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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO & SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
CURRENT:
2011 - June 3 - July 8
"Borderless. Drawings in Ink
and Thread"
A Solo Exhibition of Drawing
and Tapestry
The Dairy Center for the Arts
- Boulder, CO, USA
Opening Reception - Friday,
June 3, 5 - 7 PM
Artist's Talk - Friday, June
3, 4 - 5 PM
PAST:
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Press Coverage. Reviews.
Publications (Selected)
"Modernity and Style" - an
essay about Celina Grigore's
art by Valentin Ciuca, art
critic, member of: Romanian
Academy of Science; Accademia
di Pontzen, Naples, Italy;
Union of Writers; Union of
Fine Artists, Art Criticism
Dept.; VP of the Commission of
History and Theory of ...
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Collections:
Collections
Since 1988 to present,
discerning art collectors have
acquired one-of-a-kind
artworks by Celina Grigore.
The artist's large-scale
hand-woven tapestries, oil and
acrylic paintings, works on
paper, commissioned
illustrations can be found in
private collections in: United
States, Canada, Japan, Israel,
United Kingdom, France, ...
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Commissions:
Numerous hand-woven tapestry
commissions for private
collectors in the USA....
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Artist Statement for Celina Grigore
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www.CelinaGrigore.com
I learned to treasure the objects and beings around me not merely for their pictorial quality but more for their symbolic meanings and potential archetypal configurations. On the infinite dome above, I may instinctively contemplate the illusory beauty of flying wings. Beyond that, the challenge is to open my eyes wider and look for the inward nature of flight. The process of structuring my fantasy into the solidity and character of balanced compositions is a key component of my mind and the reason why my life is a perpetual adventure. Dry restrictions do apply to tapestry technique; but when my new piece is hanging on the wall I only remember its rewarding possibilities.
My late tapestries, one-of-a-kind, haute-lisse technique, with an average dimension of thirty square feet, evolve on a scale from semi abstract to stylized figurative. Subjects range from forms of human communication, such as stage acting, to nature and environment, such as earth evolution and wildlife, from mythology such as "The Trojan War" series, to human - animal interactions symbolizing consciousness - instinct coexistence.
HANDWOVEN TAPESTRY - TECHNIQUE
The pieces presented in the Tapestry category are woven in the true European tradition of the haute-lisse (high-warp), a technique using the vertical loom. The images are created from discontinuous "wefts" or horizontal woven yarn. These wefts are interlaced with vertically aligned threads stretched on a vertical loom, called "the warp." This vertical basic structure is made out of cotton while the wefts are made from colored wool yarn.
These tapestries are the result of a process that may take up to twelve months for each individual piece. Each tapestry starts with an idea-sketch, that develops into a dummy incorporating all the main conceptual and formal features of the envisioned final piece. The next step is a full-sized black & white numbered cartoon. The cartoon is the working plan that defines the images, the shapes and the colors of the future tapestry; it incorporates very precise graphic representations of the desired results. A numbered wool sampler accompanies the cartoon. Each number inscribed on a section of this drawing corresponds to a precise wool color. Many times the artist produces a full-scaled colored version of the cartoon as well.
The original designs complemented by the exceptional technical execution make these one-of-a-kind art pieces highly suitable for decorating residential or corporate wall spaces.
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