Costache Popescu-Ghergani

I play with colours, lines, ink, paper, shapes, wood, stone, to make my life - and hopefully yours, too- beautiful.
I approach many subjects in my work, considering everything around me inspirational, but everything I work has only one subject: LIFE and LOVE OF LIFE. That is a more recent conclusion!
My father was a painter so I was surrounded by art since birth. I have taken an interest in art since childhood, been very fond of drawing, painting and stone carving.
Until I was 19 I have oscillated between visual art, music, mathematics and economics. The pivotal moment was when I discovered etching/engraving techniques. Somehow, this was actually the starting point, the push button for a more dedicated life to the art field.
For me, painting, drawing, sculpturing or making improvisational music together with experimental movies, are just one big thing. Those are only techniques, expression media which allow me to express myself.
As I said, everything I produce is an expression of LOVE OF LIFE. My PH.D. thesis is called ““Biophylia – Another Kind of Living”. It is a theoretical approach of my body of work till 2013. It contains a deep analysis of my paintings, sculpture and graphics together with a comprehensive study of vitalism ...

Romanian artist, born in 1974. He developed interest in at since childhood, been raised in an artistic environment, his father being an artist and church painter.

He studied engraving techniques in Marcel Chirnoaga’s studio in his 20s.

He graduated the Bucharest National University of Arts in 2003 and obtained a doctor’s degree(PH.D.) in visual arts in 2013, at the Bucharest National University of Arts with the thesis: “Biophylia – Another kind of living”.

Before studying arts he studied economics in the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, at the Faculty of Business Administration ( German studies).

Personal exhibitions

2018 – WUNDERKAMMER, Palace of Parliament, C-tin Brâncuşi Hall (painting), Bucharest
2013 - JUST FUCKING PAINTING, Club Frankie, Bucharest (painting)
2010 – COSTACHE'S GROCERY, Hora Gallery, Braşov (painting si etching, graphics)
2010 –COSTACHE'S GROCERY, Palace of Parliament, C-tin Brâncuşi Hall (painting, instalation,
performance, happening), Bucharest
2007 –Apollo Gallery, Bucharest (painting, sculpture, graphics)
2007 – Palace of Parliament, C-tin Brâncuşi Hall (painting, sculpture, graphics))
1997-2006 –Galateea Gallery– Bucureşti, Mogoşoaia Palace- Cuhnia Art Gallery, Slovac Institute- Bucureşti, Museum of Bucharest, “Harry Tavitian”Foundation- Constanţa, Markt Beratshausen-Regensburg, Germania

Filmography

LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Sentimental Crow Blues – 2022
DECONSTRUCTED PILLAR – 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Silent Interior Silence – 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - A minor groove – 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Gravity stretch – 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Grisaille groove - 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - White man can’t blues – 2021
CITY BIRDS - Variation 2 – 2020
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Enter = Exit – 2020
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Wednesday B-flat jam – 2020
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - RETURN TO PARADISE BLUE...