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ANA-MARIA MORAR

Artist, based in NYC
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hear not my steps which way they go

This work emerges from Nostalgia - a longing for the homeland, the place where one was born and grew up, the culture one is connected to.

It is a reminder of something already known and an unearthing of something previously unknown. It reawakens a bond with the past, with its values and spirituality. The bread palette, used for making bread in the family, serves as a bridge to my personal past. It is a tool that lost its function but stands as a reminder of what brought family together. It was nourishment, the making and breaking of bread that bound people together, that bound man to nature and God.

These values, once re-embraced, bring new meaning and light into the present. The bread palette becomes the symbol for the grain of wheat that falls on the earth, dies and brings forth fruit.

   wood, forged steel, found object 78 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 54 inches 2017

wood, forged steel, found object
78 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 54 inches
2017

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then as now

   plexi glass, wood, stainless steel, found object 33 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches 2017-2018

plexi glass, wood, stainless steel, found object
33 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
2017-2018

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'noi suntem seminţele şi ne pregătim

din noi înşine să ne azvîrlim în altceva

cu mult mai înalt,...

a fi sămînţă şi a te sprijini

de propriul tau pămînt.' (n. stănescu)

 steel, stainless steel, wood  10 1/2 x 8 x 13 1/2 inches  2017

steel, stainless steel, wood

10 1/2 x 8 x 13 1/2 inches

2017

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   plaster, steel, cardboard 8 x 8 x 11 2017

plaster, steel, cardboard
8 x 8 x 11
2017

surely not I

   found object, forged steel, pewter, plexiglass 39 x 7 x 6 3/4 inches 2017

found object, forged steel, pewter, plexiglass
39 x 7 x 6 3/4 inches
2017

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with reference

   paper, sculptamold, canvas, acrylic 25 1/2 x 26 x 30 inches 2017

paper, sculptamold, canvas, acrylic
25 1/2 x 26 x 30 inches
2017

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so mundane

   aluminum, tree bark 8 x 6 1/2 x 6 inches 2017

aluminum, tree bark
8 x 6 1/2 x 6 inches
2017

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   steel, wood, plaster, cardboard 14 x 4 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches 2017

steel, wood, plaster, cardboard
14 x 4 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches
2017

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"i would like to live
like a river flows,
carried by the surprise
of its own unfolding." (j. o'donohue)
paper, sculptamold, forged steel
13 x 4 x7 inches
2017

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cardboard, steel, wood, found object
10 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 4
2017

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'It's finished! someone said over him. He heard those words and repeated them in his soul. Death is finished, he said to himself. It is no more.' (L. Tolstoy)
'I live my life in widening circles... I circle around God, around the primordial tower.' (R. M. Rilke)
tree branch, graphite, wire
12 x 13 inches
2017

stranger and guest

   wood, steel, tree root 12 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches 2017

wood, steel, tree root
12 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
2017

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   found object, lead, cotton 48 x 12 x 8 inches 2017

found object, lead, cotton
48 x 12 x 8 inches
2017

 monoprint  11 x 8 inches   2020

monoprint

11 x 8 inches

2020

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   stainless steel, forged steel, wire 23 x 7 1/2 x 1/2 inches 2017

stainless steel, forged steel, wire
23 x 7 1/2 x 1/2 inches
2017

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   steel, marble, lead, chalk, wood, oil pastel 36 x 20 x 9 1/2 inches 2016

steel, marble, lead, chalk, wood, oil pastel
36 x 20 x 9 1/2 inches
2016

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   plaster, stainless steel, steel 37 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches 2016

plaster, stainless steel, steel
37 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
2016

no matter what

   books, cement, stainless steel, oil paint 20 x 20 x 21 inches 2016

books, cement, stainless steel, oil paint
20 x 20 x 21 inches
2016

so we shall be

   steel 7 x 6 x 7 1/2 inches 2016

steel
7 x 6 x 7 1/2 inches
2016

strange fruit

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strange fruit
strange fruit

steel, stainless steel, wood, stone, rope
21 x 19 x 11 inches
2016

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   books, stainless steel 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches 2015

books, stainless steel
8 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches
2015

end of journey

   wood, lead, stainless steel 14 x 10 x 6 inches 2015

wood, lead, stainless steel
14 x 10 x 6 inches
2015

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   ebony, lead, stainless steel 5 x 8 x 9 inches 2015

ebony, lead, stainless steel
5 x 8 x 9 inches
2015

free of the shoes

   cement, wood, forged steel, rope, resin, oil paint 116 x 17 1/2 x 20 inches 2015

cement, wood, forged steel, rope, resin, oil paint
116 x 17 1/2 x 20 inches
2015

newcomer

   terracotta 7 x 9 x 6 inches 2016

terracotta
7 x 9 x 6 inches
2016

all desire

   walnut, stainless steel, stone, oil paint 20 x 9 x 4 inches 2015

walnut, stainless steel, stone, oil paint
20 x 9 x 4 inches
2015

wild bouquet of evidence

 'If they have no aroma, perfumes shall we pour, and burn the incenses of sentiment before them.' (C. P. Cavafy) granite, stainless steel, lead 15 x 8 x 7 inches 2015

'If they have no aroma, perfumes shall we pour, and burn the incenses of sentiment before them.' (C. P. Cavafy)
granite, stainless steel, lead
15 x 8 x 7 inches
2015

burrying the seed

   marble, stainless steel, magnet 11 x 9 x 6 inches 2014

marble, stainless steel, magnet
11 x 9 x 6 inches
2014

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hear not my steps which way they go
   plexi glass, wood, stainless steel, found object 33 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches 2017-2018
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 steel, stainless steel, wood  10 1/2 x 8 x 13 1/2 inches  2017
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   found object, forged steel, pewter, plexiglass 39 x 7 x 6 3/4 inches 2017
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surely not I
   paper, sculptamold, canvas, acrylic 25 1/2 x 26 x 30 inches 2017
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   aluminum, tree bark 8 x 6 1/2 x 6 inches 2017
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   wood, steel, tree root 12 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches 2017
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stranger and guest
   found object, lead, cotton 48 x 12 x 8 inches 2017
2
untiteld
   stainless steel, forged steel, wire 23 x 7 1/2 x 1/2 inches 2017
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untitled
   steel, marble, lead, chalk, wood, oil pastel 36 x 20 x 9 1/2 inches 2016
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untitled
   plaster, stainless steel, steel 37 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches 2016
1
123
   books, cement, stainless steel, oil paint 20 x 20 x 21 inches 2016
1
no matter what
   steel 7 x 6 x 7 1/2 inches 2016
1
so we shall be
3
strange fruit
   books, stainless steel 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches 2015
1
untitled
   wood, lead, stainless steel 14 x 10 x 6 inches 2015
1
end of journey
   ebony, lead, stainless steel 5 x 8 x 9 inches 2015
1
untitled
   cement, wood, forged steel, rope, resin, oil paint 116 x 17 1/2 x 20 inches 2015
1
free of the shoes
   terracotta 7 x 9 x 6 inches 2016
1
newcomer
   walnut, stainless steel, stone, oil paint 20 x 9 x 4 inches 2015
1
all desire
 'If they have no aroma, perfumes shall we pour, and burn the incenses of sentiment before them.' (C. P. Cavafy) granite, stainless steel, lead 15 x 8 x 7 inches 2015
1
wild bouquet of evidence
   marble, stainless steel, magnet 11 x 9 x 6 inches 2014
1
burrying the seed

@ 2025 Ana-Maria Morar