Guide through The Nothingness 2008

Dragan Ilić Di Vogo’s “Guide through The Nothingness” is made with paint, and it’s a real trip. The colors swirl and bleed, creating these ghostly figures that emerge from a hazy background, it's like the process itself is about finding form in the chaos. There’s a tension between the solid, sculptural forms and the fluid, dissolving paint. The textures are all over the place, from smooth, blended skin tones to rough, drippy edges. Look at that hand reaching in, with its long, claw-like nails—it’s both menacing and strangely beautiful. The dotted line above seems to cut through this hand and the animal head above it, is it a path or a boundary? Who knows? Di Vogo reminds me of artists like Francis Bacon, who also wrestled with the human form in all its messy glory, but with added surrealist iconography like Magritte. His art invites us to embrace the unknown and find our own way through the nothingness.