Paradise of Lost Desires : Codruța Cernea
Paradise of Lost Desires is a series that began by simply observing what I draw repeatedly. I sensed it as a deep exhalation that calms and facilitates a more relaxed exploration. The landscape is always present, reflecting nostalgia of unfulfilled possibilities, but is also something that I missed in the last year and I transferred in real time on canvas. In almost all the paintings, there are human profiles, like suspended stripes and contoured hands painted flat, combined in simple, harmless and tender gestures. For me, they speak about essential emotional human needs, buried, postponed and that cannot be solved or replaced, no matter how well we curate our professional life, material possessions and lifestyle. – Codruța Cernea
The courage to paint simple and well-known gestures, but which have long been banned from artistic representation, on the basis of taste and ideological positioning, makes them superior to images: they become manifest acts in the recent works of Codruța Cernea.
#18 Dumbrava Roșie street, Bucharest
I hoped it will be like a deep calming exhalation that facilitates a more relaxed exploration.
The landscape is always present, reflecting nostalgia of unfulfilled possibilities, but is also something that I’ve missed in the last year and I’ve transferred in real-time on canvas. In almost all the paintings, there are human profiles, like suspended stripes and contoured hands painted flat, combined in a simple, harmless and tender gestures. For me, they speak about essential emotional human needs, buried, postponed and that cannot be solved or replaced, no matter how well we curate our professional life, material possessions and lifestyle. – Codruța Cernea
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