Bird, GNP

Associative "sculptural constructions" of boiled and cast iron are a significant part of Petrovic's oeuvre. Obsession with technical achievements and the so-called He expressed it with the "super-mechanized world" by depicting artistically transposed machine conglomerates and in paintings created in the 1980s. This segment of interest is especially prominent in specific sculptural constructions made of iron. By merging metals and discarded metal objects, he achieved the effect of a skilfully shaped sculptural object full of dynamics, very important in depicting the "man-machine" relationship, with the dominance of extremely strong expression achieved by incorporating found finished objects - gears, rings, scissors, screws, tiles. .. and different types of interventions on metal surfaces in terms of openings, holes, curvature, creasing, embossing ...