The dialogue between the oil painting of Ioan Aurel Mureșan and the multimedia artworks of Nataśa Teofilovici reveals the measure of space perceived through the subjective filter – a dense, heavy space, brimming with an earthly physicality, in the case of the painter, and a vibrant, dynamic, feminine space, constantly unraveling, in the case of the multimedia artist. The solemn, loaded anxieties, expressed in a refrained palette meet the sprightly stir coming from the play of the line. The complementary discourses of the two artists are an invitation to the space beyond the immediate reality, to the geography of an imagined “ultra”-reality, that speaks of the self of each artist.
Painted in thick paste, Mureșan’s landscapes coalesce as a spectral physicality. The relation between the artist and the world of his representation is loaded with a harsh, masculine tension.
On the opposite pole, the space built by Nataśa Teofilovič, by means of the new media and computer art, tilt toward a fluid, delicate, and feminine freedom, that cannot be pinned down in fixed forms. The dynamic image follows the uncurbed flow of consciousness looking for a firm ground, but it only manages to leave behind the traces of this progression from a form to another, measuring the interior time of this unstable energy.
Danube Dialogue is an international festival of visual arts, which promotes the contemporary art, the cultural identity, and the collaboration between artists. Since its first edition in 2013, it has welcomed more than 400 artists, curators, and art critics, fostering the open dialogue. The 2020 theme, “Que Vadis, Homo?”, fully reflects the current times of deep concern for the human fate. There is no alternative to life, and the adaptation to the existing conditions is a must for our survival.
More details on the festival and its program can be found on the dedicated website: http://danubeartfest.org/.
