Ivan Šuletić
SRB
BIOGRAFIE
Ivan Šuletić (1982) is a visual artist, living and
working in Belgrade. In June 2007. graduated from
the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Serbia (MA).
In September 2009. completed the postgraduate
specialist studies at the Painting department at the
FFA in Belgrade. In 2009 enrolled doctoral studies at
the Painting department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in
Belgrade. Since February 2010. employed as a
teaching associate at the Faculty of Architecture in
Belgrade. In 2013. he co-founded and became a
co-editor of a web magazine for contemporary art in
Serbia, Supervizuelna. He organized several revial
group exhibitions of visual artists.
His works are presented in several private
collections.
Selected exhibitions:
2014. Triumphal Arch, with Petokraka studio, Gallery
of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia (solo);
2014. D. B. Mangelos Award Finals for 2014.
at Remont gallery, Belgrade, Serbia;
2014. Serbi.arte – Belgrade Now, a group exhibition
at Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns, Austria;
2013. Triumphal Arch, Empty Cube project at Appleton
Square, Lisbon, Portugal (solo);
2013. Rocks, „Aleksandar Djonovic“ gallery,
Arandjelovac, Serbia (solo);
2013. Teaser, a group show at the Gallery
of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia;
2012. Commission of work „Gold bars“,
Sound and visions festival, Majdanpek, Serbia;
2011. Gallery “Juraj Klovic” (with C.Vicevic),
Rijeka, Croatia (solo);
2011. Ten, “Blok” gallery, Belgrade, Serbia (solo);
Morgenspaziergang consists of six separate drawings,
india ink on paper, dimensions (6) x 100 x
70 cm. Title of the work refers to a song from the
B side of Kraftwerk album Autobahn.
The drawings represent a structure generated by
repeating a rendered sample of a detail of a found
photo of a forest. Repetitive structure, and further,
a repeating drawings arranged in space allow a
possibility of a “walk through nature”, simultaneously
questioning the nature and uniqueness of a
drawing as such.
Walk through nature in the age of digital culture
raises questions about the uniqueness of our experience
and the possibility of communicating that
experience. The distance we have towards our
surroundings, no matter if it was urban or natural
space, is being emphasized by digital images, of
different qualities mediated through internet. The
work Morgenspaziergang raises questions not only
about the experience of nature, but also, about
the place and meaning of drawing as a very physical
and “slow” way of communication.
The drawings were made by using handcut stencil-
like templates, which were primarly used in
the process of painting. Templates were originaly
used to be painted through, and after the process
was finished, were used for the production
of the drawings. By doing so, the drawings become
the “B side” of the work, and are similary
positioned in relation to the main work as the song
Morgenspaziergang relates to the cover piece of
Autobahn.
Ivan Šuletić
