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Contemporary Landscape - 101 Paintings from Florica and Vasile Petrovici collection
Exploring the figurative
Ever since it has been part of the structure of
the National Museum of the Union in Alba Iulia,
Museikon’s expositional space has been striving
to contour its own individuality, through events
that remain in the public consciousness through
their formative role in the domain of sacred art
and old printings. As the first museums – erected
in the dawn of modern history – were originally
private collections, paying homage to collectors,
art collectors in particular, may well represent
a strength on the agenda of any contemporary
museum, through its contribution towards the
enrichment of the national (and, undoubtedly,
universal) heritage.
The present collection gathers an impressive
number of works belonging to artists with
resonant names in Romanian art and reflects
the manner in which Florica and Vasile Petrovici
perceived the artistic initiative in its ensemble
(concept, composition, chromatics). It should
be noted that, although they belong to different
generations of artists, these art works are
composed in a unitary manner, become the fresco
of an era, of the stylistic approaches practiced by
the Romanian school of painting, which makes
them relevant for a given historical period. One
may speak of an almost archaeological study
of identifying artists, but also of collectors who
nurture the same passion, Vasile Petrovici being
the author of a Dictionary of art collectors in
Romania, a volume that facilitates the knowledge
and mapping of a huge plastic repertoire
belonging to private collections.
Extrapolating from literature, one can speak
of an ars poetica of the collector, of his ability
to lean on the work of art according to norms
educated through his own reading and research.
The Petrovici collection reveals a stylistic universe
of the figurative constructed through nervous
or seated touches, knife gestures or graphic
overlaps, violets with yellow or green, reddish
ochre tempered with grey. Portraits, landscapes
and static natures, all recount us an admirably
told story, in a universe of the reception (eyes)
and of the sensory (soul). The elements of plastic
language coexist harmoniously, they enter into
a relationship with each other and with the
entire work, establishing the relationships that
define the unity of the artistic creation. Florica
and Vasile Petrovici designed a personal universe
and, through the assumed aesthetic canons,
they produce a pattern of historicity, a plastic
reflection of an era through the informative
content offered.
The Petrovici collection, beyond the visual
information provided, presents a route of the
collector in his own becoming, an exploration in
a figurative plastic register, building an artistic
fresco of the Romanian culture. It celebrates
and capitalizes on artistic work and builds an
ideal relationship between the reality of matter
(painting) and the reality of spirit (perception).
Hosting a part of it in the Museikon expositional
space honours and enjoys us both, representing
a joyful occasion to introduce the Alba Iulia
audience and not only into a wonderful universe
of form and content.
Daniela Burnete, curator of the exhibition
Author: Petrovici Vasile /Daniela Burnete
Publishing Year: 2020
Publishing House: MEGA/Muzeul Național al Unirii Alba Iulia
Number of pages: 176
