Isolant Painting

Born in Vinkovci, Croatia, in 1975. Graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2001. Became the Doctor of Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2015. Member of HDLU Zagreb (since 2006). Works as a assistant professor at the Faculty of Education in Osijek. .............. Foreword to the One-man show "Salllon postisolationis", Vukovar Muncipal Museum, 2020. "... The second part of the isolation opus is presented in large formats that are radically different from the experiences of nature. The motifs of the paintings are female and male nudes set in very unusual relationships that evoke symbolic meanings and allow for an open interpretation by the observer. In the paintings of male nudes, the subconscious tendency to express inner states and desires is obvious. Almost baroque, naturalistic bodies float in an undefined, barely marked space, and realistic body fragments contrast with the volume of flatness and the abstraction of the background. Unlike male sensual nudes, female nudes are painted in Klimtesque style and occasionally Schiele-like deformed, transformed into grotesque and sarcasm provoked by life situations. In this series of works, color is non-descriptive, separate from real experiences and left to imagination and personal interpretation. All tonal transitions range from warm pink to cool purple and thus colorfully connect the works into a single cycle. The use of color in line with the patterns of individual symbolism, without reference to the coloristic experiences of the real world, makes the reflection on works abundant with surreal concepts of expressing the subconscious. The process of creating these images differs significantly from the previous ones both ambientally and temporally. Painting by relying on memory in an intimate workspace, a real painting odyssey of thin layers of color in which the smooth surface of the painting is gradual and layered...." Lana Skender