Pierced Sky
by Milena JNK
17 Oct - 10 Nov
The exhibition presents some twenty works created by a renowned Yugoslav visual artist Milena JNK in Belgrade at the time of the bombing of Yugoslavia, April 1999.
The exhibition is, on one hand, the artist's diary-like documentation of her own and collective emotions, on the other hand, it is a prayer for peace. Having suffered not only the atrocities of the war but also the emotions of the innocent awaiting a fatal strike, Milena JNK poured more than these emotions into her work.
There is no contradiction in her artistic statement, although 'lyrical and poetic' are the qualities of her works that she aptly entitles 'Butchered sky' or 'Lacerated sky'. Serene in style, cris-crossing the unstable line between the figurative and the abstract in form, these paintings tell a powerful story of the constant oscillating of the human soul between desolation and hope.
Milena JNK is a renowned Yugoslav visual artist, stage and costume designer and puppeteer. Over the past 20 years, she has had 36 solo exhibitions in Yugoslavia and internationally, and participated in numerous group exhibitions. Her set and costume design credits include over 90 theatre productions.
She was awarded national and international awards, including The Grand Award of Serbia. This Carnivale visual arts exhibition is presented in association with the UTS Gallery.
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The exhibition presents some twenty works created by a renowned Yugoslav visual artist Milena JNK in Belgrade at the time of the bombing of Yugoslavia, April 1999.
The exhibition is, on one hand, the artist's diary-like documentation of her own and collective emotions, on the other hand, it is a prayer for peace. Having suffered not only the atrocities of the war but also the emotions of the innocent awaiting a fatal strike, Milena JNK poured more than these emotions into her work.
There is no contradiction in her artistic statement, although 'lyrical and poetic' are the qualities of her works that she aptly entitles 'Butchered sky' or 'Lacerated sky'. Serene in style, cris-crossing the unstable line between the figurative and the abstract in form, these paintings tell a powerful story of the constant oscillating of the human soul between desolation and hope.
Milena JNK is a renowned Yugoslav visual artist, stage and costume designer and puppeteer. Over the past 20 years, she has had 36 solo exhibitions in Yugoslavia and internationally, and participated in numerous group exhibitions. Her set and costume design credits include over 90 theatre productions. She was awarded national and international awards, including The Grand Award of Serbia.
This Carnivale visual arts exhibition is presented in association with the UTS Gallery.
Milena J. N. K. is a renowned Yugoslav visual artist, stage and costume designer and puppeteer. Her Pierced Sky exhibition is a documentation of the emotions of the innocent awaiting a potentially fatal bombing strike, as well as being a prayer for peace. Her paintings are a subliminal, lyrical, and spiritual response to aggression and violence.
Having almost exclusively expressed herself on large-scale canvasses and through huge installations over the past twenty years, the artist's works in Pierced Sky are a departure from her usual media. The ethereal paintings are created on very light, translucent paper, interfered with in various ways, to represent the vulnerability of the sky to destruction from aerial attack.
"When the sky, the protective celestial membrane, is destroyed, the human condition becomes desperate," explained Milena J. N. K. "Blurring the line between the figurative and the abstract, these paintings tell a powerful story of the constant oscillation of the human soul between desolation and hope."
Over the past 20 years, Milena J. N. K. has had 36 solo exhibitions in Yugoslavia and internationally, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions. She has received numerous awards, including the Grand Award of Serbia, awarded by the Ministry for the Arts in 1992.
