Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Artist statement
I am engaged in visualizing the built environment of imaginary civilizations. In contrast with materialized architecture, this "construction" knows no given topography, no material, no statics (or construction methods), no sponsor. It's not linked with a particular historical period or movement, but merely reminiscent of certain existing totalitarian aesthetics in its details. Naturally, the formation of these virtual empires' ruins had a model: I was touched by real devastated cities – such as Sarajevo, Beirut, Dresden or Rome.
Although the representation of these cities is rather realistic, I don't depict objects in the natural world. My buildings are very isolated, and usually they stand alone. In most of my works I don't feature human figures, but only anthropomorphic statues. If I do use human figures, I feature them en masse, and faceless.
I am always thinking in series, of how I can tell longer stories. Mostly I use printmaking techniques, or more precisely serigraphy. In the process of realizing my images, I combine a lot of techniques, from clay-modeling to painting. Mixing these variable media, I get a widely usable vocabulary.
Dynamism of a city (2001–2002): An automotive, spiritualized/animated metropolis, threatened by unknown/unidentified forces.
Mausoleum (2003): Box-like, monolithic burial places of a passed culture/civilization.
The empire (2005–): The fall of a tyrannical system, cultivating enormous, out-scaled towers. Reminding people that every power has to face its fate.
Although the representation of these cities is rather realistic, I don't depict objects in the natural world. My buildings are very isolated, and usually they stand alone. In most of my works I don't feature human figures, but only anthropomorphic statues. If I do use human figures, I feature them en masse, and faceless.
I am always thinking in series, of how I can tell longer stories. Mostly I use printmaking techniques, or more precisely serigraphy. In the process of realizing my images, I combine a lot of techniques, from clay-modeling to painting. Mixing these variable media, I get a widely usable vocabulary.
Dynamism of a city (2001–2002): An automotive, spiritualized/animated metropolis, threatened by unknown/unidentified forces.
Mausoleum (2003): Box-like, monolithic burial places of a passed culture/civilization.
The empire (2005–): The fall of a tyrannical system, cultivating enormous, out-scaled towers. Reminding people that every power has to face its fate.
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