Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In the work of Valentina Rusu Ciobanu, a special section is dedicated to feminine faces. The artist has created a gallery of female portraits, representing them in various contexts: within nature, among friends, in the family, as well as in a wide range of emotional states - dreamy, melancholic, calm, or energetic, filled with longing, passion, or thirst for knowledge, in motion or static, in an inner monologue or in dialogue with a visible or invisible interlocutor etc. (Girl at the Window (1954), Morning. Breakfast (1979), Quotes from the History of Art (1978), Sibyl II (1985) etc.). The female characters in her work – of various ages and from different social backgrounds – are strong and expressive. They represent a way of exploring the emotional and psychological complexity of women, while also evoking the reflective and profound nature of the artist herself. From an artistic and plastic standpoint, Valentina Rusu Ciobanu's works stand out due to their expressive color palette, often with pure and intense tones (in the 1960s), stylized forms or nearly photographic renditions (in the 1970s), and the emotional intensity of the characters (Portrait of Eleonora Romanescu, 1966; Woman in Profile, 1966; Jenea, 1968; Self-Portrait with Glasses, 1974, etc.).
Source: Akademos
Author: Rodica Ursachi
Institution: Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4410287463