The mysterious structures found on Dejan Dukic’s canvases are reminiscent of barren landscapes, seen from a bird’s eye view, or of proliferating lichen on rock surfaces. His paintings always look evolved rather than made, and they captivate by their plasticity and rich depth of color.
Dejan Dukic (*1975 in Vienna) paints exclusively with color and canvas, not figuratively, but in the truest sense of the word abstract. Dukic’s process is extraordinary in that he massages the color through the woven or perforated structure of canvas or other support materials.
The artist seeks to establish a direct contact with the oil paint, as he gets rid of familiar painterly devices such as color palette, easel and brush. Often, as the colors are gradually pressed through the fabric, the paintings themselves become the color palette.
Dukic only recently moved towards also creating works on a small, almost miniature scale condensing and thus dramatizing the sculptural character of his practice. The present exhibition Reset features a new work series of small-scale pieces by Dejan Dukic.
“I love working in small format. Everything I want to say is already conveyed on a minimal surface. It doesn’t get any better for me, just by going bigger”, says Dukic himself about his new series of small-scale works, which will be on view at Collectors Agenda at Franz-Josefs-Kai until 1 December.
Dejan Dukic graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he studied under Daniel Richter. He is represented by Zeller van Almsick
in Vienna.
Dejan Dukic (*1975 in Vienna) paints exclusively with color and canvas, not figuratively, but in the truest sense of the word abstract. Dukic’s process is extraordinary in that he massages the color through the woven or perforated structure of canvas or other support materials.
The artist seeks to establish a direct contact with the oil paint, as he gets rid of familiar painterly devices such as color palette, easel and brush. Often, as the colors are gradually pressed through the fabric, the paintings themselves become the color palette.
Dejan Dukic graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he studied in the class of Daniel Richter.
Text: Florian Langhammer
Photos: Florian Langhammer
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