{"product_id":"cross-roads-by-asma-kocjan-mixed-acrylic-on-canvas","title":"\"Cross Roads\" by Asma Kocjan, Mixed Acrylic on Canvas","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDETAILS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e48\" x 40\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMixed Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal Art Work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eABOUT THE ARTIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAsma Kocjan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince 2001 I have been working as a committed and passionate painter.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy picturesque passion is based on daily impressions, media influences and moods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI turn everything professional skillfully in my own imagery and symbolism of inner experience to the outside. My means of artistic expression are mainly abstract acrylic painting and collage techniques. I work with elaborate filling techniques in which I apply several layers and remove a part of it again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBecause of that, my works are created with “thoughtfulness”. I have a special a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003effi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enity for mixed techniques, using di\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eerent materials and techniques. My artistic work is shaped in creative cycles. These individual cycles are based on intensive examination of the respective topic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy artistic focus is on faceless figures, mostly female. At the beginning they are precise, then I abstract them more and more. Those sometimes ghostly figures are at times a reminiscent of sculptures by the sculptor Giacometti.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy artistic career began\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1983 at the Higher Technical College of Fine Arts in Graz, Department of Art (Painting), where I graduated in 1988.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 to 1992 masterclass for painting at the HTBLA in Linz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1993 to 1994 Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1995 to 1998 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom 1985 to 2000, I worked as an international photo model.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 to 2005 perfection of acrylic painting using various painting techniques, especially collages and multimedia art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LagunaART.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005514244375,"sku":"","price":4450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0008\/0219\/3473\/files\/asmaCross-Roads-120x100-1200px_633125f5-76cc-46dc-ba53-5401865342ef.jpg?v=1682645792","url":"https:\/\/lagunaart-com.myshopify.com\/products\/cross-roads-by-asma-kocjan-mixed-acrylic-on-canvas","provider":"LagunaART.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}