Modernism in artworks from the Gallery of Matica srpska<\/p>\n
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After Ljubljana, Belgrade and Banja Luka, the Gallery of Matica Srpska and Art Gallery “Nade\u017eda Petrovi\u0107” present to the \u010ca\u010dak audience an exhibition COLLECTION AS A MIRROR. Modernism in artworks from the Gallery of Matica srpska<\/em>. The exhibition displays 82 artworks \u2013 72 paintings, 7 sculptures and 3 graphic prints \u2013 and illustrates not only the modernisms of the first half of the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0century, but also their predecessors and role models, found in the work of painters who were creating art during last decades of the 19th<\/sup>\u00a0century. It searches for the origins of modernist ideas in the works of renowned artists such as \u0110or\u0111e Krsti\u0107, Uro\u0161 Predi\u0107 and Paja Jovanovi\u0107, whose education was based on realism but who were ready to embrace new thematic and artistic approaches. Then come artists who were active at the turn of the century, educated at the Art School in Belgrade and in various European art centers. Despite difficult historical circumstances, they readily embraced challenges of contemporary art practice and created authentic works. Artists such as Nade\u017eda Petrovi\u0107, Stevan Aleksi\u0107, Danica Jovanovi\u0107 and Milan Milovanovi\u0107 are part of that generation. Lastly, we also find those artists who can be considered the main protagonists of\u00a0modernity<\/em>\u00a0between the two world wars: Petar Dobrovi\u0107, Sava \u0160umanovi\u0107, Milan Konjovi\u0107, Milenko \u0160erban and Bogdan \u0160uput.<\/p>\n This selection of artworks depicts not only the Serbian art scene, but also the role Matica Srpska and its Gallery had in Serbian culture and the development of painting, it follows the creation process of the Museum\u2019s collection, engaging artists in work of Matica Srpska, the formation of permanent exhibitions and the influence it all had on the contemporary art scene. Therefore, the exhibition \u201cCollection as a Mirror. Modernism in Artworks from the Gallery of Matica Srpska\u201d can be regarded not only as a potential overview of the art of Serbian modernism, but as a mirror reflection of the society and the time in which it was created as well.<\/p>\n The exhibition Collection as a mirror<\/em> has a special significance because it is realized in the year of commemorating the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the Gallery of Matica srpska as well as the year of \u010ca\u010dak as a National Capital of Culture.<\/p>\n The author of the exhibition and the eponumous catalog is Tijana Palkovljevi\u0107 Bugarski, PhD. The associates are Jelena Ognjanovi\u0107 from GMS and Marija Radisav\u010devi\u0107 from Art Gallery “Nade\u017eda Petrovi\u0107”, as well as the conservation and technical teams of both galleries.<\/p>\n The realization of the exhibition and the catalog was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia and the City of \u010ca\u010dak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Modernism in artworks from the Gallery of Matica srpska After Ljubljana, Belgrade and Banja Luka, the Gallery of Matica Srpska and Art Gallery “Nade\u017eda Petrovi\u0107” present to the \u010ca\u010dak audience an exhibition COLLECTION AS A MIRROR. Modernism in artworks from the Gallery of Matica srpska. The exhibition displays 82 artworks \u2013 72 paintings, 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[76],"class_list":["post-11081","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-exhibitions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n