Gelu Stanculescu

Art is my way of presenting both that reality and the one I live in. For the reality around me I prefer black and white works and those on film best express my feelings. The one I take refuge in is a world full of colours and textures through which I express myself. I try through their representation to push the idea of photography to the limit by uniting it with painting.
I love to pose on film. I find it a great way to express yourself and test new ideas. I like primarily to work on black and white film and to have the highest contrasts.
I have a team of models with me and each work is a mix between my feelings and those of the model. By far the best team is with Maria Scîrlet with whom I have a very close style of thinking which has allowed us to test a series of unique ideas.
The works I exhibit are not just photographs. They are my world, either the one around me or the one in my mind, and each work is a way of inviting the viewer to look at reality from my and the model's point of view.

Gelu is currently working with a bunch of creative models, all pitching in for a thriving project called Artonthewall, a place of experimentation and limitless imagination. On Artonthewall you may find a variety of pictures from a broken ball...

2012 - 2014 Graphic designer School Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
2008 - 2010 Photography class Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania
1996 - 2000 University of Philosophy and Anthropology Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania

2022
Colors - Cluj-Napoca - Dacia Cinema September 8-20
Different - Ploiești - Ion Luca Caragiale Cultural Center July 22-28
Colors
- Brașov - Student Cultural Center August 30 - September 5
Different
Different - Bucharest - Nod Makerspace July 14-15
Colors - Sighetu Marmației - Ethnographic Museum of
Maramureș August 18-26
Colors - Pitești - Ars Nova Hall August 4-11
2023
Photosynthesis - Râmnicu Vâlcea Anton Pann Theater June 2-12
Photosynthesis
- Salina Ocnele Mari June 2-11
Photosynthesis Mangalia Callatis Cultural Garden June 24-29
Photosynthesis
- Oradea - Oradea Fortress June 14-22
June
Photosynthesis - Cernavodă Town Hall - June 26-30
Photosynthesis - Târgu Ocna Salt Mine - July 7-9
Photosynthesis - Băile Herculane - Central Park July 28-20
Photosynthesis - Constanța Jean Constantin Center August 1-7
Monocolor Pigment - Mangalia Cultural Garden
Callatis August 19-22
Photosynthesis - Tulcea Panait Cerna County Library -
August 28-September 15
The Game with the Absurd - Cluj Napoca Dacia Cinema August 3-31
Photosynthesis - Techirgiol - Băile Reci August 24-27
Photosynthesis - Brașov - Student Culture House October 3-10
Oct
Photosynthesis - Brăila - International Theater and Performing Arts Festival
- Maria Filotti Theater Sep...