71. Suzana and the Elders

Georges Mazilu

1951, Vânjuleț

Estimate

EUR 7.000 - 12.000

Sold

EUR 14.000

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Session

Tue, 22 February 2022 19:00

Every stroke in Mazilu's painting is executed with precision, every figure is meticulously defined. However, the artist's universe is very enigmatic. The mystery is given by the lives of the characters themselves, a life in which everything is defined by the relationships between the beings depicted, between the inside and the outside, light and shadow, the complementary and the ambiguous. The uniqueness of his style is shaped by this effervescent dialogue between the surrealism of the late 20th century, medieval Romanian art and the Renaissance art of the Netherlands. At the origin of his compositions are abstract structures that he gradually builds into representational images. Through this process, the abstract becomes a harmonious mirroring of the artist's feelings through unusual and enigmatic figurative elements. The atmosphere and the space surrounding the characters define the universe of Mazilu's paintings, a universe that reflects the complexities and realities of our own environment. In each of his paintings, the grotesque and the absurd are found in the small gestures of composite beings. The characters play a role defined by the artist, a role they do not want, hence their disappointed, gloomy faces. In human characters, especially female ones, hair is a variable for adjusting balance; a head tilted to one side requires a compensatory rendering of the hair, but hair contains limited plastic potential, which is why the artist metamorphoses it into different shapes: veils, hats or quite abstract shapes. While fragile or unstable objects, such as an egg or a pear, render stillness and focus to the character that carries them. Each painting seems to be a play, a playful leap of imagination or faith into the darkness of the yet unimaginable: it is this movement towards the "beyond", this act of "crossing over", of defying limits and boundaries, which defines the dynamics and dynamism of an art that is as astonishing in its technical virtuosity as is the subtlety and outrageousness of its imagination.

Dimensions

width 116 cm, height 86 cm, custom 86 Ã 116 cm

Description

oil on canvas, signed bottom left, with black, "Mazilu"

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