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Thoughts on Absence

I am more for the notion of absence from an ontological perspective, in which we should understand absence as an inevitable element of presence. To illustrate, consider a painting. The more present the image is on the canvas, the more absent the actual scene it represents becomes. Thus, the persistence of presence implies that presence […]

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WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND?

Persephone’s return to earth each spring symbolizes immortality and the eternal cycle of life. The theme of life and death as the ultimate starting point between which the human condition lasts is woven into the exhibition “What is on your mind?”, thus putting the exhibited works of art and the exhibition itself into a deeper […]

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Statement

The work consists of drawings, prints (monoprints, silkscreens) and paintings. The pieces are in several series across styles. As mental exercises, the works also suggest an intention to visually address an issue of an overarching human condition through personal and private references. The goal of these works is an interest in diverse subjects, mostly from […]

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Sky Keepers

Barthes argues that photography is where we put death in modern society; now that it has left religion and ritual, it finds its anthropological context in “this image” which produces death while attempting to preserve life.Sky keepers is a series of black and white prints on tarpaulin appropriated from the book with the same title. […]

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On Helicopters and Genitalia

In 1878, when Eadweard Muybridge made his celebrated photographs of a galloping horse, it was not the beginning of a path towards the discovery of the movie pictures as those photographs are thought of today. What fascinated his contemporaries most was the overthrowing absurdity of those photographs related to how the “frozen” running horse presents […]

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Homeless/Epson project/2000

Four artists (Alexandar Rasulić, Filip Matić, Camilla Wærenskjold and Casper Evensen) of diverse origins showed their graphic works in Oslo. The starting point for this project was to present the work done on screen (computer) and transfer it to material sheets. Thanks to the collaboration with an American hardware manufacturer (Epson), attempts have been made […]

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German Lessons

Not so long ago, Jean Genet taught us that each end of every technological advancement sets any artistic medium free from the notion of reality. Photography liberates painting from the certainty of facts. Film relieves photography from the necessity of recording eternity. On the other hand, television frees the film from the documentary aspect, while […]

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Everything is All

Everything is All” is a series of Paintings inspired by the poetry of the Persian poet and mystic Jallal-ad-Din Rumi.I combine my visual meditations on love, politics, social issues, and spiritual and everyday life, willingly interpreted in a secular context but with a spiritual twist. Rumi’s poetry represents an increasing need for intuitive and mystical […]