Razvan-Dragos---Portret2

Răzvan Dragoș

Each artist has, or at least should have, an area of ​​his own and only his own where he manifests himself at his maximum. It is not so much about abilities as about creative spirit, in other words, about freeing as much as possible from external conditioning. At the stated level of interpretation, everything relates to artistic will and personal limits, be they conceptual or technical. These should not be seen in a pejorative sense, as shortcomings, but rather as ever-expanding borders, as obstacles meant to be overcome. Identity is, in this context, the most valuable asset of an act of creation. For the visual artist and not only, the fact of being recognized through his work or works is the supreme form of professional fulfillment, a confirmation (somewhat objective in his subjectivism) of the undertaken activity.

One of the most surprising contemporary Romanian graphic artists from the point of view outlined above, is, in my opinion, Răzvan Dragoș. A characterization by only a few attributes would look like this: unmistakable by theme, approach, manner, conception, artist who works clearly, orderly, clean, logical. His relative youth (under thirty at the time of writing) recommends him as a winning bet. Certainly, the reader got the idea that this introduction is an argument for the subject, that of contemporary graphics, not a prophecy or prognosis. Starting from the premise that nothing in art is pure chance, I link the artistic work of Răzvan Dragoș to the Romanian school of graphics itself.

 

Mihai Plămădeală, art critic 


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