Recently, students and teachers from UNAGE –National University of Arts “George Enescu” Iasi, presented live and online the artistic project called “Virtual landscapes”, a project that explore, practically and theoretically, pictorial forms and experimental drawing. “Painting is a form of human manifestation, a form of knowledge and self-knowledge, through which the artist and implicitly the viewer, have the opportunity to acquire, on a horizontal and vertical axis of time, their own feelings and fundamental concepts. In the contemporary period, pictorial practices vary, from "physical" to virtual art. And if by the beginning of 2020, virtual art seemed to have a distant horizon, the events of the pandemic period made the interaction with virtual space take on a global scale and in an accelerated form. Thus, today's artists have adapted to the new media as a useful tool for online presentation of openings and exhibitions, but also as a stimulus to inventiveness in terms of contemporary art in the net art area”, points out Adrian CRÎȘMARU, one of the coordinators.

Ana Stoica - "Tokyo", ink

Andreea Busaș - "Florida", oil on canvas

The solo exhibition of the artist Nikola Mihajlović "Transmutation" will be opened on April 1st at 6 pm at the Balkan Cinema and will last until April 30th. In this exhibition, the author will present his paintings inspired by meta-spaces, invisible dimensions where energies and sentiments take on the contours of architectural forms. 

Ksenija Samardzija, curator of the exhibition and director of the Foundation Sasha Marceta, about forthcoming exhibitions and cooperation with Nikola Mihajlovic says, "Transmutation is the title of the exhibition that accompanies the formation of work during the period of the last year and from which part of the image is emerging in the cinema Balkan , in a kind an improvised atelier of a historic building that retains an attic and a wooden roof structure. With the transfer of Cinema Balkan as a working space, the desired situation was achieved for the Balkans to change, adapt and open. With the need to define itself as a modern cultural center, and in that sense the cooperation of the Sašo Marčet and Nikola Mihajlović Foundation is developing through an organized, well-thought-out and systematic position of support ”.

Stevan Vukovic, a member of the Sasa Marcheta Foundation's program council, writes in a publication dedicated to the exhibition, among other things: "Nikola Mihajlovic Korija's works examine the modalities of cooperation of colored shapes and lines, focusing on the plastic values ​​expressed through these cooperations. they act on the observer, without relying on the evocation of previously seen painting patterns, nor on analogies with established examples of work in that field. They are focused on the aesthetic experience of the observer, with the aim of evoking new modalities of affectivity and offering specific ways of feeling reality, which separate a specific moment from the continuity of time, while the baggage of everyday thoughts, worries and preoccupations is set aside, at least for a moment, to sink into relationships. the basic elements of artistic expression, which are thus also the only contents shown in these paintings ”.  

Artist announces the exhibition:

The exhibition was produced by the Sasa Marcheta Foundation.

About the artist:

Nikola Mihajlović was born in Belgrade in 1986. He attended the Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium and then acquired the title of Master of Architecture in 2011 at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade. He has been actively involved in artistic creation since 2008 in the form of street art, and later in the studio painting. He is the winner of the first prize at the national art competition Voyage Bleu, participant and organizer of several international and domestic projects in the field of art, among which stand out: a series of exhibitions entitled Scene at several locations in Belgrade, organization of street art festival in Požarevac, organization of street art festival Balkan Live in Belgrade, participation inStart India Festival in Hyderabad, India; participation in the Urban art-ventures festival in Volos (Greece); mural painting and a solo exhibition in Verbier (Switzerland); participation in the residence at Glo'Art in Lanaken (Belgium).

He has exhibited at numerous collective and several solo exhibitions in Serbia and abroad, among which stand-out solo exhibitions at the Parobrod Gallery in Belgrade and the Espace Temoin Gallery in Geneva; two collective exhibitions in Berlin, two participations in the Art Autumn in Sombor. He is a member of the Street Smart art collective and an external associate at the Sasa Marcheta Foundation in Belgrade. He is currently working on the project Artificial Intelligence and Art in cooperation with the Center for the Promotion of Science in Belgrade.

Cinema Balkan, Brace Jugovica 16 Street, Belgrade (Serbia)
Beginning date: 1/4/2021
End date: 30t/4/2021

I know well, I follow and admire the artistic ideas of the projects signed by Alis Rozmberk and her collaborators, very talented photographers and videographers. In the following we will present one of these projects, which brings together several arts – original fashion design, makeup, music (by Alis) and film making. This one is a very special project, it is a lesson, told through art, from which we all have something to learn. But no one knows all the details better than Alis, so I would let her share them with us.

Photo by Diana Morar

Željka Aleksić's multimedia exhibition deals with the relations between the presentation of the working class and its manifestation through artistic expression. Having in mind the correlation between socially established stigmas, which par excellence are in the position of political discourse and art that recontextualizes reality, the exhibition "Blue Lagoon" highlights the issues of social class and its position over time.

