Sergiu Ciochină’s latest series of paintings explores human vulnerability and anxiety in his signature surrealist expressionism. The Moldovan artist’s realms come into being through his strokes of gentleness and empathy, and we invite you today to enter them and let your worries fade away.
Growing up in Moldova and recently moving to Paris, how have these environments influenced your approach to art? Has your relocation changed your perspective or artistic style in any way?
My relocation brought a profound transformation, changing my life in a radical way. This experience has helped me better understand the nuances and complexity of human emotions. Moldova is reflected in my paintings through structures, dimensions, naive characters, and warm colors, which seem to express a desire to “escape” the canvas, or rather my desire to change my routine, which indeed happened. Whether by chance or as a result of this new chapter in Paris, I began to explore and express this vision in shades of blue. I am now working on a series of blue paintings that reflect my inner state – a period of calm, reflection, purity, and elegance, inspired by everything I discover in Paris. Nothing captures emotions, the intensity of experiences, and the magnitude of changes better than these works, which feature rich technique, large dimensions, and the deep expressiveness of emotions.
Your work oscillates between figurative and abstract elements. How do you decide which approach to take for a particular piece, and how do you see these two styles complementing each other?
For me, the choice between figurative and abstract is not always a conscious decision, but rather a natural reaction to the idea or emotion I want to express. Figurative art allows me to maintain a point of reference in reality, to translate a recognizable, almost tangible story, while abstraction helps me transcend the limits of form and delve deep into the essence of a feeling or idea. The complementarity of these two styles thus becomes a dialogue between the visible and the invisible, a dynamic in which one reinforces the meaning of the other.
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