Radu Comsa

language over image - archetypes of transformation
(2011 - mixed media on linen - 41x57cm)

language over image - archetypes of transformation
(2011 - oil on linen - 32x45cm)

language over image - archetypes of transformation
(2011 - oil on linen - 60x80cm)

work against structure
(2011 - mixed media on linen - 50x60cm)

work against structure
(2011 - mixed media on linen - 61x51cm)

things or types on paper
(2011 - acrylic and yellow tape on old magazine paper - 25,5x34cm)

things or types on paper
(2011 - acrylic & crayon on old magazine paper - 21,3x29,7cm)

study for kaleidoscope (envisioning apparatus)
(2011 - oil on canvas, wood, mirror, tape, coloured bands - variable dimensions: canvas 255x172cm, optical instrument 100x37x32cm)

first “study for kaleidoscope (envisioning apparatus)” falls within comșa’s attempt to mystify the practice of painting. by diffusing the painting outside the surface, comșa is deluding about external and internal content of the work, form and matter, meaning and interpretation. what actually remains within the surface is the abstract strata of paint. what spreads out it’s writing over the original image, structuring the surface and dispersing content through form. one piece (the kaleidoscope | the painting) can be read through the other (the painting | the kaleidoscope).

staircased scenography for painting
(2011 - wooden object, textile, small oil painting on plywood - various dimensions)

recurring types
(2011 - oil on glass - 51x71cm)

painting leftover
(2011 - wooden stick - 153x4x4cm)

transmuted painting
(2012 - fabric, wood, paint - variable dimensions (h 200cm))

diametric abstraction
(2012 - wooden stick, paint - variable dimensions)

transmuted painting
(2011 - fabric, metal - variable dimensions (h 200cm))

squeezed abstractions
(2012 - wooden sticks, fabric - 200cm each)

circulation of form
(2012 - curtain, wooden structure - variable dimensions)