Inner Life and Material World
“The drawings and sculptures of Giacometti have taught me that Surrealism, Existentialism and our reality of today are not far from each other at all. Indeed, I believe they coexist in our daily lives and in our collective consciousness. Giacometti has taught me about the vulnerability of the human body and the opacity of our inner lives. The gestural forces of de Kooning have taught me to blur the distinctions between figuration and abstraction, between exteriority and interiority.”
—Carmen Marin
Thresholds to Reifications
March 2023
Acrylic on linen
51.2 by 51.2 inches (130 by 130 cm)
Bodies
May 2022
Acrylic on linen
58 by 79 inches (147 by 200 cm)
Private collection, Bucharest, Romania.
The Butterflies
October 2021
Acrylic on linen
28 by 24 inches (70 by 60 cm)
Private collection, Vienna, Austria.
Antithetical
December 2021
Acrylic on linen
28 by 24 inches (70 by 60 cm)
Private collection, Bucharest, Romania.
The Table
November 2021
Acrylic on linen
28 by 24 inches (70 by 60 cm)
Private collection, Vienna, Austria.
The Mirror
March 2021
Acrylic on linen
32 by 35 inches (80 by 90 cm)
Private collection, Bucharest, Romania.
The Carnival of Life
July 2021
Acrylic on linen
32 by 24 inches (80 by 60 cm)
Private collection, New York, United States.
“By using brushes and my paint-dripped fingers, I attempt to portray real and imaginary figures in search of their inner and outer realities and selves.”
—Carmen Marin
Sentience
July 2021
Acrylic on linen
55 by 51 inches (140 by 130 cm)
Private collection, Bucharest, Romania.
The Threshold of the Mirror
August 2023
Acrylic on linen
35 by 28 inches (90 by 70 cm)
Private collection, Bucharest, Romania.
The Cloud
September 2023
Acrylic on linen
35 by 28 inches (90 by 70 cm)
Private collection, Bucharest, Romania.