Horia Roșca, WORKSHOP WINDOWS IN SUMMERTIME, oil/ canvas, 180x160 cm, 1994

Another remarkable aspect of his compositions is seriality, which highlights the artist's particular attention to elements that transform a scene. This aspect is visible in the two paintings of "Workshop Windows" captured both in summer and autumn, as well as in the painting "Hypostases," where the silhouette of a man is painted three times in three distinct poses. In the painting "Jazz," we see how the formal disintegration of the four band members reduces them to simple elements, in a Kandinsky manner, that are only recognizable through the sketches of the instruments they play. This association amplifies the importance of the instruments, balancing the role of the instrument and that of the performer, resulting in a new visual identity achieved through detail.

The interest in the process of figure or subject disintegration is evident not only in the painting style but also directly in the painting "Anamorphosis." Anamorphosis, as an optical process, creates distorted images, sometimes grotesque, that challenge the viewer to find the correct angle to decipher the image. However, in Horia Roșca's case, the final result is not clearly defined but maintains a play of lights, shadows, and colors that emphasize the anamorphosis process itself. Through this "meta" effect, the artist fragments the stylistic effect in real-time and maps, as in the works "Continents I," "Continents II," and "Map and Territory," a chromatic perimeter that he delimits and conquers from within, leaving us to observe the traces of this process.

If in his blue period, Picasso depicted a guitarist who had not yet disintegrated into his established cubist style, Horia Roșca offers us a dynamic saxophonist rendered in a cold color palette with outlines sketched in black. The colors flow freely without strict boundaries, and the dynamic effect creates a slight auditory impression in the viewer's mind, generated by synesthesia. On another note, thematically, his paintings predominantly feature a Hopper-inspired atmosphere; the painting "Afternoon" mirrors the American artist's "Morning Sun." In a balanced, static, and introspective state, also visible in the painting "Pause," Roșca explores profoundly human states, fracturing the contours of characters and their surrounding environment in an abstract amalgam.

Thus, we see that Horia Roșca succeeds in creating a profound dialogue between detail and whole, between fragmentation and unity. Through a rich stylistic palette and a technique that combines seriality with formal disintegration, the artist shapes a vision in which each element finds its meaning only through its interaction with other parts of the composition. Thus, his works are not mere representations but invitations to exploration and interpretation, where the viewer is challenged to decipher and contemplate the complexity of the visual world proposed by Roșca. "Cult of Detail" is not just a theme but an aesthetic and philosophical principle that governs his entire artistic endeavor, offering a new perspective on the relationship between fragment and whole, between what is visible and what remains hidden in the pictorial texture.

Ph.D. Researcher Andrei FĂȘIE