LandE scape
Mihai Paul
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
at a subconscious level rather than willingly . As for the texture , I believe it is rendered involuntary by the subject of the piece and the most recent influence I might have had prior to starting it .
In the last mentioned ,” Love is the answer ”, there is a clear transcription of the feeling into colours and how beauty upon beauty gives birth to a feeling of love , whatever does not belong to it loosing every bit of nuance . In pretty much the same lines is the work entitled “ Singularity ”, the point of singularity being where everything exists , being separated from it one being carried addrift into oblivion , given by the blured lines fading into darkness .
One of the hallmarks of your work is the capability to create direct involvement with the viewers , who are urged to evolve from a condition of mere spectatorship urgin them to wonder " what is it that I hide ". So before leaving this conversation we would like to pose a question about the nature of the relationship of your art with your audience . Do you consider the issue of audience reception as being a crucial component of your decision-making process , in terms of what type of language is used in a particular context ?
I wouldn`t go as far as saying that what I wish to stir in my viewers would influence the type of language used . By being truthful to myself and expressing exactly what I think and feel about anything , I believe it will give birt to the recognition and involvement sought in my viewers . Sometimes I fail completely to render my feeling in detail to them , but again , this is a process of healing myself and allowing all kind of feelings , from dark to beautiful ones , to arrise leading hopefully to a common ground of love and acceptance . Most people are not quite ready nor willing to face that soft part within them that is so easy to be pierced and hurt ; so they burry it deep into themselves . The most
I could strive is to create the opportunity and space where they could ask themselves “ what is it that I hide ”; the rest is their decision and process .
Thanks a lot for your time and for sharing your thoughts , Mihai . Finally , would you like to tell us readers something about your future projects ? How do you see your work evolving ?
I am currently working on a very captivating piece , for myself at least , which gave me much pleasure and also understanding of the scope and boundaries that life has . It is entitled “ Creation ” and is summing up very much of this interview ; hopefully it will give to its viewers at least half of the gratitude and love I put into it . The same goes for the rest of my works . Any future paintings , at least to my knowing so far , will continue to reflect my inner self ; similar to Mckenna`s mystical journeyer , I travel in worlds unseen by others and come back to tell them of it .
There is another project that I quite put off for months now , being a bit still attached to whatever I painted so far . It consists in placing in a public location , unknown so far , all works that I still have in posession and let them be taken home by passerbyes . This will take place in London hopefully in the near future , so if you happen to stumble upon a painting left randomly on the street , do not shy away and take it with you . This is an act of thanking to whatever forces were at work , that enabled me on this path , and also to try and bring in focus the power each and every one of us has , namely that of giving and bringing joy in other people`s lives .
An interview by Josh Ryder , curator and Barbara Scott , curator articulaction @ post . com
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