Other details :
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions :
53.1x57.1in
About this artwork
I remember clearly in 2019 walking around my neighbourhood in Prenzlauerberg, Berlin and stepping into a gallery where I fell into a conversation with the owner. Our follow-up conversations dragged out but in the end she commissioned me with two canvases that were meant to take us to California. At the time the MoFo (my hybrid morphed fusion concept of half-man half photo-making device) was taking a grip on me. I remember clearly trying to engage… this ''character'' into some sort of dramaturgy. It didn't take too long for me to light up with the 'smart-phone' fetish. In this piece the characters are burning up in the glorious moment of the Selfie. I don't know how the title came up, but maybe it had to do with being really badly stoned - on cheap narcissus-dope.
Ivan Jovanovic oRSoF, a Serbian-Canadian painter, printmaker, and visual artist with a rich background in fine arts and filmmaking, thrives on the interplay between direct observation and inventive material application. He embraces an expressive, figurative style—infusing thick impasto, raw industrial materials, and found objects—using gestural techniques inspired by the likes of Van Gogh, Auerbach, and Kiefer. His works pulse with kinetic energy, capturing the vibrancy, turbulence, and contemplative depths of urban and natural landscapes, ultimately inviting the viewer to experience the raw, immediate power of artistic discovery.
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