The fading story of chimera

Curators: Ioan Muntean, Alexandra Gălăbuț

University professor PhD. Kudor István Duka and Assistant PhD. Cristian Lăpușan, from the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, propose to us the project entitled "The fading story of chimera". Their exhibition is based on depicting the human figure/portrait, from two different artistic perspectives. Human figure acquires symbolic meanings in a series of paintings signed by Kudor István Duka, works that are mainly characterized by the expressionism of gestural abstraction, showing a large range of techniques that shaped his personal vision of the portrait. Using canvases of variable sizes and the well-known techniques of easel painting, Cristian Lăpușan focuses on the realistic rendering of human figures, materials and textures, depicting sceneries of his personal universe where are to be seen portraits of those among he lives. This two artistic visions – different, but not antagonistic – are the plot for ”The fading story of chimera”. We hope it will trigger your curiosity and artistic taste for the possibilities of representing the human figure "as a measure of all things".