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.
Fresh Wave Festival x Vagon Gallery
The combination of contemporary art and electronic music at this year’s Fresh Wave Festival, in collaboration with Vagon Gallery, presented an innovative platform that opened the door to a new way of experiencing both media. This fusion of art, which deconstructs societal paradigms, and music, which operates through powerful sensory experiences, offered the audience an opportunity to explore and recreate collective identity through […]
Artist Talk – Marijana Đaković i Isidora Banjac
Isidora Banjac and Marijana Đaković discussed the current exhibition Vrela. How important is the material we use in art, and how does it influence the concept of a visual artwork? What happens after the Academy of Fine Arts? And how important are awards and opportunities? Marijana Đaković was born on May 20, 1999, in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
Hot Exhibition
Key concepts: installation, text, space, materials (construction, mechanical, craft), identity, gender roles, manipulation of information, lie and truth, paradox, ambivalence, the multiplicity of language, ambiguity of words. Through installations, I experiment with space and various materials from mechanics, construction, and crafts. I use ambiguity (the multiplicity of language) to show contrasts and tensions in society. I record sentences spoken by other people and […]
Artist Talk – Aleksandar Milošević i Isidora Banjac
Aleksandar Milošević showed us his daily work and explained why plumbing and art are so closely connected. The curator and art historian Isidora Banjac and Aleksandar Milošević discussed expectations, searches, and work! Aleksandar emphasized contemporary perceptions of labor and the working class, highlighting how historical context has shaped today's attitudes. His hermetic approach to the exhibition opened [...]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Art Scene
Isidora Branković gave a lecture titled "Bosnia and Herzegovina Art Scene" at Nihon University College of Art (Tokyo, Japan) with professors Tets Ohnari and Ryuta Iida, where she mapped and analyzed the main points of development and survival of the contemporary art scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She spoke about the position of young artists in Bosnia [...]
