Dušo

Commercial Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, 2024.

Dušo celebrates the plurality of love. Dušo (which translates “sweetheart”) draws on traditional Croatian symbols, in particular, licitar hearts. These hearts are handmade decorated biscuits used as ornamental gifts to bring joy and celebrate love. Novak, who is Croatian, queers this traditional symbol in this work through unpicking, reconfiguring, and recolouring.