Stefan Pelmus (1949) - THE HEAD // CAPUL ( the original name)

Ștefan Pelmuș – Capul, 1969
ExecutedIn Totem (1969), Ștefan Pelmuș invites the viewer into a world where image becomes symbol, and symbol becomes a passage towards the unknown. Executed in oil on plywood, the work belongs to the artist’s deeply personal visual universe, where archaic signs, spiritual references and ancestral motifs converge in an enigmatic and intensely poetic language.
Pelmuș’s totemic imagery seems to belong to a time beyond chronology—a realm of ancient memories, invisible connections and worlds that remain just beyond the reach of reason. His symbols do not simply describe; they suggest, evoke and invite contemplation, like fragments of a forgotten manuscript waiting to be deciphered.
There is something profoundly moving in this encounter. The work speaks quietly of humanity’s enduring search for meaning, belonging and transcendence, opening a space for reflection in which the familiar gives way to mystery.
More than an image, Totem becomes an inner journey: a glimpse into an ancestral world, at once mysterious and strangely familiar, where the visible and the unseen seem to touch. in oil on canvas and preserved in excellent condition, Capul (1969) offers an intimate encounter with the distinctive symbolic universe of Ștefan Pelmuș.
The work draws the viewer into a mysterious realm where human presence becomes a vessel for memory, spirituality and hidden meaning. Pelmuș’s imagery is never merely descriptive; his signs and forms seem to belong to an ancient visual language, one in which the visible world opens towards ancestral memories and unseen dimensions.
There is a quiet emotional intensity in Capul. Its symbols appear less as answers than as invitations—to contemplate, to remember, and to search within ourselves for meanings that exist beyond the immediately visible.
Rooted in Pelmuș’s fascination with archaic, spiritual and esoteric imagery, the painting becomes a kind of visual manuscript, inviting the viewer to decipher its signs and enter a world where myth, memory and inner experience meet.
More than a depiction, Capul is a meditation on the human condition: mysterious, deeply poetic and quietly moving. It is a work that does not reveal itself all at once, but stays with the viewer, touching something intimate and timeless within the soul.