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Alexandru RădvanLe Chef d'oeuvre inconnu - 21st Century, Male, Nude, Contemporary, Yellow2022
2022
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Le Chef d'oeuvre inconnu, 2022
acrylic on canvas
73 1/32 H x 53 5/32 W in.
185.5 H x 135 W cm
The work "The Unknown Masterpiece" (a paraphrase of Balzac's novella – Le Chef d'oeuvre inconnu) is the only one directly referring to the artist's inner turmoil at the moment of creation. Nudity, in this case, should be interpreted as a metaphor for the artist's complete nakedness before the canvas. The works highlight the psychological burden and discomfort, examining the creator-creation relationship. The strokes become more nervous and layered, expressing an emotional state of deep introspection. The artist was opening up about these works: "The author begins to resemble with his creation. I know that it happened to me. I started to resemble the characters I was doing twenty, fifteen years ago. Over time, the line between what I called reality and what I thought was art began to blur. One territory tends to dominate the other. The characters of the paintings begin to appear alive around me. They are, less and less, inventions and more and more reality. So are spaces, lights, textures, and shapes of all kinds, and all are me. I am simultaneously the man and all the women, seas, trees, beaches, lights and animals in all the paintings. They are the unknown masterpiece that only I see. Maybe at some point, I won't be able to find my way back to the concrete, but I can console myself with the idea that from outside, I'll look just like a fool, like all fools".
- Creator:Alexandru Rădvan (1977, Romanian)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 73.04 in (185.5 cm)Width: 53.15 in (135 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Berlin, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU686310694072
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