If Hans Bellmer were in love with melodies as much as with dolls, he probably would create something similar to what you can see in the images of the Romanian surrealist painter and photographer Adrian Borda (b. 1978). His erotic interpretation of music looks like an homage to Ingres's Violin by Man Ray. The assemblage technique widely used by the artist may evoke in your mind Lotreamon’s phrase “beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting-table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella.”
Fig. 1. Music (adrianborda.com)
Fig. 2. Le Violin d’Ingres, 1924 (Wikipedia.org)
Fig. 3. Agaric Flying Dutchman (instagram.com)
Fig. 4. The Bleeding Rose (instagram.com)
Fig. 5. Serenade with Strings (adrianborda.com)
Inner Traveler
Adrian Borda was born in Reghin (Northern Romania). As the artist says, it's "a peaceful place with no social life, an ideal place to observe the artistic fight inside me." This statement is pretty curious since many artists, even the most unsociable like William Etty, traveled across the world to study art and establish connections with other artists and art dealers. Talented painters born in the province usually dream of relocating to centers of social life and can go dramatically far in pursuing their goals, like Foujita, who was born Japanese and died French. The case of Adrian Borda seems to be totally different. The artist describes himself as an inner traveler. His works, held in private collections in the United States, Hungary, Canada, France, Switzerland, Japan, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, and Greece, traveled a lot more than the artist who prefers subconscious journeys to real ones. Nowadays, he still resides in Reghin, the most suitable place for his surreal creativity. Borda began thinking of painting as a career when he was studying in high school. Then he enrolled at the George Enescu University in Iasi to get a specialization in fine arts. As a professional artist, Borda had a number of personal and group exhibitions in Romania and the Netherlands.
Fig. 6. Little M (adrianborda.com)
Fig. 7. My Halloween Pumpkin (adrianborda.com)
Fig. 8. I’m Here To Entertain You (adrianborda.com)
Mixing Lowbrow And Classics
Borda's works are influenced by classic avant-garde paintings and photographs as well as by the so-called Lowbrow art. In the imaginary world of the artist, Man Ray meets Mark Ryden, and the most famous images of Klimt (She Had Flowers) get blended with a manner close to that of Catherine Abel (My Summer Wine). Frequently Borda refers to well-known classic oeuvres making a weird cocktail of such different masters as Aivazovsky and Goya (Beyond the Pleasure Principle). As follows from the description on Borda's Instagram account, the walrus-like creature in the picture is a .... (continue reading in Premium)
Fig. 9. She Had Flowers (adrianborda.com)
Fig. 10. My Summer Wine (adrianborda.com)
Fig. 11. Odalisque (adrianborda.com)
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Sources: adrianborda.com; instagram.com/p/B5PuAAeg0lW/
