Milan Hrnjazovic
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Embrace, oil on canvas 100x150cm,2013.
- Embrace, oil on canvas 100x150cm,2013.
- ">Lovers, oil on canvas 100x150cm, 2012.
- ">Snake, oil on canvas 100x150cm, 2013.
- ">Night, oil on canvas 75x110cm, 2013.
- ">Portrait of a Girl, oil on canvas 70x110cm, 2013.
- ">Sisters, oil on canvas 160x110cm, 2013.
- ">Wave, oil on canvas 100x140cm (39x55in), 2013.
- ">Lovers, pencil on paper 30x40cm, 2012.
- ">Black Cloud, oil on canvas 100x140cm (39x55in), 2013.
- ">Woman and Serpent, oil on canvas 100x150cm (39x59in), 2014.
- ">Embrace, oil on canvas 100x150cm,2013.
- ">Embrace, oil on canvas 100x140cm,2014.
- ">Flower garden, oil on canvas 75x110cm(30x43in), 2015
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Figures and Nudes
The presented images bring together painting and photography. At first glance the clearly recognizable surreal style calls to mind the practice of modern masters like Dali, Henry Moore or Picasso. Yet, these paintings are digitally transformed photographs and collages reproduced in technique of oil on canvas.
The photographed people I know in person. A cold eye of camera lens penetrates their intimate space exploring their individuality, their relationships and emotional realm. Depiction of the intimate moments refers to blurred lines between the personal and public in today's media shaped society. The expression of sexuality has been often regarded as an act of free spirit, rebellion against taboo or even a revolution. In these images sexuality is their compensation. The turbulent compositions place the human characters in a claustrophobic room where their intimacy is rather the escapism from sad reality than manifestation of close relationship or true love. The couples remain mentally and emotionally distant in spite of their physical contact. The alienation and loss of personal freedom in contemporary society is in the focus of my interest.
Visual distortions of human figures create a plenty of hybrid, stylized forms- some of them can remind us on an egg, an embryo or a snake. Such motifs broaden the initial idea and reflect my very personal passion for symbolism. The possible context of certain motifs tends to turn each painting into a narrative.
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