ALEXANDRU RĂDVAN: SOMA

May 16 - June 16, 2005 Anaid Art Gallery Bucharest
"SOMA" remembers the Greek myth of Minotaurus, putting in discussion the human side of him. The Minothaurus story, the monstrous creature - half bull, half human - is questioned and goes to an interior feeling out. Alexandru Rădvan proposes a Minotaurus worried by his own condition, a rebellious one, aware of his own destiny. Symbol of the dark, of the evil, Minotaurus is confronting with the desire to be accepted. Minotaurus feels isolated; his curse convicts him to loneliness and darkness, convicted by the world even if he is not guilty. The self-mutilation is seen as a freedom, the tortures administered to his own body as a forgiven of the sins. This dimension of self-flagellation and compassion is exploited by Alexandru Rădvan.