Oana Farcas Oana Farcas born in 1981 in Romania, lives and works in Cluj-Napoca and New York Im Herzen des Farcas 'Praxis ist Porträtmalerei. Portraits von Frauen, Männer und Kinder, reale und fiktive, Parade über ihre Bretter und Leinwände.In der Größe von der winzigen Welt der Miniatur, zu großen Massenszenen, liefert Farcas Arbeit ein buntes Ensemble von Zeichen. Manchmal Farcas tendiert phantasievoll, die Kombination von Tieren oder anthropomorphe Wesen mit ihren vollständig menschlichen Figuren;Zeichnung aus der Mythologie und Märchen, die oft aus ihrer Heimat rumänischen Erbe bezogen. Immer aber ist es möglich, Farcas sich in der Arbeit zu finden: Diese Welt der Farcas könnte als zwischen der sichtbaren und unsichtbaren beschrieben werden. Was sie fühlt und "sieht" in ihrem inneren Auge wird durch gesehen kombiniert und fühlte Erfahrungen in der Realität und wer sagt, dass man weniger real als der andere, wenn beide in Erinnerungen übersetzt werden, und nachdem beide werden neu geboren und Co existent auf dem Gelände ihrer Bilder? Farcas Gemälde sicherlich eine traumhafte Qualität über sie. Aber inmitten der weichen, nebligen Umgebung schafft sie, gibt es eine greifbare Körperlichkeit. Die Zahlen sind robust, leidenschaftlich Kreaturen voll mit Emotionen und oft dargestellt Mitte Aktion. Der Begriff der Beobachtung einer Figur, die scheinbar nicht bewusst ist, verleiht eine voyeuristische Qualität der Arbeit. Merleau-Ponty argumentiert, dass die Fähigkeit des Künstlers, die Welt zu sehen, ist unmöglich, von seiner Fähigkeit, um durch sie zu bewegen zu trennen. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt ist es möglich, weiter zu gehen, um damit behaupten, dass die Malerei ist ebenso ein Filz Erfahrung als visuelle ein. Der Künstler braucht, um sich in ihren Bildern zu fühlen, und um es für andere möglich, sich in der Arbeit auch machen. Farcas weiß das, das ist Hut macht ihre Bilder so fesselnd und verführerisch. Von "Oana Farcas: zwischen dem Sichtbaren und dem Unsichtbaren von Jane Neal" Al centro della pratica Farcas 'è la ritrattistica. Ritratti di donne, uomini e bambini, reali e romanzata, sfilata attraverso le sue tavole e tele. Con dimensioni che variano dal mondo diminutivo della miniatura, ai grandi scene di massa scala, il lavoro di Farcas offre un insieme variopinto di personaggi. A volte Farcas tende verso il fantastico, unendo animali o esseri antropomorfi con le sue figure completamente umani; attingendo dalla mitologia e le favole, spesso provenienti dalla sua eredità Rumeno nativa. Sempre però, è possibile trovare Farcas stessa nel lavoro:

Questo mondo di Farcas di potrebbe essere descritto come tra visibile e invisibile. Che cosa si sente e 'vede' con gli occhi della mente si combina da visto e sentito esperienze nella realtà e chi può dire che uno sia meno reale l'altro quando entrambi possono essere tradotti in ricordi, e dopo che entrambi sono ri-nati e co esistente all'interno dei terreni dei suoi dipinti? I dipinti di Farcas certamente hanno una qualità onirica su di loro. Ma in mezzo alle morbide dintorni nebbiose lei crea, c'è una fisicità tangibile. Le cifre sono robusti, creature appassionate inondato con le emozioni e spesso la metà di azione raffigurato. La nozione di osservare una figura che è apparentemente inconsapevole, conferisce una qualità voyeuristico al lavoro. Merleau-Ponty ha sostenuto che la capacità dell'artista di vedere il mondo è impossibile separare dalla sua capacità di muoversi attraverso di essa. Da questo punto è possibile procedere al pertanto affermare che la pittura è tanto un'esperienza feltro come quello visivo. L'artista ha bisogno di sentirsi nei suoi dipinti, e per rendere possibile ad altri si trovano anche nel lavoro. Farcas lo sa, che è il cappello rende i suoi quadri così arrestando e seducente. Da "Oana Farcas: tra il visibile e l'invisibile da Jane Neal" At the heart of Farcas’ practice is portraiture. Portraits of women, men and children, real and fictionalised, parade across her boards and canvases. Ranging in size from the diminutive world of the miniature, to large scale crowd scenes, Farcas’s work delivers a colourful ensemble of characters. Sometimes Farcas tends towards the fantastical, combining animals or anthropomorphic beings with her fully human figures; drawing from mythology and fairy tales, often sourced from her native Romanian heritage. Always though, it is possible to find Farcas herself in the work: This world of Farcas’s could be described as being between the visible and invisible. What she feels and ‘sees’ in her mind’s eye is combined by seen and felt experiences in reality and who is to say that one is less real than the other when both can be translated into memories, and after both are re-born and co-existent within the grounds of her paintings? Farcas’s paintings certainly have a dream-like quality about them. But in amidst the soft, misty environs she creates, there is a tangible physicality. The figures are robust, passionate creatures awash with emotions and often depicted mid action. The notion of observing a figure who is seemingly unaware, lends a voyeuristic quality to the work. Merleau-Ponty argued that the artist’s ability to see the world is impossible to separate from his ability to move through it. From this point it is possible to go on to therefore claim that painting is as much a felt experience as a visual one. The artist needs to feel herself in her paintings, and to make it possible for others to also find themselves in the work. Farcas knows this, which is hat makes her paintings so arresting and seductive.

