Sofija Vojinović “Dreaming”
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Sofija Vojinović, born in 1991 in Čačak. She completed her master’s and basic academic studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, at the painting department. He is a member of ULUS.
Participated in several group exhibitions and held four solo exhibitions in Užice, Belgrade, Čačak and Kragujevac. Since 2018, he has started his exhibition career with drawings in which he explores the shadow. From this project, the cycles Predestavka, Home in the Home, Shadows of the Home and the last Dreaming followed.
The shadow in Jung’s personality psychology has a deep meaning and the term shadow means a part of the identity, which the ego does not understand and does not accept. Psychic traits that the human Self does not recognize as its own, but are repressed into the unconscious, where an inferior, dark part of the personality, called the shadow, is formed. What’s even more interesting is that the shadow is an inexhaustible source of creativity and often superb art. Shadows are also mentioned in fairy tales and stories for children, let’s remember Peter Pan, the eternal boy who chases his mischievous shadow. The Shadow can appear in visions, memories and dreams. That’s why the artist turned her shadows into memories that, although faded, remained permanently recorded in special folders and memory cards. A shadow on the wall, a shadow on the floor, a shadow from a window with outlined traces of a curtain through which, as it flutters, patterns are created on the wall, outlines of silhouettes, geometric and amorphous forms like the shadows of a home. This interweaving represents memories of childhood, events from the past, beautiful unforgettable moments experienced in youth, in life, but also repressed difficult, emotional moments that occasionally surface.
The latest cycle of Dreaming builds on previous cycles, shadows revive memories, so new fragments remain framed within the drawing, frozen in time. Daydreaming is a characteristic of artists, poets, inventors, philosophers. Many scientific achievements, imaginary landscapes of visual artists, beautiful symphonies of composers can be born from daydreaming. They have the power to materialize their dreams and turn them into a picture, music, song.
The shadows on the walls, drawings, and canvases of Sofija Vojinović represent geometric compositions with a pronounced perspective, painted in gray valer of a transparent spread with a visible overlapping of crossed lines and surfaces. Discreetly presented combinations of vertical and horizontal surfaces, bordered by a shadow through which the light passes, a certain contrast is obtained, which is very important in fine art. That contrast enhances the excitement of the composition. However, the artist places special emphasis on the shadow, which is dominant in the entire composition. Judge for yourself if only the visualization is important or if the artist is just playing around, would she not in that way draw our attention to listen to our Self a little better, and accept it as it is without any inhibitions and complexes.