J.S.Gvozden is a Sydney architect, painter and photographer. For the last 20 years, he has observed, documented and expressed his view of Sydney and its people through photographic images, sketchbooks, video clips, paintings and drawings.
Focusing on daily rhythm, habits and rituals of Sydney inhabitants and city ever changing fabric, Gvozden explores the meaning of life in general.
His vision of a vibrant city and people living there is optimistic and pessimistic at the same time. Despite of all richness and beauty given to lucky five million people, layers of sadness and life not lived in full are all around. His works send a warning via often present boxed figures, representing individuals with all their potential imaginable, but restrained in boxes well before it is the time for that.
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