Alin Bozbiciu
Alin Bozbiciu is a young, talented artist representing the figurative painting of the School of Cluj in Rumania. He excels in the medium of painting in all its facets. A soft wide brush stroke and abundant use of paint are characteristic for his style. The palette roams on the spectrum of earth colors and grisaille hues with very rare color outbursts.
The artist is passionate about subjects of his own private surrounding and the representation of familiar or even related individuals. Animals, especially dogs, star in many of his paintings. The subjects are set in private, intimate poses usually alone and seemingly unobserved. Often their gaze is turned to the floor, their bodies crouched or bent which conveys a feeling of the portrayed people being abandoned or immersed in private thoughts. The dogs reinforce the intimacy of the moment and create an emotional link between the person in the picture and the viewer. After further contemplation, one sometimes spots details in the pictures that do imply the presence of others.
Bozbiciu is dedicated to his subjects in constant repetition, serial work is a main method of his oeuvre. It allows him to study his subjects in different formats and variations, eliminating the clichés of content and representation. This method forces the viewer to look closer in order to distinguish the motives. This way Bozbiciu questions and challenges our perception of images. Despite his painting being figurative it is also extremely aloof only hinting at things instead of being explicit. Much is left ambiguous and open for interpretation or associations of the viewer. His big brush strokes are a tool to convey emotions and sensuality not enunciate content. Hence his work demands to be looked at again and again in order to be seen. They reveal their chore qualities when met with devotion.
Alin Bozbiciu is a young, talented artist representing the figurative painting of the School of Cluj in Rumania. He excels in the medium of painting in all its facets. A soft wide brush stroke and abundant use of paint are characteristic for his style. The palette roams on the spectrum of earth colors and grisaille hues with very rare color outbursts.
The artist is passionate about subjects of his own private surrounding and the representation of familiar or even related individuals. Animals, especially dogs, star in many of his paintings. The subjects are set in private, intimate poses usually alone and seemingly unobserved. Often their gaze is turned to the floor, their bodies crouched or bent which conveys a feeling of the portrayed people being abandoned or immersed in private thoughts. The dogs reinforce the intimacy of the moment and create an emotional link between the person in the picture and the viewer. After further contemplation, one sometimes spots details in the pictures that do imply the presence of others.
Bozbiciu is dedicated to his subjects in constant repetition, serial work is a main method of his oeuvre. It allows him to study his subjects in different formats and variations, eliminating the clichés of content and representation. This method forces the viewer to look closer in order to distinguish the motives. This way Bozbiciu questions and challenges our perception of images. Despite his painting being figurative it is also extremely aloof only hinting at things instead of being explicit. Much is left ambiguous and open for interpretation or associations of the viewer. His big brush strokes are a tool to convey emotions and sensuality not enunciate content. Hence his work demands to be looked at again and again in order to be seen. They reveal their chore qualities when met with devotion.
