Date tehnice:
Anul creatiei – 1998
Dimensiuni – 220 x 140 cm
Greutate – 12 kg
Ramă aurită din gorun masiv
ISTORICUL Picturii monumentale «La Pieta» de Florian Liber
1998: Expozitie la Filarmonica de Stat din Arad – Ecce Homo, La Pieta cu ocazia stagiunii jubiliare. Curator, Eleonora Costescu critic și istoric de artă (AICA – Asociația Internațională a Criticilor de Artă, UNESCO)
Într-un amplu articol dedicat acestei picturi, apărut în revista Arca (nr. 10-11-12, aparut in ianuarie 1999), publicat de criticul de artă Eleonora Costescu sub titlul Pictura lui Florian Liber sau a fi sau a nu fi „modern”, citim:
«Am pronunţat, intenţionat, numele lui Caravaggio . O cât de puţin avizată privire asupra lucrărilor lui Florian Liber poate surprinde cu uşurintă – mai ales atunci când ne referim la procedeele tehnice folosite -, o inrudire între lucrările acestuia şi cele ale maestrului tenebrosismului european de la începutul veacului al XVll-lea. Dar chiar şi acest aspect nu poate fi luat ad litteram. Pentru pictorul italian din Seicento, tehnica de clar-obscur – ca şi importanţa acordată unui desen ferm şi viguros -, au constituit mijloacele cele mai adecvate pentru a pune cât mai mult în evidenţă latura fizică, materială, a lumii. În acest sens se poate vorbi de Caravaggio ca despre unul dintre maeştrii incontestabili ai „realismului” din toate timpurile. În contrast, în pictura lui F.L., desenul pare a se estompa până a nu mai fi perceput ca atare, dizolvat, s-ar spune -, în umbrele şi penumbrele ce-i învăluie, blând, figurile, procedeu prin care artistul pare a fi urmărit să atragă atenţia mai ales asupra conţinutului spiritual exprimat în lucrările sale. » …
1999: Lucrarea monumentala intra un custodia Filarmonicii de Stat din Arad, director Director Dorin Frandes. Autorul, Florian Liber, ramane proprietarul tabloului. Curatorul si criticul de arta Eleonora Costescu si-a exprimat dorinta ca pictura sa ramana in Arad
2009: Pictura monumentala La Pieta semnata Florian Liber devine proprietatea Complexului Muzeal Arad, Muzeul de Arta, prin bunavointa D-lui Director Peter Hugel sub ingrijirea Doamnei dr. Adriana Pantazi, cf. documentului 854/ 30 decembrie 2009 (am fost in Arad de sarbatori, eram plecat din Romania de mai bine de cinci ani, m-am stabilit in Montreal in 2004) … Deci, muzeul de arta devine noul proprietar al picturii La Pieta de F.Liber in urma dorintei Doamnei Eleonora Costescu decedata in 2002.
2013: Transfer de gestiune intre Filarmonica si Muzeu. Dl. Doru Orban -> Mme Pantazzi via Peter Huegel; „Directorul de atunci al filarmonicii, Dl Doru Orban mă anunta prin email ca a transferat gestiunea picturii La Pieta de la Filarmonica la Muzeu, totodata si lucrarea a fost deplasata fizic la muzeu de transfer s-a ocupat Doamna Pantazi. Deci proprietarul intra in posesia si gestiunea lucrarii care este supusa unei analize in vederea restaurarii.” (F.L.)
CV-ul artistic lui Florian Liber (în limba engleză)
Florian LIBER’s ART BIOGRAPHY
Canadian and European painter based in Montreal City, Canada born in Transylvania.
