"I am an American artist, born in Dubrovnik, Croatia, a beautiful Eastern European medieval city founded in the 7th Century. From the time I was young, I have always looked at things from an aesthetic and architectural point of view, although no one in my family was an artist as far as I know. I began my Blast Furnaces Series 18 years ago when I first laid eyes on the powerful steel factories in Thionville, France, where I lived for seven years. I have never forgotten the power that I felt the first day I saw them. It was a very visual thing and still very much is.
My main objective is to create large works that depict a strong relationship between colors and forms. I typically repeat these colors and forms (in variations) until I reach a synthesis. Because I am a site-specific artist, I first look at a space, usually a large space that gives me visual excitement. At the same time I never want to loose track of the two-dimensional plane of the canvas - the wall. In order to know how to do all of this I must first exercise my intuition, then my imagination.
I truly love the strength that I feel and the power I create when I transform a system of manufacturing into one of artistic depth so I continue to work with images of Blast Furnaces. The works you see here, the collages, named "The Autumn," are an extension of a different series that came before my "Demolition" series. The medium has changed and the theme has become more playful but the subject matter is more important to me now than ever before as it continues to build fresh visual excitement and a new powerful meaning."
Nadezda Prvulovic, May 2004
Nadezda Prvulovic studied art and sculpture at the University of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where she received a B.A. degree. Afterward she emigrated to Paris, France with her scientist husband and studied at the School for the Arts, where she was first introduced to "gouache," a medium she has used ever since. In the 1980's the Prvulovic's moved to College Station, Texas and eventually became citizens of the United States. Nadezda and her husband currently reside in Richmond, Texas and New York, where she continues to express her passion for the steel making industry in her paintings. She has had her work exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe including Art et Industrie, New York, NY; the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas; and Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
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