Mario Lobedan : Paintings from 2008 - 2022

Mario Lobedan 

Paintings & Drawings, 2008 - 2022

10 Oct – 11 Nov

‘Sometimes I flatter the images, and sometimes I punch him in the face ... and most of the time they hit back! ... I have lost good paintings: I did not see that I had reached the final state. I got furious and stupid and went and lost it, then I have to build it again.’.

‘All the paintings have all emotions, even despair. My best paintings are like angry old men, not very polite, a bit stupid...wounded and wasted old men, but still standing!’.

"It was completely different for me - total seclusion without any guidance. There was not a single beginner's mistake I didn't make... It was a difficult, agonising start, but I came through it stronger and more true to myself." 

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“His drawings were indivisible from his work on canvas … the same massive collisions of marks and textures, the same glimpses of light beyond the surface. They bristled with static energy: combustible as they were spontaneous, emotional and raw, yet never out of control.”