The creation of Lică Sainciuc, an ongoing experiment

Lica Sainciuc is part of the generation of the 1970s, a period when Mihail Grecu and Valentina Rusu-Ciobanu loosened the shackles of socialist realism and launched their pictorial experiments, which had a huge impact on local mentalities and the artistic environment. Formed in an entourage of nonconformist creators, after graduating from the Faculty of Architecture he started his own experiments. His paintings made in the years 1970–1979 denote an “architectural” accuracy in the conjugation of colors, the approach of forms and the subject as a whole. In the same years he practiced scenography in the puppet theater and in the dramatic theaters. The given period was an essential one for his further creation marked by continuous experiments, in which book graphics became a priority. He illustrated about 100 books, including the famous Albinuța and the Codobelc series, he is a lover of old Chisinau, about which he wrote and illustrated the books Colina antenelor de bruiaj (2000), 333 intersections, based on the text of Ioan Halippa (2011), Hidden Chisinau (2018) and The Little Story from the Family Album (2018). He is a trailblazer in combining computer techniques with the traditional means of fine arts in the Republic of Moldova, offering outstanding samples in the genre of digital art.