Erotica Sculpture

"The sculptor Lucian Smau can be described with respect to his vision as structurally belonging to the Mediterranean spirit, available for the sensuality of the shapes and even a certain exaltation of them. That is why the nudes have, whatever the material might be, a certain spiritualization, an appetizing tactile seduction, without the vulgar taste of the promiscuous. Lucian Smau feels the shape and expresses it with the naturalness of a Greek master. His vegetables have, beyond their organic consistency, the profound pulsation of the living. Thoroughly polished or mat, porous, the surfaces make the light vibrate in the rhythm of the world’s breath. (Valentin Ciuca, A Century of Fine Arts at Iasi). A graduate of the George Enescu Academy from Iasi, sculpture section, in 1996, the artist is preoccupied with the noblesse which the transfigured material can transmit, through the sculptor’s energy. An artist endowed with mimetic aptitudes and remarkable qualities for catching expressions, crafty and perseverant, Constantin Smau contours his work as having as an epicenter the human body. Both the portraits and the elaborate compositions present the body which recalls the classic ideals. (Andreea Foanene, A Century of Romanian Sculpture). Awards: 1994 – the Prize of the “Marcel Guguianu” foundation 1998 – the ARTIS prize for sculpture – Annual UAP Salon, Iasi 2011 – the ARTIS prize for sculpture – Annual UAP Salon, Iasi and Iasi municipality City Hall 2013 – Honorary diploma – Iasi municipality City Hall 2013 – Diploma for excellence in the A.R.T.E International Festival 2014 – Diploma for excellence “Eminesciana” – Iasi Diploma for excellence in the biannual “Lascar Viorel”, Piatra Neamt