Florin Mitroi 11.VI.988, 1988
Tempera on wood
33,2 x 53,6 cm (unframed)
35,7 x 56,3 x 3,7 cm (framed)
Each composition in Florin Mitroi's series of landscape paintings depicts an almost abstract countryside bathed in the changing light of the different moments of the day. The paintings were made with egg tempera on wood, a long lasting, fast drying and now mostly obsolete technique that was particularly favored by the artist. The quiet and contemplative characteristics of this body of work stands out from Mitroi’s usual anxious, violent, and self-deprecating subjects.