The 2002 exhibition — Ploiești Art Gallery — The exhibition poster, from the family archive

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The 2002 exhibition

Ploiești Art Gallery

October 2002

The year of the phantasms. Almost half the works shown carry that name — forms that rise out of the landscape without leaving it.

The exhibition catalogue (PDF) ↗See them in the archive ↗41 works documented

The works shown

A chalky white bank descending diagonally towards blue water, under a bright sky. — Țărm 1 / Marină 2 / Fantasma râpei albe
1990 · oil on canvas, 41 × 33 cm

A nocturnal town with white and orange lights, under a dark blue sky with heavy clouds. — Night Phantasm
Fantasma nopții
1997 · oil on canvas, 29 × 23 cm

Churning blue-grey water in the foreground, with white, red and ochre banks behind. — Unleashed Waters
Ape dezlănțuite
2002 · oil on canvas · 50 × 42 cm

An old house with a red roof and porch among blossoming trees, with a stack of maize stalks at the left. — The Old House at Brebu
Casa veche la Brebu
2002 · oil on canvas · 55 × 47 cm

A white house with a brown wooden barn under large blue-green crowns, with a plank fence at the left. — The “Cucu” House in Brebu
Casa „Cucu” din Brebu
2002 · oil on canvas, 49.5 × 42.5 cm

A yard with a wooden cart in the foreground, houses with red roofs and a blue-grey hill behind. — Peasant Courtyard at Brebu
Curte țărănească la Brebu
2002 · oil on canvas · 58 × 50.5 cm

Six ochre and blue haystacks on a green meadow before a screen of blossoming acacias. — Haystacks and Acacias
Căpițe și salcâmi
2002 · oil on canvas · 41.5 × 36.5 cm

A pale country road descending towards a village with a twin-towered church, between two trees. — Country Road
Drum de țară
2002 · oil on canvas · 81 × 60 cm

A white road descending among blue-green bushes, with a large tree spreading to the right. — The Road to Rucăreni
Drumul spre Rucăreni
2002 · oil on canvas · 40 × 32 cm

A landscape seen from above, with an intense blue lake between ochre, green and crimson banks. — Phantasm 1
Fantasma 1
2002 · oil on canvas · 50.5 × 48.5 cm

A white and blue crest emerging from greenish water, with brown hills and a beige sky behind. — Phantasm 2
Fantasma 2
2002 · oil on canvas · 49 × 42 cm

A dark blue wave breaking into white under a heavy grey sky, with a turquoise streak at the centre. — Phantasm 3
Fantasma 3
2002 · oil on canvas · 50 × 42 cm

A rounded white mass with a yellow and pink core rising from dark ground, under a blue sky. — Phantasm 4
Fantasma 4
2002 · oil on canvas · 59 × 42 cm

An old house with a hayloft and fretwork gable, beneath two large trees in autumn foliage. — Phantasm of the house with a hayloft
Fantasma casei cu fânar
2002 · oil on canvas · 73.5 × 60 cm

A white and blue ravine broken into plates, with slender trunks at the edges and a red foreground. — Phantasm of the crystal night
Fantasma nopții de cleștar
2002 · oil on canvas · 42 × 33 cm

Two trees with white and red crowns before a blue rocky hill, under a clear sky. — Phantasm at Cornu
Fantasmă la Cornu
2002 · oil on canvas · 100 × 65 cm

A white hill with blue-green vegetation, red-roofed houses and a stony bank above water. — Phantasm over the water
Fantasmă peste apă
2002 · oil on canvas · 60 × 50 cm

Two slender trees on an ochre bank, with blue water behind and a pink-grey sky. — Fantasmă prin sălcii la Pietriceaua
2002 · oil on canvas · 53 × 47 cm

Two apricot trees with broad blue and red crowns above a wattle fence, with a green hill at the right. — Phantasm through the apricot trees at Pietriceaua
Fantasmă prin zarzări la Pietriceaua
2002 · oil on canvas · 55 × 47 cm

