Figur

Even at first glance we see cracks in the wood and the irregularities in the grain. The cracks seem to change with time, they seem to grow, and narrow again. They throw a wrench into the repetition. Man is here trying to impose repetition on the natural material.A thing of the impossible? We ask ourselves, how did the artist work? Did he repeat his thoughts? Or did he deliberately design the repetition to direct our gaze to the antithesis of repetition? The uniqueness of the material is unmistakable. And yet another question suggests itself: Was the basic material chosen before the idea?
Was a piece of wood deliberately chosen here to counter the repetition? And the viewer realizes that an initially simple sculpture can raise more questions than a complex structure. The object consists of several geometrically identical basic elements and therefore appears simple and repetitive. But nature does not always allow for simplicity and repetition, it is not always made for it.

Wine is one of the oldest cultivated plants, dating back at least 7,000 years, with its origins in Georgia and Armenia. We are all familiar with the sight of grapevines, whether they bear green or purple grapes, and we enjoy the sweet fruits.

Grapes are the fruits of a vine, and as the vines age, their stems become more woody and robust. You could almost carve the grapes of this sculpture from their wood, but Daniel Bucur has chosen walnut wood, which much better suits the softness and curves of the sweet fruits. The artist has performed a transformation here, coaxing grace and softness out of the hardness of the wood.

However, this transformation also demanded a great deal of concentration from Daniel Bucur. He spent weeks covering the entire surface with carved grapes, patiently shaping each grape from the wood with fine knives. To give the grapes the perfect roundness, he had to turn and adjust the piece thousands of times, making precise cuts until the desired form was achieved.

The sculpture depicts a highly abstracted female torso with a head and two exaggeratedly long legs. The predetermined shape of the wooden piece gives the artist the freedom to distort physical attributes and focus on them according to his will.

The narrowing of the form creates the impression that this sculpture consists of an excess of limbs and is excessively mobile. Tension arises because it is not clear how stably the woman stands on her feet, and one can imagine the possibility that she is balancing on stilts.

The piece is made from a natural forked branch of a white beech, a very hard and durable type of wood. Daniel Bucur stained the surface orange and then added carved dots that expose the light wood underneath. This creates an exotic aura that reminds us of tribal art. Throughout human history, wood has always been used as a primary material for art objects, allowing the artist to draw from a rich repertoire that leads to intriguing associations: Africa, long-legged, giraffe.