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Serbia
Painting, Oil on Other
Size: 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.2 D in
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“ At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us to behave in the world. You teach us: • not to fight with others, • to work things out, • to respect others, • to clean up our mess, • not to hurt other creatures • to share – not be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do? “ From Severn Suzuki’s speech to UN Earth summit 1992. I admire the gothic and renaissance paintings of Madonna and little Christ. The artists used to paint the portraits of attractive, young ladies together with their beautiful children. Obviously, Mother of Christ is a girl from a neighborhood - an Italian, a German or a Dutch - whose appearance much differs from that of Middle Eastern Maria. In other words, Madonna and Christ are from here. Believing in them we believe in our nation, country, social system and finally in ourselves – here and now. Outside of the church buildings and sacral literature, religion has more realistic face. Individual beliefs, as well as intellectual and ethic principles are being shaped under the current circumstance, influenced by certain interest. Otherwise, the history of mankind would not have been the same. Conquerors armed with guns and tops accompanied with slave traders would not have followed the explorers and missionaries during the age of discovery of the New World. I would say that predominant religion in the contemporary world could be the amount of widely acclaimed principles and beliefs being conveyed through educational systems or mass media. Tolerance, multiculturalism, human rights, freedom of speech, universal love – are some of them. Obviously, all those that the majority could hardly believe in. Perhaps because those sound unbelievable.
Painting:Oil on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Serbia
Are these paintings decadent? I would be prompt to think that those are actually testimonials of one decadent time, the absurd era where decadence has spawned from poverty that inevitably leads one society to the verge of an abyss. And let me furthermore state that at one level all the societies are being held together by the basic social unit - the family. That is what nowadays is truly endangered in many aspects. Needless to say, educating children may be crucial for their self-accomplishment and, if you like, happiness in days to come. Children indeed take after their parents. Gazing at these paintings one might conclude that all questions eventually come down to the case of a mother figure, or to be more specific the entire present day female population. Where the mass-media create almost everyone's Weltanschauung hard it might be to preserve clear mind and endure in rejecting the stereotypes one is being constantly imposed with. Unfortunately, although more advanced in so many ways in comparison to men, women had proven to be susceptible to this disease even more than them. And as such somewhere along the way they switched places with their spouses becoming the Providers. Their feminine side is put away alongside with skirts for a while and the trousers are now put on. Far-reaching consequences of such actions are blurred and hard to be spotted. Just like details on these paintings. Through the artist's eye everything turns twisted and slowly revealed. Paintings themselves are brilliantly crafted with the pulsing dark estrangement aura. There is something vicious lurking under the twisted layers of paint, somewhere between the photographically precise details and the mysterious sfumato concealed surface. In some curious manner these paintings seem to be forcing us to ask ourselves if we are ready to admit that there is something really wrong with the reality we are living in. Perhaps even worse: is everything ok with us, or ,in fact, our nature is getting more an more corrupted as we fail to see or are too weak to accept the harsh truth. Ivan Pantelić, 2013.
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