This artwork features a geometric composition with a prominent triangular shape in the center, surrounded by intricate patterns and symbols. The color palette is primarily warm tones of beige and orange, creating a cohesive and harmonious visual aesthetic. The overall design suggests a sense of balance and symmetry, which is further enhanced by the repetition of shapes and patterns. The artist's use of geometric forms and subtle symbolism evokes a mystical and spiritual quality, potentially reflecting their interest in ancient or indigenous cultural influences. The artwork's unique style and thoughtful composition invite the viewer to contemplate its deeper meaning and interpretation. ...
Alexandru Chira was a deeply symbolic, multi‑dimensional artist whose practice bridged material, place, and imagination. Often referring to himself as a “master of utopia,” he worked across painting, drawing, installation, land art, film, theoretical texts, and essays to construct a personal cosmos of images, words, and emotional resonance. His art was defined by a complex iconography: geometric “gear‑poems,” mandala-like structures, and allegorical machinery that merged rural life, cosmic ritual, and spiritual invocation. Rooted in the experience of his native village Tăuşeni—including the memory of a decade‑long drought—his work embodied a belief in art as a transformative system, blending functionality, ritual, and poetic intent. His visual language featured abstracted symbols‑objects that echoed both religious myth and agricultural machinery, reflecting his ongoing interrogation of communication, transcendence, and the interaction between the terrestrial and the spiritual. Chira approached art as a holistic, autopoietic system—speaking across intellectual, emotional, tactile, and ritualistic domains—creating a territory where abstraction became encoded experience. ...
Established in 2020, Fitzpatrick Gallery is focused on an international program of curated projects in site-specific venues worldwide, and on-site exhibitions at their primary location in Paris, inaugurated in September 2021 in the Marais gallery district at 123 rue de Turenne. They are involved in every level of production with their represented artists, working in close collaboration with institutions, publishing houses, advisory firms, and other partners. Fitzpatrick Gallery builds on the legacy of Freedman Fitzpatrick which was established in 2013 with locations in Los Angeles and Paris. ...
