Chianciano Art Museum
Critical Analysis Artist: Dalia Moireau Art Critic: Timothy Warrington
ICAC
International Confederation of Art Critics
Critical Analysis Artist: Dalia Moireau Art Critic: Timothy Warrington
The Museum The Museum of Art of Chianciano hosts a series of collections ranging from Neolithic and Asiatic to Contemporary art. There are approximately a thousand works on display. Visitors are able to view paintings and sculptures by artists such as Tom Nash, Salvador Dali, Sir Henry Moore, Frances Turner, Mario Schifano, Damien Hirst, Brian Willsher and Albert Louden, drawings by the likes of Magritte, Guttuso and Munch; historical works from Royal Collections and original etchings by masters such as Dürer and Rembrandt. The museum is known for organising annual international events, including the Chianciano International Art Award and the Biennale of Chianciano.
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) “Joachim and the Angel” Original woodcut, circa 1504
Sir Henry Moore (1898-1986) “Head” Bronze Sculpture
ICAC
International Confederation of Art Critics
The Critic Timothy Warrington was born in Birmingham in 1944 and is a critical writer and curator based in London. Warrington’s career has taken him all around the world in the search for art to exhibit in London. He was part of the organisation that hosted the largest and most important exposition of Bulgarian art ever curated outside Bulgaria, showing 300 artists. The exhibition was hosted in collaboration with the Bulgarian Embassy in London and was inaugurated by the Bulgarian Ambassador Mr Stancoff. The Slovenian Printmakers Exhibition was another reminder of the wonderful talent that Timothy brought to London, artists that are recognised and respected all around the world. “Italian Views” at the Lord Leighton Museum, curated by Timothy, was also a great success and a spotlight into contemporary Italian Art from institutions such as the Academy of Fine Art in Florence, Academy of Fiorino in Florence and The Academy of Fine Art in Rome. Warrington has curated numerous books and writes opinions and exhibition critiques in the UK and the USA. Notably, he was responsible for the main publication related to Brian Willsher’s Bronzes, an artist who taught at the Tate and was praised by Sir Henry Moore as an artistic genius. Timothy’s critical writing is very sophisticated - he has the power to translate the artist’s thoughts to the viewer with extreme clarity and competence. He was a member of the jury of Chianciano International Art Award alongside people like Gerard Bruneau who started his career wih Andy Warhol.
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The Artist
Starting as a young child, Dalia Moireau constantly spent her life developing her artistic style, thus enabling her passion and interest in art which in turn influenced her creative work. Moireau’s artwork projects unconventional geometric and round shapes, with a strong reference to Architecture. Some exhibitions include, the prestigious Casadelarte Gallery for Modern & Contemporary Art. Dalia Moireau, vividly expresses her emotions and feelings through her beautiful and wildly expressive paintings. Focusing on Landscapes, she molds each work into gorgeous architectural forms that allow the viewer’s mind to explore never ending imaginative possibilities. The abstract figures some of which include glass towers and skyscrapers stem from Moireau’s overseas travels. In addition, the choice of Moireau’s subjects stem from the deep passion and fascination she carries for form and geometry. Dalia Moireau also has an immense fascination for nature and with this in mind, whilst viewing her work one can see this influence in the bold choice of colours used. Through Moireau’s observation of nature and her additional passion for photography Moireau has been able to create a wonderful range of diverse artworks.
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The Critique Dalia Moireau is a very talented and instinctively perceptive artist gifted with endless creativity and versatility in the exploration of a broad array of artistic channels. Moireau interprets and redefines her surroundings in a process of research and examination through which the viewer is confronted with a stimulating juxtaposition of ideas spanning from pure gestural abstraction and geometrical post-minimalism to post-impressionism. From initial scrutiny of Moireau’s work, the relationship with other areas of art is evident. Architectural analysis seems to be a strong element in several compositions and on closer study there is a wonderful connection with the teachings of Filippo Brunelleschi on the subject of perspective albeit with one significant difference - while the likes of Brunelleschi and Raffaello were finding the math in the art, Moireau endeavours to liberate the art from the math in an implosion of colour, form and movement. Dalia has a predilection for architectural and geometric forms through which she interprets and transposes her mind’s eye into complex and avant-garde urban landscapes in which futuristic constructions come to life and towers dance on the limitless skyline - the perfect canvas for Moireau’s vision. The viewer sees music and harmony as the magnificent buildings stand proudly as they are portrayed in their vivid and cosmopolitan nature. We experience a prototype, an artwork, a game and a beating heart while encountering the familiar emotion of belonging, possibly of cities once known or metropolises merely dreamed of. Once the first impact of the artworks has subsided, contour and colour tell the story of each individual environment: the sleepy city by night, the busy city by day, the buzz of civilisation; all sensations that echo our memories, our consciousness and our subconscious. Moireau’s works are also rich with a peculiar atavistic power in how they are vividly evocative and stimulate a connection with our collective consciousness. The viewer becomes but a tiny part of a larger reality - an artistic strength that is even more evident in Moireau’s predominantly abstract works, where the primacy of pure feeling speaks directly to the soul. The artist juxtaposes lively vivid colours with a more sombre minimal palette and takes the viewer on a journey through the enriching sensitivity of her perception of the world. Moireau’s geometrical works resemble fractal patterns in which the subject is an integrated part of composition. Merely the simple choice of contrasting colours distinguishes one layer from another in a post-minimalistic style in which the lines are soft and the colours expertly chosen. The artist creates a unique and solitary subject that strikes the viewer and attracts attention albeit to lead the viewer to a patient and pondered analysis of the artwork in which the details come to light with a power that are simply enthralling. Plato said that “The highest form of beauty lies not in the forms of the real world but in geometry” and Dalia Moireau embodies the essence of this concept with her very unique, vividly expressive, extraordinarily perceptive and creative style.
Timothy Warrington International Confederation of Art Critics
Untitiled by Dalia Moireau
Untititled by Dalia Moireau
Untitiled by Dalia Moireau
Untitled by Dalia Moireau
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