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Paula CraioveanuReclining Male Nude - by Paula Craioveanu - Female Gaze series2013
2013
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Reclining Male nude. Size 31.5x21.5in / 70x60cm . Part of Nude Men series. Male Nude seen by a female artist - part of "female gaze" series. Varnished and ready for hanging. Shipping from NY. Comes with a ceritificate of authenticity.
“Reclining Male Nude” by the same artist exhibits a powerful and emotional portrayal of the male form, rendered with dramatic contrasts and expressive energy. The composition combines a sense of tension and vulnerability, capturing the figure in a moment of introspection.
The central figure is a semi-reclining nude male, his body angled diagonally across the canvas. The pose, with his head tilted downward and eyes closed or cast downward, suggests introspection or quiet emotion. His hands rest at his sides, contributing to the overall tension in his posture.
The man’s physique is muscular and defined, with particular emphasis on his chest, abdomen, and arms. His chiseled facial features are striking, and his expression conveys a blend of melancholy and calmness. His tousled hair frames his face, adding a dynamic softness to his otherwise angular features.
The background is abstract and textured, a swirling combination of dark and vibrant colors. The predominant black and deep red tones, interspersed with teal streaks, create an almost stormy atmosphere, emphasizing the emotional intensity of the scene. The setting feels deliberately ambiguous, reinforcing the subject's isolation and focus on his internal state.
The painter’s bold and gestural brushstrokes lend the image a raw and tactile quality. The layering of paint, particularly in the background, creates depth and a sense of movement. The contrast between the smooth, sculptural rendering of the figure and the rough texture of the backdrop heightens the tension within the composition.
The color palette is dominated by monochromatic tones for the figure, primarily whites, grays, and blacks, which contrast sharply with the vibrant splashes of red and teal in the background. The red suggests passion, intensity, or even danger, while the teal provides a cooler, calming counterbalance. Together, these colors create a dynamic and emotionally charged atmosphere.
The lighting is dramatic and high-contrast, with strong highlights accentuating the contours of the figure’s body. The interplay of light and shadow on his chest, arms, and face adds a sculptural quality, emphasizing his form and musculature. The shadows also enhance the emotional depth, creating a chiaroscuro effect that recalls classical techniques.
The interplay of abstract background elements with the defined human figure suggests a tension between the internal and external worlds. The vibrant red streaks symbolizes strong emotions such as anger, passion, or pain, while the teal introduces a note of introspection or calmness. The abstract nature of the background contrasts with the figure’s realism, further emphasizing his emotional detachment or isolation.
This painting is a compelling exploration of the human form and emotional vulnerability. The use of bold brushstrokes, stark contrasts, and an evocative color palette creates a sense of drama and intensity, drawing the viewer into the subject’s inner world. It resonates with themes of strength, introspection, and the complex interplay of external chaos and internal calm, reflecting the artist’s ability to capture both physical and emotional depth.
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.
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- Creator:Paula Craioveanu (1976, Romanian)
- Creation Year:2013
- Dimensions:Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Forest Hills, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: Romanian-American artist. PhD in Visual Arts. 1stDibs: LU2240215172922
Paula Craioveanu
Trained in Bucharest and New York as architect and painter. Holds a degree in Architecture and a PhD in Visual Arts. Presently working as a full-time artist.
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