Mind 2016

Nemanja Vučković made this 50 x 70 cm painting called 'Mind' with bold strokes of colour and chaotic lines. I wonder what Vučković was thinking when he built up this painting. The background feels like sunshine, yellow and white blocks shifting this way and that. Then, BAM, black slashes of frantic energy are right there in front of you. It’s like he changed his mind, or was interrupted, or something! But then again, that’s painting, right? There are only a few little dabs of blue and red, like memories trying to get through. The surface is so worked over, it probably took a lot of layers to get here. I see echoes of Twombly in the scratches, and Diebenkorn in those rectangles. Artists are always in conversation, even if they don’t know it. Making a painting is an act of courage. You throw it all down and hope for the best.