Presecan's Soul Touch

I have just discovered an old painting of mine made in the ’90s and I remembered the wonderful time I had at the Art Academy studio, with colleagues and friends.   Women in Blue, oil on canvas, 80 x 50 cm, 1990

For those of you who have the time or are in the Swiss area and wish to see my newest paitings in original, they are displayed between 6-10 November in Montreux. I would be glad to see you there: http://www.mag-swiss.com/index.php?rubrique=home  

Drumul Becasului / ulei pe panza / 75 x 75 cm / 1997 Oarecum s-au strans din ultimul timp cateva idei sau mai bine spus stari emotionale care se incheaga acum intr-un tot … incep printr-o scurta plimbare dupa niste butasi de trandafiri la o mica “ferma” extraordinara din Becas a unui cultivator pasionat. Pentru cine nu stie, Becasul este o zona aflata situata chiar langa Cluj, intre strada Buna Ziua si Calea Turzii. Mergand cu masina unui prieten bun, interesat si el de trandafiri, am intrat pe Mihai Romanul, o strada reper nou aparuta pe harta dezvoltatorilor imobil iari, chiar daca fiinta inca de zeci de ani, umblata fiind pe atunci doar de localnici si de turistii clujeni de weekend. De mic copil bateam toata zona, fiind practic primul loc “explorat” temeinic de aventurierul din mine impreuna cu prieteni ai copilariei, sau in “bande” de indieni ori “cowboy” din Andrei Muresanu si Gheorgheni. Frumoase amintiri, zone salbatice carora “talentul” meu artistic le facea harti, c...

Last January I wrote an article on Checkout[ART] about my personal point of view on the Romanian ante and post-revolutionary art scene. Scroll down and read it: The important point, for me, resumes at before and after 1989, a turning point in the Romanian history, a year which marked the official break down of communism in the country. CLAUDIU PRESECAN'S "REEDS III", 2009 For those who didn’t live the 80s in Romania, for those strangers to Romania who cannot imagine what “darkness” we lived in, I can say that even now, after more than 20 years, I still notice the same thing: the degree of ignorance and isolation the authorities kept us in. I do not refer to the material deprivations, but most of all to the spiritual and cultural ones. It was an ignorance of contemporaneousness, of information, of everything that happens in the free world. There is much to discuss about this subject and maybe it is well-known what the communist propaganda and politics meant, but...

Ground zero, the main and central square in Cluj-Napoca , take a look and for those who want to join this group on Facebook , you are welcome! Union Square Cluj from Laviniu Lazar on Vimeo .