Elevate Avgust 2016

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šta vam je na umu

/ what’s on your mind

Prošlogodišnji dobitnik nagrade, skulptor

Marko Marković, ističe da su proces umetnič-

kog odmeravanja, upoređivanja i učestvovanja

na konkursu, izložba finalista i samostalna

izložba pobednika, najznačajniji aspekti na-

grade.

Izložbu, koja će biti otvorena do 29.

avgusta, priredili su kustosi Miroslav Karić

(Nezavisna umetnička asocijacija Remont)

i Una Popović (Muzej savremene umetnosti

u Beogradu). Oni smatraju da je retrospek-

tiva bivših laureata nagrade „Mangelos“, sa

toliko različitih umetničkih pristupa i medija

u kojima se izražavaju, jedan od mogućih na-

goveštaja u kom pravcu se razvija umetnička

scena nakon 2000. godine.

Izložba, nesumnjivo, daje povod za raz-

mišljanje o mestu vizuelne umetnosti u Srbiji

danas i o položaju mladih umetnika, najčešće

prepuštenih ličnoj inicijativi i entuzijazmu.

Ali, makar u svečanom trenutku obeleža-

vanja jubileja, valjalo bi setiti se saveta ame-

ričkog umetnika Sola Levita koji je inspirisao

umetnike širom sveta i sada krasi zidove

mnogih umetničkih ateljea:

„Jednostavno prestani da razmišljaš, bri-

neš, osvrćeš se preko ramena, preispituješ, sum-

njaš, plašiš se, tuguješ, nadaš se lakom rešenju,

boriš se, pokušavaš da shvatiš… RADI.

Stvori svoj, samo svoj svet. … Imaš pravo

na to. … I prestani da se brineš o velikim, du-

bokim pitanjima kao što je ’odlučivanje o svrsi

i načinu života, doslednom pristupu čak i ne-

kom nezamislivom ishodu ili čak zamislivom’.

… pusti neka sve ode kud mu je volja – nije ceo

svet tvoja odgovornost – odgovornost imaš

samo za svoj rad.“

who left a deep mark on the art of the

former Yugoslavia in the 1970s. Bašičević is

among the most prominent representatives

of the world of conceptual art, as indica-

ted by his exhibitions in the world’s major

museums, such as New York’s MoMA and

London’s Tate Gallery. This year saw a ma-

jor retrospective of his works held in New

York’s Freeman Gallery.

The award is part of the network of

awards for visual artists in ten Eastern Euro-

pean countries. The network emerged as an

initiative launched in 1990 in Czechoslovakia

by writer Vaclav Havel, who later became the

President of the Czech Republic. Intended

to enable young artists to gain international

experience, the award provides them with

several months of study and residency in the

United States. The jury includes young art

historians, curators and artists.

Last year’s winner of the prize, sculptor

Marko Marković, says that the most impor-

tant aspects of the prize are the measure-

ment of the artistic process, comparison and

participation in the competition, as well as

the exhibition of the finalists and the win-

ner’s solo exhibition.

The exhibition, which will be open un-

til 29

August, was organised by curators

Miroslav Karić (of Independent Art Asso-

ciation Remont) and Una Popović (of the

Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade).

They consider that the retrospective of

former Mangelos laureates, with so many

different artistic approaches and media

with which they express themselves, is one

of the possible indications of the direction

in which the art scene has developed since

the year 2000.

The exhibition undoubtedly provides

reason for reflection on the place of the

visual arts in Serbia today and the position

of young artists, who are mostly left to their

personal initiative and enthusiasm.

However, if only for the ceremonious

moment of the jubilee, it is worth remem-

bering the advice of the American Artist

Sol LeWitt, who inspired artists around the

world and now adorns the walls of many art

studios:

“Just stop thinking, worrying, looking

over your shoulder, wondering, doubting,

fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way

out, struggling, grasping… just DO!

“Create your own, only your own world.

... You have the right to that. ... And stop wor-

rying about big, deep things such as ‚to deci-

de on a purpose and way of life, a consistant

approach to even some impossible end or

even an imagined end‘ ... Just let everything

go wherever it pleases – you are not respon-

sible for the world – you are only responsible

for your work.“

Umetnici i njihovi radovi

Gore: Milica Ružičić, ispred serije

akvarela „Borski puding“, 2015.

Sredina: Katarina Zdjelar i „My

lifetime (Malaika)“, film, 2012.

Dole: Saša Tkačenko, „You won‘t

be young forever“, objekat, 2016.

Artists and their works

Top: Milica Ružičić, in front of

aquarelles series ”Bor pudding”,

2015

Middle: Katarina Zdjelar and ”My

lifetime (Malaika)”, movie, 2012

Below: Saša Tkačenko, ”You won‘t

be young forever”, object, 2016

Izložba, nesumnjivo, daje

povod za razmišljanje o

mestu vizuelne umetnosti

u Srbiji danas i o položaju

mladih umetnika, najčešće

prepuštenih ličnoj inicijativi

i entuzijazmu

The

exhibition undoubtedly

provides reason for

reflection on the place of the

visual arts in Serbia today

and the position of young

artists, who are mostly left to

their personal initiative and

enthusiasm.