Andrei Negura and transposition of emotions into color

Abstract

The present approach represents the vision of a historian on the evolution and development of decorative art in Moldova through the lens of the creation of Andrei Negură, an artist who asserted himself equally in painting and tapestry. He made a sensation at the beginning of his activity in the 1980s with the tapestries he exhibited, shaping a new attitude of society, driving his interest in this genre of decorative arts. His creation, deeply rooted in the aesthetics of traditional weaving, offers outstanding samples of modern art, products of original plastic and technological experiments. Thanks to him, for the first time tapestry began to be studied at the level of a higher education institution, he founded the Department of Textile Arts at the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts, the “Tapestry” specialty. His last personal exhibition, Revelations in Color, at the “Constantin Brâncusi” Exhibition Center in Chisinau, presents him in the fullness of his talent as an author of parietal tapestry, three-dimensional tapestry, easel and applicative graphics, oil painting and tempera painting. Through his complex creation, A. Negură made a significant contribution to the valorization of the national cultural heritage.