About the artist:

Opening date: 9th March
Closing date: 26th March
Location: Gallery of DOB, Makedonska 22 Street (Belgrade, Serbia)

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The programs in the Belgrade Youth Center are held with the application of all coronavirus protection measures determined by professional services, and they refer to disinfection, wearing protective masks, as well as the maximum number of visitors and maintaining the planned physical distance in the audience. We ask visitors to strictly respect the prescribed measures and to be responsible towards themselves and others. The opening ceremony of exhibitions and group visits will not be in the coming period, the DOB Gallery is open for individual visits.

Belgrade Youth Center Gallery (Galerija Doma Omladine Beograda)
Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 12:00 to 21:00;
Sunday from 12:00 to 18:00; on Mondays the Gallery is closed.

The photographer Ozolin Dușa presented, between March 1-10th, in the Nicolae Tonitza Art Gallery of UAP Iași, a photography exhibition dedicated to women, or more precisely to their eyes and ways of looking, a project integrated in the current pandemic context. In the exhibition space we therefore encounter a series of masked portraits, from which we discern only the eyes and the depth of the gaze. But what else is more expressive about a face than the eyes and gaze? Even in the context of the current health crisis, ideas for well-articulated conceptual exhibitions can be outlined, starting from simple ideas such as the gaze. It is in this context that the gaze acquires an even greater meaning, since all we can see daily on human faces are only their eyes.




"It's been a year since our lives changed. In us lies the power to be better, more affectionate, more understanding, gentler and loving. And without your warm souls we would be nothing. Thanks to the 43 ladies who faced the cold for an idea, for the belief that they are important for us ", says the photographer Ozolin Dușa. All for the idea of ​​a project, of this exhibition dedicated to women.

"An idea, a thought, an experiment, a few written words ... I invite you to be with me in front of the County Museum of History in Botosani to give life to a story. To write with me the story of the exhibition "Woman, your eyes hurt!", a tribute I bring to you for the love you carry for us every day ", the photographer continued.


“The mythologies of the Eastern world give the eyes the privilege of embracing and enjoying the whole. You can see in the other's eyes the Sun and the Moon, the past and the future, the light and the darkness, the high and the deep. (...) It is said that the eyes are the mirror of the soul. If you know how to look, you will see the woman's eyes looking into your soul. In times of pandemic life, their eyes take the place of touch or hugs. Enhanced by the masked face, the woman's eyes speak to us. See in their light past sorrows, hidden resignations, assumed defeats, deeply sedimented melancholy, broken loves or pure joys that ennoble their existence ”, comments Nicu Gavriluță on the photos and the concept behind them.

"The faces of the women in Ozolin Dușa's photos become the epiphany of our desires and loves. The world of men is, in its essence, a game of feminine gaze - that of grandmother, mother, sister, colleague, girlfriend, wife, daughter ... Paraphrasing Hafiz of Shiraz, we could say that on the magic of feminine gaze, men laid the foundation of their being. The undeniable merit of the photographer Ozolin Dușa is to photographically immortalize something of the mystery of this good settlement ", he added.

Exhibition 20.21 "Listening" finds inspiration in the current situation that humanity is going through. For the past year, we have been reviewing our own value systems to align them with our priorities in the times to come. However, the cacophony of fear and uncertainty obscures a credible voice. Therefore, this exhibition, in line with Cicero's idea that if we follow nature as a leader, we will never go astray, shows works that encourage us to listen to ourselves and the world around us and raises the question of the relationship between nature and human nature. The selected photographs unobtrusively but strikingly illustrate the magnificence and serenity that Ivan Hadži Zdravković found in it.

The exhibited works were created in different creative periods of the artist's work, but with their thematic and stylistic characteristics, they never lost their relevance. The chromatic richness of the photographs and the intensity of the colors on them are associated with the abundance of life, while the diversity of textures builds allusions to the unpredictability of the path we are taking. 

Along the way, we meet Sosa's muses in perfect harmony with the environment, protected and confident. From the bark of the trees and from the rocks, as their accompaniment, mysterious characters emerge and address us. Together, they invite us not to turn our backs, but to listen and recognize the perseverance and beauty of nature and human nature, to look at them as one, as Sosa masterfully does in her photographs.

About the artist:

Ivan Hadži Zdravković - Sosa (1952-2013) is an artist, film and television creator and university professor who has dedicated his entire life and working life to photography and educational work. He finished his camera studies at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, but he began, built and perfected his world of photography in his native Nis, where he directly influenced the development of the cultural scene until his untimely death. Exhibitions of works by Ivan Hadži Zdravković have been organized posthumously in the last few years by a team led by his daughter Ivana Ehrensvärd, and it also includes curator Ljudmila Đukić and exhibition designer Jelena Macanović.

