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λ SERBAN SAVU (ROMANIAN B. 1978)UNTITLED Oil on canvas Signed and dated 2006 (verso) 35.5 x 50.5cm (13¾ x 19¾ in.)Unframed Provenance:The Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong KongAcquired from the above in 2007Like his paintings, the Romanian artist Serban Savu is sincere and down-to-earth. He is represented by David Radziszewski; his works have been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou, Nicodim Gallery, and the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Savu is an ardent champion of the Old Masters, as evidenced by his frank, figurative canvases. His choice of commonplace subjects - most often his countrymen going about their daily activities - calls forth associations with Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jean-François Millet, or the Le Nain brothers. WIthout embellishing or vulgarising, Savu's unpretentious depictions of the working man paint an evocative picture of everyday life in Romania. The present picture sees a figure trundle along through suburbia, focused yet unhurried. As in Untitled, the faces of Savu's subjects are often indistinct: they are everymen, lost in thought, content with the paths they have forged. Perhaps the viewer can find some comfort in the fact that, despite great upheaval - Savu lived through the Ceaușescu regime in his youth - life goes on, as do the worlds people create for themselves.