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CATALIN


                     Lives and works in Paris, France
                                                      w w w.catalin-ar t.com


                                                                                             The moment the art - confronted
                                                                                             to the social body – dissolved itself
                                                                                             while losing a large share of its
                                                                                             autonomy, especially the aesthetic
                                                                                             one, as opposite to populism,
                                                                                             dictatorships and nationalism.
                                                                                             When the idea of « uniqueness
                                                                                             » and of «singularit y» became
                                                                                             more and more threatened by
                                                                                             the technical multiplication and,
                                                                                             by consequence, it is perceived in
                                                                                             an absent-minded way, as lateral
                                                                                             and marginal, I propose myself not
                                                                                             to be « connected ».
                                                                                             L ‘Art, happy emotion!

                                                                                             Am I naïve? Certainly, it’s like
                                                                                             simulating innocence!  I believe in
                                                                                             the resurrection of the «pictorial
                                                                                             ballad», from which my decision
                                                                                             of not to be «has the method».  To
                                                                                             the confusion, one opposes the
                                                                                             visceral suffering, to the feeling of
                                                                                             the absurd one of a 20th century
                                                                                             brutal and indecent, I propose
                                                                                             the alternate one of a ceremonial
                                                                                             chivalry...  Existence can become
                                                                                             an endless party!  My canvases
                                                                                             - hesitation prorogated between
                                                                                             construction and chance, between
                                                                                             « prismatic», and colloidal - stem
                                                                                             of a spirit of continuity, coming
                                                                                             from each one other, by a chain
                                                                                             reaction.

                                                                                             Chance or random, my gesture
                                                                                             isn’t just appearance...



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