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Dimitrescu’s collages consist of photographs, drawings, and scraps of deeper meaning. The result is a fresh and clever art with an inspiring idea
paper of different shapes, accumulated in a chaotic manner. With a risk of behind it. Dimitrescu’s art serves as a warning, it screams, “People wake
confusing or boring the viewer, Dimitrescu boldly experiments with colors, up! Conserve our natural resources! Save the planet!” The transformation
structure, and design. Still, the artist manages to consciously add all the of the dark and gloomy warning into a visual form is done in an unusual
pieces together -emphasizing some elements, while partially hiding others way, combining pieces of information with a touch of wit and beauty. Our
- and give them a meaningful concept. The composition of Dimitrescu's ability to consume has become a form of power. We live in consumerism
work is the artist's construction of the reality we live in. Dimitrescu uses world. And the scale of globalization has expanded to such a vast degree
her inspiration and imagination to respond to environmental degradation, that it now affects the entire Earth and population. The consequences of our
which is a tremendous concern today. The artist seeks to awake our human actions cannot be tracked, yet, the facts are present - about two-thirds of
senses. Her collages, suffused with metaphors, intend to challenge our the world’s resources are being used up. Our planet suffers. Dimitrescu is an
perception of reality and happiness. The artist’s work leads the viewer artist who has found her own peculiar language that allows her to express
through a serious of small images that evolve into a larger picture with a her worries and raise awareness of this issue through contemporary art.
(Doneliya Deneva, Georgetown University Washington, DC)
MARKET GLOBALISM 2016 OIL AND COLLAGE ON CANVAS 17,5X12 IN. | 45X31 CM.
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