Opening / Sava Šumanović Between the Two World Wars
The grand opening program is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, at Trg galerija, starting at 8:22 p.m., and will include the ChoreoChrome performance, which is based on the painting of Sava Šumanović.
The exhibition will run from 24 September to 4 December within the joint Kaleidoscope of Culture programme concept in the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, in the Gallery of Matica Srpska and in the ‘Sava Šumanović’ Painting Gallery in Šid, and will include a program-related exhibition setting in the Gallery of Fine Arts – Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić as well.
The ‘Sava Šumanović and European Realism Between the Two World Wars’ project, organised by the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, through the realisation of the exhibition and the realisation of an international scientific conference, focuses the attention of the audience to Sava Šumanović,
one of the most significant painters of Serbian art of the 20th century.
A representative catalogue with texts written by prominent scientific and museum experts Prof. Dr Zvonko Maković, Prof. Dr Lidija Merenik, Prof. Dr Igor Borozan, Dr Ana Ereš, Dr Tijana Palkovljević Bugarski, Sofija Milenković, Gordana Krstić Faj, Tamara Ognjević and Milana Kvas completes this exhibition in three museums.
With its active design and various forms of interpretation of Sava Šumanović’s paintings, the exhibition addresses a wide spectre of audience. The exhibition opening will feature a multimedia performance dedicated to the interpretation of the painting ‘Breakfast on the Grass’.
There will be a series of lectures and expert-guided tours through the exhibition settings, with sign language interpretations, workshops for young people and preschool children, film screenings and the play ‘Bohemians from Montparnasse’ in cooperation with the Youth Theatre ‘Mousetrap’.
Opening hours of the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection:
Tuesday–Friday: 10 a.m.–8 p.m
Thursday: 13:00–21:00
Saturday–Sunday: 10‒6 p.m
Monday: closed
Information about tickets can be found on the website of the Memorial Collection.
Working hours of Matica Srpska Gallery:
Tuesday‒Thursday: 10‒20 hours
Friday: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m
Saturday‒Sunday: 10‒6 p.m
Monday: closed
Information about tickets can be found on the website of Galeria Matica srpska.
Opening hours of the “Sava Šumanović” picture gallery in Šid:
Mon-Fri: 10.00 – 18.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
Ticket prices:
adults: 200 dinars
children: 100 dinars
The partner of the Visual Arts Week is DDOR.
Photo: Galerija Matice srpske