Vincere. 2015. iron sheet and net. 74 x 140 x 7cm
short essay of some paintings
The Good Thief. 2016. oil on canvas on board. 50 x 60 cm
I poveri mangiano dalla mano degli altri. 2015. oil on canvas. 33 x 42.5cm
Hand. 2017. oil on canvas on cardboard. 25 x 20 cm
Purge. 2017. wood and plaster. 40 x 36 x 37 cm
MISERICORDIA. 1999-2015. oil and charcoal on canvas and cardboard. 20 x 60 cm
Misericordia. 2916. oil on canvas board. 40 x 50 cm
VINCERE. 2015. oil on canvas board. 20 x 23 cm
LEGS FROM BEHIND. 2015. oil on canvas. 40 x 30 cm
Poem to Infinity. 2015. oil on canvas. 29.5 x 38 cm
Martyr's Anatomical Members. 2016. oil on canvas on board.
Scaffolding and Artefacts. 2016. plaster and painted wooden box.
Bone. 2016. oil on canvas.
Foot. 2016. painting on wooden box. 51 x 14 cm
“The works, brought together under the title Xs and Martyrs, were created by the artist during the past two years and they represent his changeless concerns in regards to history, though restrictively seen as traces of the past or relics. The martyrdom, given the meaning of a testimony of the acts and sufferings of the persecuted, is the opportunity that Bogdan Vlăduță seizes in order to investigate, almost anatomically (from Greek, ana = through and tomein = cutting) the relationship between Power and the oppressed, but also between society and those who give their lives for a noble cause. The subject becomes even more challenging as Vlăduță always has the ambition of proving that art is much more than an illustration of life or a diversion (here meaning makeover) supposed to hide its brutal, gregarious appearance.”
Tiberiu Adelman
