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Panaitescu works predominantly in mixed media, in proximity to formal boundaries. It is increasingly difficult to assert what remains in her creations through a pure definition: what is a painting, what is a textile or sculpture, collage or installation, music or interstice between polyphony and silence. We are talking about demarcations of borders, about uniqueness and diversity.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Vladimir Bulat<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAna-Maria Panaitescu\u2014a case apart. Through a blessedly minimalist aesthetic which she has honed over a long time, with meticulousness, know-how also through tenacious craftsmanship, the artist reinvents Byzantine and post-Byzantine plastic art. Although Byzantine visual art plainly abhors three-dimensionality, Ana-Maria Panaitescu proposes a kind of \u201cM\u00e9pla\u201d, which convinces us that the source of her inspiration is not necessarily the fresco or the icon, but the space shaped by funeral stones, stucco work, embroidery and embossing, all the elements that make the dogmatic transition from East to West sweeter, smoother, more acceptable.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Vladimir Bulat<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart of the generation of painters shaped by the Bucharest University of Art in the postcommunist era, Ana-Maria Panaitescu enriches through her creation the minimalist style. The artist is not preoccupied by the diversity of means to express the living world, the dizzying and appetizing richness of shapes, but by a unique motif. This she passionately studies in her works, attempting to penetrate its hidden meaning beyond its material surface. Because every thing has a \u201chusk\u201d and a \u201ccore,\u201d Ana Maria Panaitescu tries to peel away the husk.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Luiza Barcan<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStarting from mysticism and spirituality, Ana-Maria\u2019s works amaze through the simplicity of forms and through homogeneity. She approaches art through several mediums (painting, textile, collage). The cup and the angel are key elements that bring her oeuvre to life and are transposed in surprising techniques. Paintings of columns and ceremonial cups of different sizes, resembling the Greek columns of ancient temples, seem to sustain an artistic dialogue about content. Although ceremonial cups are often related to offering or sacrifice, in the artist\u2019s creations, the emptiness is that which surprises\u2014this neutral breathing space,  a necessary void in the daily clamor. This artistic dialogue is maintained also in the assemblage works, where the transition toward wings happens in stages, at the level of texture and form, in order later to turn into large-scale textile angels, with wings that come like an embrace charged with emotion.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Silvana Dulam\u0103 Popa<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 125 338 125 325 129 313 142 300 154 292 171 292 187 292 204 296 221 308 233L563 492 304 771C292 783 288 800 288 817 288 833 296 850 308 863 321 871 338 875 354 875 371 875 388 867 400 854L696 533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acas\u0103 Ana Maria Panaitescu Ana Maria Panaitescu activeaz\u0103 preponderent \u00een medii plastice mixte, \u00een proximitatea frontierelor formale. Este tot mai dificil s\u0103 afirmi ce r\u0103m\u00eene \u00een crea\u021bia sa printr-o defini\u021bie pur\u0103: ce este pictur\u0103, ce este obiect textil sau sculptur\u0103, colaj sau instala\u021bie, muzic\u0103 sau intersti\u021biu dintre polifonie \u0219i t\u0103cere. 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