Georges Mazilu
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| Born | Gheorghe Mazilu 1951 (age 74–75) Vânjuleț, Mehedinți County, Romania |
| Education | Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
Georges Mazilu (born 1951) is a Romanian-born painter who moved to France in 1982 and later also lived in Spain. His paintings often depict imaginary figures with human, animal and mechanical features.[1]
Life and career
Mazilu was born in Vânjuleț, Romania. He studied at the Nicolae Tonitza art school in Bucharest and graduated from the Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in 1974. In 1981, he exhibited abstract paintings at the Simeza Gallery. One of them, Squared Landscape, was acquired by Australian collector Geoffrey Tyler.[2]
After moving to France, Mazilu turned from abstraction to figurative painting. His later works feature invented characters, often with distorted bodies, animal traits or mechanical elements.[3]
Work and critical reception
Art historian Sam Hunter discussed Mazilu's transition to figurative painting and his use of theatrical scenes and hybrid characters. Hunter also drew comparisons with European painting traditions.[3]
In Tribuna (2024), Ani Bradea examined the unusual figures that populate Mazilu's paintings, his use of colour and the influence of Flemish and Italian painting. She also discussed the mixture of humour and unease in his imaginary scenes.[1]
In 2025, Business Ethics Quarterly, published by Cambridge University Press, included an art review by Alexandra-Codruța Bîzoi (Popescu) and Cristian Gabriel Bîzoi, Between Wires and Wings: Surrealist Ethics in Georges Mazilu's Mechanized World. The authors examined his paintings in relation to surrealism, technology and ethics.[4]
Exhibitions and collections
In October 2024, the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu presented Georges Mazilu. Un voyage, curated by Alexandru Constantin Chituță. The exhibition included 26 oil paintings and was later shown at the Bistrița-Năsăud Museum Complex in 2025.[5][6]
According to Ani Bradea, writing in the cultural journal Tribuna, Mazilu's paintings are held in several museum collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Tucson Museum of Art and the University of Tasmania.[1]
Art market
In a 2020 article for Bursa, art critic Marius Tița reported the sale of six Mazilu paintings at auction for a combined total of approximately €35,000. Among them were Portrait de femme (€9,000), Madona cu porumbel (€8,000) and Personaje de circ (€7,000).[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bradea, Ani (February 2024). "Demografia lumii picturale a lui Mazilu" (PDF). Tribuna (in română) (515): 35–36.
- ↑ Popescu, Alex (December 2016). "Georges (Gheorghe) Mazilu". Tyler Collection of Romanian and Modern Art. University of Tasmania.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hunter, Sam. "Georges Mazilu – creatorul de metafore picturale profunde ale precarității existenței într-o lume efemeră și imprevizibilă". Tribuna Magazine (in română).
- ↑ Bîzoi (Popescu), Alexandra-Codruța; Bîzoi, Cristian Gabriel (2025). "Between Wires and Wings: Surrealist Ethics in Georges Mazilu's Mechanized World". Business Ethics Quarterly. 35 (3): 476–486. doi:10.1017/beq.2025.10075.
- ↑ Popescu, Mina (21 October 2024). "Comedia „umană" a lui Georges Mazilu în 26 de uleiuri pe pânză, la Brukenthal". Curatorial (in română).
- ↑ Nasui, Cosmin (16 July 2025). "Expoziția „Georges Mazilu. Un voyage", Complexul Muzeal Bistrița-Năsăud". Modernism.ro (in română).
- ↑ Tița, Marius (28 February 2020). "Arta omoară toți virușii". Bursa (in română).
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