Metaphors in metal

Corneliu STOICA

Metal sculpture camp I-VII editions

The city of Galati was one of the first towns in the country to benefit from a creative camp organized by the Union of Plastic Artists with the help of local authorities, whose aim was to enrich the artistic heritage of the city with monumental sculptures in permanent material. In 1970, stone from the Naeni and Ciuta quarries was chosen in Măgura Buzăului, ceramics in Medgidia and Sibiu, wood in Arcuș and Săliștea-Sibiului, and iron in Galati, taking advantage of the existence of the Steelworks and the Shipyard. So it was that, in the summer of 1976, on August 1, ten young sculptors, nationally renowned, arrived at the two companies. In the space of a month, with the support of highly qualified teams of workers and a technical equipment to match, they managed to ennoble this less expressive metal with astonishing plastic qualities, which displayed its beauty and aesthetic qualities, populating the Danube waterfront, a place with excellent conditions for display. It was a privilege for the city because, under normal circumstances, the purchase of modern art works would have been enormously expensive.
List of works created in the seven editions of the Metal Sculpture Camp:
First Edition (1976): 1. Istvan Gergely - "Screen"; 2. Gheorghe Turcu - "Narcis"; 3. Vasilica Marinescu-Kasnovschi - "Day and Night"; 4. Elöd Kocsis - "Capriciile Capriciile ielelor"; 5. Alexandru Marchiș - "Solid-fluid"; 6. Silviu Catargiu - "Pasărea apelor"; 7. Constantin Popovici - "Tentativă"; 8. Bella Crișan - "Evoluție"; 9. Ingo Glass - "Septenarius"; 10. Nicolae Șaptefrați - "Fission".
Second Edition (1977): 1. Ernest Kasnovschi - "Wave and Wind"; 2. Aurel Olteanu Stâncă - "Icarus"; 3. Silviu Catargiu - "The Call of Flight"; 4. Manuela Siclodi - "Confluences"; 5. Dan Covătaru - "Receptor"; 6. Gheorghe Terescenco - "City Gate". 7. Tiberiu Bențe - "Spațiu de joc vegetal"; 8. George Apostu - "Father and Son"; 9. George Apostu- "The Sun Fruit"; 10. Mihai Istudor - "Amfiteatru".
Third Edition (1991): 1. Aurel Vlad - "Soul on the Waters"; 2. Manuela Siclodi - "Facerea"; 3. Liviu Russu - "Zidire"; 4. Sergiu Dumitrescu - "Veșmânt"; 5. Gheorghe Marcu - "Lecția de odihnă"; 6. Silviu Catargiu - "In memoriam"; 7. Ewerd Hilgeman - "Homage to Brâncuși"; 8. Bella Crișan - "Evolution-Revolution"; 9. Marian Zidaru - "The Citadel"; 10. Ingo Glass - "The Pyramid of the Sun".
Fourth edition (1995): l. Gheorghe Terescenco - "Porumbel"; 2. Sergiu Dumitrescu - "Veghe"; 3. Mircea Roman - "Piramidă ucisă"; 4. Aurel Vlad - "Red Bull"; 5. "Napoleon Tiron - "Sarmatic Waves"; 6. Gheorghe Marcu - "Twelve".
5th Edition (1997): 1. Anton Constantin Shevchev - "Condur"; 2. Sergiu Dumitrescu - "Passing in the Light"; 3. Darie Dup - "Acrobat's Step"; 4. Mircea Spătaru - "Incinta"; 5. Neculai Bândărău - "Lapidați"; 6. Ioan Alexandru Grosu - "Levitație"; 7. Gheorghe Terescenco - "Libertate".
6th Edition (2012): 1. Relu Angheluță - "Dynamics of the Soul"; 2. Mihaela Brumar - "Instrument for Listening to Time"; 3. Eduard Costandache - "The Emperor's Neuron"; 4. Sorina Fădor-Vădeanu - "Roots Towards High"; 5. Cosmin Saulea - "Hourglass"; 6. Adrian Vădeanu - "Realities"; 4. Gheorghe Terescenco - "The Untamed".
7th Edition (2016): 1. Cătălin Bădărău - "Meat Me"; 2. Denis Brânzei - "Serafim"; 3. Liviu Mocanu - "Sămânță"; 4. Laurențiu Mogoșanu - "Transfigurare"; 5. Nicolae Popa - "Prayer; 6. Sorin George Purcaru - "Înaripatul"; 7. Valentin Vârtosu - "Un cactus rupt în două, măsurator de dor de țară"; 8. Gheorghe Terescenco - "Symbol".