The grain of sand...

... Vlada Mirkovic's man, or better,that
live-coal of metaphysical fire that atavistic
apparition, that human substitution with
depersonalized face without eyes, looks as if he
was drawn into an intrigue of sand and time
by mistake. Lonely and excluded, illuminated
with gloomy mercurial light in it's Faust- like
cell, he is incapable of organizing his constructions.
Mirkovic's man neither makes an effort to leave
the room, the cell, nor wants to conquer infinity.
He is simply anchored in sand, that Manifesto-like
symbol of infinity on the very threshold of the heart realm,
death realm that Zohar interprets as the divine kiss.
... According to the legend, the number of sand grains,
that most exact material equals the sins that a man
relieves from and the number of years he prays for.
Sand is not the subtle thing that purifies as fire for Vlada Mirkovic,
but it symbolizes infinity and strengthens the feeling
that a man plunged in it is deprived of his own essence...

Form the Text "Sand Paintings"
by Dragan Jovanovic - Danilov, art historian
from monograph "In search of lost time, Vlada Mirkovic, the paintings"

The man who lived in his dreams, oil on canvas, 80x65 cm,sold in France

The man who lived in his dreams, detail