The goal of this exhibition is to take the audience on such an imaginary journey to the sea rocks, pools, islands and sandy beaches so that at least for a short time the visitors would be able to escape from the harshness of reality.

Lidija Delić, Marija Šević, and Ana Adamović show real geographical topos that they visited, but to which they gave a new, personal dimension in their works. Their experiences of the spirit, atmosphere, ambiance of the place, the specifics of the landscape are transferred to the works of art and intertwined with the meditations of the artists about the experiences and meanings of the place.

Marija Avramović, on the other hand, paints a completely imaginary space, abstracted geographically, but associatively atmospheric enough to be able to significantly serve as a paradigm of a utopian resort. In a certain sense, all the presented places are both real and imaginary, they refer to both physical and metaphysical reality. 

The artists maintain a representative attitude towards the landscape but do not reduce their meaning to mimesis. An empty pool or a turbulent sea, the sound of palm trees, the sound of seagulls or sunset on the horizon are not just material recordings of the moment - these elements romantically represent the landscape of emotions and thoughts, inner psychological world, as well as the spirit of the place and the meaning of topos.

The works in the exhibition create a common atmosphere of peace - either contemplation, meditation, tranquillity, peace, serenity, but certainly for everyone over the necessary rest. These summer vibes serve to silence the noise of everyday life - too much information, commitments, stress, overthinking, overall anxiety - and to bring the feeling that a utopian vacation dream-like-place, which does not have to be exclusively in a summer resort, but in a gallery, park, river, or ourselves in our own mind. 

Exhibition curator: Ana Simona Zelenović 

Art director: Maja Kolarić