulated tones of gray and white, while the pyropraghy has effects of light and dark. There are two images that correspond to day and night memory respectively, apparently far apart but completing each other through juxtaposition.
The working materials are not randomly chosen, both the wood of the carving and the plaster are materials that change under the passing of time, confining its memory and having the power to evoke the viewer personal memories.
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Mediul predilect in care se manifesta Marius Bercea este pictura, insa pentru aceasta expozitie artistul experimenteaza medii neconventionale de exprimare cum ar fi desenul cu glet pe perete sau pirogravura pe lambriuri.
Arta lui Bercea se concentreaza in general pe ideea de amintire, iar tema acestei expozitii nu face exceptie. Desenul in glet pe perete reprezinta un peisaj diluat, vag, in care se citeste structura geometrica a unor scari care il traverseaza. Tonurile de gri pulverizate pe materia alb-galbuie a gletului dau un aspect de relicva imaginii.
Pirogravura pe lambriuri asamblata pe peretele opus desenului in glet infatiseaza un grup de personaje care se pozeaza in fata unui monument – un pretext pentru o fotografie de pus in albumul de familie. Cele doua imagini sunt contrastante, desenul in glet are tonuri modulate de gri si alb, iar imaginea din pirogravura are efecte de clar-obscur. Sunt doua imagini care corespund memoriei diurne si memoriei nocturne, aparent disparate, dar care se completeaza prin asociere.
Materialele de lucru nu sunt alese intamplator, atat lemnul lambriurilor cat si gletul sunt materiale care suporta invechirea, memoreaza efectele timpului si au puterea de a evoca privitorului amintiri personale.
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Although painting is the artist’s medium of choice, for this exhibition, Marius Bercea experiments with unusual media such as drawing with plaster or pyrography on carving.
Bercea’s art is based generally on memory and the theme of this exhibition is no exception. The drawing with plaster depicts a vague, diluted landscape, where one can see the geometrical structure of some stairs crossing it. The gray tones sprayed on the white-yellowish substance of the plaster give the image the air of a relic.
The pyrography on carving assembled on the opposite wall shows a group of characters posing in front of a monument – a pretext for a family album picture. The two images are contrasting; the drawing has modulated tones of gray and white, while the pyropraghy has effects of light and dark. There are two images that correspond to day and night memory respectively, apparently far apart but completing each other through juxtaposition.
The working materials are not randomly chosen, both the wood of the carving and the plaster are materials that change under the passing of time, confining its memory and having the power to evoke the viewer personal memories.
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