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azine, given that she glues tens

of thousands of pieces of confetti

one by one. She sees additional

symbolism in this because, as

she notes, Elevate is a monthly

magazine.

- My travels are for me also

investigations of material – says

Nataša. – The material is very

important, and when I think about

my work I’m thinking about the

material. I choose materials that

are easily available. In the space of

the aeroplane in which I travel, the

magazine I read, which enter-

tained me and provided me with

information, became attractive

material. This is about a momen-

tary experience. And the material

is easy to carry.

Who has not been left breath-

less by the view of the landscape

seen through a plane window? The

sight of constellations of lights

that gradually become recognisa-

ble cities – constellations in vari-

ous parts of the planet, so close to

one another in the modern era.

Izložbe

Nataša Galečić je

u poslednjih šest

godina, osim u

Beogradu, izlagala na

grupnim izložbama u

Holandiji, Bugarskoj,

Švajcarskoj i SAD, a

pojedinačne izložbe

je imala u Beogradu,

Novom Sadu i

Filadelfiji (SAD).

Exhibitions

Apart from displaying

her works in Belgrade,

in the last six years

Nataša Galečić has

exhibited in group

exhibitions in the

Netherlands, Bulgaria,

Switzerland and

the United States,

while she has had

individual exhibitions

in Belgrade, Novi Sad

and Philadelphia (U.S.).

How does a visual artist cre-

ate when she ponders art not in the

comfort of her studio, but rather

between two temporary places of

residence, “with her home in a suit-

case”, often on the road and most-

ly on a plane?

Our answer is the exhibition

“Atlas for the urban traveller” at

Belgrade’s U10 - Art space, which

was opened last month by artist

Nataša Galečić, who began mak-

ing her departures (and arrivals)

immediately after completing the

Academy of Arts in Belgrade and

going to Philadelphia, where she

finished her master studies with

top grades at Moore College of art

and design. After the U.S. followed

the countries of Africa, Asia, Aus-

tralia... very often, India.

- Due to circumstance, I lead

a nomadic life, don’t tie myself

to things and the more I travel

the more I realise that even with

minimal resources I can say and

do many things – says Nataša

Galečić. – And when I don’t have

a large space, I think visually.

I’ve always had the urge in my

creations to step out into the third

dimension – I’m also interested in

sculpture, architecture, archaeol-

ogy. Painting was a transitional

phase. Later, during my master’s

studies, I learned to extend my

boundaries, to try to unite all my

interests and to articulate my

experience, to choose my means

of expression in accordance with

an idea.

Painting materials have

long since ceased to be only oils

and acrylics, ink and charcoal,

tempera. Nataša creates her works

from materials that she finds at

hand and considers appropriate.

Thus our magazine Elevate was

transformed into tiny confetti to

become an artistic material.

- Due to my frequent travels,

I approach art directly and use

every moment to gather and con-

vey my impressions, experiences

and ideas – explains this artist. –

That’s how I came up with the idea

of using Elevate magazine, be-

cause that made it possible for me

to work on my art even when I’m

on a plane, and to prepare confetti

that I would later use for a collage.

The idea of me breaking down the

magazine into a million pieces

that will then be reassembled into

a whole, metaphorically represents

migration and the movement of

travellers, which I integrate into

different environments to create

a new system, a new structure. I

felt even more excitement when I

realised that perhaps these works

could be found in Elevate maga-

zine, where they actually originat-

ed from, and thus complete the

full circle and round out their life.

The young artist needs a

month of daily work for each

collage created from Elevate mag-