Marin Gherasim

Carte de istorie, arta si prietenie, lucrarea de fata prezinta treptele existentei si operei unui pictor ce a beneficiat din plin de darul virtuos al rabdarii si al sperantei, al reflectiei fata de sine si fata de ceilalti, in cautarea unei solutii de reasezare sufleteasca, de regasire a unui ideal spiritual, de-a lungul unui drum sinuos avand ca punct culminant o simplificare, o esentializare a vietii.

Rabdarea lui Marin Gherasim este rupta din invataturile monahilor, care inteleg si propovaduiesc asteptarea, nadejdea si iubirea, asumate si impartasite, printr-o discreta pedagogie, cu ceilalti. Virtute cu multiple surori, capabila sa distruga intristarea si sa deschida portile bucuriei, aceasta rabdare este o mostenire de familie pe care pictorul o valorifica impotriva contagiunii nefaste si agresive a despiritualizarii si a desacralizarii sistematice a omului, adesea in numele unui umanism ateu.

Alexandru Davidian A work of history, of art, and, ultimately, of friendship, this book introduces the steps of the oeuvre and life of a painter who took full advantage of the virtuous gift of patience and hope, of self-reflection and of reflecting on others, while seeking a way to resettle the inner self to find a spiritual ideal anew along a tortuous road whose apex rests with life’s essentialisation into sheer simplicity. Marin Gherasim’s patience is a leaf out of those monks’ sageness who understand and preach that anticipation-voided type of waiting, as well as the hope and love, assumed through a discreet strand of pedagogy, that are being shared in the feeling of togetherness. It is a virtue that has a multiplicity of siblings, capable of overcoming sorrow by opening up the gates of joy.