The artists who comprise the Neo-Romantic Group (Ivana Salander, Andrey Tamarchenko, Paul Weingarten ) are united in their allegiance to a core set of principles. Above all, they present themselves naked and true, with life as their primary celebration, honesty as their modus operandi, and a respect and reverence for the inspired masters of all ages. They present an art that rejects pseudo avant- garde fashion. The Neo-Romantics aim for a purity of expression that emanates not from intellectual theory but from pure emotion. For the Neo-Romantics, artists “do now know because they are told, they know because they experience.” Descartes said, “I think therefore I am.” The Neo-Romantics prefer “I feel therefore I live.”

These artists carry out this endeavor with depth, with openness, with awe before nature, with a respect for tradition and a renewed vision of life. They employ both spontaneity and craftsmanship born of the need to represent in no uncertain terms, that which is life itself.

OBER GALLERY TO SHOW THE NEO-ROMANTIC GROUP

February 9 - March 7

Andrey Tamarchenko

Manhattan Bridge

2006
Oil on Canvas
34" x 44"