MUTATIONS CYCLE

A message is the means that makes the process or development of communication possible. In turn, an artistic message is one of the universal means known since prehistory that offers systems for potential speech to the beings on this planet. An artistic means of expression is an individual means. Colour spills over all Silvije Arc Popovič’s works onto objects as well. The artist combines various materials, shapes, and incompatible objects into artistic creations or sculptures, which is typical of pop art. He could be characterized as a surrealist, but sometimes his works also reveal traces of impressionism. In the sense of personal tradition, the specificity of the message revaluates its purpose. Historical findings, culturological aspects, and archaeological finds confirm the reasons for the phenomenon of visual means and allow their advancement through a scientific approach.