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Ioan Laza
prelucrare lemn - wood working |
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Ioan Laza
Adresa/Address: Bd-u Alexandru cel Bun, bl. S3, sc. D, et. 7, ap. 26, Iasi, Romania
Tel.: 0232 256585
Email: artprut@gmail.com |
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Omenia pusa pe linguri |
Sympathy and spoons |
Cine
il cunoaste bine pe Lica Laza stie ca e un om bun de pus pe rana. Omenia si hatrosenia sa
vin din strafundurile divine, fiind exemplare pentru mai tinerii membri ai AMPM. Stie sa
pastreze calm si echilibru, destinde orice atmosfera incordata cu o gluma ce vine din
inima sa buna, prezenta sa fiind tonica si binevenita oriunde.
De ce am amintit toate aceste trasaturi de caracter?
Ei bine, toate au legatura intrinseca cu creatia sa, lemnul ascultand mai usor
instrumentele taioase atunci cand se afla in mana unor mesteri ca Lica Laza. Omenia,
umorul ancestral, echilibrul – iata atribute ce se regasesc pe cozile lingurilor
decorative, pe foale, pe blaturile pentru icoane, pe sararite sau pe suporturile
decorative cioplite migalos de mesterul iesean. Motivele decorative ce, adesea, devin
veritabile ansambluri decorative, sunt inspirate mai toate din bogata traditie ornamentala
autohtona (rozeta solara, funia, arborele vietii, siluete antropomorfe stilizate si
evocate in posturi hazlii, linia, punctul, dintele de lup, reprezentari avimorfe, in
randul acestora la loc de cinste este cocosul vestitor de bine s.a.).
Asemenea Silviei Cozminca, Ioan Laza si-a regasit
pasiunea pentru sculptura in lemn dupa iesirea la pensie; acum si-a transformat bucataria
de la blocul din cartierul iesean Alexandru cel Bun in atelier de lucru, in vreme ce holul
si sufrageria sunt organizate ca un veritabil muzeu; aici se regasesc multe si valoroase
lucrari de arta populara (in special icoane pe lemn), dar mai cu seama o suita de lucrari
de arta plastica apartinand unor mari artisti ieseni (Ioan Ganju, Constantin Tofan, Enio
Bartos, Dragos Patrascu, Ion Balau – din creatia celui din urma amintind suitele La
grau, La canepa si Amintiri din copilarie, suite care ar merita oricand sa fie expuse
intr-o expozitie!), artisti in preajma carora Lica Laza a avut onoarea sa se afle de-a
lungul anilor. Asadar, Ioan Laza este si un mare
colectionar nu numai de obiecte migalite de el insusi, cat mai cu seama de la marile
personalitati pe care a avut bucuria de a le intalni in viata sa.
In ultima vreme a inceput sa cutreiere Occidentul, impresionand si acolo prin capacitatea
sa speciala de a relationa cu oamenii. Incurajatoare pentru ceilalti este si aplecarea sa
spre valorile traditiei autentice, aplecare pe care o marturiseste deschis atunci cand
vine vorba despre inovatie („Atat cat se pastreaza traditia”) sau atunci cand isi
completeaza propria prezentare („Pasiunea si dorinta de mai bine in pastrarea si
conservarea mestesugului practicat”). |
People
who know Lica Laza know that he represents kindness itself. He is a merry, kind-hearted
fellow and such qualities which seem to come from some divine recess should be examples to
follow for the younger members of AMPM. He is capable of keeping his temper, of easing
tension with a joke coming from his good heart, his presence being invigorating and
welcomed everywhere.
Why did I mention these traits? Well, they are all
intrinsically related with his creation, it seems that the wood is cut easier by the edged
tools when such tools are handled by artisans like Lica Laza. Among the traits which can
be found on the design spoons’ tails, on the bellows, on the icon supports, on the
salt-cellars or ornamental supports carefully carved by the artisan from Iasi are:
kindness, ancestral humor and measure. In terms of ornamental motives which often become
real ornamental ensembles, the artisan draws his inspiration from the rich aboriginal
ornamental tradition (the solar rosette, the rope, the tree of life, stylized
anthropomorphous forms which are evoked in comical situations, the line, the point, the
wolf tooth, avimorphous representations, and among them the cock which is the herald of
good and so on).
Like Silvia Cozmīnca, Ioan Laza re discovered his
passion for wood carving only after he retired; he transformed the kitchen of his
apartment in Alexandru cel Bun quarter into a working shop, while the hall and the living
room are organized as a real museum; here are displayed many and valuable works
(especially icons painted on wood) of art belonging to great artists from Iasi (Ioan
Gānju, Constantin Tofan, Enio Bartos, Dragos Patrascu, Ion Balau – out of the
latter’s creation we mention the series La grāu, La cānepa si Amintiri din copilarie,
series which deserve to be part of an exhibition) next to whom he had the honor of being.
That is, he is also a great collector,
collecting not only objects manufactured by him, but especially objects belonging to
personalities he had the occasion to meet.
During the last years he started to explore the
Occident, managing to impress there too with his ability of approaching people. His
inclination towards the authentic traditional values that he openly confesses when it
comes to innovation (“Within the limits of tradition”) or when he talks about himself
(“Passion and the wish to do better in order to preserve the practiced handicraft”) is
encouraging for the other people. |
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