Here is Picasso in an essential gesture: his two hands form a rectangle, like a frame through which he views the world. This gesture, universal among painters, is much more than a simple way of delimiting; it expresses their will to choose, organize, and reconstruct reality. In Picasso's case, this gesture takes on a particular significance. Perhaps it already contains, symbolically, the desire to transcend established forms and fragment reality,… thus foreshadowing the spirit of Cubism. When the artist frames the world, does he reveal it as it is, or does he impose his own vision? Is his frame a truth, an interpretation, or even a distortion? All artists frame the world in one way or another. But are they right to do so? Who decides what deserves to be seen and how we should look at it? It is this questioning of the gaze, representation, and the power of the artist that lies at the heart of my work.
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Medium :
Oil on Metal
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Artwork on Dibond. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Cornel Barsan, born in Brașov and based in Paris, explores painting, sculpture, photography, and digital art, having also invented a concrete-based paint. He employs a multitude of techniques, moving freely from one style to another, meticulously preparing his works and blending spontaneous interventions with conceptual scenographies. His art, deeply philosophical and focused on the human condition, expresses a tension between pain, duality, and beauty, conveying an emotion of existential quest, universal communion, and resistance to the world.
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