Rendering the Invisible by Igor Kochovski

The exhibition revolves around the themes of seeing and transforming. A certain fascination with the physical world in which the visible coexists and is in constant dialogue with the invisible, gave impetus to the works and formed the common thread between them. The plethora of ubiquitous objects found in the environment became the source material. Seeing the objects through the means of photography allowed the atmosphere of the place to seep into the images. At the same time, the act of observing at close range opened up the space between them and registered another scale, suggesting certain new possibilities. The drawing, tracing and painting which followed and were carried out on the photography, elevated the images into an abstract pictorial expression in which the objects and spaces attained new significance and visual energy. Nature, in its infinite variation and complexity, constantly dictated the forms and has remained an absolute and inescapable fact. By working only with that which exists, the artist sought to evoke a sensory response and capture the experience of the world as a chance and interaction. To create a new synthesis of form and colour and make room for the impossible. To render the invisible.