What do you think? Are angel wings heavy or light? (2012)

Галерија "Lawangwangi Art & Science Estate", Бандунг, Индонезија, 2012.

Ivana Stojakovic starts with close to nothing, just plain paper. Then she prints with a small plate – much smaller in size than the paper – using a manual printing press, which is heavy labor. She started this process with black ink, approximately one hundred times she printed with black ink. Then she continued with white ink, layer upon layer, over and over again, hundreds of times. And she does all this without having the generally understood ‘proper’ printmaking techniques. The pentimenti – visible traces of earlier prints beneath layers of ink – effect in the impression as if she’s repenting or chanting. However, like in meditation, thoughts can wonder and go roundabout causing a sudden return of the repressed. Printing layer upon layer, she allows mutations – even deviations are embraced – to become part of her work. And she works without a pre-established idea where the work will take her, but she aims to attain harmony (both in her work and in herself) and rhythm. Roy Voragen Curator of the exhibition "Weight of Weightlessness - Rhimes & Rhithms of Paper"