The ubiquitous element Painting

The gaping figures in Stevanovic's works are placed in an undefined space that seems to represent the dark corridors of the human subconscious. Sometimes accented with black, blue, or blood red, this space is just as dark when accented with gold or yellow. Caricature characters wear expressions of pain, fear, malice, anger, sometimes grinning. They rarely look directly at the viewer - as if they tend to remain hidden, in the dark, behind the stage of the performance that the ego thinks it is leading and directing. Occasionally we get the impression that these creatures are banished, we can see a hand pointing a finger at them or pressing them from somewhere on high. In everyday life, accustomed to beautified, toned, well-groomed and perfect bodies, in these pictures we observe bodies that are tortured, unaesthetic, animalistic, subterranean. The works of Stefan Stevanović expose the dark, secret chambers of the human psyche and introduce us to the world from which modern man tries to escape. The painted scenes are disturbing, but they intrigue us and ask us to devote ourselves to them. Thus, the grotesque faces and bodies in these works remind us that the only way to master our demons is to get to know them.