
Lucian Hrisav (b. 1994) lives and works in Bucharest where he graduated from the National University of Arts in the departments of painting and mural painting. He coordinated spaces such as Atelier35 and the Multimedia Visu ...
[read more]Blur In-Between
In a counter-intuitive manner, within a context over-saturated with freedom, dialogue tends to become extremely polarised. The apex of freedom appears to coincide with the desire for suppression or oppression, akin to how any surplus distorts the path of pleasure—a perfectly crafted paradox, not based on a simple, linear pendulum-like swing, but on a complex act of self-devourment. We often perceive freedom as an object permanently placed just “beyond” our reach: beyond the neat legislative or bureaucratic framework, beyond the notion of consumption and commodity, beyond embodiment, beyond self-imposed assumptions, and ultimately beyond ourselves. Along this line, perhaps a more fitting answer can be found not “beyond“, but “in-between“.
In his recent series of drawings, Lucian Hrisav radically distorts this binary view of the world. “Blur In-Between” revolves around this (self-)critical initiative of questioning authority observed both on a larger, more systematic scale and on an (intra-)interpersonal level. The body, as a tangible symbol of individual integrity, holds a central position within this discourse as it reconciles autonomy and dependence, need and desire. Similarly, the blur serves as a uniform expression of polarity, able to effectively represent movement in a static sense or as a failed mechanism of partial censorship. The auto-cannibalizing quality mentioned initially becomes evident in this second example, as the attempt to conceal unwanted content becomes an indicator that redirects attention—dissimulation becomes a signal.
Lucian employs this visual expression in a value-subverting manner within most of his post-2020 artworks, with the most comprehensive ones showcased in his recent solo exhibitions: “Și m-am trezit îndrăgostit de tot ce nu vedeam” at H’Art Gallery (2023) and “Signal vs. Noise” at The H Gallery (2022).
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