DATES: 17 October to 10 November, Tuesday to Friday, 12 noon to 6 pm VENUE: UTS Gallery, Level 4, 702 Harris St, Ultimo
Perforated sky Izbuseno nebo 350 x 500
Scratched stars Izgrebane zvezde 470 x 1095
Rags of sky Krpe neba 460 x 1055
Scratched sky Izgrebano nebo 410 x 1095
Broken sky Raspuklo nebo 370 x 1095
Fiery chrysanthemums Vatrene hrizanteme 493 x 1095
Pierced sky (2) Izbuseno nebo (2) 408 x 1095
Large cuts Velike posekotine 435 x 1095
Wounds Rane 1095 x 520
Sky in the black frame Nebo u crnom okviru 420 x 557
Wrinkled sky Izrovano nebo 590 x 1095
Butchered sky Iskasapljeno nebo 440 x 620
Sky cut open Rasporeno nebo 307 x 543 SkyÕs scubs
Nebeske kraste 475 x 1095
Prayer Molitva 505 x 1095
Tears Suze 1095 x 500 Installation Instalacija Rags of sky Krpe
neba
Solo exhibitions:
Belgrade:
1997 Paviljon Cvijete Zuzoric
1996 Konak Kneginje Ljubice /Gallery Singidunu
1994 Galerija ULUS
1989 Salon Muzeja Savremene Umetnosti
19??? ikovna Galerija Kulturnog Centra
1975/ 1979 Galerija Doma Omladine
1973 Galerija Ateljea 212
1972 Galerija Kolarcevog Narodnog Univerziteta
1971 Muzej Primenjene Umetnosti
1969 Dom Omladine
Yugoslavia:
1997 Vrsac: Savremena Galerija Konkordija
1995 Sremska Mitrovica:Galerija LazarVozarevic
1986/ 1995 Zrenjanin: Savremena Galerija
1990 Zavicajni Muzej and Galerija Mali Dvorac
1989 Novi Sad: Galerija Savremene Umetnosti
1983 Galerija R. Ciripanov
1989 Sarajevo: Galerija Novi hram
1986 / 1973 Cacak: Likovni salon
1971 Pancevo
International solo exhibitions:
1997 Euskirchen (Deutschland). Kunst Kreis
1994 Sollentuna, Sweden, Gallery Aniara
1990 Tel-Aviv, Cultural Center Benjamin Duhl
1984 /1980 Paris, Galleri ES
1974 Szcecin (Polska), Galerija BWA
1973 Katowice (Polska), Galerija PSP-ZPAP
1973 Opole (Polska), Galerija BWA
National Museum, Belgrade
Narodni muzej, Beograd
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Muzej savremene umetnosti, Beograd Contemporary
Gallery Zrenjanin Savremena galerija, Zrenjanin
Gallery of Contemporary Visual Arts, Novi Sad
Galerija savremene likovne umetnosti, Novi Sad
Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade
Muzej primenjene umetnosti, Beograd
Benjamin Duhl Auditorium, Tel-Aviv
National Museum, Kragujevac
Narodni Muzej, Kragujevac
National Museum, Zajecar
Narodni Muzej, Zajecar
Collection of Kolarac National University, Beograd
Kolekcija Kolarcevog Narodnog Univerziteta, Beograd
Theatre Bosko Buha, Belgrade
Pozoriste Bosko Buha, Beograd
Portrait Gallery, Tuzla
Galerija portreta, Tuzla
Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerevan
Muzej savremene umetnosti, Jerevan
Regional Museum, Bar
Zavicajni muzej, Bar
Museum of the City of Belgrade
Muzej grada Beograda,
Theatre Museum, Belgrade
Pozorisni muzej, Beograd
Awards:
1992 The Grand Award of Serbia, Association of visual artists and applied arts practitioners of Serbia, awarded by the Ministry
for the Arts
1978 Silver Medal, IX International Triennial of Theatre Stage
and Costume Design, Novi Sad.
1982 Sterija Prize, 27th Yugoslav Theatre Games, Novi Sad.
1982 Museum of Contemporary Art Award, October Salon Award, Spring
Exhibition, Association of visual artists of Serbia,Bronze Medal,
V International Triennial of Theatre Stage and Costume Design,
Novi Sad
1973 Silver Medal IV International Triennial of Theatre Stage
and Costume Design, Novi Sad
1975 Bronze Medal, First Exhibition of Yugoslav Theatre Poster
and Catalogue Design, Novi Sad . Annual Award, Association of
visual artists and applied arts practitioners of Serbi
Image:
Milena JNK Sky in the black frame 1999
