Postseason series of paintings deals with gentrification of my home¬town Split, Croatia as a consequence of post- conflict privatization crimes after break-up of Yugoslavia, following a complete reliance on tertiary sector of economy – tourism.
The Postseason is that short period after the tourists leave, when we can enjoy the summer. That’s why all of the paintings are vacant. It’s about claiming my own town in my paintings, if not in real life. The vacancy also represents every person that has left the city because of the gentrification. Furthermore, it raises the question of what will happen when the Postseason becomes a prolonged state, which is a probable outcome now due to Covid-19 which I depict in the painting Downward Spiral, Where’s the Lifeguard?
