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Velimir Vukičević

  • Ceramicist
  • Belgrade, Serbia
  • Master Artisan
Velimir Vukičević Ceramicist
Contact
Serbian, English, French
Hours:
Monday to Friday 10:00 - 21:00
Phone:
+381 112642718
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Creating illusions in porcelain

  • • Velimir grew up in former Yugoslavia
  • • He specialises in wheel throwing, slip casting and slab building
  • • He creates trompe l'oeil decorations on his porcelain works

Velimir Vukičević studied ceramics at university in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, before starting work as a freelance artist. He later become professor of ceramic sculpture at the Art University of Belgrade. However, on moving to Switzerland, he faced a turning point in his work. Demand wasn’t very strong for his traditional Serbian designs, so Velimir began a creative process to find a new design path. “It was an important change, and not an easy one, since change doesn’t come suddenly,” he says. Through his work, Velimir now attempts to master the illusion of trompe-l'oeil and explores the relationship between shape and colour.

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Works

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Deconstruction

Velimir decorated these porcelain 'letters' with engobe, a pigment mixed with porcelain. The piece evokes material we throw away such as newspapers, letters and boxes. He wanted to find a coherent aesthetic between the three forms to unify them as one.

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Mountains

This form was slip cast in a plaster mould and painted with engobe, transparent glaze, over-glaze and gold leaf. The sharp, robust nature of the form is softened by painted foamy clouds, which appear to be sitting atop mountain peaks.

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Metaphorical Fugue on Mind and Machines

Velimir intended this sculpture to “flow like wind, water or music”. He creates the illusion of movement by juxtaposing fragile coloured porcelain strips with a heavier white porcelain form, which is painted with trompe l'oeil shadows. The horizontal strips have been fired separately and then glued to the heavier slab-built porcelain form.

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Genetic Code – Story of Life

By painting lines on the classical form of this slip-cast sculpture, Velimir wanted to give the illusion of it being tied up like a parcel with string. With this piece, he attempts to translate his personal interpretation of science into art.

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Starry Starry Night

This form was slip cast in a plaster mould and painted with engobe, transparent glaze, over-glaze and gold leaf. The sculpture evokes the illusion of clouds. Velimir enjoys being surprised when he looks at other people's art and attempts to surprise his audience with his own.

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