Zoran Velimanovic was born 1964 in Cuprija,Serbia.
He lives in Belgrade and Nice, France.

ABOUT PAINTING...

"... painting is physiological need for me..."

"I am trying to combine ideas which could never be joined together in themselves, because of their different historical and geographical dispositions... If we excluded technical achievements, nothing has been changed in people's mind. That is why I make a parallel and paint the present by means of past symbols..."
Devic N. "Underground fantastika", Demokratija, October 23, 1997.

"...I am not important, I am an instrument and it is how I feel. I am like a brush or more like continuation of a brush. I like to feel this way and I do not look for more..."
Bogovic N. "Slikanje je fizioloska potreba", Danas, March 12, 1998.

"Painting is like boxing. I fight white canvas but eventually I knock it out..."

"I am not gloomy, I am just realistic.
I would like this to be different: painting sunset
or happy people on a beach eating cakes...
- but in that case I would catch myself lying,
and I do not like to lie."
Bogovic, N., "Slikanje je fizioloska potreba",
Danas, March 12, 1998.

ABOUT MASTERS...

"I have never climbed the Eiffel tower, although I have passed by many times while I was living in Paris. Picasso's house attracted me much more, he had been living there for years. I would hold that gate latch, which master's hand had been touching every day, as some kind of salutation. After that I would sit on trotoire on the opposite side and smoke a cigarette, although I do not smoke. I used to repeat this
ritual from time to time. Every time after it I would feel relieved... It is strange... Even now, after all this time, I do not know why I was doing this..."
Jelisavac Lj. "Slikanje je kao boksovanje", Blic, January 4, 1999.