Education 2010 Ph.D., University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2003-2005 MA, University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania 1999-2003 BA, University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Painting Department

Solo Exhibitions 2013 Pushing Jesus, LARMgallery, Copenhagen In The Light Out Of Sight, curated by Adina Drinceanu, Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest 2011 “Already Made” LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark “Leurre”, Fondation Francès, Senlis, France Volta7 Basel, LARMgalleri, Basel, Switzerland Volta NY, LARMgalleri, New York, USA 2010 “Realism”, Casa Matei, Cluj-Napoca 2009 “Since Then/Till Now” LARMgallery, Copenhagen 2008 “Just a glimpse” IVAN Gallery , Bucharest 2007 Preview Gallery, Cluj 2006 Kunstagenten Gallery, Berlin 2004 “Confusion” ,Atas Gallery, Cluj 2003 “Play” Bulgakov Gallery, Cluj Group Exhibitions 2013 “LaRoumaine”, Louis Vuitton Espace Cultural, Paris “ReMap 4/In The Studio, Kunsthalle Athena, Greece” “Time Machine”, Galerie Sho, Tokyo, Japan

“Very Important Chair”, Curated by Alexander Popovici, Peugeot Art Center, Paris “WhiteHouse Biennial”, Athens, Greece 2012 Art Copenhagen, with LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark “Renovation and collateral effects”, curated by Ami Barak, Dix 9 gallery, Paris, France “The obsolete man of Schopenhauer”, Nakagawa gallery, Tokyo, Japan “European travellers”, curated by Judith Angel, Mucsarnok Budapest Kunsthalle, Hungary “Circus Crew”, curated by Lydya Pribisova, Larm Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark “Wish you were here”, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, US “Art Foundation Mallorca Collection – Special Edition”- CCA Andratx, Spain “Master pieces from Danish private collections”, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark 2011 “The Cutting Edge” Hydra School Projects, Hydra, Greece “Con Amore” (Works from Leif Djurhuus Collection) AROS, Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark “The Cutting Edge” Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania “Berlin Show #3″ Plan B Gallery, Berlin, Gemany “New Acquisitions of the AFM Collection”, CCA Kunsthalle, Mallorca, Spain Art Copenhagen with LARMgalleri 2010 “2 artists/2 women/ 2 visions”, Oana Farcas and Geta Bratescu, Espace Tajan, Paris “Enrages”, Fondation Frances, Senlis, France “Girls Just Want to Have Funds” (in Cooperation with Rema Hort Mann Foundation) P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, USA “In The Eyes Of My Brother”, LARMgallery, Copenhagen Art Copenhagen, with Larm Gallery Art Brusseles , with Larm Gallery Market, with Larm Gallery 2009 Fast Forward/ Romanian Painting Today, curator Maria Rus Bojan, C-Projects, Hague Heroes and Fears, with Veres Szabolcs, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest Prague Bienal, “Staging the Grey”, curated by Jane Neal and Mihai Pop “Commune”, curated by Dominique Nahas, Black and White Gallery, New York (USA) “Le mirroir brise”, Viena Art Fair, with Ivan Gallery 2008 Romanian Art Today, Espace Tajan, Paris

15 Romanian and Hungarian Painters, curated by Jane Neal and Plan-B, Plan-B, Cluj Napoca Preview Berlin, with Ivan Gallery Show Off , with Ivan Gallery 2007 “Here/There”, Opaq Gallery, Jacksonville/Florida(USA) 2006 …A la Cluj / Galeria UNA Bucharest(RO) “Retinal/Seduction”, Brukhental Museum, Sibiu /Museum of Contemporary Art, Miercurea-Ciuc/Casa Matei,Cluj-Napoca/ Anaid Art Gallery Bucharest “Europa Artium”, Under Construction Space, Cluj-Napoca 2005 Love / Ecole Regionale des Beaux Arts de Nantes, Nantes Images of You / “L.O.V.E.”, Nantes I Love pictura / Under Costruction Space, Cluj-Napoca 2004 Brilliant / University of Arts and Design Cluj,Painting Department Shoe Polish / Atas Gallery Cluj-Napoca Intercrossed Workshop / Espace Cosmopolis, Nantes (F) 2003 University of Art and Design Cluj / Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana (SLO) Black Underground / Casa Matei, Cluj-Napoca Untitled / National Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca