Artist Nevena Aleksovski weaves expressive fragments of human bodies, vegetation and objects in a multi-sensory visual language. Within a minimalist, stripped-down artistic expression, she explores how to express as much as possible with as few means as possible, each element being a repository of strong emotions and different meanings. The reduction of elements is also a kind of personal rebellion against the information overload of the visual landscape and expresses the need for rest and contemplation. Through the lens of personal, intimate experiences, it reveals a view of social phenomena, and fills the intersection between the two worlds with humour, irony, melancholy, anxiety and alienation.
Exhibition And Then So Clear consists of drawings and paintings, mostly created between the four walls during the quarantine period. The artist's walk through the field of alienation in the time of isolation asks how to further alienate an already alienated person, the importance of touch and what to do without it, and how to touch someone despite the distance. The aesthetic answers consist of alternations and complements of abstract and figurative elements, sometimes joined by colour cut-outs. The simple, simplified images are often playful and humorous, sometimes giving us comfort, at other times acting as a form of rebellion and subversion. The artist balances the seriousness with a reflection on everyday paradoxes, absurdities and the relationships that are established in this context, such as admiring the awakening of nature in spring and the annoying allergy to pollen, enjoying a cigarette and feeling unwell immediately afterwards, the feeling of freedom in solitude and the anxiety of one's own loneliness. Through a stripped-down approach, she tells us a story that is never fully revealed, part of which is also an intervention on the wall and an authorial note that pats us on the shoulder with a comforting - take it easy.
Teja Kosi
