"What? About You", a Solo Show by Romanian Painter Alina Teodorescu

“What? About you", a solo exhibition by the young Romanian painter Alina Teodorescu (1982) for the first time in the Middle East will kick off on June 28, a press release said.

The bold figurative works by Alina, who lives and works in London, are an expose of her daily diary,

an inner dialogue about releasing frustrations to attain freedom.

Transcending boundaries between mediums, her work inspired by digitalizing a raw personal moment and transforming it to the canvas, paper, and piece.

Each visual has been assigned words to capture a singular poetry of her emotions. This blend of text and images give shape to her fragile yet beautiful inner world, the release added.

The title of the exhibition 'What? About you' has a double meaning. First, it is an invitation for the

viewer to discover tools of capturing the spontaneity and the memorable moments that enrich their

life, but are usually forgotten. Secondly, these pieces are based on a love story that ended without

fulfillment and her imaginary dialogue with him on their lost love.

This series is a silent agitation. It is an observation of feelings and emotions and how they affected

the artist. The artwork is a blend of real experiences and unreal situations. For her, the image gives a

sense of being there and then disappearing - a very ephemeral experience.

While she works with a piece, she sometimes feels as though the composition attempts to fight out the limits of the canvas, paper, or piece, it added.

The exhibition is exposing three mediums including canvas, paper and digital prints. The latter happened when Alina spontaneously scribbled simple ideas on her iPad using the same application as David Hockney.

The artist quickly realized what an interesting experience it was opening herself up to a new style of art

after having studied the fundamentals of painting and drawing it was interesting to translate her

creativity digitally, the press release added.

She started to feel like the computer was a tool or extension of herself. Something which started as a simple sketch, turned into the main piece. She started to see her drawings come to life.

Daniel Tănase, Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Lebanon will attend and support the artist.

Alina’s work will be exposed at IRIS Beirut. The preview is Friday, June 28th opening at 7PM and

will continue only Saturday June 29 and Sunday June 30 from 4PM-9PM.