Exhibition "FIGURATION IN A CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT" by Ana Delić, Jana Delić, and Ivana Marinković
- From February 3 to 20, 2026
- DOB//Gallery
The exhibition "Figuration in a Contemporary Context" emerged from the shared experience, conversations, and closeness the artists developed during their studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. Their joint exploration and reflection on their own artistic practices led to the idea of realizing this collaborative exhibition.
Although each artist cultivates a different approach and poetics in their artistic expression, figuration represents a common point of interest for them. Through it, they re-examine the concepts of identity, memory, tradition, and contemporary life, applying various visual strategies.
Within the exhibition, each artist develops her 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 ideological dialogue among the artists.
In the works of Ana Delić, the motif of the cow occupies a central place and functions as a self-portrait. Through this symbol, Ana explores questions of identity, denial, 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, as well as for a strong personal identification, in which tradition and contemporaneity intertwine.
Ana Delić – Meeting, oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2025
Jana Delić draws from family photography and motifs of traditional customs, particularly wedding rituals. Through fragments of memory and scenes of everyday life, she translates documentary records into the language of painting, exploring the boundary between the intimate and the universal. In her works, the figure becomes a bearer of cultural memory, as well as a space for personal interpretation and transformation.
Jana Delić, -Memory, acrylic and pastel on canvas, 100x120cm, 2025
In Ivana Marinković's work, the figure is most often taken from photographs and presented through cutouts, 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 takes on a new, intimate meaning. Fragmentation becomes a way for the whole to be only hinted at, leaving room for personal interpretation and experience.
Ivana Marinković -With Anchi 3, acrylic and oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2024-25
Although different in their motifs and visual language, these three poetics converge in a shared interest in the figure as a bearer of meaning and as a means of reflecting on the contemporary moment.
With the exhibition "Figuration in the Contemporary Context," the artists 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 for constant questioning between the past and the present, personal experience and the broader social context, the whole and the fragment…
Ana Delić, Jana Delić and Ivana Marinković
Ana Delić (2001, Belgrade)
She graduated from the social sciences track of Zemun High School in 2020. That same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in the Applied Arts program, with a specialization in applied painting. She graduated in 2024 from the studio of full professor Nikola Božović. Immediately after, she enrolled in the Master of Academic Studies program at the Faculty of Applied Arts, in the applied painting department, under the same professor. In October 2025, she will complete her master's studies and become a Master of Applied Arts. During her studies, she was the recipient of an award for her thesis in the Painting course in 2022. She received the ULUPUDS diploma for the applied painting major at her graduation exhibition. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, as well as the Yunus Emre Institute's international exhibition in Istanbul in 2025.
Jana Delić (2001, Užice)
She graduated from the Užice Art School in the Cultural Heritage Conservation major in 2020. In the same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in the Applied Art program, with a specialization in Applied Painting. She graduated in 2024 from the studio of full professor Nikola Božović, and in the same year enrolled in the Master of Arts program at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, in the applied painting track, which she completed in 2025. She has participated in numerous exhibitions and was also the recipient of the third prize at the "36th Užički Regional Art Salon" in 2024.
Ivana Marinković (2001, Kraljevo)
She completed her primary and secondary education in Kraljevo, where she graduated from high school in 2020 from the social-language track. That same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, in the applied painting department, where she graduated in 2024. in the class of full professor Nikola Božović. After completing her undergraduate studies, she continued her education in a master's program at the same faculty. In August 2024, she volunteered at the National Museum in Kraljevo, where she gained additional experience in museum practice and cultural activities. She has participated in several group exhibitions and art projects in Serbia.
Exhibition FIGURATION IN A CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT – Catalog
Gallery of the Youth Center of Belgrade
Hours
Tuesday-Saturday from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM; Sunday from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM; Closed on Mondays.