cristina popovici
Cristina Popovici transposes bold gestures in an action painting approach to her canvases, arresting their spontaneous and raw energy for our contemplation and visual delight. Her technqiue involves a combination of instant brush strokes and slow motion pouring; the results are vivid, rhythmic and sensuous.
Popovici works with a number of different supports such as traditional canvas, Perspex, PVC, fibre glass, and metal stencils; as well as different paint mediums ranging from industrial paint, glass paint, ink, plaster, acrylic, spray paints and oils. These materials are a means to express her unique visual vocabulary of techniques developed over years of practice. Letting her materials and physical energy guide the process is key to creation of the work, as the artist describes: "I do not sketch new works prior to making them, instead there is a process of internalization where energy and emotion grows and builds until it bursts through my gestures and transposes on the canvas. I always say that there is no separation between body, mind and spirit, in the sense that the body is like a vessel for the energy to express itself. Therefore where I get inspired from is not as relevant as how I process it." Popovici draws on a foundation of classical Fine Arts training; yet finds freedom in the modes of abstract expressionism. Popovici has over 20 years of exhibition history in New Zealand and Australia, with works in public and private collections. |
With a range of tools, Popovici transposes bold gestures to her canvases, arresting their spontaneous and raw energy for our contemplation and visual delight. |
CRISTINA POPOVICI works available at black door gallery
Cristina Popovici
Anatomy of a Feeling
Mixed Media on Canvas
1800 x 2500mm
2024
$18,500
Available
Anatomy of a Feeling
Mixed Media on Canvas
1800 x 2500mm
2024
$18,500
Available
Cristina Popovici
Fabric of a Feeling
Mixed Media on Canvas
2200 x 1800mm
2024
$18,000
Available
Fabric of a Feeling
Mixed Media on Canvas
2200 x 1800mm
2024
$18,000
Available
Cristina Popovici
Unravelling Pink
Mixed Media on Canvas
1450 x 2500mm
2023
$17,000
Available
Unravelling Pink
Mixed Media on Canvas
1450 x 2500mm
2023
$17,000
Available