Konstrukcija majstorluka, in collaboration with my father, pipes, glass wool,inox sheet, high temperature paint,bakelite, screws, nozzles, thermocouples, gas valves,pop rivets, 96cm x 51cm x 76,5 cm, stand 94cm x85cm x 64 cm, 2023
The Construction of Mastery explores the collaborative effort between father and son in creating a gas oven, a trade central to my family. It reflects shared experience, practical learning, and spontaneity. The work documents the process, relational dynamics, and the transmission of skills, emphasizing craftsmanship in shaping family identity.
Ingredients:
- 2 kg wheat
- Whole chicken
- Water
- Salt
Tools:
- Found grenade shell
- Modified crowbar
Keške1, found Howitzer brass shell, metal wedge, self published cookbook, 1992-2024
1https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/ceremonial-kekek-tradition-00388
My father transformed a grenade shell into a mortar for cracking wheat, using it to prepare the Christmas dish Keške. This act of repurposing reflects cultural transfer, showing how emerging situations, such as war, shape and adapt tradition, creating a new dynamic of survival and community.
Ꭰꮎꮇꭺćꮖ ꮶꮎꮮꭺčꮖ, print on linen, 129x 97 cm, 1998\2024
This series draws directly from memories, situations, dialogues, and, materially, from the drawings I made as a child in the cookbooks my mother collected. These cookbooks served as both a guide in learning to draw and a means of communication between us. It was a dynamic akin to that of an artist and a critic—was she collecting cookbooks, or was she collecting my drawings? They became an open field for practice, alteration, and reinterpretation, shaping my early visual language and the way I engaged with images and text.