ART THAT WORKS / CATCH ME! 46th October Art Salon
October 1 - November 18, 2005
www.oktobarskisalon.org
Venues:
Legacy House
Belgrade Cultural Center
ULUS Gallery
Opening hours:
Tuesday Sunday 12 20pm, Monday closed
Artists: Pilar Albarracín, Bruce Allan, Ursula Biemann, Johanna Billing, BLUE NOSES, Veronika Bromova, Illya Chichkan, Marko Crnobrnja, Goran Despotovski, Biljana Djurdjevic, Perica Donkov, Uros Djuric and Sejla Kameric, Samuel Fosso, Till Freiwald, Roland Fuhrmann, Mariela Gemisheva, Ilse Haider, Despina Isaia, Zdravko Joksimovic, Dejan Kaludjerovic, Dino Karailo, Ana Knezevic, Ines Krasic, Miodrag Krkobabic, Branka Kuzmanovic, Nikola Macura, Antoni Maznevski, Olivier Millagou, Petar Mirkovic, Melik Ohanian, Veljko Onjin, Olivera Parlic-Karajankovic, Nikola Pesic, Daniel Pflumm, Vojislav Radonjic, Aleksandar Rafajlovic, Igor Rakcevic, Claudia Rogge, Milica Ruzicic, Talent Factory, Wolfgang Tillmans, Marina Tomic, Anica Vucetic, Hans Weigand, Erwin Wurm, Xperiment, Artur Zmijewski
Art Director and curator: Darka Radosavljevic, Serbia and Montenegro Curator: Nebojsa Vilic, Macedonia Assistants: Slobodan Jovanovic and Maja Ciric, Serbia and Montenegro
“Art That Works/Catch Me!” is a selection of art works striving to review the current art production and to redefine the auratic quality of a work of art in the context of the contemporary society.
Viewed from this perspective, the project presents artwork that reaches the observer through its simplicity and is based on a pure and clear idea and articulates itself precisely within the medium. The selection focuses on works that do not presuppose additional explanation, works whose perception creates the basis for the process of both reading and understanding. In doing this, art works should not work by means of cheap and seductive tricks and conceits; they should stress that art can still work that it can speak about reality without vulgarising, simplifying or banalising the reality itself.
The October Art Salon is a representative event featuring current art production in the sphere of visual arts. It was established in 1960, under the auspices of the City Assembly of Belgrade, as an exhibition of the best art works in the sphere of fine arts. In 1967 it became an important review of the current trends in applied arts, too. Owing to its tradition of four decades, the October Art Salon represents an important segment in the study of the contemporary art in Serbia and Montenegro, a great exhibition whose selectors are prominent experts in this area. In the course of its history, the Salon has changed its concept and organisational forms, but it has remained a strong challenge to creative consciousness. www.oktobarskisalon.org
Founder and Patron The City Assembly of Belgrade www.beograd.co.yu
Organizer Belgrade Cultural Centre
Knez Mihailova 6/1, 11000 Belgrade
Serbia and Montenegro
Phone: 381112622757, 2622 926
Fax: 381112623853
e-mail: aebm@kcb.org.yu, sp@kcb.org.yu www.kcb.org.yu
