The basis for this artwork was a vintage postcard of a famous lighthouse in northern Spain found on the internet. The image was then transformed into a woodcut with a minor intervention in the collage technique, where I turned the lighthouse by 180 degrees so that its top lands on the neighbouring building. Parallel lines create optical illusions of multiple dimensions .
Biography
"Oliver Pilić (1978, Ljubljana) first enrolled in painting studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of art in Zagreb and then continued to study visual arts at the Academy of visual arts (A.V.A.) in Ljubljana, where he graduated under the mentor prof. Miran Mohar.
He participated at several group and solo exhibitions at home and abroad (New York, USA; Yerevan, Armenia; Nicosia, Cyprus; Belgrade, Serbia, Chengdu, China; Austin, USA, Bikenibeu, Kiribati; Trieste, Italy, etc.). In 2013, he was nominated for the central national award for young visual artists, the OHO award. In 2019 he received an honorary award at the 2nd Yerevan International Graphic Biennale (Yerevan, Armenia). In 2023 he was nominated for the On Paper Award, the publishing house for contemporary prints Tinta Invisible, Barcelona, Spain. In 2020, he received a work scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
He participates in printmaking workshops and artist residencies (Printmaking residency Sićevo, Serbia (2022), Art residency in the house of Alojz Kocjančič, Kubed (2021), Printmaking workshop Krpanka, House of Culture Pivka, Pivka (2020) etc. His works are kept in institutions at home and abroad (Collection of International Graphic Art center (MGLC), Ljubljana; Collection of Miha Maleš Gallery, Kamnik, Slovenia; Collection of the International Graphic Biennale, Yerevan, Armenia; Luciano Benetton Collection – Imago Mundi, Treviso, Italy; ULUS - Collection of the Society of Fine Artists of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
With his work, he intervenes in the field of printmaking, installations, painting, as well as ready-made objects and photography. He works as an independent author in the field of contemporary visual arts."
Birthdate: 28/10/1978
Nationality: Slovenian
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