More than a process of stylisation, the elimination of details is so radical, that, slowly, from the “objects” the artist works on remains the essential, durable structures. With these minimalist shapes – we give as example the girders carved from the tree trunks – he proceeds to creating whole ensembles. They result in abstract compositions, in which aspirations and projects are marked by the triumph of constructivism.
Alexandra Titu
(Galați, 1954)
Academic studies:
1974 - 1978 - „Nicolae Grigorescu” Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest.
Member in the Plastic Artists Union in Romania
Member of the International Association of the Plastic Artists
Group exhibitions:
1977 – Autumn Salon, Galaţi;
1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 – County exhibition „Maramureş”, Baia Mare;
1979 - 1986 – County salon, Bucharest;
1980 - Republican exhibition of youth, Bucharest;
1980 - 1986 – Exhibition of Small Sculpture, Bucharest;
1980 - Quadrennial of decorative art, Bucharest;
- Republican exhibition of sculpture and painting, Bucharest;
1981 - Bucharest;
1983, 1987 – Exhibition Workshop ‘35 Retronature, Baia Mare;
1983 - 1985 – Annual Exhibition Workshop ‘35, Baia Mare;
1984, 1985 - Exhibition Workshop ‘35 Baia Mare at Bucharest, Oradea;
1986 – Exhibition of tapestry and sculpture, Bucharest.
Symposia:
1978 - Arcuş, Covasna;
1980, 1985 - Măgura, Buzău;
1981 - Brăila;
1983, 1987 - Sălişte, Sibiu;
- Sibiu;
1984 - Timişoara;
1985 - Baia Mare;
1986 - Covasna;
1988 - Sighetul Marmaţiei, Maramureş;
1989 - Dzintari, Riga, Latonia;
1990 - Satu Mare;
1991 - Nyiregyhaza, Hungary;
- Groot Schuylenberg, Apeldoom, Holland.
Distinctions:
1988 – Golden medal at the Biennale „Dantesca”, Ravenna, Italy (collective prize);
1989 – Prize by the Plastic Artists Union in Moscow;
1991 - Prize by the Plastic Artists Union in Budapest;
1997 – Special prize for the show Petre’s sacrifice, Ujgorod, Ukraine.
META Cultural Foundation, A century of Romanian sculpture. Dictionary A-D. SYNTHESES collection, META PH, 2001, pp. 149 - 150.
Contemporary monumental works of art in the Covasna county, Arcuş C
Fundația Culturală META, Un secol de sculptură românească. Dicționar A-D. Colecția SINTEZE, Editura META, 2001, pp. 149 - 150.
Lucrări de artă monumentală contemporană în judeţul Covasna, Centrul de Cultura Arcuş, 1999.