Gazing Into the Past – Socialist Modernist Block Painting

2022
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120x100x4 cm
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Oil on canvas

Here is my youngest daughter, standing in Blaj, Romania, looking up at the top floor of the block where I spent 7 years of my childhood.

For me, that building holds memories of growing up, of daily life shaped within gray walls, of small details that became part of who I am. Through her eyes, she gazes into my past – unknowingly revisiting moments I once lived behind those windows.

At the same time, we look at her and see the beginnings of her own story, a new cycle of life and memory unfolding. This painting bridges generations, turning a simple block of concrete into a dialogue between past and future.

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Toronto Private Collection
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