Hypostases of the creativity of Ioan Grecu, the sculptor Cover Image

Ipostaze ale creației sculptorului Ioan Grecu
Hypostases of the creativity of Ioan Grecu, the sculptor

Author(s): Ana Marian
Subject(s): Visual Arts
Published by: Institutul Patrimoniului Cultural al Academiei de Științe a Moldovei
Keywords: sculpture; conceptualism; form; volume; relief; perspective; naked nature

Summary/Abstract: Sculptor Ioan Grecu, a contemporary artist, supports a complex and innovative dialogue with the general public. In his artworks, the plots originate in his search of formal structures, but also it is in his ideas and thoughts. So these structures find unexpected shapes, being shown under various conceptual perspectives. The sculptor is not only a researcher of various techniques, also he is a subtle explorer of human nature, which helps him to convey various psychological states in various hypostases. For the sculptor the human body is a tool by means of which he approaches the transmission of various emotions, suffered and transmitted at the level of sensations. Thus, he intuitively comprehends the fourth dimension of the image as the psychological one. His creative development has begun with some replicas of classic models of nude nature. The sculptor passes through the stage of reliefs, in which the line emphasizes the volumes of torsos, followed by the reproduction of the spirit’s hypostasis, embodied in anthropomorphic forms, with aviomorphic and zoomorphic elements. This hypostasis is followed by works, which represent the sculptor’s reflections relative to the universe evolution. The image in his creativity is referring to the conceptualism, neighboring of the philosophy.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 120-125
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian