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официалното откриване на изложба графика на Александар Миайлович
на 29.09.2011 от 19:00 часа в галерията на ул. Любен Каравелов, 58 в София.
Exhibition called PRIVATE THOUGHTS IN PUBLIC PLACES of Aleksandar Mijajlovic
Is provoked from the Greek Mythology , this is how he describe some of his works presented in Anima Art Gallery
Prometheus
“In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, which stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with, or blamed for, playing a pivotal role in the early history of mankind.”
Marginalized within larger sociopolitical machine, confused, impotent, ignoring wrong and right, all that modern Prometheus can do is to read about the smoke.
Penelope
“In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who waits twenty years for the final return of her husband.”
In history’s lingering narrative, modern Penelope is quietly tending her flower with melancholic fascination. It is an allegory of days counted on fingers.
Diomedes
“The Mares of Diomedes were man-eating horses in Greek mythology. Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to the giant Diomedes , king of Thrace, a son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea. Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse was said to be descended from these mares.”
Diomedes comes from a desire to feel free from the life we have, to feel separated from what we already know. It is about magnificent, wild, uncontrollable and self consuming idea that is set in motion.
Penthesilea
“Penthesilea was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology who, in the post-Homeric legends, fought for Troy after Hector's death. She was slain by Achilles, who at that same moment was moved by her courage and beauty.”
With roots in antiquity and re-birth in modern day, Penthesilea, the Amazonian queen, has entered new cycle of reincarnation.
Leda
“In Greek mythology, Leda was admired by Zeus, who seduced her in the guise of a swan. As a swan, Zeus fell into her arms for protection from a pursuing eagle.”
Contemporary Zeus is admired by Leda, who seduces him in the guise of a swan.
Daphne
“Daphne was the daughter of the river god Peneus. Apollo chased down the maiden, desperate for her love, but she wanted nothing to do with him, and she ran from him. Apollo’s infatuation was caused by an arrow from Eros, who wanted to make Apollo pay for making fun of his archery skills and to demonstrate the power of love's arrow. Soon, Daphne grew weary in her running. Fearful, she called out to her father for help. To protect her, Peneus transformed his daughter into a laurel tree.”
Shape of the myth is broken by desire of contemporary Daphne to feel free from the life she has. The laurel tree transforms into living flesh.
Persephone
“In Greek mythology, Persephone, is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, and queen of the underworld; she was abducted by Hades, the king of the underworld.”
Pealing the layers of darkness, the face of today’s Persephone is surfacing. She is leaving personal underworld behind.
Ganymede
“In Greek mythology, Ganymede is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals, which led the gods, or according to some, Zeus in the form of an eagle, to abduct him for service as cup-bearer in Olympus and, in Classical and Hellenistic Greece, as Zeus's eromenos.”
The real identity is hidden behind the mask. These masks evolve, but are the same through the ages, just as the conflicts of self they represent.
Andromeda
“Andromeda is a princess from Greek mythology who, as divine punishment for her mother's bragging, the Boast of Cassiopeia, was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster. She was saved from death by Perseus, her future husband.”
Chained by ever consuming celebrity culture, Andromeda is waiting for modern Perseus who will serve as consolation for her confusion.
Artemis
“Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals". She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.”
In the unknown, contemporary Artemis is trying to hunt something hidden and more essential.
Mneme
“In Greek mythology, Mneme was one of the three original Boeotian muses. She was the muse of memory.”
Movement
“One joins the movement in a valueless world,/Crossing it, till, both hurler and hurled,/One moves as well, always toward, toward./A minute holds them, who have come to go:/The self-denied, astride the created will./They burst away; the towns they travel through/Are homes for neither birds nor holiness/For birds and saints complete their purposes./At worst, one is in motion; at best,/Reaching no absolute, in which to rest,/One is always nearer by not keeping still.”
Aleksandar Mijajlovic have diploma in civil engineering, basically it's combination of mathematics and static. Regardless of his studies, he was playing guitar all the time and he was thinking that he would be a musician instead of an engineer. At some point, he met John Howe, famous illustrator and movie designer. Unexpectedly, he gave him support and the idea to pursue illustration and art as his future career. From that moment on, he started with intense drawing and later with painting. He began as an illustrator, but his interest for illustration faded with time.
Because of his need for constant movement, he lived in Nis, Belgrade, Madrid, Sofia, Stockholm.
He work with different mediums, but most often with graphite and oils.
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