ANA ALEKSIĆCRTEŽ - JUGOOCEANIJA

serija II / series II, 2015olovka na papiru / pencil on paper

15 listova, različite dimenzije15 sheets, various dimensions

naslovna strana / cover pageCrna slika - serija VI / Black painting - series VI , 2018indigo papir / indigo paper12 listova, 40.5 x 23 cm svaki12 sheets, 40.5 x 23 cm each

Crtež-Jugooceanija

Skorija prošlost i svi simboli njene ekonomske moći ostali su u ruševi-nama, prazni – dovoljno bliski da se još uvijek ne smatraju „istorijom“, a dovoljno daleki da se na njih lako zaboravi. U napuštenim hodnicima nekadašnje kompanije „Jugooceanija“ (koja je bila ponos Boke, a da-nas trn u oku), u gomili nepotrebnih i zaboravljenih stvari, umjetnica Ana Aleksić pronašla je veliki broj dokumenata i skica koji su posta-li osnova za njen Crtež-‘Jugooceanija’ kojim se predstavlja u Galeriji „Klub“ u Centru savremene umjetnosti Crne Gore.

Ono što zatiče na starom, požutjelom papiru polazna je tačka Aninog rada. Sadržina papira uveliko diktira pristup dalje obrade, dok mu se Ana maksimalno prepušta i dozvoljava svojoj intuiciji da sama vodi ruku. Ipak, umjetnica ga posmatra kao veliku bojenu plohu na kojoj su slova i sheme slikarski elementi. Skice brodova i pojedinačnih motora, mehanizama, zatim proračunske tabele, tekstualna uputstva i izvještaji – samo su osnova onoga što ona nadograđuje, trudeći se da ne remeti već postojeću ravnotežu.

Tamo gdje zatiče tekst, poigrava se njime i prazninama među redovi-ma. Slova na papiru (koje posmatra kao zasebni slikarski element bez nekog jezičkog značenja, već čisto simboličkog, gotovo geometrijskog) ostavljaju joj praznine među redovima: da im udahne novi slikarski ži-vot. Uputstva za sklapanje motora upotpunjuje novim crtežom, otkri-vajući imaginacijom nove sisteme. Tabele koristi kao armature za nove oblike, gotovo uvijek geometrijske. Skicama daje novu konstrukciju, novu mrežu i strukturu. Prava linija je osnova Aninog rada, čak i onda kada je ne povlači; izgužvani indigo papiri, bez posebne intervencije umjetnice, na svijetlu pokazuju crtačke linije na mjestima preloma – li-nije koje stvaraju dubine sopstvenom sjenkom.

Slojevitost iščitavanja Crtež-‘Jugooceanija’ je kompleksna. Sudarom starog, odbačenog i nebitnog sa crtačkim i slikarskim intervencijama umjetnice, stvorena su djela kojima je, osim istorijskog svjedočanstva, data nova, najplemenitija od svih – umjetnička svrha.

Anja Marković, istoričarka umjetnosti

serija I / series I, 2015olovka na papiru / pencil on paper16 listova, različite dimenzije16 sheets, various dimensions

Drawing-Jugooceanija

Recent past and all the symbols of its economic power now remain in ruins, empty – close enough in time to still not be considered “history”, and yet far enough to be easily forgotten. In the abandoned corridors of the former Jugooceanija company (which was once the pride of Boka Kotorska, and is nowadays a thorn in its side), Ana Aleksić found a great number of documents and sketches that have become the basis for her Drawing-Jugooceanija, now presented at the Klub Gallery in the Contemporary Art Center of Montenegro.

What she found on the old, faded paper is the starting point for Ana’s work. The contents of the papers greatly dictate the approach Ana chooses for its further manipulation, while remaining open and allowing intuition to guide her hand. Still, the artist perceives paper as a large painted surface, with its letters and schematics as visual language elements. Sketches of ships and individual engines, mechanisms, and then spreadsheets, textual instructions and reports – these are just the basics of what she then upgrades, trying not to disturb the balance that is already in place.

She plays with the text and the gaps between the lines, there where she finds it. The letters on paper (seen as separate pictorial elements without a linguistic meaning, purely symbolic, almost geometric) leave empty spaces between them: room enough for her to breathe new pictorial life into them. The engine assembly instructions are complemented by a new drawing, one that imaginatively reveals new systems. Tables are used as reinforcements for new shapes, almost exclusively geometric. Sketches are given new constructions, new network and structure. Straight line represents the basis of Ana’s work, even when it is not drawn; when illuminated, wrinkled indigo papers, without any special intervention by the artist, reveal drawing lines in places of their breaks – lines that create depth by their own shadow.

