Take a break – feel the Art
EXIT festival in Novi Sad is known for fun, new acquaintances, large number of visits from the region, Europe and the world, as well as a great time. After a fantastic night at the Petrovaradin Fortress, visit the Gallery of Matica srpska and familiarize yourself with the works of Sava Sekulić and Ilija Bosilj! Through a guided tour in English, you will learn more about these two internationally recognized artists.
Guided tours through this attractive new exhibition in English are organized during the EXIT festival from Wednesday, the 10th of July to Sunday, the 14th of July in three terms: 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. The ticket for a guided tour costs 400 RSD.
During the EXIT festival the Gallery of Matica srpska prepared a special program Take a break, feel the Art in the Gallery of Matica srpska to promote art to foreign tourists and to familiarize them with a cultural heritage kept in the Gallery of Matica srpska. In addition to a great variety of programs that the festival offers, this year, visitors will have a chance to hear a story about the history of art and enjoy the pleasant ambience of the Gallery. The exhibition A conscious abandonment of reality: Sava Sekulić i Ilija Bosilj presents 67 works of these two artists from different museum collections, and is accompanied by two documentary films: the film about Ilija Bosilj is the work of director Žika Mitrović and was produced by Centarfilm, while the film about Sava Sekulić is directed by Slobodan Pešić also offers segments of conversations with the artist himself. The exhibition is complemented by documentation, including a letter from Jean Dibiffe about Ilija’s art, written when Dibiffe included it in his collection (which today forms the Collection dell’Art Brut in Lausanne). Considering the importance of the artistic works that are exhibited, because they are two of the most internationally recognized authors from the domain of raw art, but also about works that from the very beginning move in the border area of contemporary and art brut, the exhibition also has a certain theoretical artistic aspect that contributes to its importance.