According to the myth, Icarus escapes from captivity with the help of a feather garment. The complex, seemingly heavy wing becomes a symbol of the thirst for freedom and also a symbol of freedom of thought, with the support of poetic images, independent of scientific rationalism.
”Icarus Fall -5” (wing project), includes an attempt to capture the essence, to find a formal, plastic equivalent; an interpretation oscillating between figurative and abstract, expressive and symbolic.
Radu Tikanete
BORN ON THE 28 TH FEBRUARY 1954 IN RESITA (ROMANIA).
STUDIES: ”ION ANDREESCU” - INSTITUTE FOR FINE ARTS, CLUJ-NAPOCA, 1975-1979.
MEMBER OF THE ”PLASTIC ARTISTS UNION” 1984.
LECTURER AT ”ION ANDREESCU” FINE ARTS ACADEMY FROM CLUJ-NAPOCA,1991-1993.
PROFESSOR AT THE FINE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL FROM RESITA , 1994 - 2019
IQ coefficient = 158
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
THE IV th YEARLY ”MINIATURE ART” INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION TORONTO, CANADA 1989; THE EXHIBITION ”ESTAMPES - TABLEAUX MODERNES ET CONTEMPORAINS - PEINTRES ROUMAINS”, ”DROUOT-RICHELIEU” - PARIS 1991, [FRANCE]; INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART, RESITA, 1998, [ROMANIA]; INTERNATIONAL DRAWING BIENNIAL - ARAD 2001,[ROMANIA]; INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS COMPETITION ”CITY OF CAROUGE PRIZE”, CAROUGE (GENEVA), SWITZERLAND 2003, 2007 (presenting in the exhibition with the picture of the ceramics work) THE VIII BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC CERAMICS EXHIBITION - AVEIRO [PORTUGAL] 2007; THE 3rd BEIJING INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNALE - 2008 [CHINA]; BUDAPESTA (HUNGARY) 2008;BUDAPESTA [HUNGARY] 2009; PALM ART AWARD EXHIBITIONS -LEIPZIG,[GERMANY] 2009,(ART DOMAIN GALLERY), finalist; PECS (HUNGARY) 2010; ”TROPHÉE ALAIN GODON, FESTIVAL DU TOUQUET”, LE TOUQUET PARIS-PLAGE, [FRANCE], 2011; ”TROPHÉE ALAIN GODON, FESTIVAL DU TOUQUET”, LE TOUQUET PARIS-PLAGE, [FRANCE], 2012; PALM ART AWARD COMPETITION- LEIPZIG,[GERMANY] 2011-NOMINÉE; PALM ART AWARD COMPETITION- LEIPZIG,[GERMANY] 2012-NOMINÉE; ZRENJANIN [SERBIA] 2012; ”ART CONTEMPORAIN”, Salle ROSSINI, PARIS, [FRANCE], 2012; ”ART CONTEMPORAIN, PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS”, Salle ROSSINI , PARIS, [FRANCE], 2013; ”PARALLAX INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR”, LONDON (at Chelsea Town Hall), [ENGLAND], 2014; ”AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR”, (at Beurs van Berlage Hall ), AMSTERDAM, [NETHERLANDS ], 2015; ”PALM ART AWARD” COMPETITION, (GERMANY), 2016,- NOMINÉE; ”ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR – RIAF”, (at De Laurenskerk), ROTTERDAM, [NETHERLANDS], 2016; MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA ”THE NUANCE OF DREAMS”, (Sale del Bramante), ROME, [ITALY], 2017; International Exhibition ”Palm Art Award - 2017” - (Germany), 2017; ”Oxford International Art Fair - OIAF”, 23-24 -25 February, (Oxford Town Hall), Oxford, (England), 2018; International Exhibition ”Touring the World trough Art”, Nicholas of Cusa Museum, Bernkastel - Kues, (Germany), 2019; International Exhibition ”Touring the World trough Art”, Cultural Center Köln - Mülheim, (Germany), April 17 - April 28, 2019; International Competition ”Schilderij van het jaar 2019”, (Netherlands), 2019; 2020 ”Palm Art Award 2020”, International Competition, (Germany), the prize ”2nd Chance Prize”, (painting); 2020 International Exhibition ”Painting of the Year 2020”, (Netherlands); 2021 ”Palm Art Award 2021” International Competition - NOMINÉE, ( Germany ); 2021 International Exhibition ”Painting of the Year 2021”, ( Netherlands ); 2021 Fira Internacional d’ Art de Barcelona , ( FIABCN ) , the 6 -th edition , 3 rd December - 4-th December 2021 , Museu Maritim de Barcelona ( MMB ) , Barcelona , ( Spain ).