HESTIA Art Residency and Exhibitions Bureau vas poziva na otvaranje grupne izložbe “Devotion”. Kustosi izložbe su Kiriakos Spirou i Anja Obradović. Pored programa izložbe, imaćete priliku da upoznate umetnike Louis-Cyprien Rials iz Pariza i Mikkil Skugga iz Varšave koji su prvi gosti HESTIA rezidencijalnog programa.
Grupna izložba “Devotion” predstavlja radove umetnika: Predraga Terzića, Nataše Kokić, Stratisa Tavlaridisa i Vasilisa Botoulasa, koji iako stilski različiti, koriste slične precizne repetetitivne i skoro meditativne tehnike u stvaranju umetničkog dela, ostavljajući svojevrsni trag sopstvene egzistencije koja svedoči o utrošenom vremenu. Na prvi pogled deluje da umetnici koriste jedan isti odabrani pokret i sebi svojstvenu tehniku do iznemoglosti, što je predanost u pravom smislu te reči i osnovna ideja izložbe.
“Devotion” kao izložbeni koncept simbolizuje predanost radu u odabranoj tehnici kroz pažljivo izvođenje koje se odigrava u dugim vremenskim intervalima. Predstavljeni radovi su izvedeni u drugačijem vremenskom kontekstu, u kojem je umetnik omniprisutan u svom radu, ostavljajući trag utrošenog vremena kao dokaz sopstvene egzistencije. U ovom kontekstu, predanost je čin koji umetniku daje apsolutnu slobodu izražavanja i istraživanje sopstva. U današnjem svetu magnovenja, digitalne i industrijske masovne proizvodnje i zamagljenih granica između originala i kopije; ovako koncipiran i u nekom smislu meditativan proces rada, sa sobom nosi i umetničku auru, onako kako ju je Walter Benjamin definisao u eseju “Umetničko delo u veku svoje tehničke reprodukcije”. Terzićevi spektri, transparentni oblici Tavlaridisa, snažni obrisi Botoulasovih formi, i pusti ambijenti u crtežima Nataše Kokić mapiraju identifikaciju sa dušom koja kao talasasta anima luta univerzmom.
Otvaranje izložbe je 4. Novembra 2017. u HESTIA Art Residency and Exhibition Bureau na adresi Topličin Venac 14/9 4. sprat sa početkom u 19h.HESTIA Art Residency and Exhibitions Bureau invites you to the opening of a group exhibition „Devotion„. The curators of the exhibition are Kiriakos Spirou and Anja Obradovic. In addition to the exhibition program, you will have the opportunity to meet artists Louis-Cyprien Rials from Paris and Mikkil Skug from Warsaw who are the first guests of the HESTIA Residential Program.
Opening of the exhibition is November 4, 2017 at the HESTIA Art Residency and Exhibition Bureau at Toplichin Venac 14/9th 4th floor, starting at 19h.
HESTIA Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau is an independent multidisciplinary contemporary art space which gathers established as well as young and emerging artists at the same time sharing knowledge and experience. The space functions as a residency for artists living outside of Belgrade and also as exhibition space. It is located on Topličin Venac 14/9, 4th floor, and the name comes from the word Hestia (gr. /ˈhɛstiə/) the Greek Goddess of hearth, domesticity, architecture and domesticity. HESTIA is located in a private apartment containing a fireplace which presents this space also on a symbolic level. With a programme of exhibitions and other different events, the mission is to create and put forward group and solo exhibitions which focus on topics that are underway in East Europe and South America. The residency is open for projects dedicated to the creation of international art projects which by working directly within the surrounding environment are collaborating with the local art scene. The works realised and produced during the residency have as a goal to establish international cultural collaboration and exchange involving a network of cultural actors from the region.