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
Unfolding Red
Mixed Media on Canvas
1820 x 1220mm
2023
$14,000
​Available
Cristina Popovici
Tropical Black (Diptych)
Mixed Media on Canvas
2650 x 2300mm
2023
$20,000
​Available
Cristina Popovici
Unravelling Pink
Mixed Media on Canvas
1450 x 2500mm
2023
$17,000
​Available
Cristina Popovici
Frame of Mind- Magenta
​Oil on Canvas (Mixed Media Frame)
540 x 440mm
2023
$3000
​​Available
Cristina Popovici
Frame of Mind- Chrome
​Oil on Canvas (Mixed Media Frame)
540 x 440mm
2023
$3000
​​Available
Cristina Popovici
In- Formation I 
Mixed Media on Canvas
2200 x 1800mm
2023
$18,000
​Available

PREVIOUSLY EXHIBITED WORKS AT BLACK DOOR GALLERY

CRISTINA POPOVICI ARTWORKS IN SITU