November 2015
Zadar group
Group exhibition “It is possible when it is impossible” was opened on Thursday, 5 November 2015. The authors were members of the famous “Zadar Group”: Kosara Bokšan, Ljubinka Jovanović Mihajlović, Mileta Andrejević, Milorad Bata Mihailović, Miodrag Mića Popović, Peter Omčikus i Vera Božičković Popović. For the first time their paintings were exhibited together in one place in front of the audience.
All these artists had never exhibited together for their life time. Therefore, this exhibition at the International Art Studio “Radovan Trnavac Mica” in some way corrects a historical mistake.
The group of future avant-garde artists, at that time students of the Belgrade Academy of Fine Arts in the class of Professor Ivan Tabaković, in the spring semester of 1947, left the Academy and went to Zadar. Rebellion and “art trip” of these young people, who would later become a famous Serbian and world artists, formed something that will become a phenomenon in the history of post-war local art titled “Zadar Group”. Their rebellion was caused by disagreement of the content and form, which they were imposed as students. It was also an effort to get out of the vicious circle of to war tendency civil painting. The decision to leave the Academy and go to Zadar influenced the creation of a new space in the Serbian fine arts.
“The proof of how painters of Zadar Group were significant not only in Serbian, but also in the world of painting, is the fact that six of seven of them, who in 1952 went to Paris, were awarded with the Legion of Honor medal by French President. No country in the world has that”, said at the opening of this exhibition Mr. Živorad Ajdačić, Secretary General of Cultural and Educational Community of Serbia.
On this occasion Studio specially thanked to Mr. Ninko Radosavljević, Mr. Dragan Vasiljević, also to mr Dajana Đedović, director of the Culture Center “Vuk Karadžić” in Loznica, mr Snezana Neškovič-Simić, manager of Mića Popović’s and Vera Božičković Popović’s Permanent Exhibition of paintings in Loznica, for helping with the realization of this exhibition.
Choir “Emanuil” performed at the grand opening under the baton of Professor Vanja Dragojlović.
August 2015
Tešnjar nights 2015
FILM MUSIC FOR “TEŠNJAR NIGHTS“
As part of the official program of the famous Summer festival “Tešnjar Nights” the International Art Studio “Radovan Trnavac Mića” organized a concert of a “Lazar Avramović Band and Friends” along with vocalist Milica Zdravković. The repertoire was filled with vocal and instrumental music, ethno songs and famous film music. Many visitors were delighted with a concert, songs selection and the way the band and vocal performed. Audience commented that this concert should be definitely organized for masses and deserves to be held on the main stage of the festival “Tešnjar Nights”.
Outstanding music and a masterful performance of a band musicians was complemented with 40 artworks of 20 renowned Bulgarian artists, as a part of the group group exhibition “Contemporary Graphics of Bulgaria” opened earlier in June.
June 2015
Bulgarian Artists
An exhibition titled “Contemporary Bulgarian Graphics” was officially opened on June 8 and lasted for a month. Creative graphic scene of Bulgaria was presented by 20 Bulgarian artists who have their 40 works specially prepared for this exhibition at the Studio in Valjevo. The presented graphics artists made by using different techniques: lithography, dry point, etching, aquatint, digital printing.
Professors Desislava Hristova and Svilen Stefanov who are curators and among the authors of the exhibition, pointed out that some of the artists-participants have never worked in the field of graphic arts before, and for that reason this exhibition turned into an unexpected provocation. Even for their own curators the fact is that selected Bulgarian artists belong to different generations, and that they use a variety of different strategies, eroding this exhibition at many levels and produce amazing results.
The opening ceremony started by performance of local Music High School students. Violin duo Vićentijević Jelena and Jovana Lukić played the “Canon Sonata” by Georg Philipp Telemann. Duet Ljubica Milutinović – flute and Strahinja Stefanović – clarinet played Stamitz “Brass Duet” by Stamitz. In the end, the visitors heard the accordion trio: Belušević Nemanja Mitrovic Ivan and Dragan Vasic. They choose to play “Polka” by Bedrich Smetana for this ocassion.
May 2015
Night of Museums 2015
This year’s slogan for the European event “Night of Museums” was “Open Your Eyes In The Night” and Studio took part with its programme. It was the 8 time that our Gallery participated in such important European and national cultural event.
We organized the exhibition “From Studio’s Collection“ where we presented works from Russia, Poland, South Africa, Cuba, Turkey, Germany, Australia, Japan and Greece.
Our fellow citizen Igor Nikić who is a Professor of accordion and the East Sarajevo Music Academy graduate had a solo concert. For this occasion he played electric accordion and perform excellent repertoire in Jazz interpretation. Audience enjoyed the music from the movie “The Godfather”, also in the famous songs like “Besame Mucho”, “Con te partiro”
By Andrea Bocelli and “Je Veux” by Zaz and many more.
