Alina DumitrescuLaurențiu Frățilă

Ion Șinca · In dialogue

Lucrarea Legături Efemere de Mihail Lazăr Epure
Notes on an affective archive · Ploiești Art Gallery, 2024

Mihail Lazăr Epure

Legături Efemere (Ephemeral Bonds)lut · 44 × 23 cm

Mr. Ion Șinca was the first to open my eyes to the beauty of art and to draw within my soul a passion that will burn forever. I met him at my very beginnings, when the excitement of admission to the Art High School overwhelmed my young and uncertain mind. With patience and warmth he gave me my first drawing lessons — but beyond technique, he instilled in me the confidence that I could succeed. Later he guided me with gentleness and wisdom through the doubt-filled, question-filled years of high school. Quiet and modest, his presence had a force that turned every studio into an experience going far beyond mere technique. Mr. Șinca was a noble soul, full of kindness — a man who lived not only for his art, but to inspire others to find their own path.

— Mihail Lazăr Epure, on Ion Șinca

I attended the Art High School and then the Faculty of Architecture, where I discovered and cultivated a passion for form, space and function. I explored many fields, from architecture to product design. Although my professional path has since turned toward other horizons, art has remained a constant, an anchor in my inner world.

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