Bilingual edition (Romanian-English)
Foreword by Adrian-Silvan Ionescu
Graphic and cover design: Dan Glăvan
Texts by: Adrian-silvan Ionescu, Iolanda Malamen, Cătălin Davidescu, Dan Grigorescu, Titus Mocanu, Grigore Arbore, Petru Comarnescu, Vito Grasso, I.D. Sârbu, Romulus Vulpescu, Marin Sorescu, Florian Potra, N. Carandino, N. Argintescu Amza, Ruxandra Garofeanu, Avram Kampf, Per Olof Ekstrom, Ion Cocora, Cristina Anghelescu, Corneliu Ostahie, Ion Parhon, Nicolae Florea, Vartan Arachelian.
Photos: Adrian Tofan, Cătălin Marcu, Dan Dumitrescu, Sorin Radu, Ioan Cioca
English version: Monica Voiculescu
ISBN: 978-973-577-651-0
224 p.
„Dan Cioca is one of those astonishing, versatile plastic artists who always bring a fresh breath with every new exhibition. Well-versed in several techniques and genres, he feels at large and speaks equally eloquently both through the a-chromatism of easel or publicity graphics and throught the powerful hues of oil painting. He is a master of the figurative zone, but he never loses hi spoise in lyrical abstractions, either.We could say that Dan Cioca is really a wizard, whose personality combines the traits of the wise and omnipotent Merlin, who used his powers for benign purposes, with those of the ever-pranking Panurge, because he is also drawn to farce and bluffing, both in the visual sphere and in his daily life, which he experiences like a living work of art. To this we may add his extraordinary appreciation of cooking art exhibits, an art he rightly assimilates with the liberal arts and which he fondly focuses on and honors, just like Pantagruel. Briefly put, Cioca is a bon viveur in the true meaning of the phrase, who relishes and savors all art forms. “ - Adrian-Silvan Ionescu
“Fully mature now, Dan Cioca no longer experiments, rather, he reveals the superabundance of colors he has stored in his soul all his life at the time when he was constrained to express himself almost exclusively in black and white. This is why we must welcome Dan Cioca’s comeback to the world of color and cheer his unchaining.“ - Adrian-Silvan Ionescu
