The exhibition presents sixteen drawings created over the past three years, as well as a spatial installation, which leads us into the new cycle of works “Zašto ne veruješ mojim lažima” (Why Don’t You Believe My Lies).
The portrayal of Ivana’s heroine and the text accompanying the image point to the ambivalence that is recognized precisely in the friction between strength and vulnerability. The compositions, as well as the titles, suggest alienation and allude to various impossibilities of communication. At the same time, the presence of natural, non-human elements, such as trees or Dobermans, as well as the crown made of horns worn by the female figure, point to her connection and intimacy with nature. These impulses presented in the work hint at a return of hope in the possibility of establishing balance in the disturbed equilibrium of the modern individual.
From the text by Jovana Stokić
Biography:
Ivana Kalina Mitrović (born 1971, Ivanjica) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1995, majoring in painting. She completed her master’s degree at the same faculty in 2003, specializing in drawing. From 1997 to 2007, she worked at the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade. She has been a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia since 1995.
The exhibited works were created over the past three years and during a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2022.
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