Angels Now In Technicolor / Bernini's Celestial Bodies Reimagined
Artist Ivan Markovic explores Bernini's angels on Rome's Ponte Sant'Angelo, the historic bridge crossing to Castel Sant'Angelo. Working from on-site sketches, he blends oil, acrylic, gouache, and collage to create works that deliberately blur the line between figurative and abstract art. His painted angels dissolve between realistic and ethereal, using contrasts like depth vs. flatness and tradition vs. innovation to challenge standard conventions of painting. The series is completed by paper-based sculptures that reinterpret Baroque forms in a modern, dynamic style. Collectively, the two- and three-dimensional works initiate a dialogue about the fluid nature of representation in contemporary art.
Occupy Madrid
In 2019, a group of approximately one hundred people camped in front of the Ministry of Health in Madrid, Spain, to lobby in favour of social housing for the disenfranchised. Their tents occupied the median between the referred ministry and the Prado Museum. After a period of five and a half months the authorities expelled the activists and dismantled their campsite. This did not deter them, as the lobby group continued to promote their cause in front of City Hall. This group of activists is known as Movimiento Nadie Sin Hogar. The below drawings are a graphic record of their activity during 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
