Current Exhibition Details

 

Cristina Popovici - 7 X Light

“7 x light” is a process and a metaphor at the same time. Light is the center of analysis with its nuances: day light, colour, inner light, energy, joy and aspiration. This project is a metaphor for my transformation as a person and an artist. Colou r and light witness my artistic life stages, steps, doubts, hesitations and happiness. But also light is enlightenment, aim, fulfillment. This project has two parts: 7 x Light, exhibited in August at SoCA, Auckland and 7 x Light – in September at the Arthouse, Christchurch. Each exhibition treats light differently, but complements each other. On the one hand light is the rainbow, explosions of colour, mood and expression. Contrast and stimulations. Close colours, deep colours, balance, blending and translucence. Surprise, joy, connection. Swirls of colour on PVC, translucent Perspex, canvas and stretched vinyl. Light as energy and vitality. The formal key of the present exhibition is the triangle in dialog with black. The triangle is present in the stretched PVC works, which swing between painting and sculpture, and freely unfolds as three-dimensional representation in the black pyramids. The white portraits generate tension between their free expression and the definite structure of the support. In the stretched works, the contrast is widened by opposing the hidden spine of the stretchers and the poured colour that amplifies the three-dimensional aspect. The shapes are dynamic and energetic while the palette is contained and subdued. Light is not explosive, sensual and exuberant this time, but restrained and inwardly enlightening. Cristina Popovici – Sept 07