Zasto 2011

Dragan Ilić Di Vogo made this captivating painting, Zasto, with what looks like oils, using a technique that's all about layering and blending. I’m drawn to how the almost photorealistic elements, like the woman's face, contrast with the more abstract, dreamlike qualities of the background, it's like he is building up layers of consciousness on the canvas. Look at the cube hovering near the bottom – it's so solid, but also totally unreal. It's that tension between the real and the imagined that makes this painting so engaging. Di Vogo, like Dalí, is playing with surrealism to question our perceptions. It's a wild ride of symbols and painterly gestures, inviting you to get lost in its world. You know, to see where it takes you.