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The series of sculptural installations called Haiku by Patriciu Mateescu are made up of five groups of large scale ceramic spirals. Reminiscent of the Japanese poem structure, each piece is considered to be “three-dimensional calligraphy.” Haiku #5 consists of two black glazed stoneware sculptures. Together they compose a verse in the vocabulary of this sculptor who has worked in ceramics throughout his career, which spans nearly 50 years. He states, “From building sand castles in my childhood to my present work, the pleasure of hand modeling the clay remains the final formal expression of my sculptures.”
Patriciu Mateescu was born in 1927 in Romania. He holds an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest, and in 1962 was awarded the Gold Medal at the International Ceramic Exhibition in Prague. Mateescu has been living in the United States since 1980, first in California and now in New Jersey. He has mounted solo and group shows throughout the United States and Europe, and he has completed many outdoor monumental works, most often in Romania. His work is included in many permanent collections, including Musees Royaux d’Art et Histoire, Belgium; Musee de L’Ariana, Switzerland; and Museum of Contemporary Arts, Romania. |
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Haiku #5, 2004
glazed stoneware
60" x 48" x 36"; 48" x 42" x 36"
Courtesy of The Sculpture Foundation, Inc. |
