Being officially proclaimed, by government order, the “Cultural Year of Dimitrie Cantemir and Ciprian Porumbescu”, 2023 is also the year when the Romanian renowned painter, Ciprian Istrate, has completed an impressive artistic work by which he renders/expresses his vision about the above mentioned personalities. The portraits were painted on travertine and will be displayed as part of a special project dedicated to commemorating/celebrating the cultural and spiritual heritage…
n 1917, Duchamp raised an ordinary object, a urinal, to the dignity of art by signing it and placing it upon a pedestal. Now, Ciprian Istrate throws one of his artworks to the swine.
Art does not “deteriorate” but transforms itself by absorbing the emotions, the perceptions, the thoughts of those who admire it, assume it, or aim to destroy it. Both beauty and equilibrium appear when the works of art are let go in their fluidness…
Finally, Is’topia arrives in Bucharest from a provincial town, Piatra Neamț. One of the painting from the collection travelled to Venice, bing exhibited at dedicated event for art, during the same period with the Venice Biennale.
The personal philosophy of the artist is clear: art remains art, regardless of how the others perceive it…
