Yellow Cab magazine, October, 2008

Art Portfolio | Aleksandar Macasev

By working in various fields of visual arts (graphic and web design, web/net art, visual communications), Aleksandar Macasev is known to be a very original artist from the very beginning of his career. The best proof for the uniqueness of his work are art campaigns, visual identities for numerous art events, lectures, exhibitions in the country and abroad, collaboration with well known artists and designers, as well as being presented in the most prestigious design publications. Recently he started the reMiks NYC Ltd. initiative with architect Maja Vidakovic in New York, that together with Mikser/reMiks in Serbia will serve as a broad platform for various collaborations and production in the field of visual culture. Last month he presented his latest project, “Margins” (www.macasev-margins.blogspot.com), a visual blog that deals with the relation between public and private. By the end of the year we can expect his “Random T-Shirt collection” to go commercial as well as publication of “PrintScreenSolidWetWork”, a book that will represent a cross-section of the past 15 years of his work.

“Art is basically a form of communication for me. I would like to say something, then I find the most suitable carrier (medium) for it and I say it. Art has become endlessly dull and boring. Everything is pretentious and dulled down by galleries, the art system and money. Let’s make something clear-- art is a good and it should be bought and sold like everything else. But it is also a political object. Just as long as it is not just salon entertainment, although I like to call myself a ‘salon anarchist.’”

“Most of Macasev’s clients and collaborative relationships come from the fine art world, therefore, rather than from corporate culture. Macasev feels comfortable working with galleries and artists, mainly because his own work crosses and recrosses the line between applied and fine art.”
Alice Twemlow, Step Magazine

“Maćašev came to Belgrade in the beginning of the nineties, a turbulent time of war, protests and isolation. This period had a big influence on Maćašev, who has a very critical attitude to politics and who uses his art to grow awareness on tricky issues like mass communication and corruption.”
Intro to Pretty Cool People Interview video www.prettycoolpeopleinterviews.submarinechannel.nl

“His graphic work is challenging, political and often uncomfortable.”
Fiona Sibley, Design Week UK