Category Archives: archetypal expressionism

The Birdman

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Constantin Severin

New work belonging to the Archetypal Expressionism series: Text and Time 114 (Birdman), oil on canvas, 70×90 cm, 2016. The composition was inspired by an ancient Assyrian-Babylonian bas-relief. They thought that the Birdman archetype has been created by the god … Continue reading →

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My special guests for the 12th issue of Levure littéraire, Paris

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Constantin Severin

In some years the multilingual and multidisciplinary e-magazine Levure littéraire, Paris, founded by the outstanding French born Romanian writer and thinker Rodica Draghincescu, became one of the hot cores of the global culture, nominated this year for the prestigious Rive … Continue reading →

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Archetypal Head

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Constantin Severin

New artwork of Archetypal Expressionism, my new awarded art concept/movement: Text and Time 113 (Archetypal Head), oil on canvas, 70×90 cm, 2016. The composition is inspired by an old archetype from the Tassili culture, Northern Africa.

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Norman Lock about The Couple (Text and Time 112)

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Constantin Severin

There is much to relish and admire in The Couple, a mysteriously simple (and by that, I mean you arrive, again, at a simplicity of form that has resolved an intricacy of motifs) homage to Man and Woman in physical … Continue reading →

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The Couple

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Constantin Severin

Work of archetypal expressionism, The Couple imagined in a pre-historical manner, with old archetypes from Central Europe, North African Tassili culture and Orthodox tradition from Eastern Europe and an utilitarian archetype, a beautiful distaff used by the Romanian peasants. Oil … Continue reading →

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LOCATING IN THE PAST, THE SICKNESS OF THE PRESENT

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Constantin Severin

“. . . I hope to expose both the moral horror and criminal injustices of the age and to speak to their persistence in our own.” CONSTANTIN SEVERIN’S INTERVIEW WITH NORMAN LOCK CONSTANTIN SEVERIN: Can we start with the beginning? … Continue reading →

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Magic: being in the same auction event with my Master, Ion Ţuculescu

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Constantin Severin

One of my artworks, Text and Time 68, belonging to the Archetypal Expressionism series, was included in a special selection, entitled AVANT-GARDE TO ULTRA CONTEMPORARY, by LAVACOW international auction house for its next event, April 29, 9 pm EEST: http://lavacow.com/current-auctions/avant-garde-to-ultra-contemporary-11-2015/text-and-time-68.html … Continue reading →

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Severin’s Choice: Nathalie Detsch Southworth

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Constantin Severin

Artist’s statement: My fascination is for the eternal, for the ancient and spiritual. I have always tried to find some answers in history and other cultures as to what it means to be human. Bedded in the stream of many … Continue reading →

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Arta Arhetipală&Expresionismul Arhetipal

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Constantin Severin

Probabil ştiţi cu toţii, dragii mei cititori şi colegi, câte ceva din aventura mea în lumea artei, începută mai pregnant în 2000-2001, după lecturi, exerciţii plastice şi scrieri în domeniu de o viaţă; cam pe atunci am devenit tot mai … Continue reading →

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Severin’s Choice: Tracey Tawhiao

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Constantin Severin

Some years ago, when I visited Klee museum in Bern (Zentrum Paul Klee), I was very impressed that the famous Swiss artist, in his difficult financial periods, when he had no money to buy canvases, he used a lot of … Continue reading →

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