Catalin Gabriel Tibori - St.John the Baptist Lament

£4,425.00

Digital print
100 x 100 cm
2018

I grew up in Transylvania, surrounded by stories, religious imagery and a strong sense of the mysterious. I remember the warmth of a wood stove on freezing nights, the sound of the wind outside, and a world where old stories and beliefs were part of everyday life. Those images stayed with me, becoming a foundation for the visual vocabulary I would later develop as an artist. My practice is rooted in constructed photography. I build images rather than simply record what exists, working with people, costumes, locations and photographed elements to create scenes between reality, memory and imagination. Composition is essential to this process. I predominantly work in a square format and use dynamic symmetry to create balance, tension and movement within the frame. This provides a framework for building my imagined worlds. I draw from religious narratives, mythology, dreams and personal memories, using their symbols to explore faith, truth, justice, identity and meaning. I am not interested in illustrating these ideas literally, but in reinterpreting them and allowing familiar stories to acquire new meanings. Ultimately, photography has become my visual vocabulary: a way of exploring ideas and emotions that are difficult to express through words.

Digital print
100 x 100 cm
2018

I grew up in Transylvania, surrounded by stories, religious imagery and a strong sense of the mysterious. I remember the warmth of a wood stove on freezing nights, the sound of the wind outside, and a world where old stories and beliefs were part of everyday life. Those images stayed with me, becoming a foundation for the visual vocabulary I would later develop as an artist. My practice is rooted in constructed photography. I build images rather than simply record what exists, working with people, costumes, locations and photographed elements to create scenes between reality, memory and imagination. Composition is essential to this process. I predominantly work in a square format and use dynamic symmetry to create balance, tension and movement within the frame. This provides a framework for building my imagined worlds. I draw from religious narratives, mythology, dreams and personal memories, using their symbols to explore faith, truth, justice, identity and meaning. I am not interested in illustrating these ideas literally, but in reinterpreting them and allowing familiar stories to acquire new meanings. Ultimately, photography has become my visual vocabulary: a way of exploring ideas and emotions that are difficult to express through words.