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Cel mai simplu lucru din lume / The Simplest Thing in the World

 


Lumea calculatoarelor, lumea maşinilor, lumea blocurilor, lumea mall-urilor, lumea comunicărilor intermitente prin receptoare, prin „postări”, lumea publicităţii, mass mediei, a supermarket-urilor, lumea virtuală şi a produselor industriale – este o lume lipsită de pictură.

Pictura presupune linişte, natură, contact nemijlocit, contemplaţie, spontaneitate. Pictura (am impresia că voi contrazice pe multă lume) nu este orice spoială, nu este vopsea şi nici „artă digitală”. Şi pentru că nu poate fi „pe calculator” nu înseamnă că e menită dispariţiei, după cum nici omul nu e terminat fiindcă nu poate deveni robot; ar fi exact invers.

Nu contest subiectivitatea interpretărilor, opţiunilor. Dar afirm că obiectivitatea există şi ea în aceeaşi măsură; sunt aspecte complementare, la fel ca introversiunea şi extraversiunea.

Nu cunosc nici în privinţa muzicii, de exemplu, o asemenea pretenţie ca toată lumea să se priceapă cum am aflat în privinţa picturii – pictura pare a fi cel mai simplu lucru din lume. Ştim încă faptul că zdrăngănelile hip hop sau pop ţop nu se compară cu concertele de la Festivalul Enescu deşi sunt numite ambele cu acelaşi cuvânt: „muzică”. În schimb, picturile din mari colecţii sau galerii contemporane pot fi nişte nimicuri aiuritoare. Pentru că: pictura e cel mai simplu lucru din lume. Şi această simplitate ne lipseşte.


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The world of computers, the world of machines, the world of blocks of flats, the world of malls, the world of intermittent communications through receivers, through “posts,” the world of advertising, mass media, supermarkets, the virtual world and the one of industrial products – is a world without painting.

Painting involves quietness, nature, direct contact, contemplation, spontaneity. Painting (I have the impression that I’m going to contradict many people) is not any coat, is not paint, nor “digital art.” And because it can not be “on the computer” it does not mean that it is meant to disappear, as man is not finished because he can not become a robot; it would be exactly the opposite.

I do not contest the subjectivity of interpretations or options. But I say objectivity also exists to the same extent; they are complementary aspects, just like introversion and extraversion.

I do not know even about music, for example, such a claim that everyone can understand/ feel it, how I learned about painting – painting seems to be the simplest thing in the world. We still know that the hip hop or pop tzop noise does not compare to the Enescu Festival concerts, although they are called both with the same word: “music”. Instead, paintings from top collections or contemporary galleries may be some perplexing nothingnesses. Because: painting is the simplest thing in the world. And this simplicity is missing.

NP, iunie 2018

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