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Artist Statement:
Archetypal Expressionism
Archetypal Expressionism lies
between the two major
paradigms of contemporary art,
the figurative and the
abstract. It represents the
spiritual quest for common
cultural roots beyond the
tragic accidents of history.
It is a fascinating approach
to rediscovering that Tahiti
of our collective memory
through the shapes and the
exotic figures of our inner
lives. It is art suspended
between the real and the
imaginary, and it needs rigor
and mystery, arithmetic and
lyricism, simplicity and
paradox.
My work concept as a visual
artist, archetypal
expressionism, though could be
considered a new one, it
describes an immemorial
artistic reality. Archetypal
expressionism is indeed a new
concept and yet it echoes an
ancient tradition in making
art, also specific to cultures
of a remote past.
Strong colors, deformities and
a special sensitivity to
imagine the world are not
exclusively the prerogatives
of modern expressionists.
The archetype is a universal
symbol, just as untranslatable
as music. The archetypal
fields are real, a mystery of
the universe. The archetypal
cosmos is atemporal; it only
contains a virtual germ of
time. A well-known specialist
in Mircea Eliade's work, Prof.
dr. Sabina Fînaru, asserts
that the famous Romanian
historian of ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions:
''Text and Time'', September
2004, The Bucovina Museum
Complex, Suceava, Romania,
(included on the EuroNews
Agenda of major European
cultural events);
''The Signs of the Time'',
November 2004, The NahVision
Art Gallery in Stuttgart,
Germany(also included on the
EuroNews Agenda).
''Time's Metaphors'', February
2006, The Velea (...
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Artist Galleries:
Galerie de 4 coins, Lapalisse,
France
Marseille Project Gallery,
Marseille, France
Galeria 7 pietre, Piatra
Neamt, Romania
The Museum of Visual Arts,
Galati, Romania...
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Artist Reviews:
Text and Time - Constantin
Severin
Symbols, lines, surfaces,
spaces. All the humanity is
made of misterious symbols.
And Constantin Severin uses
them to write a new language
of art. A language made of
concepts, feelings, colours
and emotions.
Constantin travels in the
past, in the acient times and
dimensions, to ...
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Collections:
The Museum of History and Art,
Complex Muzeal Bucovina,
Suceava, Romania
Galerie de 4 coins, Lapalisse,
France
The Museum of Art, Piatra
Neamt, Romania
Mihai Sandu Capra, Bucharest,
Romania
Vasile Tudor, Suceava, Romania
Rada Zamfir, Suceava, Romania
Vasile Ilie, Suceava, Romania
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Commissions:
The Museum of History and Art,
Complex Muzeal Bucovina,
Suceava, Romania
Galerie de 4 coins, Lapalisse,
France
The Museum of Art, Piatra
Neamt, Romania
Mihai Sandu Capra, Bucharest,
Romania
Vasile Tudor, Suceava, Romania
Rada Zamfir, Suceava, Romania
Vasile Ilie, Suceava, Romania
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Constantin Severin Biography:
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Age
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57
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
Orthodox |
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| Education |
Post Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Literature, music. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Expressionism - (1905 - 1945)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Paul Klee
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Mademoiselle Pogany by Brancusi
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Music. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I became both an artist and a writer since my early childhood, it was an inner challenge. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Constantin Severin is the Romanian creator and theorist of a new concept on the contemporary art scene, Archetypal Expressionism. A member of the Writers' Union of Romania, he is a journalist, writer and art critic, and has published nearly 30 art reviews and articles, as well as several books of poetry. In addition to numerous awards and honors, he is also a UNESCO Ambassador of euro-integration through art.
Max Sindell
Author Liaison & Community Coordinator, Red Room Omnimedia Corporation
www.redroom.com Where the writers are.
Education and biography
Constantin Severin was born in Baia de Arama, Romania.
He is a visual artist, member of European Artists e.V. Group, Germany and a writer(www.yuniku.no), member of the Romanian Writers' Union (represented by Bodtker Yuniku Agency, Oslo).Free art studies.
From 1991 to 2004 he worked as a journalist for different Romanian publications, but also for BBC and Free Europe radio. Currently Constantin Severin works at the County's Library of Bucovina ''I.G. Sbiera'',Suceava. Fellow-worker of the Italian art magazine ''It's Liquid'' (www.itsliquid.com). He has published over 800 articles, essays and interviews on culture, art theory and criticism, as well as on other issues of Romanian and international interest. He has introduced into our current vocabulary two
new concepts: archetypal expressionism and post -literature, in essays published on the site of the well known Saatchi Gallery of London (these may be viewed at http://www.saatchi-galery.co.uk). The first essay
concerns contemporary art, the latter, an original philosophy of culture. |
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