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 experiences, conversations, and closeness that the artists developed during their studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. The collective exploration and reflection on their own 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 interest for them. Through it, they examine 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 enables these different approaches to be read as part of the same visual and conceptual dialogue among 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 questions of identity, origin, and belonging, placing the cow in contemporary and intimate situations, often in relation to loved ones. This 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 – Encounter, oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2025
Jana Delić starts from family photography and motifs of traditional customs, especially wedding rituals. Through fragments of memories and everyday scenes, she translates documentary records into a painterly language, examining 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 pastels on canvas, 100x120cm, 2025
In Ivana Marinković's works, the figure is mostly taken from photographs and presented through excerpts, 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 acquires a new, intimate meaning. Fragmentation becomes a way to suggest the whole, leaving room for personal interpretation and experience.
Ivana Marinković -With Anči 3, acrylic and oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2024-25
While different in motifs and visual language, these three poetics converge in a shared interest in the figure as a bearer of meaning and as a means to reflect on the contemporary moment. Through the exhibition 'Figuration in Contemporary Context,' the authors aim to present figuration as a lively, flexible, and current artistic language. For them, figuration is not a return to traditional forms but a space for constant reflection between the past and the present, personal experience and broader social context, whole and fragment...
Ana Delić, Jana Delić, and Ivana Marinković
Gallery of the Youth Center Belgrade
Opening Hours
Tuesday-Saturday from 12:00 to 21:00; Sundays from 12:00 to 18:00; Gallery closed on Mondays.