LONDON.- A Momentary Rise of Reason is the first UK-solo exhibition of the work of Romanian painter Dan Voinea. Hailing from a new school of contemporary realist painting, Voinea and his contemporaries (fellow Romanian Adrian Ghenie, Belgian Michaël Borremans, or the UKs own Justin Mortimer, to name a few) have not only endured an early 21st century phase that appeared to prefer whimsy and liberty over realism (consider momentarily the surge in popularity of work by Peter Doig, Cecily Brown or Gary Hume, for instance,) but have prevailed, spearheading the recent reinvigoration of realist painting occurring on an international scale to an unprecedented degree.
However despite this revalued focus on new realism, even referring to Voineas paintings as realist seems to partly miss the mark;
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