Younger musical students of local Primary Music School “Živorad Grbić” opened the concert: Nikolina Madžarević who is 1st grade violin student in the class of Professor Master Snežana Stevanović played “Singspiel” by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Nikola Lukić who is 5th grade accordion student in the class of Professor Vladimir Obradović played “Running time” by Derbenko. Audience alse heard young Iskra Sabo who is 1st grade guitar student in the class of the Professor Miloš Popović. She pleayed “Waltz” by Ferdinando Carulli.
January 2015
74 Children received presents for serbian new year’s day
January 14 is the date when Serbian people celebrate Orthodox New Year’s Day and the International Art Studio organized a surprise for children without parental care who live in our city. Studio wanted to cheer up 74 of these children by giving them presents for Orthodox New Year. This humane gesture started on December 23 2014 at the official opening of Radovan Trnavac Mića retrospective exhibition “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. For Mića’s exhibition, Studio specially printed poster/reproduction of one of his works. Each visitor donated 500 dinars (nearly 5€) and received the poster with the original signature of the artist Radovan Trnavac Mića. Money raised this way was used for the purchase of New Year’s gifts for youngsters without parental care. We succeed to make this children happy only for a moment and we are glad that we done some good did for them.
Printing shop “Valjevo print” and Atelier “Vitez” also took part in this event along with the International Art Studio as a main organizer.
December 2014
Radovan Trnavac Mića, Serbia
YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
The event, which symbolically closed exhibitors season 2014 was a retrospective exhibition of Radovan Trnavac Mića, the creator of the International Art Studio. Retrospective exhibition of Mića`s paintings and objects opened on 23 December and is called “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”. Seventeen paintings and objects of medium and large format created in the period from 1976 to the present were presented to the audience. Several of the exhibited works were created in studios on the docks of New York, where author once lived and worked, while most of artworks originate from his Belgrade atelier. This exhibition presents a certain homage to the retrospective exhibition in Belgrade National Museum that Radovan Trnavac Mića had 2 decades ago. This solo exhibition was organized in 1995 on the occasion of 150 years of Belgrade National Museum existence.
The opening ceremony of Mića`s retrospective exhibition in the Studio had a humanitarian note, bearing in mind that reproductions of one selected work were printed and had author`s personal signature. The posters/reproductions were sold at the opening at a symbolic price of 500.00 dinars. With this actin Studio raised money for buying New Year’s gifts for children who grow up without parental care in Valjevo. Apart from our institution company “Valjevo print” and Studio “Vitez” took part in the organization of this modest humanitarian action. Talented students from the Musical School “Živorad Grbić” performed in the opening ceremony of the exhibition.
September 2014
Art colony “Paint Life”
During Septembre we organized art colony called “Paint Life”. The participants of this art colony were members of the art sections of Belgrade`s day care centers and clubs for the elderly, including a number of older people from Serbian capital city.
Easels were placed all around the beautiful landscape area that surrounds Studio`s building. These amateur painters enjoyed painting nature and landscapes in front of them. Even though they are older they still have the spark in their eyes. That spark is art and spending time painting in nature with their companions. They like to call themselves “artists out of love.” Enjoying the beautiful surroundings and the beauty of the day each of them was able to transfer a part of Valjevo on their canvases. Art Colony “Paint Life” is a part of the 12th Elderly Creativity Festival named “Golden Age” organized by day care centers and Belgrade`s Gerontology Center clubs.
August 2014
Tešnjar nights 2014
For this year traditional Summer festival “Tešnjar Evenings” Studio organized an exhibition with the theme of Tešnjar Nights itself. It is the biggest, the most popular manifestation with huge publicity and it last 9 days/nights. The opening of the show in our Gallery was scheduled for the forth night of the Official Festival Programme. As a part of Studio`s Collection Exhibiotion we presented and exhibited some artworks for the first time. These for-the-first-time-seen artworks have been created during some artists in residence programme and staying of some ours guest-artists in Valjevo throughout the period of Festival.
The visitors had the opportunity to see the premiere of artworks by South African artist Andrew Dandheni Nhlangwini and Russian artists Natalia Bazhenova and Alexandr Zhernokluyev.
In accordance with the idea to dedicate the evening in the Studio to young talents opening program of the exhibition was attended by local Music School students of violin, flute and cello who have been allready awarded for thier music performance. Also the Programme included the youngest art creators who are members of Culural Center`s Visual Art Studio with their menthor Katarina Marinković.
