Artist Information:
Florin Ion Firimita
Winchester, CT
United States
Member Since: Oct 2001
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Artist Statement:
ARTIST STATEMENT
I have been living in the
United States since the summer
of 1990. When I arrived here,
I had no sense of direction,
artistic or otherwise.
Shifting from my artistic
beliefs rooted in a classical/
humanistic tradition to the
fast-pace of a commercial
culture was bewildering and
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED EXHIBITS
2009 - 15th Anniversary
Retrospective, The Wisdom
House, Litchfield
- The Litchfield Jazz
Festival, CT
- Square Foot Show,
Artwell Gallery, Torington, CT
- Vignone Gallery,
Glastonbury, CT
- Show for a Show,
Artwell Gallery, Torrington,
CT
- The Living Room
Gallery, NYC
- Good News Café,
Woodbury, CT
- Naugatuck Valley
College, Waterbury, CT
2007 - ...
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Artist Reviews:
They are broken but beautiful
Artist's collages reflect a
dark past in Romania
BY TRACEY O'SHAUGHNESSY >
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
The women avert their gaze.
They look downward, or away.
They are blinded, by ribbon or
reluctance. They turn their
backs. They shut their eyes.
They offer beauty that rots
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Collections:
• St. Francis Medical Center,
Hartford, Connecticut
• Diane Marr, New Hartford,
Connecticut
• Prof. Ilene Reiner,
Connecticut
• Higher Education Center,
Waterbury, Connecticut
• Nell Vismantas, California
• Semina de Laurentis,
Connecticut
• Ruth Lesser Collection,
Connecticut
• Don & Linda Batt Collection,
New York
• Gerda Bolingbroke,
Connecticut
• Karen VanSeters, San
Francisco, California
• Ann Reid, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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Florin Ion Firimita's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Florin Ion Firimita's Portfolio.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I have been living in the United States since the summer of 1990. When I arrived here, I had no sense of direction, artistic or otherwise. Shifting from my artistic beliefs rooted in a classical/ humanistic tradition to the fast-pace of a commercial culture was bewildering and exciting in the same time. It took me years of immersing into my new environment in order to find a sense of purpose for what I am doing artistically today. Sometimes during the past three years, a radical shift happened in my art. I have reached a point when being comfortable with my techniques (Eastern European, classically-trained easel painter) became a roadblock. I didn’t have to please anyone. I started looking for a new language based on my divided identity, between Europe and the United States. America is primarily a visual culture. How do we choose? How do we find meaning in this visual pandemonium? Some images are subversive, and feel like rust, slowly decaying our perception of reality. Then, there are the one-nightstands of commercial photography, the streets, the museums, the television, the ads, the movies, the fashion statements, the unforgettable and the forgivable. Other images, ... |
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Temple, 2005
Mixed Media,
24 x 30 X 1 inches
Availability: Sold
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