MISKO PAVLOVIC (B. 1965) Prisoner of the Red Tower

signed ‘MISCO’ (lower right) oil on canvas 92 x 65 cm Misko Pavlovic, Serbian artist, takes part of the generation of artists that grew up in, and were inspired by, the period of fast-growing global capitalism, political upheaval, significant wealth discrepancy, global mass media and distinctive music and fashion, including electronic pop music and hip hop. The 1980s was the era of African famine, the height of the Cold War, and the end of it, as marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall. significant art movements of the era include Neo Geo, The Pictures Generation and the global trend of Neo-Expressionism which manifested in Germany, the USA and Italy (where it was known as Transavanguardia)