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Sorin Manea

a Roma settlement outside Sibiu, Romania

Sorin was abandoned at a gas station as a child and raised by the kind-hearted owner, who became his family. Growing up with the hum of fuel pumps and the quiet solitude of the station, Sorin found comfort in the orderliness of window washing. His childhood was punctuated by flashes of nostalgia, the softness of old photographs entrusted to him by his guardian, and his attentiveness is rooted in a desire to capture fleeting moments of security.

Melancholic Art

About

Obsession

Curling edges of old photographs

Voice

Pre-dawn stillness, cool pane touch

Artistic Medium

Tinted glass panel assemblages

Technique

Meticulously layering and scoring glass

Influences

Abandonment at the gas station, Roma settlement life, rhythmic window cleaning

Materials

Discarded windowpanes, weathered photographs, station trinkets

Scale

Panels the size of shopfront windows

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Commissioned Works

"Contrasts of a City Morning"

May 21, 2026 · melancholic