A ravine with white, red and ochre walls under a pink-grey sky with heavy clouds. — Phantasm in the moonlight
Fantasmă sub clar de lună
2002 · oil on canvas · 44 × 36 cm

A white-pink form rising from dark blue water, like steam over a basin. — Phantasm in the Basin
Fantasmă în bazin
2002 · oil on canvas · 92 × 60 cm

Wooden barns with long roofs at the edge of a village, under a white-grey sky with heavy clouds. — Phantasm in November (Brebu)
Fantasmă în noiembrie (Brebu)
2002 · oil on canvas · 43 × 36 cm

A tree with an ochre and blue crown beside a small house, on a riverbank, under a bluish sky. — Phantasm in October
Fantasmă în octombrie
2002 · oil on canvas · 63 × 54 cm

A house with a metal roof beneath a white blossoming tree, with a blue-white hill behind. — Phantasm in September
Fantasmă în septembrie
2002 · oil on canvas · 60 × 50 cm

A white and green rocky bank above blue water, with two boats drawn up in the foreground. — Fjord
Fiord
2002 · oil on canvas · 81 × 65 cm

A close-up of a crimson orchid with a cream-yellow lip, against a green and blue ground. — Flower (detail) / Orchid
Floare (detaliu) / Orhidee
2002 · oil on canvas · 81 × 65 cm

A clump of cyclamen with white flowers and round blue-green leaves, on a blue and brick ground. — Garden 2
Grădina 2
2002 · oil on canvas · 65 × 54 cm

A garden seen from above, with beds of silvery green leaves and drifts of white flowers. — Garden
Grădină
2002 · oil on canvas · 122 × 122 cm

A layered white stone bank above a road, with clumps of trees and a green hill. — The Salt Spring and the Road to Podiac (Brebu)
Izvorul sărat și drumul spre Podiac (Brebu)
2002 · oil on canvas · 64 × 50.5 cm

An orchard in blossom with a dirt track winding between the trunks, under a pale sky. — Orchard in Bloom
Livadă înflorită
2002 · oil on canvas · approx. 38 × 32 cm

A bank covered with pink and carmine blossom, with a band of deep blue above. — Bank in Bloom
Mal înflorit
2002 · oil on canvas · 85 × 70 cm

A grey seascape with a curtain of white mist between the sky and dark, agitated water. — Seascape 1
Marină 1
2002 · oil on canvas · 88 × 75 cm

An ochre shore with red-roofed houses above turquoise-blue water with white foam. — Seascape 3
Marină 3
2002 · oil on canvas · 60 × 50 cm

Houses with red roofs beneath large blue and ochre crowns, under a bluish-white sky. — Landscape at Pietriceaua
Peisaj la Pietriceaua
2002 · oil on canvas · 81 × 65 cm

A white house with a large wooden barn above it, a wattle fence and a conical stack at the left. — Landscape at Pietriceaua
Peisaj la Pietriceaua
2002 · oil on canvas · 70 × 50 cm

A leafless tree with a black trunk against planes of red, blue and white. — Tree
Pom
2002 · oil on canvas · 69 × 51 cm

A stand of silvery white trees mirrored in water, on a crimson and violet bank. — Reflections
Reflexe
2002 · oil on canvas, 65 × 51 cm

A row of acacias with silvery blue crowns on a bank of white slabs, under an ochre sky. — Acacias at Pietriceaua
Salcâmi la Pietriceaua
2002 · oil on canvas · 56 × 34 cm

Vertical white rocks like blades, between dark blue and green shadows. — Stânci
2002 · oil on canvas · 55.5 × 55.5 cm

A conical hill with white rocks at its base, green and blue on the slope, under a grey sky. — Stânci la Podul Cheii
2002 · oil on canvas, 59 × 48 cm

Willows with silvery white crowns on a bank, with two haystacks at the right and a pink sky. — Silver Willows (Brebu)
Sălcii argintii (Brebu)
2002 · oil on canvas · 70 × 50 cm

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