Invocation of Light
Performance by Isidora Branković and Anđela Rakočević, Ilijana Božić, Vanja Gajić, Una Filipović. The meditation space becomes everything they used to tell me about when I was little. A small burrow in chicken lungs. And then you daydream for a long time. Ants. Ants are a family of insects that live in large communities resembling cooperatives.
Almost Every Night
Almost every night, I sit in bed and stare at my phone. Then I fall asleep and dream about the internet.” This is how an article in the online magazine WEIRD begins, titled Do you dream in internet? Don’t freak out. The fact is, we live in a hyper-technological era, and our reality is dominated by cyberspace, […]
Family Photography
The exhibition Family Photograph is the result of dialogue and collaboration between Štab Gallery (Serbia) and Vagon Gallery (Bosnia and Herzegovina). These contemporary art spaces, which promote and present the work of younger generations of artists, position contemporary art as a space for engaged and affirmative thinking on mapping the art of today. Family Photograph explores identity tied to geographical areas, creativity, and social segments […]
Neugenic
The exhibition Neugenics, by artist Andrejka Kargačin, was held as part of a collaboration between Šok Zadruga Gallery from Novi Sad and Vagon Gallery from Banja Luka. This exhibition marks the beginning of a long-term cultural exchange and joint artistic endeavors between the two galleries. The body, as the central point of the research approach, opens a field of inquiry into living and dying—and everything that is familiar to us […]
Visit of the graduates of the Catholic School Center "Ivan Merz"
We had wonderful guests – the graduates of the Catholic School Center "Ivan Merz"! Katarina Borojević spoke in more detail about the current exhibition Neugenics by artist Andrejka Kargačin, focusing on the importance of experimentation and the use of unconventional materials in art. This was followed by a lecture by Isidora Branković on what Vagon Gallery represents, our collaborations, and contemporary art today. Open [...]
Chairdog, the dog you always wanted – Performance by Mathieu Hendrickx
“It is not writing but rather sculpting.” -so cheesy, but that's good. Mathieu Hendrickx (Oostende, BE 1987). His artistic practice focuses on film, sculpture and performance & where these media interact with each other. In his studio, he produces and collects objects, sculptures, (collages of) texts, images and sounds that form an eclectic playground as […]
Artist Talk – Irena Pejčić
Land of Mine
The exhibition Land of Mine by artist Irena Pejčić is realized by Vagon Gallery in collaboration with the UDAS Organization. In Land of Mine, Irena Pejčić contemplates the lost parts of ourselves – lost flesh, lost stories, lost home, lost freedom, lost identity, lost solidarity – and the phantom pain they leave behind. The project set out to explore how landmines […]
Sex and Politics
"Sex and Politics" is the theme of this year’s BL Art Festival, which is traditionally held at the Social and Cultural Center "Incel", located within the grounds of the former factory of the same name – a sad monument to socialist realism. Analyzing the manifestos of contemporary society, through deconstruction and fragmentation of the fundamental influences on personal identity, to which the individual has little or no control. Everyday life remains heavy, stemming from the already […]
Sex and Politics - BL Art Festival
Artists: Ivana Ranisavljević, Dunja Čorlomanović, Jana Jovašević, Youth and Horny Association, Luka Joksimović, The Radical Boyz Curator: Isidora Branković "Sex and Politics" is the theme of this year’s BL Art Festival, which is traditionally held at the Social and Cultural Center "Incel", located within the grounds of the former factory of the same name – a sad monument to socialist realism. Analyzing the manifestos of contemporary society, deconstructing and fragmenting the basic influences on personal identity, over which the individual has little or no control.
