War or Peace

This drawing is about freedom of choice. Do we really have a choice or is everything pre-staged? To amplify the drama, I have contrasted black and white and darkness and light. In my drawing, the roses are a symbol of peace, and we all know what the bullets symbolize. This drawing also symbolizes the constant battle between good and bad.

Bojan Grozdanovic Grof is a self-taught artist currently based in Zaječar, Serbia. He was born in Niš, Serbia in 1973 where he grew up with an interest in art and the world around him. When he was eighteen years old, he witnessed the division of his country by civil war, which would later affect his art. At the age of twenty, he went to Germany and gained his first international experience, doing mostly commissioned work. He believes that art, in any form, is closely related to every aspect of today’s social lifestyle. Bojan Grozdanovic Grof critically examines, through his art, the cultural conditions of today's society. Part of his artistic creation refers to the social perception of the rejected and forgotten, the right to freedom, poverty, war and to everything that corrodes a society. He is an advocate for raising awareness of all human impact on animals and wildlife and often finds inspiration in everyday objects that surround us. Although he likes to express himself through painting, for a long time now, his main focus has been on drawing. Using charcoal and graphite, through the strong contrast of black and white, he tries to emphasize that we live in dramatic times and that we need empathy now more than ever! His original drawings and paintings are included in private collections in Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Serbia, Israel, Montenegro and The United States.