Opening date: 18/02/2021
Closing date: 04/3/2021
Location: Pavane Art Room, Mome Kapora Square 6 (Belgrade, Serbia)

CREART Gallery // Photography exhibition. February 15 - March 14, 2021

The CREART Gallery presents, through a photography exhibition, a part of the universe of an exceptional show - MON CABARET NOIR, signed by Răzvan Mazilu, which introduces the audience to the world of Berlin cabaret from the 1920s, where nothing is too bizarre and everything is allowed to experiment. The burlesque show was reproduced through photography by Mihaela Tulea, Florin Bondrilă, Dragoș Toader, capturing the expressiveness of the characters in the most unique poses and attitudes. The exhibition thus presents a series of a black and white photographs that stand out through the graphics, plasticity and power of expression of the theater, easily noticeable.

Opening date:24/12/2020
Closing date:13/03/2021
Location: Gallery Eugster, Voline Vode bb (no number) Street, Belgrade (Serbia)

"We have L.A. at home"

Vuk Ćuk has been dealing with luxury from the beginning of his career. Things he wanted to have, things he liked, things that made him happy were a thing of its own; this was money (literally, painted banknotes on paper), Heron Preston socks, Kenzo hats, Kawasaki Ninja. His line of work, however, makes an arc, starting with an exploration into boyish understanding of the value and ending at the sedimentation of human activity that created its own geological era, the so-called Anthropocene.

Thinking about what luxury really is, Los Angeles is both symbolic and real (you may or may not read Lacan into these terms). For Ćuk, L.A. is still, however, imaginary, which started a series of new works made after his travel plans were canceled, a situation many of us experienced this year. Rather than lamenting over postponed vacations, Vuk Ćuk is looking at the phenomenon of displaced values.

Technological achievements, embodied by an interpretation of Tesla Cybertruck, automatically refer to matters of status. Ironically, and yet aptly, Elon Musk’s initiatives to conquer Mars open up the question of luxury once again: to create an artificial air-facilitating surrounding, available only to a single part of the population; in other words, air truly does have a price.

What makes this subject even more relevant is the stunning disproportion in the distribution of wealth, and then as well the distribution of information, rights, possibilities as such. The exhibition title refers to an Internet meme (Me: Mom, can we have L.A.? Mom: We have L.A. at home). In a way, this is a mini auto-parody of status that is wearable, that is Instagrammable, bought and sold, but somehow, rarely lived. 

The Los Angeles that Ćuk made ’at home’ speaks of many things that the original speaks of, too. The glitches found in the Hollywood sign, the deconstructed animals and scattered objects are all residue of hyper-production, but they present the discrepancies between two cities as well, for example, Los Angeles / Belgrade. In pictures and in reality, in concept and inexperience, things seem to have very different qualities. Whereas the L.A. from our imagination is still a place for dreams and prosperity, most Americans living in California dread civil war on a daily basis now. Belgrade is, unfortunately, familiar with the latter, both as a thing of imagination and of reality.

In the beginning, it was mentioned that the new coronavirus is spreading because of wild animal consumption, even though there are many theories suggesting that it was man-made, in a lab. This debate on authenticity is becoming very intense and general nowadays. Let’s bear in mind, then, that the matter of origin, in everything, starting with the food we eat through the air we breathe, the clothes we wear, the people we meet, leads to a dangerous place that insists on cleanliness. 

Here, we have two important takeaways. One is that humans really have changed the ecosystem irreversibly, which renders us all as zombie predators barely aware of our own aggressive behavior. The other is that there is no way back from the place we are in now, so we can only go forward and take time to reconsider everything with more care and mindfulness. With that being said, next time we feel anxious about technology or progress, we should consider if we’re looking at the right enemy, or if the enemy is looking at us, hiding behind Heron Preston socks, Kenzo hats, Kawasaki Ninja and other objects that travel back and forth with no problem at all, whereas lockdowns and movement restrictions are now imposed on people.

This exhibition deals with ecology, transport, and luxury, as well as the meaning of these terms during the great world pandemic and the global climate crisis. In a way, these works speak to the illogicalities of modern life, in an age when objects travel far more easily than humans and when plastic plants are produced during the decay of real ones.

For the installation, the artist used sand and materials that he mostly recycled or bought through cheap online shopping sites such as Ali Express. Part of the exhibition is three kinetic sculptures, one of which is an interpretation of the Cybertruck model of a Tesla car that should be realized in reality in 2021 or 2022. Through his artistic practice, Vuk Ćuk (1987) deals with capitalist logic, trends and technology, as well as the ways in which they shape people and nature, exploring new ways of living in modern society.

About the artist:

Vuk Ćuk studied painting at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In his artistic career, he has exhibited in over 30 group exhibitions in galleries and museums in Serbia, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Denmark, Germany, Russia, China and America. He presented himself independently in Belgrade, Vienna, Copenhagen and Augustenburg (Denmark). He has participated in the most prestigious art fairs in Europe (ArtVienna, ArtMoscow, ArtCopenhagen, and the art book Endless Editions: Face to Face - Blind date, in which he participated together with 10 other foreign artists is in the collection of the library of the MoMA Museum in New York. In his work, he deals with research related to the human relationship to the modern way of life, with an emphasis on the impact of the development of digital media, technology and communications. It is expressed through the media of painting, sculpture, and digital art (VR, animation).