'Receptor' is an exhibition that gathers Liviu Mihai's latest works in a daring project of contemporary art. The major themes of this project reveal political, social and human aspects.
RECEPTOR is an exhibition that gathers Liviu Mihai’s latest works in a
daring project of contemporary art. Mihai’s concept about the
contemporary artist who is conceived as a mediator between society
and the surrounding world. The major themes of this project reveal
political, social and human aspects, from actual figures belonging to
Romania’s short monarchal history to Freudian elements or complex
introspection processes of the human body. Mihai resorts to inspirational
techniques using brush strokes of oil, acrylic, pastel or watercolours
sometimes painting directly over the collage.
The maturity of an artist comes undoubtedly from his target viewers
without neglecting the structural changes behind. Despite all the turmoil
and transformation specific to an entity endowed with a frame, the human being gets a prominent place. The
background is not a priority, and light density is a factor that can fool the eye; what seems a dull area on the
surface of a human body widens psychological contact. Captivated by the concepts of transformation/becom-
ing, the artist tackles the human figure in terms of degradation or coming back into his animal state in relevant
paintings like Behind, Transforming Flesh and Devore. It is a subconscious connection between the rational
being and his animal instincts and from one form to another there is but a tiny step.
Originally interpreting the psychological and social facets of the human nature, Mihai’s recognition has
materialised in a 3rd Prize Winner Best Artist Award bestowed by Oxford International Art Fair in 2014. His
paintings juxtapose elements of human figures and natural settings in a unique concept trying to render the
abstract through the material. His forms dimly perceived at first become more and more alive
with contemplation.
Image: Liviu Mihai
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Andreea Belba, belbaandreea@yahoo.com
Opening: Monday 9 March 2015
Nancy Victor gallery
6 Charlotte Street
London