Velickovic has had many solo exhibitions in Europe and Asia, and one in the US (Los Angeles, 1989). He has also received prestigious awards for drawing, painting, and etching. His work includes numerous series in which he reinterprets themes from religious art, notably the crucifixion and the recumbent effigy. References to the art of Matthias Grünewald recur as well. Throughout, his style establishes correspondences between the contemporary world in crisis and an experience of tragedy that is rooted in history. Marked by the crimes of the Second World War, Velickovic has focused his work on the representation of the body. Torn and mutilated, the male body in agony is an endless source of investigation for Velickovic—one in which the human figure mingles and merges with the animal (as in the series Pitbull, Crows, and Rats). With his skillful painting technique and vigorous draughtsmanship, Velickovic stands out as a consummate artist, in the tradition of the great masters.
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