Page 15 - World of Art magazine (2000)

B ÉL a

c Z i t ro M

dEmon i
1999 bronzE and Gr anitE
h 40 cm, 15¾ in

didn’t accept. I think the artist doesn’t need to
try to make understanding his / her art the
easiest possible, but instead the viewer must
raise him- or herself from his / her con-
ventional level. I’m grateful for how rich the
source of my inspiration is, but besides
working I also feel the need for more social life
which I haven’t had so much of since I left
Romania. The feeling of insecurity that I used
to have before only has increased since I
arrived here because of the darkness, the
coldness and the lack of communication.
I’m interested in exploring the human soul,
especially the dark side of it. I feel that the
deeper I dig in it, the more gold I find. I want
to bring out into the light the secret, hidden
parts of the mind; the parts that people often
try to avoid looking at. I believe, however, that
the universe is made of a kind of an absolute
equilibrium: if there exists darkness, there
must be light, too.
Now, on the threshold of the new millennium
I have made in my working a move from the
bidimensional to the tridimensional, and I also
feel having made qualificational progress as
well. For me, all this means a revolution and a
beginning of a new period in my working.
Perhaps these changes also have happened
partly because of an experience I’ve had to
come through this autumn: the authorities of
the city destroyed a sculptural garden I had
constructed earlier. Little by little I’ve come
over of this stupidness of people. Also the
impression of myself as a part of the universal
art has lately become stronger, and this is bela czitrom, laitainen st. 2c 11, sF-20900 turku, Finland tel+358 405664186 e-mail: belaczit@ netti.fi
something that any adversities can’t wipe off.
The thematic of Dante Alighieri’s Ulysses
have always interested me. Ulysses wanted to
get to know the world and in spite of all the
misfortunes he had he preferred to continue
from returning home to his Penelope, as he
knew this was destined to him. He went and
passed the Pillars of Hercules although he knew
this would lead him to his death. Like Ulysses I
want to follow my own destiny. Even if it were
possible to change the way of my life easier and
happier I wouldn’t do that, as I feel this destiny
of mine is my ”goldmine”. Though it can be
difficult, even frightening, I want to collect
these experiences, explore life, and then return
all I’ve found back to the world, passed
through my own personality. ART ADDICTION
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