Body Mass XXVI Sculpture

Details of the creation of the work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0MFbIrIJ6E&feature=youtu.be The works from the Repnantсe project were inspired by the traditional icon painting culture and reflect the concept of creating an icon-painting image, classical forms, proportions, and its context. Here, the relation to the icon as to the body is mapped into bodily plastic elements. I turn soft strips into hard pressed matter like a real tree. I return the paper to the primitive state, back to the tree and forward to the mystical Christian perception. The work is collected from book strips of different stages of natural oxidation. The book strips are mounted on a wooden surface and covered with a very strong lacquer. Works were used as an artifact in performances and ceremonies. We became participants of exhibitions: ICONS; 31 October 2017 — 31 November 2017; Dukley Art Center, Montenegro, Budva, Mediteranska ulica, Dukley Residences, 2 sprat; ICONS; 24 March — 24 May Vitomir Srblyanovich Gallery, Montenegro, Pljevlja; ICONS; ​9 March 2017 — 30 March 2017 Voislav Bulatovich Strunjo Art Center, Montenegro, Bjelo Polje; ICONS; ​30 October 2016 — 30 November 2016 Dukley Art Center, Kotor, Montenegro; Icon — Religion in Russian Contemporary; ​04 June 2016 — 28 Augusto 2016 Ha Gamle Prestegard, Norway; Workshops from Jugooceanije; ​29 March 2016 — 15 April 2016 Petrović Summer House, Montenegro, Podgorica; Recycling Religion; ​13 December 2015 — 17 January 2016 White Box Gallery, USA, New-York; Recycling Religion; ​01 December 2015 — 04 December 2015 Satellite Art Fair, Deauville Parking Garage, USA, Miami;