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Paula Craioveanu
A Space for Two original blue ultramarine nude by Paula Craioveanu
2024

Name: A Space for Two original blue ultramarine nude by Paula Craioveanu
Brand: Paula Craioveanu
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"A Space for Two", Space for love and passion. Part of "Nude in Interior" series. Original work on colored paper, with blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Matisse. Size 2is 7.5x19.5in / 70x50cm . Shipped rolled in a tube. Get free shipping with 1stdibs code for items over $500.. This piece is striking, with its use of ultramarine blue on vivid red paper creating a powerful and energetic contrast. The technique of using tempera highlights the artist’s ability to balance fluidity and control. The gestural brushstrokes suggest movement and emotion, while the semi-abstracted forms are evocative of Henri Matisse’s figurative works, particularly his later "cut-out" period, where the essence of form was distilled into bold shapes and colors. The ultramarine blue against the red background immediately grabs the viewer’s attention. This complementary pairing generates visual tension and dynamism, characteristic of modernist expression.The vibrant background gives a sense of vitality, while the blue forms provide a cooling counterbalance, reminiscent of Fauvist use of color. The fluid, dripping quality of the blue paint suggests spontaneity and emotional immediacy. It also adds depth and texture, evoking a sense of corporeal or visceral presence. The transparency of the strokes and overlapping forms introduce a layered effect, creating an interplay between figure and ground. This piece depicts a couple in an embrace. The fluid and gestural forms have an intimate and emotional resonance. The viewer now sees not just abstract shapes but the suggestion of connection, tenderness, and shared vulnerability between two figures. The overlapping and interwoven blue forms create a sense of unity, reinforcing the intimacy of the embrace. The male arms wrapping around the female figure are protective and grounding, suggesting care and emotional security.The female figure's bust, with its softer, rounded lines, contrasts with the angularity of the male arms, symbolizing a duality of strength and gentleness. The gestural brushstrokes lend movement to the piece, capturing the fleeting, dynamic nature of human touch and connection. It feels as though the couple is frozen in a moment of passion, warmth, or comfort. The drips of paint, almost like tears or sweat, give a raw, visceral quality to the depiction of intimacy, as if the emotional weight of the embrace is palpable. The ultramarine blue, often associated with depth, tranquility, and spirituality, could symbolize the emotional or even transcendent connection between the two figures. The red background, intense and vibrant, suggests passion, vitality, and life force. Together, the colors amplify the interplay of emotional calm and fiery energy inherent in human intimacy. The deliberate abstraction avoids specific facial features or details, making the figures universal and inviting viewers to project their own experiences of connection and love onto the piece. The fragmented representation of the couple implies a merging of identities, a becoming of "one," while still retaining distinct elements of individuality, such as the male arms and the female bust. This artwork aligns beautifully with Matisse’s philosophy of reducing forms to their essence while retaining emotional impact. The couple’s embrace is distilled into elemental lines and shapes, capturing the core feeling of closeness rather than focusing on representational accuracy. In this way, the artist engages with themes of love and connection in a way that transcends time and culture. The boldness of the work suggests a contemporary sensibility, one that embraces the imperfections and intensity of human emotion. It may also reflect a celebration of human relationships in their simplest, most vulnerable form—a universal theme that resonates deeply. This piece captures the essence of an intimate moment with great emotional power, using abstraction to universalize the theme of human connection. It invites viewers to feel rather than simply observe, which is a hallmark of impactful art. Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it. I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting. My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration. My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in colour and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings." Paula Craioveanu Biography: Paula Craioveanu is a Romanian artist, born in 1976. She grew up surrounded by art and inspiration, in a family of artists. Trained in Bucharest and New York as an architect and painter. Holds a degree in Architecture and a PhD in Visual Arts. Presently working as a full-time artist. At the age of 16, Paula Craioveanu moved to New York, where she came in contact with New York’s vibrant art scene, she graduated from high school and then studied at Parsons School of Design. Then she moved back to Romania where she studied for the next 6 years at the Architecture University in Bucharest and graduated with a degree in Architecture in 2000. In 2013 she earned a Ph.D in Visual Arts at the University of Arts in Bucharest with the theme “Geometry of Space in 17th century Dutch painting”. After this, she dedicated her full time to art, and showed her talent to the art world. Paula Craioveanu works in acrylic and oil paints, but also pen and ink or tempera works on paper. She regularly participates in shows and exhibitions in galleries along the East and West Coast of the United States, like bG Gallery Santa Monica, Dacia Gallery and Perseus Gallery in New York. Paula Craioveanu’s work is featured on the two most exclusive online art marketplaces, 1stDibs and Artsy. Over the course of 20 years, Paula Craioveanu has created several painting series: “Abstract”, “Interiors”, “Nude in Interior”, “NeoMythology”. Paula Craioveanu’s work has been placed in private collection around the world, both in Europe and in the United States. Today, Paula Craioveanu has set up studios and works in Bucharest and New York. Find original Paula Craioveanu paintings, works on paper and other art on 1stDibs. Next: Works on display - December 2024, Context Art Miami.

Creator:

Paula Craioveanu (1976, Romanian)

Creation Year:

2024

Dimensions:

Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Depth: 0.2 in (5.08 mm)

Medium:

Paper,Tempera

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

2010-

Condition:

Gallery Location:

Forest Hills, NY

Reference Number:

Seller: Romanian-American artist. PhD in Visual Arts. 1stDibs: LU2240214054532

$800

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Tempera, Gouache, Color Pencil

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