Myth and reality in the sculpture of Tudor Cataraga

Abstract

Tudor Cataraga belongs to the generation of the nineties of the last century, who together with his guild colleagues Ion Zderciuc, Valentin Vârtosu or Mihai Damian, directed the national sculpture on a new path of reinterpreting artistic paradigms. With themes and subjects taken from mythology and folk art, from universal art and national literature, they proposed a select artistic language, transforming the sculptural forms into a clear message of national identity. Tudor Cataraga was, in sculpture, different from his contemporaries. He did not seek to conform to the fashion of the time, to accept a certain style or trend, but created his own vision of art and existence.