Katabasis, 2021
Despite Collection 2023
Katabasis
Despite Collection 2023
Katabasis is one of the most complex themes aproached by the artist. Katabasis comes from the Ancient Greek: κατάβασις and it is a descent of some type, such as a military retreat, or a trip to the underworld.
The trip to the underworld is a mytheme of comparative mythology found in a diverse number of religions from around the world. The hero journeys to the underworld or to the land of the dead and returns, often with a quest-object or a loved one, or with heightened knowledge. The ability to enter the realm of the dead while still alive, and to return, is a proof of the classical hero's exceptional status as more than mortal.
The artist sees his immigration from Romania to US as his own Katabasis governed by a lot of struggle, but a needed process. Katabasis is a process in which a boy becomes a man.
* This creation has an inner frame
Alex Sandulescu
Graduation Year
2018
Location
Romania
About
It is important to express oneself… provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience…
Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.
I don't think you decide to be an artist one day. I think if you have the artist in yourself it will come out. I started drawing when I was 6 years old, I took a pen and started to draw anything, and I continued to do so for the years that came. But for many years, the truth is, I didn't do any oil paintings, I just did hand drawings and studied interior architecture. And all my life I was attracted to paintings, visited museums, and eventually I decided to try to paint. Somehow everything I learned regarding to drawing and architecture helped me to become a painter.
Measurements (Width X Height X Depth)
72 X 36 X 1.5 in
182.88 X 91.44 X 3.81 Cm
Weight
30 lb
13.61 Kg
Materials
Oils on canvas
