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Čavor – Artist Statement for Saatchi Art Jovan Čavor is a Montenegrin visual artist whose work explores silence, memory, and the fragile tension between reality and imagination. Rooted in drawing and oil painting, his art emerges not from a desire for recognition, but from an inner necessity to give form to what words cannot express — absence, solitude, and the aching beauty of human experience. In a world overwhelmed by noise, Čavor chooses to speak softly. His pieces are fragments of stillness, captured breaths suspended in time. Through stark contrasts, minimal compositions, and haunting emotional undertones, his works reflect a deeply personal yet universal search for meaning. Čavor has created over 400 works in the span of a decade. His drawings often recall dreams, mythic fragments, or moments of quiet reflection — each one inviting the viewer into a space beyond language.