Simona Mihaela Stoia

For this last edition of Radicale 1924 , Simona Mihaela Stoia made 2 paintings in echo with the village of Saint Cirq Lapopie

'I go outside, I see things they generate something else. I don’t know why. And then I have to go back out in the real world, and search for subject matter, to actually put on the canvas. That’s the challenging part. The idea is so pure, but when you put it out, it starts to diminish. How do I keep it as sharp, as vivid, as it was in my mind? There is a transparency, an abstraction in my work that is connected to the subconscious. The experience in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie made me see this clearer. I didn’t fully grasp this before. For my art practice, and my awareness of what I’m doing, being there has been extremely important.' Simona Mihaela Stoia in conversation with Tamara Beheydt , January 2024