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ENTANGLED- original large blue love couple by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
2023

Name: ENTANGLED- original large blue love couple by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
Brand: Paula Craioveanu
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Price:$490

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"Entangled", large scale drawing pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Couple in love, part of Nude in Interior series. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US. This is a striking and emotionally charged work of art. The use of ultramarine tempera on paper imbues the piece with a bold yet calming intensity, as ultramarine blue has historically been associated with depth, spirituality, and emotion. The medium itself allows for a fluid and spontaneous expression, as evidenced by the dripping lines and translucent washes that give the work its ethereal quality. The stylized embrace captures both intimacy and movement, suggesting a dynamic interplay of connection and emotion. The woman's gesture of holding the man's head is especially tender, conveying affection, trust, and vulnerability. The figures are abstracted and simplified into fluid, interlocking lines, which emphasize their unity rather than their individuality. This abstraction pushes the viewer to focus on the emotional energy rather than specific details. The figures are centralized and vertical, creating a sense of balance and grounding. Yet, the diagonal sweeps and curves of the lines lend the piece a feeling of movement and life, as if the couple is swaying or merging into one another. Negative space is skillfully used here. The areas left untouched by the paint provide breathing room and enhance the impact of the saturated ultramarine strokes. This choice of color is highly symbolic. Historically, ultramarine has been prized for its rarity and association with transcendence. In this piece, it underscores the emotional depth of the relationship depicted—suggesting love that is profound and almost otherworldly. The fluid application of the pigment, with drips and streaks, evokes a sense of impermanence and raw emotion, as if this moment is fleeting but deeply significant. The loose, gestural brushwork is reminiscent of Expressionism or even the spirit of calligraphic abstraction, where the mark-making becomes a vehicle for emotion. This technique creates a visceral impact while leaving room for the viewer’s imagination to fill in the details.The decision to not fully render the figures emphasizes their entanglement, as their forms melt into one another and dissolve into the composition. This work evokes connections to the modernist tradition of figurative abstraction, recalling artists like Henri Matisse in his later cut-outs or Egon Schiele in his raw and expressive depictions of intimacy.The dripping paint also aligns with the spirit of action painting from the Abstract Expressionist movement, such as the works of Jackson Pollock or Franz Kline, but with a softer emotional tone.The choice of ultramarine and fluidity calls to mind traditional Japanese ink wash painting, where every brushstroke conveys meaning and emotions are distilled into pure form. Overall, "Entangled" is a beautifully expressive work that invites contemplation and emotional resonance. It’s an excellent example of how simplicity and abstraction can carry profound meaning. Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it. I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting. My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration. My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in colour and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings." Paula Craioveanu Biography: Paula Craioveanu is a Romanian artist, born in 1976. She grew up surrounded by art and inspiration, in a family of artists. Trained in Bucharest and New York as an architect and painter. Holds a degree in Architecture and a PhD in Visual Arts. Presently working as a full-time artist. At the age of 16, Paula Craioveanu moved to New York, where she came in contact with New York’s vibrant art scene, she graduated from high school and then studied at Parsons School of Design. Then she moved back to Romania where she studied for the next 6 years at the Architecture University in Bucharest and graduated with a degree in Architecture in 2000. In 2013 she earned a Ph.D in Visual Arts at the University of Arts in Bucharest with the theme “Geometry of Space in 17th century Dutch painting”. After this, she dedicated her full time to art, and showed her talent to the art world. Paula Craioveanu works in acrylic and oil paints, but also pen and ink or tempera works on paper. She regularly participates in shows and exhibitions in galleries along the East and West Coast of the United States, like bG Gallery Santa Monica, Dacia Gallery and Perseus Gallery in New York. Paula Craioveanu’s work is featured on the two most exclusive online art marketplaces, 1stDibs and Artsy. Over the course of 20 years, Paula Craioveanu has created several painting series: “Abstract”, “Interiors”, “Nude in Interior”, “NeoMythology”. Paula Craioveanu’s work has been placed in private collection around the world, both in Europe and in the United States. Today, Paula Craioveanu has set up studios and works in Bucharest and New York. Find original Paula Craioveanu paintings, works on paper and other art on 1stDibs. Next: Works on display - December 2024, Context Art Miami.

Creator:
Paula Craioveanu (1976, Romanian)
Creation Year:
2023
Dimensions:
Height: 39 in (99.06 cm)Width: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)
Medium:
Pencil,Archival Paper,Tempera
Movement Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Forest Hills, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: Romanian-American artist. PhD in Visual Arts.1stDibs: LU2240212772212

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