Marc Viktor Mitic
- Year
- 2020
- Medium
- Acrylic Paint, Gold Leaf, and Bullet Holes on Canvas
- Size
- 42 × 24 inches
106.68 × 60.96 cm
Taking caricature portraiture to a new level, Viktor Mitic has portrayed 'Marc' in the guise of a zombified 1950s radio announcer. The bright blocks of colour combined with the burned-out cavities left by bullets create provocative tension between the playful vacuity of pop and the destructive violence associated with the gun. Strategically executed bullet holes pierce the canvas creating a friction between creation and destruction and ask the viewer to confront ideas surrounding the normalization and glorification of violence in contemporary culture.