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Mihai Paul
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
LandEscape meets
Mihai Paul
An interview by Josh Ryder, curator and Barbara Scott, curator articulaction @ post. com
Artist Mihai Paul ' s work a channel of communication between the inner Self and the outside world to challenge the relationship between the viewers ' perceptual parameters and their cultural substratum to induce them to elaborate personal associations, offering them a multilayered aesthetic experience. His paintings are rich of atmosphere and capture a new perspective on the world. One of the most impressive aspects of Paul ' s work is the way it accomplishes a successful attempt to urge the spectatorship to look at what they leave behind create. We are very pleased to introduce our readers to his stimulating artistic production.
Hello Mihai and welcome to LandEscape: before starting to elaborate about your artistic production would you like to tell us something about your background? You once stated that your calling towards such form of expression came quite recently and funny enough, by accident: do you think that chance has played a crucial role in your artistic journey? And in particular, how does your cultural substratum inform the way you relate yourself to art making and to the aesthetic problem in general?
Hi LandEscape team and a big welcome to your readers into my world and soul. When I look back on everything that lead to my artistic practice it is hard to pinpoint the exact process that took place; thats why I see myself as an“ accidental artist” if there is such a term. But what a fortunate happening it was! It was in the month of September, 2 years ago when, at the moment, I was living with a family in London. One day I was helping clearing some storage space and there was a broken canvas that was meant to find its way to the bin; instead I took it but with no serious thought in mind. I bought just black and white acrylics and borrowed some brushes from their children( the loss in case of a failure to be minimal) and gave it a go, ending in my first and the catalyst of my works, namely“ Clar de Luna” – which is the Romanian translation for Clearness of the Moon.
So yes, I would say that chance had a big say in the whole outcome. It was a mixture of perfect circumstances, having a lot of free time, without a girlfriend at the time, new in town and recently moved from my sisters` with a private space to enjoy and explore, the cherry on top being the opportunity stated above. I always liked artistic things though, just never thought I would be one to create them. I am a self taught artist, that is
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