Nista vise 2010

"Nista Vise" by Dragan Ilić Di Vogo is painted with oil. It’s a figurative piece dominated by soft colors and dreamlike marks. Imagine the artist in their studio, layering the oil paints, building up textures and figures in a way that feels both intentional and spontaneous. I can see them stepping back, squinting, then diving back in with another stroke, another dab of color. There's this beautiful, almost sorrowful figure at the center, and she seems to be transforming, or perhaps being consumed by a swirling mass of color and form. Those reds and purples aren't just colors; they feel like emotions, like memories solidifying on the canvas. The artist's process here is a kind of alchemy, transmuting personal experience into something tangible. It reminds me of Auerbach's thick impasto paintings, where the act of applying paint becomes as important as the subject itself. Painting is this ongoing conversation, this exchange of ideas across time. I often think that when we paint we are embracing ambiguity, allowing multiple interpretations to exist side by side.