State of Mind, 90x90cm, Dante Luka Žanetić

“Three contradictory thoughts on loving someone: care, desire, and fear. The acknowledgment of all three is what makes love itself.”

Three emotional selves coexist within this work. The artist maps love as a triangle of inner contradictions: care, which is nurturing and selfless; desire, which is consuming and selfish; and fear, which is both protective and paralyzing.

Through this work, the artist explores the idea that love is not diminished by contradiction—it is built from it. Recognizing all three elements is not a weakness, but rather the complete architecture of genuine love.