Description

In the exhibition speech of the artist's last retrospective at Art Safari 2021, art critic Călin Stegeresn noted: "Like still lifes, Constantin Piliuță's landscapes are tests of chromatic refinement and sophisticated composition. Through the use of fresh green, the artist evokes the freshness of his native lands: 'I fought to make Bucharest a bigger Botoșani,' says the artist at one point. Subtly, Piliuță observed that the same Levantine spirit of relativity and postponement of urgencies characterizes both cities, only the scale differs. The painter frames the banal, everyday landscape, establishing familiarity. Piliuță gives a punch to the myth of displacement as a motif; his landscapes are composed in the intimacy of the studio. The seasons of these landscapes are mostly just two: the warm one, of exuberant summers, and the cold one. Piliuță, with a confessional sincerity, does nothing to help this reality be anything other than what it is."

Sizing

Width 40, Height 40

Signature

signed and dated upper right, in pencil, "C. Piliuță, (19)85"

Dating

1985

Medium

oil on canvas

Location

Artmark românia