Online Residency 2021

 

Biography

Anda Marcu is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in London, Canada. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries internationally over the years and is part of private collections across North America and Europe. Her projects include visual art works (painting, mixed media, film photography), writing, as well as hybrid projects (art and words).

She is also the founder and editor in chief of The Purposeful Mayonnaise (www.thepurposefulmayo.com), a 2-in-1 literary & art platform-journal showcasing artists and writers around the world.

 

Artist statement

My work is about memories: it explores reminiscing and the flow of time through the constantly changing landscape of memories. My aim is to turn memories into shapes and bursts of colour in an attempt to save fleeting moments.

With some memories being fragile and evanescent, I sometimes feel like I am partly embarking on my very own quest of searching for lost time. In my works, the choice of materials is intentional and very carefully planned out, as it plays an active role in the memory depiction. I have always liked the hands-on manipulation of materials while leaving some room for serendipity. This shows in my choice of materials over the years. In addition to painting, collages and fabric art, I worked with film photography for a number of years. At the moment, I am drawn mostly to acrylics (there is something about the rubbery texture and rich color intensity that fascinates me), fountain pen inks, and chalk pastels.

I find that combining gesturalism with controlled and precise strokes, and connecting different textures, shapes and colours resembles the way our most treasured memories of places and people are being stored and recalled: rarely whole and linear, mostly rearrangements of separate fragments.

 

Links

Website: www.andamarcu.com

https://www.instagram.com/andamarcuart/