Aida Tomescu - extended interview (Talking with Painters podcast)

This is a longer version of episode 33 of the Talking with Painters podcast (talkingwithpainters.com) where Aida Tomescu talks with Maria Stoljar about her life and art. 1:27 Childhood in Romania 7:45 Art classes and school 12:35 Teacher and Cezanne’s ‘Card Players’ 14:33 First solo show in Romania/measuring success 16:10 Life under the Romanian regime/leaving Romania 20:25 Coming to Australia - 1980 22:00 Settling into Sydney 22:40 Seeing abstract art in Gallery A 25:09 Starting new work 26:25 Realisations – content, working in rotation, painting isn’t arbitrary 33:10 Early work, achieving ‘conviction’ in painting 37:00 Art awards – Sulman, Wynne, Dobell 38:30 Meaning in painting/ambivalence towards commercial success 39:40 Dobell prize diptych ‘Negru III and IV (a candle in a dark room)’ 40:00 The ground is the most crucial part of the work/ content 42:10 Colin McCahon’s painting ‘A Candle in a Dark Room’ 43:00 Drawing Negru III (A candle in a dark room)/ unity in a work/ when to finish 45:10 Colour – ‘found’ colour – excavating back into the ground 47:10 Sources - step by step process – working with the thread of the painting 50:45 Painting can generate light 51:35 Texture – upcoming show at Jensen Gallery 51:55 ‘Angels and Bed I – IV’ 54:15 Nothing mixed with the paint, constructing the painting 54:50 The painting of ‘Bribie’, finalist in 2015 Wynne prize 1:00:45 Energy in painting 1:02:30 Starting a body of work 1:06:00 Rhythm, movement when paint is activated or charged 1:07:24 Working on a number of paintings, cycles of works 1:08:30 Generating energy 1:09:20 Taking a serious decision about a painting 1:10:20 Relationship between accords 1:11:00 Working on larger vis-a-vis smaller paintings 1:11:45 Quintet – white paintings – paintings have an inner life 1:14:00 Drying the painting in time for the show 1:15:05 Brushes and scrapers 1:16:50 Link for the paintings for a show 1:18:20 Studio routine/ size of studio 1:23:00 Teaching and advice to students 🎥 See more videos of Aida Tomescu on this channel: ▶︎Aida Tomescu talks with Maria Stoljar (uncut)    • Aida Tomescu talks with Maria Stoljar (uncut)   ▶︎Aida Tomescu's 2019 show 'The Open Wounds of White Clouds'    • Aida Tomescu's 2019 show 'The Open Wounds ...   ▶︎Aida Tomescu talks with Maria Stoljar in her studio    • Aida Tomescu talks with Maria Stoljar in h...   🎤 Hear podcast interviews on the Talking with Painters podcast: ▶︎Episode 33 - https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/... ▶︎Episode 116 - https://talkingwithpainters.com/2021/... ▶︎Episode 63 - https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/... Maria Stoljar hosts the Talking with painters podcast and is the creator of this YouTube channel. You can connect with her here: ▶︎Website: http://talkingwithpainters.com/ ▶︎Subscribe to the Talking with Painters monthly newsletter: https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsl... ▶︎Instagram:   / talking_with_painters   ▶︎LinkedIn:   / maria-stoljar-5016a944   ▶︎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast... ▶︎Facebook:   / talkingwithpainters