SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Art and craftsmanship. Colors, meshes, filtering screens, skillfulness, and surprises. What results is usually bewildering and unique. I see in them predominantly the reflection of my own dreams and imaginings. Behold, these gilded, wide lines, rounded off at one end, are they not cutting blades perhaps, namely cutting edges, samurai swords? Or are they ideograms on a silk background and kimono flurries? My preferences impose the first interpretation, befitting the fervent admiration I have for the Japanese sense of fineness, the Bushido Code, heroism, and sacredness. Consequently, the austere swords escape without allowing themselves to be deciphered, between Ernst Jünger and Inazō Nitobé, rather than under the sign of polysemy and uncertainty for the semiotic hypothesis. Nonetheless, their lure remains filled with power and fascination."
 
Nicolae Steinhardt, Ph.D., author, literary critic, essayist, jurist, publicist, and in the latter part of his life, an Orthodox monk. 

  • REVIEWS

    2024
    Professor Abrudan, Elena. Professor of visual culture at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Cultural journalist. "Înapoi, la începuturi." Review included in the book "Artiști români contemporani perspective jurnalistice." Available to download as a PDF Document, 2024.
    2023
    Attila, Iakob, Ph.D. Curator at The Museum of Art, Bánffy Palace, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. "Ovidiu Avram: Idola Theatri." The Museum of Art, Bánffy Palace, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Online), July 19, 2023.
    2012
    Ostahie, Corneliu. Poet and art critic. "Ovidiu Avram - Rătăcirile și regăsirea unui sceptic de cursă lungă." Artindex A Romanian Art Review (Online), August 5, 2012.
    2008
    Petrescu, Liviu, Ph.D. Professor of comparative literature and vice president at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Director of the Sextil Pușcariu Institute of Linguistics and Literary History in Cluj-Napoca. Critic, literary historian, and essayist. "Artists of Today." Review included in the "Lexikon der Phantastischen Künstler," "The Lexicon of Fantastic Artists," written by the Austrian curator, author, editor of art publications, and co-founder of The Phantastenmuseum in Vienna Professor Gerhard Habarta. Available to download as a PDF Document, 2008. 
    2006
    Drăgoi, Livia, Ph.D. Director of The Museum of Art, Bánffy Palace, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Available to download as a PDF Document, 2006.
    1997
    Petrescu, Liviu, Ph.D. Professor of comparative literature and vice president at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Director of the Sextil Pușcariu Institute of Linguistics and Literary History in Cluj-Napoca. Critic, literary historian, and essayist. "Artists of Today." Review for Art Addiction, The Medial Global Art Annual (Online), 1997.  
    1994
    Petrescu, Liviu, Ph.D. Professor of comparative literature and vice president at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Director of the Sextil Pușcariu Institute of Linguistics and Literary History in Cluj-Napoca. Critic, literary historian, and essayist. "Ultimul Gnostic." Review of Ovidiu Avram's work. Available to download as a PDF Document, 1994.
    1984
    Zoica, Iosif. Author and Orthodox priest. "Plasticianul Ovidiu Avram și Lupta cu Îngerul." Review of Ovidiu Avram's work. Available to download as a PDF Document, 1984.
    1982
    Steinhardt, Nicolae Aurelian, Ph.D. Author, literary critic, essayist, jurist, publicist, and in the latter part of his life, an Orthodox monk. "Oglinda vrăjită a realului." Review of Ovidiu Avram's work. Available to download as a PDF Document, 1982.