SOON TO BE NINE-YEAR LONG • LASTING FEUD WITH MADLART AUCTION HOUSE IN BELGRADE BECAUSE OF THE GRIMY SWINE

coming to think of it, the strangest things were happening to me in the meantime including the insults and attacks coming from some art clans and moblike figures as well as the musician-turned-conceptual artist vladan radovanovic

recently I tried to break the feud Madlart Auction House had created in 2015 after the famous French artist Pierre Omcikous [or Petar Omcikus in Serbian] asked me to go tell them to retract artwork titled the, GRIMY SWINE they were previewing on their website for the coming auction as it was not done by his hand; the photo of that painting could be seen below: 

by that time, I was cooperating with Madlart for many years and almost all works I offered for their auctions were accepted and commissioned and the only dealbreaker was at times when I could not accept the lower estimate so I may say that I was well-known individual on their premises. when I approached and told them what Omcikus wanted me to say to them I was confronted with their reaction and I had to promptly call Petar on the cellular phone and have him speak to Dejan Popovic, the head of Madlart. after the conversation was over, I remember Mr. Popovic’s statement: this guy [thinking of Petar Omcikus] is entirely senile. I suspected Dejan most likely based his opinion on the accompanying certificate from the well-known Serbian art expert and even though the author Petar Omcikus [in this case alleged author] said no to the GRIMY SWINE, the Swine still made its way and hit the auction floor but was eventually left unsold for the record. later on it was sold through the internet auction platform.

fast forwarding to the last Sunday, november 24th 2023, when I spent the entire afternoon sending nearly 40 emails with various artworks trying to reenact and relive the previous cooperation I had with Madlart but their bad blood was still boiling, the answer was no and it reminded me of the Soup Nazi’s expression “no soup for you”, a Seinfeld show character, as I was verbally informed on Tuesday [via telephonic conversation] that they would not work with me literally ever again for what to me are petty reasons and this blackballing on their part is playing with my sanity as I have kept saying to myself for the last couple of days -  this isn't happening! so please assume this post as the valve for the gloom ridden energy that Madlart has built up in me by their doings, now ... I know this is Serbia and some Western values do not apply here, even though perhaps Madlart was built by the capital earned in the West, but I would appreciate if anyone could tell me what did I do wrong? i played by the rules. Petar was the greatest guy and it was an honor to do him a small time favor ...