Milos Djordjevic (RS)
Text written by GHA
Milos Djordjevic’s small format screenprints in monochrome black and white show puzzling depictions of dogs entangled in strange tubes.
The Serbian artist uses the method of screenprint to draw contrasts between dogs and man-made constructions by rendering them in different styles. The pipes glow in a clear, dense black and white; while a different play of light and shadow runs through the dogs’ fur, creating a stylistic juxtaposition between the organic animals and the sterile, mass-produced pipes. Nevertheless, the agile dogs are deeply entangled in a claustrophobic clutter of pipes and limbs, making the elegant, lean animal bodies overlap with the smooth tubes. Thereby, the enigmatic compositions blur the lines between the natural and the artificial in absurd scenarios where such categories are inextricably intertwined.
Smoke or even fire seems to leak from the tubes, perhaps alluding to both the pace and potential dangers of the industrial and technological advances engulfing our world and affecting virtually all aspects of our lives. The melancholic, confused or even resigned expressions of the dogs faces seem to sum up the confusion. Known as humans best friends, dogs also bear witness to our succesfull domestication of the once wild animals that throughout history have played an important role, from working animals in the Arctic to sheepdogs and beloved pets. In an increasingly urbanised landscape, their (ab)use could be considered and one can wonder if they are getting marginalised as and if we manage to domesticate future technologies to serve our needs.
Asking such questions, Djordjevic’ works lead attention to the escalation of technology and industry that has entangled all of us in a new world order, and invite the viewer to reflect on the complexities of modern life.
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