1 EDUCATION
– Master degree in Art & Media Communication second cycle, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty, University of Montreal, Graduate with Honor and Excellence, 2006; Postgraduate research 2006-2007, Montreal & San Francisco (director of research Brian Massumi);
– Studied the Fine Arts Painting first cycle, Fine Arts Faculty, West University of Timisoara, Transylvania (professor Romul Nutiu, expertise in neo-expressionism abstrait) 2000;
– Studied choreography at Romanian Opera and Dance Theater, 1994-96
ART GALLERIES solo and collective exhibition, art fairs
– Night of Museums is a successful European event organized at international level, Works of art in permanent exhibition at Museum’s acquisitions Arad, Transylvania , 2015-16;
– Suburban Square, Philadelphia, USA – acquisitions of paintings for the conference room and offices, 2010-11;
– Galerie Bernard, works selected by Mrs Mireille Lamarre – manager or the art gallery, Montreal, May 2010;
– The archaic body- primitive markings at Contemporary Arts Gallery, 2140, Crescent St, Montréal – Opening and collective exhibition beside Guy Bailey, Jean Lafrance, Roy Lerner; 12-26 February 2009; Permanent exhibition 2010 ; http://archaicbody.blogspot.ca/
– Atelier Art Bressan studio, 206 R-2, St-Paul W, Vieux-Montréal, painting and sculpture – collective exhibition, June- July 2008 ;
– Alternance art gallery, 2312 Bélanger Street, Montreal, Opening and solo Painting exhibition, from 14 Dec 2006 to 1 Feb. 2007;
– Dancing for Stravinsky at Multiple Impressions Gallery, President Betty Feinman; small graphic and drawings permanent exhibition, 41 Wooster Street, Soho, New York, summer 2006; http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8063/989/1600/dance%20stravinsky.jpg
– Art & Culture Gallery, 227 Saint-Paul Street West, Montreal. small graphic and drawings 2005;
– Vision Urbaine/ Urban environment opened at Contemporary Arts Gallery, 2165 Crescent St, Montreal. Solo painting exhibition from 25 September to 02 October 2004, curator and owner S. Borenstein;
– Nonchalance inspired by German expressionism opened at Contemporary Arts Gallery, 2165 Crescent St, Montreal. Opening and collective painting exhibition beside Picasso, Appel, Miro, Riopelle, July 2004; newspaper archives http://www.ledevoir.com/
Florian LIBER’s ART BIOGRAPHY
2 PAST EVENTS
– Anima e corpo at Königsfelder Festspiel, Königsfelden, Switzerland, 2 Sept 2000, International Art-Fair www.koenigsfelder-festspiel.ch
– Corpus (de)construction, solo exhibition of sculpture, painting and graphics opened at Water Tower, Arad, Eastern Europe, December 13, 2002; http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?data=2002-12-30&id=107603
– Identity – contemporary art and couture show, at the event of WFC 8th edition, Gifu- Nagoya, Japan, Nov. 25, 2000;
– «Recovered Symbols – neo-expressionisme abstrait » opening Collective Painting exhibition, on December 16th, 1999 Timisoara and on February 2000 / Budapest, Hungary, Eastern Europe, professor Romul Nutiu and international artist at Fine Art Faculty of Timisoara (Timisoara recently named European Capital of Culture 2021); https://www.artsy.net/artist/romul-nutiu
– «Anatomic Corpus- La Pieta», 1999-2009, permanent exhibition, Monumental Painting at the Arad State Philharmonic, Romania, Eastern Europe; «Ecce Homo», Dec. 11, 1998, opening and solo exhibition – curator Eleonora Costescu (International Association of Art Critics under auspices of UNESCO, IAAC);
– Identite, dance performance and visual arts show, Candid Mythica Theater – manager and dancer Florian Liber, on November 25th, 1997, Central Europe (grants: Soros fund and International Center for Contemporary Arts in Vienna, Austria). http://candidmythica.blogspot.com/
MUSEUMS OF ART’S ACQUISITIONS
– Anatomic Corpus – La Pieta, monumental painting on canvas at National Museum of Art. Acqusition by art historian Peter Hugel – document of acquisition dated on December 2009, Transylvania, Romania; https://www.paginiromanesti.ca/2010/03/28/pictor-din-montreal-intr-un-muzeu-romanesc/
– Graphics, art collection of Eleonora Costescu and Vasile Varga, Art Museum of Lipova, Transylvania, Romania, 1998. Catalog number 1st page: ISBN 973-98196-9-9.
