Artist

Catalina Marin

Pictura murală (ulei pe lemn) în interiorul bisericii de lemn „Sf. Arhangheli” din Ociu, comuna Vața de Jos, județul Hunedoara (1982)
Partial view of the wooden church "Sf. Archangels "from Ociu, Valea Jos commune, Hunedoara county (1982)
Fața de prapor din Biserica de lemn „Sf. Arhangheli” din Ociu, comuna Vața de Jos, județul Hunedoara (1982)

Catalina Marin is an artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum.

She spent weeks in the same wooden church, sleeping on a bench behind the altar, because the light inside only hit the frescoes right at 10 a.m. and again at 4 p.m. That ritual turned her photographs of the angels’ painted faces into something between postcard and prayer. Look up the 1982 shot titled “Partial view of the wooden church ‘Sf. Archangels’ from Ociu” and you’ll see why the wood’s grain looks like a second set of wings.

Works by Catalina Marin

Collections represented

"Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum

Museum

"Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum

The Village Museum formally National Museum of the Village "Dimitrie Gusti" (Muzeul Național al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti" in Romanian) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the King Michael I…

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