A vast highway, fifteen or twenty lanes, jammed with cars and trucks at a standstill. But no drivers, no horns, no engines, no voices. The vehicles were empty, abandoned, and yet seemed to continue their mechanical existence, circulating without destination, without reason, as if automotive civilization had outlived humanity. Above the highway, trees grew upside down, roots pointing skyward, suspended in a thick mist. Traffic had become a kind of… artificial circulatory system, a perpetual motion of metal, goods, and capital, continuing even after the disappearance of those it was meant to serve—humans were gone, but their creations continued to function. The endless traffic jam became the absurd monument to our modernity: everything moves, but nothing advances. Perhaps we were already the true ghosts, prisoners of a mechanical world that would ultimately outlive us.
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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THE GHOSTS
CORNEL BARSAN
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