– National Opera of Timisoara, Transylvania, 1997
Florian LIBER’s ART BIOGRAPHY
3 PUBLIC EVENTS
– The Great Night Fresco/ La Grande Fresque de Nuit, Nuit Blanche Tableau Noir NBTN, urban intervention (abstraction, street painting, large size cm. 244×366, ft. 8×12) from 10 to 13 June 2010, Montréal; https://issuu.com/idee_concept/docs/nbtn_2010/13
– The FIMA (Festival International Montréal en Arts) is the greatest open air art gallery in Eastern Canada, From 3 to 6 July 2008;
– [Re]Configurations: Arts, Humanities, and Technology in the Urban Environment urban intervention in New York City, curator Rochelle Weinstein BMCC, 2006;
– Le Grand Parcours – sens et culture, collective Tribute to Gaston Miron, Live Painting, on September 23th, 2006. Odace Evénements, Montreal City Hall, L’avenue du Mont- Royal, media partner TV5 France;
– Paysages Ephémères, opening on September 14th, 2006 at the Maison de la Culture de Côtes-des-Neiges, City Hall of Montreal;
– La Grande Fresque de Nuit, NBTN urban intervention (abstraction, street painting, large size) 8-11 June 2006, Montréal under auspices of Odace Événements, Culture et Communications – Government of Quebec.
AWARDS
– Honorable Mention – event in contemporary art, WFC in Gifu, 8th edition. Japan 2000;
– Award of Excellence under auspices of Romanian Writers’ Union 2003 – For the graphic design and illustration of Wagram, ISBN 973-9445-43-8;
– Winner and Personality/ Lauréat et Personnalité, Dire magazine – art and culture, Montreal, Volume 14, number 3, spring 2005. Printing on cover beside Henri Matisse;
– FICSUM scholarship merit – research field, University of Montreal, 2006;
– Paysages Ephémères, winner and finalist of the contest 2007 , under auspices Conseil des Arts de Montréal (CAM), Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough Council, Odace events;
– Title of Excellence in Visual Arts Merit for outstanding professional and artistic creation, Arad City Hall 2010, Transylvania, Ro. http://www.primariaarad.ro/files/hotariri/h4263.pdf
Florian LIBER’s ART BIOGRAPHY
4 PUBLICATIONS, art magazines
– Le phénomène actuel…virtualization du corps humain. Art and new technologies (body deconstruction, cybernetic abstraction) 2010, author of French book publishing 176 p. Saarbrücken Germany, https://www.amazon.fr/ph%C3%A9nom%C3%A8ne-actuel-d%C3%A9membrement-virtuel-humain/dp/6131525277
– Parcours art et art de vivre art magazine, Montréal, 2010 no 68;
– 167 mondes à découvrir/ 167 worlds to discover, directory an encyclopedia of professional artistic diversity, first edition 2008 – The Conseil des Arts de Montréal / Arts Council of Montreal (CAM), Canadian Heritage, DAM, Government of Quebec; http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=5798,42657625&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&id=10320&ret=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/url/pa ge/prt_vdm_fr/rep_annonces_ville/rep_communiques/communiques
– [Re]Configurations: Arts, Humanities, and Technology in the Urban Environment, International conference and publication organized by Humanities and Technology Association, Lower Manhattan, New York, October 5-8, 2006, Panel XIV: http://www.humanitiesandtechnology.org/HTA%202006%20Conference/program.html
– Towards a New Aesthetics: Technology, Intensity, Heterogeneity, Litteraria Pragensia – publication of an essay in art, volume 16, no. 32, 2006 ISSN 0862-8424, Prague, Czech Republic; page 5 http://litteraria.ff.cuni.cz/journals/extracts/16.32_intro.pdf
– Florian Liber’s painting or to be or not to be “modern” by Eleonora Costescu art critic and historian Bucharest, Romania in ARCA – cultural magazine 1998 ISSN 1221- 5104 and print of graphic works 1998, ISBN 973-98196-9-9.
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Budapest, Hungary & Timisoara, 2000 – Timisoara recently named European Capital of Culture 2021, Romania;
| Attends several painting workshops & art fairs in different countries (Switzerland, Austria). Artist’s Studio: 3-1165, boul. de Maisonneuve Est Montréal, QC, H2L1Z8 | P: 1 (514) 731-6551 E-mail: chicmetropolitan@yahoo.com |
2 comentarii. Leave new
FLORIAN Liber spune în biografia lui artistică”born in Transylvania; West University of Timisoara, Transylvania; Museum’s acquisitions Arad, Transylvania Romania; in ARCA – cultural magazine” , ca în final să îndrăznească:” Timisoara, 2000 – Timisoara recently named European Capital of Culture 2021, Romania”.
Cred că un artist de talia și libertatea lui Liber nu ar trebui să aibă complexe de genealogie.Dimpotrivă!
Tot respectul!
…affirms my everlasting devotion to art as a form of spirituality, which exists in the present and pays homage to those who leave their traces behind.