the distance itself
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Solo exhibition by Cătălin Petrişor C-Space, Beijing September 21st - November 10th, 2013 www.catalinpetrisor.comTRANSCRIPT
Cătălin Petrișor The Distance Itself solo show 21 September - 10 November, 2013 C-Space Beijing press release installation views video paintings cv contact
The Distance Itself is C-Space’s third collaboration with Romanian artist Cătălin Petrișor, which is also the artist’s second solo show
in the gallery.
Cătălin Petrişor’s better known works would be the oil paintings with schematic drawings on top, dissecting the surfaces, presenting
a cut-and-paste state of mind that is driven by the need to overcome the gap between different realities, both factual and
imaginary.This distance has been the main subject in his works and more recently emphasis is put on a distinct self-awareness
within this feature. This series performs a reflexivity moving back and forth between the space and the explorer where two circular
relationships are implied – firstly, one that is between the image and the artist, and secondly, one that is between the work of art
and the viewer.
The distance consumes the walker, while he is the decider of its length. The decision making process regarding the exact point
where the journey should end is of great artistic significance within this body of work. Furthermore, this also contributes to the
focus of Petrişor’s practice where painting acts as an image generator rather than simply as a method of image reproduction,
mimicking specific realities. The spectator is thus confronted not with a finite product, but with an element from a system that he
or she would want to reestablish in a personal way, or ideally, in which they would take roles as components. This act of
perception, creative in its own right, would then be completed by the second viewer who looks upon the first one gazing at the
painting.
Cătălin Petrişor (b. 1978) obtained a MFA from the University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca in Romania in 2004. In 2012, he
exhibited an installation of paintings and wallpaper cutouts entitled "Geometry of Human Nature" at Galerie Dix9 in Paris and he
took part in "A Conscious Choice for Temporary Blindness" - a duo-show with Ana Maria Micu at Mind Set Art Center in Taipei.
installation views
paintings
Space Grafted on Image, 2013, oil on canvas, 78 x 59 cm.
Desert Farming, 2013, oil and graphite on canvas, 60 x 39 cm.
Desert Farming, 2013, detail
Illusion Is Not an Obstacle, 2013, oil and graphite on wooden panel, 42 x 29,5 cm.
Illusion Is Not an Obstacle, 2013, detail
Too Slow to Be Observed, 2013, oil and graphite on canvas, 67 x 86 cm.
Too Slow to Be Observed, 2013, detail
Pearl Diver, 2012, oil and graphite on canvas, 200 x 154 cm.
Pearl Diver, 2012, detail
Horizon Set Aside, 2013, oil and graphite on canvas, 54 x 43 cm.
Horizon Set Aside, 2013, detail
Sprouter, 2013, oil on canvas, 54 x 59 cm.
Self-rule, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 67 x 86 cm.
Self-rule, 2013, detail
Cătălin Petrişor - CV
born 06.08.1978, Craiova, RO
lives and works in Craiova, RO
website: www.catalinpetrisor.com
email: [email protected] education 2002 / 2004 - M.A., Visual Arts, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, RO
2004 - 3 months scholarship, Socrates-Erasmus Program, Athens School of Fine Arts, GR
1997 / 2002 - B. A., Fine Arts/ Painting, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, RO
solo exhibitions 2013 - The Distance Itself, C-Space, Beijing, CN
2012 - Geometry of Human Nature, curator Maria Rus Bojan, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
duo shows 2012 - A Conscious Choice for Temporary Blindness (with Ana Maria Micu), Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, TW
(catalogue)
- Production as Tableau Vivant (with Ana Maria Micu ), artist-in-residence finissage, Myart, Vienna, AU
2009 - Understatement (with Ana Maria Micu), curator Maria Rus Bojan, C-Space, Beijing, CN
collective exhibitions 2013 #FFFFFF - #000000, curator Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
2012 - Renovation & Collateral Effects, curator Ami Barak, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
2011 - Colouring the Grey – State of Mind, curator Cosmin Năsui, Artists’ House Tel Aviv, ISR, (catalogue)
- Post Humanism, curator Cosmin Năsui, V-Art Gallery, Moscow, RU
- Colouring the Grey. The Second Wave of the Contemporary Romanian Artists, curator Cosmin Năsui,
Art Play, Special Projects Section of the Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, RU (catalogue)
2010 - Impermanence, Hendershot Gallery, New York, USA
- Acquisitions 2009 – a selection, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL
2009 - Fast Forward, curator Maria Rus Bojan, C-Projects, The Hague, NL
- Urban Fictions, curator Irina Cios, organized by ICCA at THE ARK Gallery, Bucharest, RO
- ....Expectations, curator Maria Rus Bojan, temporary space, Dé is Ka & de Verzameling, Barbara
Strozzilaan 314-316, Amsterdam, NL
2008 - Strategies for Concealing, curator Maria Rus Bojan, C-Space Gallery, Beijing, CN, (catalogue)
2005 - International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prague, CZ, (catalogue)
residencies
2012 - Myart, Vienna, AU
2008 - În construcţie - 2, International Centre of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, RO
art fairs
2013 - Galerie Dix9, Cutlog New York, USA
- Galerie Dix9, Art Rotterdam, NL
2012 - C-Space, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, CN
2011 - Jecza & Ross Gallery, The-solo-project, Basel, CH
- Hendershot Gallery, Scope Art Show, New York, USA
2010 - C-space/C-projects, Art Amsterdam, NL
- C-space, Art Beijing, CN
- C-space and MB Art Agency, Art Rotterdam, NL
2009 - C-space, Art Rotterdam, NL
2007 - Anaid Art Gallery, art.fair, Cologne, DE
2006 - Anaid Art Gallery, art.fair, Cologne, DE
public collections - The Collection of The National Gallery in Prague: the paintings “The Next Dog” and “Eye for an Eye” made in 2005
- De Nederlandsche Bank's Collection: the painting "Memorial House" made in 2009
Thank you for viewing this material. For other information, please contact:
Cătălin Petrişor
C-Space
Red No. 1 – C1 & C2, Cao Changdi,
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015, China
Tel: +86 10 51273248
Fax: +86 10 51273249
www.c-spacebeijing.com
Calea București M18A, et. 3, ap. 11,
200529, Craiova, Romania
mobile +40784657477
phone +40351432926
www.catalinpetrisor.com
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