Photo exhibition “Inner Sense” by Paulina Aleksić and Sara Popović.
The exhibition “Inner Sense” consists mainly of interpretations of landscapes in the technique of black and white photography. Two significantly different authorial manuscripts by Paulina Aleksić and Sara Popović will offer the audience two positions of opinion on the media and the work.
Artistically sensitive and motifically curious, Paulina Aleksić precisely organizes the frame. Specific and everyday scenes are the subject of balanced conclusions, hunches and questions. Professor Miljan Nedeljković notes how these works delve into collective memory, which the audience intuitively recognizes.
The largest number of Sara Popović’s photographs were taken “handheld” and in motion. Sara manipulates nebulae, blur and light with the first line of research, while there is also an enviable group of works with emphasized graphism. By completely ignoring the factual nature of the photographic medium, the artist approaches the expression inherent in traditional art forms or, on the other hand, the aesthetics of new wave film.
Miljan Nedeljković concludes that “The works of the two young authors suggest a return to the idea that life is a constant movement and a sum of what has been experienced, which as such, multiplied by the experiences of generations, build a mosaic of history and the future.”
Paulina Aleksić (Zaječar, 1999) graduated in 2021 from the Faculty of Arts in Niš, Department of Applied Arts, Graphic Design, and completed her master’s studies in 2022 at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Department of Photography. She has participated in numerous exhibitions organized by the artistic student group “PETA 128” and has exhibited her works at various festivals and events.
Sara Popović (Niš, 1997) completed her undergraduate and master’s studies in 2022 at the Faculty of Arts in Niš, Department of Applied Arts, Graphic Design. During her studies, she participated in collective exhibitions in the field of graphic design and photography in the country and abroad, as well as in exhibitions organized with the independent art group “PETA 128”. Since 2019, she has been actively volunteering as a photographer at the international jazz festival “Nišville”. In 2022, the branch of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences Niš published a video work and multimedia entitled “Testimony of Humanity” (P. Donkov, M. Nedeljković, S. Popović).
The first joint exhibition of Paulina Aleksić and Sara Popović “The Inner Sense” was realized in 2023 at the “Čedomir Krstić” Gallery in Pirot, Radul-beg’s Residence in Zaječar, the Hajduk Veljko Museum in Negotin and the Gallery of the National Museum in Vranje.
The exhibition “The Inner Sense” can be visited by the public until July 9.