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158. Alai [the '70s]

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158. Alai [the '70s]

Margareta Sterian

1897, Buzău - 1992, București
Estimate:
EUR 1.200 - 1.800

References

BUȘNEAG, Olga, "Margareta Sterian", Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1977 VELESCU, Cristian-Robert, "Margareta Sterian. Deep Work", Museum of Art "Ion Ionescu Quintus" Publishing House, Ploiești, 2012

oil on plywood, 38 x 34 cm, signed bottom right, with brown, "Sterian"

Margareta Sterian's works are extensive poetic demonstrations, marked by existential dilemmas. With a body of work from which we can also discern the artist's inclination towards literature, Margareta Sterian explored visual art through grids of lyrical interpretation. Plastic arts and literature feed off each other, and Sterian combines the creative impulse with tangible expression. The world depicted by Margareta Sterian belongs to the spectacle, regardless of the technique employed; she captures in her works carnival, masks, processions, and tradition. The artist has often acknowledged that her work was created against the backdrop of profound loneliness, orphaned from childhood; the spectacle was her only escape "beyond the two barred windows." The need to deepen the world of tradition and spectacle manifested as an annulment of existential monotony. Thus, in Margareta Sterian's work, we observe the pleasure she derives from direct interaction with authenticity. In the 1970s, Margareta Sterian explored the motif of life's cyclicality. The artist created an extensive series of works, including pieces such as "The Bride, the Rooster, and Two Guests," "The Merchant of Illusions," and "Death and the Prelate with an Owl." The predominant theme in this corpus of works is

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