Eugenia Popesco

Born UK, 1993

Through my work I aim to challenge perceptions, document and raise awareness of life in

contemporary Britain. My work strives to create a somewhat democratic image, a

representation of everyone’s lives, not just the few. Through this, I hope my art is

beneficial.

My work responds to the social and political climate of today. Much of my inspiration

originates from my own experience of living under the regime of conservative austerity in

Britain, as well as those of others. My work reacts to issues surrounding class, national

identity and traditions. I often use history, locality and landscape as motifs and visual

metaphors to help conceptually realise ideas into complex mixed media installations,

evoking an atmospheric resonance.

I am responsive to the changing mediation of imagery in the modern world, through print,

sculpture, moving image and sound. I combine these medias in an installation format in

order to reflect the excessive exhaustion of imagery in contemporary culture, with

reference to the internet and screens. Materiality is another fundamental element in my

practice. The appropriation of materials is often present in my work in order to conjure

consciousness and contextual associations. Amongst my use of contemporary material,

such as digital imagery, the handmade is essential. I am interested in exploring the

importance of the hand crafted artwork, and how analogue methods often have greater

personality, a folk aesthetic. I often contrast the analogue with the digital, creating a

hybridity of making. Through this, I challenge notions of what it means to be an artist today

in an age of ultra-capitalism.

I continually use these methods in order to create socially and politically engaged art.