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Severin’s Choice: Ovidiu Maitec

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Constantin Severin

« L’histoire nous rapproche, nous fascine, nous bouleverse » Entretien avec le sculpteur roumain Ovidiu Maïtec, réalisé en 2001 par Constantin Severin « Ovidiu Maïtec , un nom dont la douce sonorité rappelle la surface soyeuse du bois, striée par … Continue reading →

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Severin’s Choice: Ion Bolocan

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Constantin Severin

Artist Statement: “A sculptor lives through his works, and that is why each one of his creations is – to him- a piece of his soul. Mainly, my sculptures represent the human body and no matter how hard I would … Continue reading →

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Severin’s Alphabet

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Constantin Severin

I always thought that the so called pre-historical cultures (I prefer to label them primordial cultures), are more complex and refined than we usually know. In Romania the archeologists already discovered large cities from the primordial age, the time when … 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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Severin’s Choice: Michal Trpk

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Constantin Severin

An overhelming testament of the human condition An outstanding member of the Archetypal Expressionism Group, Michal Trpk is one of the best international young artist of the XXIth century, a visual artist with a fresh and moving vision, guided by … 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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A Challenge: Archetypal Expressionism Art Gallery

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Constantin Severin

Probably the best international visual artists who represent the new awarded art concept/movement, Archetypal Expressionism, are now together in a virtual art gallery: http://archetypalexpressionism.com/ I hope this conceptual art group will be a challenge for the international art market and … Continue reading →

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The Archetypal Expressionism

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Constantin Severin

Archetypal Expressionism lies between the two major paradigms of contemporary art, the figurative and the abstract. It represents the spiritual quest for common cultural roots beyond the tragic accidents of history. It is a fascinating approach to rediscovering that Tahiti … Continue reading →

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’’Pe toţi istoria ne apropie, ne fascinează, ne tulbură’’

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Constantin Severin

Dialog cu sculptorul Ovidiu MAITEC ’’Ovidiu Maitec, un nume ale cărui blânde sonorităţi amintesc de atingerea de mătase şi de lumină, cu striaţii de amurg, a lemnului. După dispariţia unor monştri sacri precum Eliade, Cioran, Ionesco, Culianu, Apostu, pe care … Continue reading →

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Un artist al timpului simultan: Constantin Severin

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Constantin Severin

Un artist al timpului simultan: Constantin Severin Monocromie. Galben, în Ierarhia Luminii – aşa cum îşi intitulează Constantin Severin unul dintre ciclurile esenţiale. Dincolo de cota autorului, dincolo de preţul cu care a fost vândută, pentru mine lucrarea Text şi … Continue reading →

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