George Pavel

Born: November 12th, 1953 in Beidaud-Dobruja, Romania.

George Pavel found a new form of dialogue with the open space, the one which the world famous Romanian artist Brancusi had opened in the early twentieth century. The form has a dialogue with the space, even begins to be movable by itself, through its compositional structure, its dynamic character, adjacent to the infinity.

Due to space as a sculptural element, as moldable material, the sculpture appears open, full of energy.

The aerodynamic forms of George Pavel´s sculptures embody "Lapses" or "Lapse Spirals" made of stainless steel or bronze. They produce excellent aesthetic emotions through the harmony between polished and unpolished surfaces. The dialogue between form and space, light and shadow, is an outstanding feature of the architecture of his works.
The idea is welded into the polished metal, the matter is thus defeated and can reach cosmic size, that allow the connection of a deep earthly object to the infinite space. Dreaming and meditating, the artists experiences the purity and beauty, qualities which he conveys his works. Beyond, the artist gets the self-control of his creative force in the artistic creation.

It is the combination of a poetic gift w...

1968 - 1972 Art School Constanta , Romania
1976 – 1980 Art Academy Bucharest
Specialized in sculpture - Prof. N. Adam

Since 1990 lives and works in Belgium and Aachen, Germany

EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
1978 – 1989 Participation in more than 20 exhibitions in Romania
1979 – 1985 Novy Sad, Yugoslavia, Poznan, Warsaw, Montreal,
Moscow, Berlin and Erfurt, Velos, Greece
1988 Sculpture wich Enamel Limoges, France
1991/92/93/94 "Salon d'Automne Grand Palais, Paris, France
1992 Salon "Arts-Inter" Aix en Provence, France
1994 International Contemporary Sculpture Show, Paris, France
1996/97 International Contemporary Art Fair "Etruria arte" Venturina, Italy
Avellino 1996, Padova, Rome, Italy
1996/97 art fair "LineArt" Gent, Belgium
1997 Campaign "at the same time" - Belgian radio - Eupen, Belgium
1997 Years exhibition BBK Aachen / Euregio, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
2000 "Expo 2000 Hanover" Sparkasse Aachen, Germany
2006 "St. Mauritius Therapy Clinic ", Meerbusch, Germany
2006 "Arte Tri" Vaals, Netherlands
2007 "Salle Capitulaire-Mably" Bordeaux, France
2007 "Romanian Cultural Institute" Titu Maiorescu ", Berlin, Germany
2007 "Unique Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2009 "Art in Dialogue" Recreation Society Aachen, Germany
2009 "Critical-Political" Dürener goal of Duke City Nideggen, Germany
2010 "Romanian artists' Edegem, Belgium
2011 Years exhibition BBK Aachen / Euregio, Arcade Gallery Aachen, Ge...