The readings of the many-layered Drawing-Jugooceanija are complex. The clash of the old, the discarded and the irrelevant with the drawing and painting interventions of the artist creates works that, apart from historical testimony, are given a new purpose, the noblest of them all – the purpose of art.

Anja Marković, art historian

serija VII / series VII, 2018flomaster na papiru / felt pen on paper

10 listova, 20.7 x 29.6 cm svaki 10 sheets, 20.7 x 29.6 cm each

Jugooceanija roza – serija IX / Jugooceanija pink – series IX, 2019flomaster na papiru / felt pen on paper

8 listova, 29.5 x 20.5 cm / 8 sheets, 29.5 x 20.5 cm

ANA ALEKSIĆaaleksic@outlook.comhttps://aaleksic.cargo.site

Rođena 1992. u Nikšiću, Crna Gora. Završila osnovne i specijalističke studije slikarstva na Fakultetu likovnih umjetnosti na Cetinju. Studijski boravila na École Supérieure d’Art de Lorraine, u Mecu, Francuska. Bavi se crtežom i slikom.

Projekti, radionice2018 XIV likovni susreti Stari most, Sutomore, Crna Gora2018 Prva slikarska kolonija Teuta, Risan, Crna Gora2017 KotorAPSS Architecture Prison Summer School with Numan/For Use, Kotor, Crna Gora2017 Black box – Pogled u budućnost, Mikser festival, Beograd, Srbija2015 Youth Arts Festival Via Pontica, Balčik, Bugarska2015 rezidencijalni boravak u trajanju od dva mjeseca u Dukley Art Centre, Jugooceanija, Kotor, atelje prof. Draška Dragaša2014 Vizuelna poezija, kolaborativni projekat: slikanje murala u okviru manifestacije Ratkovićeve večeri poezije, Bijelo Polje

Kolektivne izložbe 2018 Zbogom Balkan? Zbogom Balkan!, Centar savremene umjetnosti Crne Gore, Podgorica, Crna Gora 2018 Dani kraljice Teute u Rizinijumu, Risan, Crna Gora 2017 Black Box - Pogled u budućnost, Mikser Festival, Beograd, Srbija 2015 Youth Arts Festival Via Pontica, Balčik, Bugarska 2015 Studentska izložba, Galerija umjetnosti “Miodrag Dado Đurić“, Cetinje 2014 Studentska izložba, Kraljevsko pozorište “Zetski dom“ 2014 Studentska izložba, Studentska Galerija FLU Cetinje

ANA ALEKSIĆaaleksic@outlook.com https://aaleksic.cargo.site

Born in 1992 in Nikšić, Montenegro. Completed graduate and postgraduate studies of painting at the Faculty of Visual Arts in Cetinje, and a study residence programme at the École Supérieure d’Art de Lorrine, in Metz, France. She is interested in drawing and painting.

Projects, workshops2018 XIV Art Encounters – Old Bridge, Sutomore, Montenegro2018 First Painting Colony Teuta, Risan, Montenegro2017 KotorAPSS Architecture Prison Summer School with Numan/For Use, Kotor, Crna Gora2017 Black box – A look into the future, Mixer Festival, Belgrade, Serbia2015 Youth Arts Festival Via Pontica, Balchik, Bulgaria2015 2-month residence at the Dukley Art Centre, Jugooceanija, Kotor, Atelier of Prof Draško Dragaš2014 Visual poetry, collaborative project: mural painting in the framework of the manifestation Ratković Poetry Evenings, Bijelo Polje

Group exhibitions2018 Farewell Balkans? Farewell Balkans!, Contemporary Art Centre of Montenegro,Podgorica, Montenegro 2018 Days of Queen Teuta in Risinium, Risan, Montenegro 2017 Black Box - A look into the future, Mixer Festival, Belgrade, Serbia2015 Youth Arts Festival Via Pontica, Balchik, Bulgaria 2015 Student Exhibition, Art Gallery “Miodrag Dado Đurić“, Cetinje 2014 Student Exhibition, Royal Theater “Zetski dom“ 2014 Student Exhibition, Student Gallery – Faculty of Visual Arts Cetinje

www.csucg.co.me Ana Aleksić Galerija Klub Kruševac bb, PodgoricaIzdavač Centar savremene umjetnosti Crne Gore Za izdavača Nenad Šoškić

Kustoskinja Teodora Nikčević Tekst Anja Marković Prevod na engleski Ana SavjakGrafičko oblikovanje Anastasija Kostić Tehnička realizacija izložbe Novica Vuković,

Rajko Raičević, Nebojša Raspopović, Nemanja RadevićTiraž 150 Štampa DPC, Podgorica maj 2019.

ISBN 978-9940-41-038-4COBISS.CG-ID 38420752