Ars: časopis Ústavu Dejín Umenia Slovenskej Akadémie Vied (45.2012)

of an expressive poetic catharsis (there is an evident
inherited aesthetic factor between these two Dutch
artists belonging to two different stylistic-historic
periods). Their interrelation is achieved through
the alchemy of pop-art that in my créative efforts
acquires almost ritual features. So, humour emanates
even in the context of the most délicate content: the
character of Dr. Gachet is replaced with the char-
acter of Sigmund Freud, and from behind emerges
Boris Karloff, touching his shoulder in the role of
Frankenstein’s monster. Mondrian’s post-cubistic
facets métamorphosé (through the expérience of the
Bauhaus) into commercial billboards with the logo
of the most prominent brand on the planet — Coca
Cola. In the process of the stylistic évolution the
organic structures acquire a geometrie aura....
12. Atanas Boten: Super-ego Mondrian, 2004, oil on canvas, 120 X
100 cm. Photo: Archive of the author.
13. Atanas Boten: Amnesty, 2008, oil on canvas, 80 x 130 cm. Photo:
Archive of the author.


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