Talking with Painters

Ep 116: Aida Tomescu (uncut)


Listen Later

See the YouTube video version of this podcast episode here

Fresh out of Sydney lockdown, the incredible works of Aida Tomescu are showing both in Sydney with Fox Jensen Gallery and in Hong Kong with Flowers Gallery in two outstanding exhibitions.

To add to this, in early December 2021, Orange Regional Gallery will be exhibiting what promises to be a blockbuster Tomescu show, looking at the artist’s latest large works and how they connect to a group of key paintings and etchings from the past twenty years.

Tying in with these shows, I recently came across some footage I’d taken in the lead up to Aida’s 2019 show with Fox Jensen Gallery, ‘The Open Wounds of White Clouds’. Watching the video again, I soon realised there were many timeless gems in that conversation which I had never published, so here is the full exchange.

We filmed this conversation in Aida’s studio in August 2019, in the midst of many dynamic works lining the walls and with Aida standing in front of the triptych titled ‘Sewn onto the Stones in the Sky’. That work has since been acquired by the Art Gallery of NSW (see below) and Aida talks in this episode about her approach to that work.

Scroll down to see the video version of this episode as well as four previous videos of Aida currently on the channel.

To hear the audio podcast conversation click ‘play’ beneath the above feature photo.

Current and upcoming shows
  • ‘A Long Line of Sand’, Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney, current until 30 October 2021
  • ‘In a Carpet Made of Water’, Flowers Gallery, Hong Kong, current until
  • ‘Unfolding Presence’, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, opening 3 December, 2021
  • Useful Links
    • Aida Tomescu website
    • Aida Tomescu at Fox Jensen Gallery
    • Aida Tomescu at Flowers Gallery
    • Episode 33 Talking with Painters podcast: Aida Tomescu
    • Episode 65 Talking with Painters podcast: Aida Tomescu on Tony Tuckson
    • Book tickets for ‘The Artist Speaks’ series – Art Gallery of NSW
    • Youtube video of this episode
    • Video version of this episode
      https://youtu.be/6K1yIMmG3Kk
      Previous YouTube videos
      https://youtu.be/pbSNWrtdOdY
      Aida Tomescu – extended interview of episode 33 of the Talking with Painters podcast
      https://youtu.be/9D7B1W3cH3c
      Aida Tomescu talks with Maria Stoljar in her studio
      https://youtu.be/IbhHjZ0YZxI
      Aida Tomescu’s 2019 show ‘The Open Wounds of White Clouds’
      https://youtu.be/BJ8052xpX8c
      Maria Stoljar talks with Aida Tomescu about the AGNSW exhibition Tuckson: The Abstract Sublime
      ‘Sewn onto the Stones in the Sky’
      oil on Belgian linen
      200 x 460cm overall
      Collection: Art Gallery of NSW
      Purchased with funds donated by Ken Cole AM and Rowena Danziger AM
      Photo: Andrew Jensen
      A Long Line of Sand IV‘, 2021 oil on Belgian linen
      200 x 306 cm (diptych)
      each linen panel 200 x 153cm
      Photo courtesy of Fox Jensen Gallery
      A Long Line of Sand III, 2021 oil on Belgian linen
      206 x 480cm (triptych)
      Photo: Andrew Jensen
      Gloria, 2021
      oil on Belgian linen. 200 x 460 cm (triptych)
      Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney
      Photo: Andrew Jensen
      Into a carpet made of water, 2021
      Oil on Belgian linen
      200 x 153 cm
      Flowers Gallery exhibition, Hong Kong, 2021
      Photo courtesy of the Gallery
      A Long Line of Sand I, 2021 oil on Belgian linen
      200 x 460 cm (triptych)
      Photo courtesy of Fox Jensen Gallery
      ...more
      View all episodesView all episodes
      Download on the App Store

      Talking with PaintersBy Maria Stoljar

      • 4.6
      • 4.6
      • 4.6
      • 4.6
      • 4.6

      4.6

      57 ratings


      More shows like Talking with Painters

      View all
      The Modern Art Notes Podcast by Tyler Green

      The Modern Art Notes Podcast

      477 Listeners

      Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood by Antrese Wood

      Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

      861 Listeners

      Plein Air Art Podcast by PleinAir Magazine

      Plein Air Art Podcast

      227 Listeners

      The Week in Art by The Art Newspaper

      The Week in Art

      201 Listeners

      The Laura Horn Art Podcast by Laura Horn

      The Laura Horn Art Podcast

      311 Listeners

      Talk Art by Russell Tovey and Robert Diament

      Talk Art

      483 Listeners

      Art Juice: A podcast for artists, creatives and art lovers by Louise Fletcher/Alice Sheridan

      Art Juice: A podcast for artists, creatives and art lovers

      710 Listeners

      The Great Women Artists by Katy Hessel

      The Great Women Artists

      524 Listeners

      Learn to Paint Podcast by Learn to Paint Podcast

      Learn to Paint Podcast

      271 Listeners

      The Art Angle by Artnet News

      The Art Angle

      314 Listeners

      Art Wank by Fiona Verity, Julie Nicholson and Gary Seller

      Art Wank

      8 Listeners

      A brush with... by The Art Newspaper

      A brush with...

      140 Listeners

      Windowsill Chats by Margo Tantau

      Windowsill Chats

      327 Listeners

      Art2Life by Nicholas Wilton

      Art2Life

      596 Listeners

      Art Problems by Paddy Johnson

      Art Problems

      124 Listeners