June 2014
Savo Pavlović, Montenegro
Aquarelle Painting From Classic To Modern is the title of an exhibition of the Montenegrin artist Savo Pavlović opened at June 10 2014 at the international Art Studio. Fans and admirers of fine arts had the opportunity to see 27 aquarelles created by this author in the period from 2007 to 2013. Savo grew up in the karst of the Montenegrin coast, studied high school in Sarajevo, Belgrade, Rijeka, he continue improving his knowledge in Rome, Athens and Paris. In his works Savo Pavlovic skillfully blend his gift received from heaven and gods and what he learned from his teachers. But above all he remained faithful to his origins and his sea.
Characterized by Mediterranean widths and colors this Montenegrin painter passionately reveals many undisclosed secrets of our natural space in his aquarelles tossing in front of us a shell, a stone, a wonderful and mysterious sea creature caught in a fishing net, a magical beach… luring us not to restrain only to our first impression or the first layer of beauty but to find in our souls the path to the essence, to very bottom…
Savo Pavlovic was born in 1947 in Bar, Montenegro. He was educated in Sarajevo, Belgrade and Rijeka. He continued his studies in Rome, Athens and Paris. He is a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Montenegro. Savo had a number of solo shows and participated in numerous group exhibitions. He has received numerous awards. He is also engaged in pedagogical work.
October 2013
Serbia in the Eyes of Russian Artists
October 2013. in the International Art Studio Radovan Trnavac Mica will open an exhibition of paintings entitled „Serbia in the Eyes of Russian Painters“ . Valjevo and Serbian art-goers will thus be given an opportunity to enjoy the art endeavours of 27 renowned Russian artists, whose works at this exhibition has been inspired by Serbia. Anjikejev Boris, Baženova Natalija, Bogdanova Ana, Gorbačov Sergej, Domotirko Dmitrij, Kaplun Igor, Kirikova Marija, Kovaljevski Andrej, Kulagina Jelena, Maksimjuk Ivan, Matvjeva Olga, Morozov Valerij, Ovčukov Suvorov Andrej, Pavlov Vladimir, Pligina Natalija, Popov Jurij, Popova Marina, Potapova Ana, Prudovskaja Svetlana, Remiga Ana, Senkevič Nikolaj, Starnov Oleg, Stepaškin Viktor, Suharkova Darja, Teneta Viktorija, Fjodorov Oleg, Šapkina Nina.
Thanks to Branka and Milos Mandic, whose enormous effort and boundless love for art helped to host and organize artists from the brotherly land of Russia, as well as the assistance of the renowned Russian artist Natalia Bazhenova, we are proud to announce the collaboration between the organizers and Russian artists.
Each artist has painted two pictures inspired by the land of Serbia during their stay. The paintings on show at the International Art Studio will be exhibited for the first time in our country.
This is yet another proof that through the media of art and culture people of good hope around the planet get the chance to meet each other and establish strong, indestructible connections.
August 2013
Tešnjar nights 2013
The beginning of the 21st century all across our planet is marked by visions of the new way of life in the future. The main underlying causes for such a change are the increasing use of natural energy sources, such as the sunlight, air and water, as well as the latest technological advances with no parallel in today’s world, computer being the most significant of all.
Whenever our planet has faced the difficulties that we as the race are facing today, it was also battling economic crises which consequently caused new wars and diseases.
The world today is more or less suffering from the same crises, and for them to be resolved more easily, it is necessary to establish a communication with all the members of the human race via the universally comprehensible language of art and sports.
The town of Valjevo, standing at the very heart of Serbia, has maintained a 27-year-long tradition of organizing an international art festival, which has always been wholeheartedly supported by the International Art Studio.
All of us working at the International Art Studio strongly believe that in addition to its national significance Tesnjarske Večeri also has an international value. This is why as part of this year’s festival, the International Art Studio Radovan Trnavac Mića has organized an exhibition of renowned international artists: Armando Marino (Cuba), Alexander Zhernokluev (Russia), Anatoly G. (the Ukraine), Nikolaus Hip (Germany), Setena Ozbek (Turkey), Steven Carner (the USA), Geoffrey Parr (England), Edgar Can Lopez (Mexico), Victor Tichonov (Russia), Chrisztof Vachovliak (Poland), Son Cha Yong (South Korea) and Eva Mela (Greece).
As part of the 27th annual manifestation Tešnjarske večeri, on Friday the 9th August at 18.30, the International Art Studio Radovan Trnavac Mića presented an exhibition of artwork from Cuba, Russia, the Ukraine, Germany, Turkey, the USA, England, Mexico, Belarus, Poland, South Korea and Greece.
On this occasion, the visitors were rewarded with an exquisite performance of the music trio Amoroso, consisted of Nevena Nikolić on the flute, Aleksandra Milivojević on the violin and Milica Prodanović on the piano, all music teachers from Valjevo’s Music School Živorad Grbić.
