GRUPUL ARTISTIC "FANTOM" – UNDERGROUND-UL MODERNIST ÎN ARTA BASARABEANĂ. (1988–1993)

Summary. This text proposes a presentation and an analysis of the artistic group „Phantom” (1988–1993) activity, as well of each of its members individually. There are described circumstances of its creation, and the proposed approaches, given to the socio-political context and the system of value in the 90s. It was the first group in Moldova, composed from artists, mostly painters, which was formed on the basis of a well-established concept and strategies, on the idea of switching from plastic methods of poetic realism to the psychic realism, trough non-objectual painting. It describes the conceptual basis of the group, its philosophical and theoretical marks. „Phantom” was the first group which had an art critic and theorist, who supplied them with critical materials, organized discussions and represented them in the media. Despite the fact that the group existed quite a short period of time, however, it marked by its presence the Moldovan art scene in the transition period, followed by the collapse of the USSR, theorizing and contextualizing principles and approaches of local artistic context. The impact of the „Phantom” group was produced trough artists, who worked in its composition, each in their own way, later influencing artistic and theoretical methods of the contemporary art scene on the local and international level.Key words: psychic realism, subjective representation, abstract phantom, textures differences, configuration, primary forms, original constant-modulus, ontological painting.