Lucian Gogu Craiu

A liminar survey finds that while many artists are interested in the painting of Victor Brauner, from Neamt city, few are interested to be registered as volunteers in mantle of his surrealist vision and style. Such findings, overall valid also allows an exception. It is called Lucian Gogu-Craiu. Metaphysical painting appears to interest him and from the dialogues with the art of Brauner there are resulting spiritual similar compositions. The painter actually tries a re-reading of the work of this bizarre and challenging innovative and holds the elements of plastic stage and some stylistic tricks. Thus, the characters are inhabitated by an inner void, they lack any personality, vaguely floating through an imaginary and abstract land scape. Bodiless silhouettes evoke the identity void and the dramatic fragility of matter in relation to the dalinian persistence of memory and of spirit. The painter seems, some other times, free of any possible connections and unprecedentedly paginates images so that the impression of strangeness and random may not be avoided. In fact, what the painter presented us at this point may be subordinated to the idea of a tribute to Victor Brauner. In this way things are clarified and ensure continuity and not...

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• 1990 - 1994 - Victor Brauner Art High School, Piatra Neamt;
• 1994 - 1999 - "George Enescu" University of Fine Arts - Theater, Music, Fine Arts, Decorative Design and Design, licensed in Painting - 1999, class Master Dan Hatmanu and Mihail Tarasi;
• 1999 - graduate of the Department of Teacher Training, University of Fine Arts - Theater, Music, Fine Arts, Decorative and Design "George Enescu" from Iasi;
• 2001 debut member of the Artists Union of Romania;
• 2002 member of the Union of Fine Artists Union of Romania;
• 2002 - "George Enescu" University of Fine Arts - Theater, Music, Fine Arts, Decorative Arts and Design, certified in the Final in Education;
• 2005 - Certified as Detective Particularly, M.I.R.A., NT 10802;
• 2008 - Certificate in the continuous training of the teaching staff, program "Management of non-formal didactic activities", Cluj;
• 2007-2009 - "PETRE ANDREI" University of Iasi - Faculty of Psychology and Social Assistance - master in "Communication, Creativity and Psychosocial Competences in Organizations";
• 2014 - University of Fine Arts - Theater, Music, Fine Arts, Decorative Design and Design "George Enescu" from Iasi, Second Degree Certificate in Education;
• 2014 - Mi...

ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES OF CREATION AND EXHIBITION IN WHICH WE HAVE PARTICIPATED:

• Group exhibitions:

o 1994 - The Young Artists Exhibition,
                   Art Museum, Piatra Neamt
a 1997 - "Human Dimension,"
                       Municipal Exhibition Complex, Piatra Neamt
o 1997 - "Generations Differences" - part. I
                        Gallery "Lascar Vorel", Piatra Neamt
o 1997 - Exhibition of U.A.P. members,
                        Gallery "Lascar Vorel", Piatra Neamt
o 1999 - "Generations Differences" - part. II
                        House of Culture, Târgu Neamţ
o 1999 - The Young Artists Exhibition,
                        Academy Hall, Iaşi
1999 - "Lascar Vorel" National Biennale,
                        The Art Museum of Piatra Neamt
o 2000 - Exhibition of U.A.P. members,
                         Complex Moldocim s.a, Bicaz
o 2001 - Exhibition of UAA members,
                        Gallery "Lascar Vorel", Piatra Neamt
2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 - "Lascar Vorel" National Biennale,
                        The Art Museum of Piatra Neamt
o 2002 - Exhibition of U.A.P. members,
                        Gallery "Lascar Vorel", Piatra Neamt
2002 - "Salons of Moldova",
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