{"id":1708,"date":"2024-10-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/?post_type=exhibitions&#038;p=1708"},"modified":"2025-02-12T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T06:16:54","slug":"aida-tomescu","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/exhibitions\/aida-tomescu\/","title":{"rendered":"Aida Tomescu: in the midst of happening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<mimas-block\n                class=\"block full-image-caption \"\n        role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Full Image with Caption\"\n        block-name=\"full-image-caption\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n    \n        \n\n        <div class=\"block__image\">\n        <figure>\n            \n\n<picture>\n    <source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\">\n    <source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n\n    <source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\">\n    <source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/h.-Aida-Tomescu-Argint-2012-mixed-media-on-linen-183-x-153-cm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1129\" height=\"604\">\n<\/picture>\n                        <figcaption>Argint, 2012, (detail) oil and mixed media on linen, 183 x 152 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Fox Jensen Gallery. Curtin University Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government&#8217;s Cultural Gifts Program by the artist, 2023. Photographed by Jenni Carter<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exhibition Open to the Public:<\/strong> 25 October &#8211; 15 December<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Bucharest, Romania (1955), Aida Tomescu has been living and working in Sydney since 1980. Tomescu is the winner of the Sulman Prize (1996), the Wynne prize (2001) and the Dobell Prize for Drawing (2003), Art Gallery of New South Wales. She is the winner of the inaugural LFSA Arts 21 Fellowship (1996) at the Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.&nbsp;Tomescu is represented in all major art museums in Australia and in international collections including the National Gallery of Australia; the National Gallery of Victoria; the Art Gallery of New South Wales; the Art Gallery of South Australia; Queensland Art Gallery; Heide Museum of Modern Art; Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand; and the British Museum, London, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Sun 12-4pm<br>Closed Saturdays and Public Holidays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=jcg_aida_tomescu_foldup_web&#038;u=johncurtngallery\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n    <mimas-block \n            full-width=\"white\"\n            block-name=\"whats-on-exhibitions\"\n            role=\"complementary\"\n            class=\"whats-on-exhibitions block\"\n            aria-label=\"What's on (Exhibitions)\"\n            data-segment=\"all\">\n\n        <div class=\"block__inner\">\n\n                            <div class=\"block-heading\">\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"block-heading__content\"><p>Related Programming<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                    \n                                    <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"card-carousel__slider\">\n                \n    \n<div class=\"grid--exhibition\" id=\"slider-530349648\" data-count=\"3\">\n                        \n  \n<div class=\"card card--event card--theme-white card--has-link\">\n    <div class=\"card__inner\">\n        <div class=\"card__content\">\n                            <h3 class=\"card__title\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/events\/studio-opening-weekend-public-programming-friday\/\" class=\"card__link\">\n                                        STUDIO Opening Weekend Public Programming: Friday\n                                            <\/a>\n                                    <\/h3>\n                                        <div class=\"card__meta\"><p class=\"card__location\"><span class=\"ico ico-map-pin\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 16 19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M13.306 2.444A7.513 7.513 0 0 0 2.681 13.069L8 18.375l5.306-5.3a7.5 7.5 0 0 0 0-10.631Zm-.887 9.725-4.42 4.418-4.418-4.418a6.25 6.25 0 1 1 8.838 0ZM7.998 4a3.125 3.125 0 1 0 0 6.25A3.125 3.125 0 0 0 8 4Zm0 5a1.875 1.875 0 1 1 0-3.75A1.875 1.875 0 0 1 8 9Z\" \/><\/svg><\/span>John Curtin Gallery<\/p><p class=\"card__date\">27 Oct 2024 11:30am-1:30pm<\/p>                <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"card__description\"><p>Please join us to hear about the creative process and artworks featured in Brett Whiteley: Inside the Studio with AGNSW Curator Nick Yelverton and Aida Tomescu in conversation with JCG Curator Lia McKnight. Exhibitions opening to the public on Friday 25 October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card__image\">\n            \n                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Aida-studio-JPEG-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"327\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:13px\">Header image: Aida Tomescu,&nbsp;<em>Eyes in the Heat I<\/em> (detail), 2015, oil, pastel and oil stick on canvas, 183 x 153 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Fox Jensen Gallery. Photographed by Jenni Carter. Curtin University Art Collection. 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