Exhibition "FIGURATION IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT" by Ana Delic, Jana Delic and Ivana Marinkovic
- From February 3rd to 20th, 2026.
- DOB//Gallery
The exhibition 'Figuration in contemporary context' emerged from the shared experience, conversations and intimacy that the artists developed during their studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. The collective exploration and consideration of 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 a common point of their interest. They examine the concept of identity, memory, tradition, and contemporary life through it, 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. It is precisely the focus on figuration that allows these different approaches to be read as part of the same visual and conceptual dialogue of the authors.
In Ana Delic's works, the motif of a cow occupies a central place and functions as a self-portrait. Through this symbol, Ana explores questions of identity, origin, and belonging, placing the cow in contemporary and intimate situations, often in relationships with close people. This substitution of the human figure with an animal opens up space for different interpretations, but also for strong personal identification, in which tradition and modernity intertwine.
Ana Delic - Encounter, oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2025
Jana Delic starts from family photographs and motifs of traditional customs, especially wedding rituals. In 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 Delic, -Memory, acrylic and pastel on canvas, 100x120cm, 2025
In Ivana Marinkovic's works, the figure is most often taken from photographs and presented through sections, details, and fragments of body parts, clothing, or objects from everyday surroundings. 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 only suggest the whole, leaving room for personal reading and experience.
Ivana Marinkovic -With Anchi 3, acrylic and oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2024-25
Although different in motifs and visual language, these three poetics meet in their shared interest in the figure as a carrier of meaning and as a means of reflecting on the modern moment. In the exhibition 'Figuration in contemporary context,' the authors want to present figuration as a lively, flexible, and current artistic language. For them, it is not a return to traditional forms, but a space for constant questioning between past and present, personal experience and a broader social context, wholeness and fragment...
Ana Delic, Jana Delic, and Ivana Marinkovic
Ana Delic (2001, Belgrade)
She completed the social science program of Zemun Gymnasium in 2020. In the same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in the study program Applied Art, module Applied Painting. She graduated in 2024 in the class of regular professor Nikola Bozovic. Immediately after that, she enrolled in master academic studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts, specializing in Applied Painting under the same professor, and completed her master's studies in October 2025, obtaining the title Master of Applied Arts. During her studies, she received an award for her study in the subject of Painting in 2022, and upon graduation, she was awarded a diploma from ULUPUDS, module Applied Painting. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, including the international exhibition of the Yunus Emre Institute in Istanbul in 2025.
Jana Delic (2001, Uzice)
She graduated from the School of Arts Uzice in the field of cultural heritage conservation in 2020. In the same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in the study program Applied Art, module Applied Painting. She graduated in 2024 in the class of regular professor Nikola Bozovic, and in the same year, she enrolled in master academic studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, specializing in Applied Painting, which she completed in 2025. She has participated in numerous exhibitions and was the third prize winner at the '36th Uzice Regional Art Salon' in 2024.
Ivana Marinkovic (2001, Kraljevo)
She completed her primary and secondary education in Kraljevo, graduating from the Gymnasium in 2020, specializing in social sciences and languages. In the same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, in the department of Applied Painting, where she graduated in 2024 in the class of regular professor Nikola Bozovic. After completing her undergraduate studies, she continued her education in master academic studies at the same faculty. In August 2024, she volunteered at the National Museum in Kraljevo, gaining additional experience in the field of museum practice and cultural activities. She has participated in several group exhibitions and artistic projects in Serbia.
Exhibition FIGURATION IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT – Catalog
Gallery of the Belgrade Youth Center
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tuesday-saturday from 12:00 to 21:00; sunday from 12:00 to 18:00; the gallery is closed on mondays.