{"id":192,"date":"2022-09-14T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblubox.it\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:03:16","slug":"victor-kastelic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lnx.sburlati.com\/theblubox\/victor-kastelic\/","title":{"rendered":"\/ VICTOR KASTELIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Paradise lost and regained&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The colorful, seemingly paradisiacal harmony that radiates from Victor Kastelic&#8217;s works has something of the opening scene of David Lynch&#8217;s Blue Velvet. Everything for a heavenly pleasure is there: blue skies, green fields, flowers in full bloom and stones of silver and gold. But soon you discover cracks and fissures in the picture. 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