Exhibition “FIGURATION IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT” by Ana Delić, Jana Delić and Ivana Marinković
- From February 3 to 20, 2026.
- DOB//Gallery
The exhibition "Figuration in contemporary context" emerged from the shared experience, conversations, and closeness that the artists developed during their studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. The joint exploration and reflection on their artistic practices led to the idea of realizing this collaborative exhibition.
Although each artist nurtures a different approach and poetics in artistic expression, figuration represents the common point of their interest. Through it, they question the concept of identity, memory, tradition, and contemporary life, applying various visual strategies. Within the exhibition, each artist develops their own relationship with the figure, using it as a means of personal and conceptual expression. The focus on figuration allows these different approaches to be read as part of the same visual and conceptual dialogue of the artists.
In Ana Delić's works, the motif of the cow occupies a central place and functions as a self-portrait. Through this symbol, Ana explores issues of identity, origin, and belonging, placing the cow in contemporary and intimate situations, often in relation to close people. The substitution of the human figure with an animal opens up space for various interpretations, as well as for a strong personal identification in which tradition and modernity intertwine.
Ana Delić – Meeting, oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2025
Jana Delić starts from family photographs and motifs of traditional customs, especially wedding rituals. Through fragments of memories and scenes of everyday life, she translates documentary records into a painterly language, exploring the boundary between the intimate and the universal. In her works, the figure becomes a carrier of cultural memory, but also a space for personal interpretation and transformation.
Jana Delić, -Memory, acrylic and pastel on canvas, 100x120cm, 2025
In Ivana Marinković's works, the figure is most often taken from photos and presented through cutouts, details, and fragments of body parts, clothing, or objects from the everyday environment. With this approach, the focus shifts from the whole to the peripheral, and the figure gains a new, intimate meaning. Fragmentation becomes a way to suggest the whole, leaving room for personal reading and experience.
Ivana Marinković -With Anči 3, acrylic and oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2024-25
Although different in motives and visual language, these three poetics converge in a common interest in the figure as a carrier of meaning and as a means of reflecting on the contemporary moment. Through the exhibition "Figuration in Contemporary Context," the authors aim to present figuration as a living, flexible, and relevant artistic language. For them, it is not a return to traditional forms, but a space of constant questioning between the past and present, personal experience and broader social context, whole and fragment…
Ana Delić, Jana Delić and Ivana Marinković