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Aleksandar Todorovic (b. 1982, Belgrade, Serbia) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade with a Master in Fine Arts. Todorovic is a Serbian painter who makes politically engaged art that tackles some of the most urgent and sobering issues of our times. As an artist who has grown up during the Balkan civil wars of the 1990’s, Todorovic is particularly sensitive about political systems and their effect on the world. At the very core of his artistic investigations lies the concept of evil, which he approaches from different angles in an attempt to understand its origins and its ramifications. Todorovic’s visual style is illustrative, meticulous and accessible.

He subverts the visual codes of Western pop culture, advertising and the Eastern Christian tradition to meet his own artistic goals. The darkness of his subject matter he sugarcoats with politically incorrect humor, deceptively attractive colors and cartoon-like cheerfulness, combined with a rich vocabulary of symbols that he has personally developed over the years. His use of the traditional Byzantine painting techniques and materials has received attention and critical acclaim internationally.

Todorovic has exhibited his works internationally, including exhibitions at various institutions, including the Contemporary Art Gallery at Smederevo Museum (Serbia). Todorovic, is one of the artists selected for the publication and exhibition “100 Painters of Tomorrow” by Thames & Hudson and Beers Contemporary. Awards include the Beers Contemporary Award for Emerging Art (2013). He has been featured in several magazines, such as HEY!, Ink & Arrows, Neuroblasto, Ideafixa and Superpaper. International art websites like Artforum International, Juxtapoz, Widewalls, Yatzer and Risha have also featured his work.

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    • SUPERPLASTIC (EST. 2017) X ALEKSANDAR TODOROVIC (B. 1982) How deep is this
      Jul. 22, 2021

      SUPERPLASTIC (EST. 2017) X ALEKSANDAR TODOROVIC (B. 1982) How deep is this

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      SUPERPLASTIC (EST. 2017) X ALEKSANDAR TODOROVIC (B. 1982) How deep is this rabbit hole? smart contract address: 0xc3d681CFe4687afb7439D124e2967DDa8720eB6e token ID: 3 wallet address: 0x06cAeb8090e2E7553BdFcB46e48f040FC5131afb single-channel video 00:00:06 seconds (1080 x 1080 pixels) Executed in 2021. This work is unique and is accompanied by a non-fungible token. Alice in Wonderland and the terms familiar to the Q movement, including "rabbit holes" and phrases like "Follow the white rabbit". Gray rabbit wears a tinfoil hat, the shape of which recalls both the dunce hat and a KKK robe, with a photo cell with glowing Q and retro antenna broadcasting signals. Blood emanates from the hat, dripping down the face of the figure and onto the suit, signifying the malevolent nature of those ideas. We can see a badge with a letter D, pointing to Donald Trump. The figure's left hand holds a money bag with a "devilish" dollar sign, referring to the conspiracy grifters making serious money from peddling those ideas to the masses. A Nazi-like arm band points to the inherent right wing white supremacy ideas that are the core of those conspiracy theories. In his right arm we can see the red pill hammer—red pill being a term used to signify the process of implanting those theories—and the golden handle shaped like a cross signifying the fundamentalist Christian beliefs which are being promoted by the Q movement. We can see the Youtube log on a right shoulder, since that is the channel through which the bulk of the right wing radicalization happened. The figure wears a cape inspired by the US flag, with the upside down stars and FU (Fuck You) written, signifying the supposed patriotism which Q influencers are constantly cynically exploiting. Background simulates the "tunnel", a hole, with Matrix-like binary codes spinning as a sort of a spiral, creating a hypnotizing effect." label-more="Read more" label-less="Read less" chars-limit="850" html-preview="true"> This work is inspired by the conspiracy theories that were aggregated in the Q movement. The figure design is inspired by the archetype figure of the Politician—a gray-skinned figure in a black business suit—and is "transformed" into a rabbit. It is a two-fold reference that points to the rabbit character in Alice in Wonderland and the terms familiar to the Q movement, including "rabbit holes" and phrases like "Follow the white rabbit". Gray rabbit wears a tinfoil hat, the shape of which recalls both the dunce hat and a KKK robe, with a photo cell with glowing Q and retro antenna broadcasting signals. Blood emanates from the hat, dripping down the face of the figure and onto the suit, signifying the malevolent nature of those ideas. We can see a badge with a letter D, pointing to Donald Trump. The figure's left hand holds a money bag with a "devilish" dollar sign, referring to the conspiracy grifters making serious money from peddling those ideas to the masses. A Nazi-like arm band points to the inherent right wing white supremacy ideas that are the core of those conspiracy theories. In his right arm we can see the red pill hammer—red pill being a term used to signify the process of implanting those theories—and the golden handle shaped like a cross signifying the fundamentalist Christian beliefs which are being promoted by the Q movement. We can see the Youtube log on a right shoulder, since that is the channel through which the bulk of the right wing radicalization happened. The figure wears a cape inspired by the US flag, with the upside down stars and FU (Fuck You) written, signifying the supposed patriotism which Q influencers are constantly cynically exploiting. Background simulates the "tunnel", a hole, with Matrix-like binary codes spinning as a sort of a spiral, creating a hypnotizing effect.

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