Bori se Borise 2011

"Bori se Borise" by Dragan Ilić Di Vogo plunges us into a dramatic world of figures set against a violet sky. I imagine the artist carefully applying each layer, building up the textures, the colors shifting and changing as the painting emerges. The gleaming figure of Perseus dominates the composition, brandishing Medusa's head, a symbol of triumph and terror. You know, I bet that while Di Vogo was making this, he was thinking about the power of ancient myth, its enduring resonance in our collective imagination. The way the paint is applied gives the figures a solid presence, as if they’re about to step right out of the canvas. It kind of reminds me of some of the surrealist painters, like de Chirico, who used classical imagery to create psychologically charged scenarios. I see artists as being in an ongoing conversation, their creativity sparked by those who came before. Ultimately, painting is an act of embodied expression, embracing ambiguity and allowing for multiple interpretations, so what do *you* see?