Isidora Popović: Prebujanje duše

Isidora Popović je rojena v mestu Bar v Črni Gori. Trenutno obiskuje II. Gimnazijo v Mariboru, kjer nadgrajuje svojo umetnost in ustvarjalnost, ki jo spremljata že od otroštva. Ljubezen do slikanja se je razvijala iz otroškega raziskovanja barv in oblik. Na njeno kreativo pa je pomembno vplivala šola slikarstva v ateljeju akademskega slikarja Dada Ćetkovića. Njeno ustvarjanje temelji na iskanju lepote v nepopolnosti, pri čemer jo navdihuje filozofija ,,wabi-sabi”, kar pomeni sprejemanje minljivosti, surovosti in ne-simetrije kot del naravne harmonije.

O razstavi

Pri umetničinih slikah gre za risanje z oljnimi barvami, katere prilagaja svojemu lastnemu stilu. Z odstopanjem od klasične uporabe olja na platno razvija nove dimenzije tehnike, s čimer si širi spekter ustvarjanja in izraznosti. Pri sami tehniki gre pravzaprav za preplet intuitivnosti in globoke tehnične premišljenosti. V slikah sicer opazimo enovitost v smislu kontrastov svetlobe in teme, ter preplet kaotičnega z mirnostjo, vendar umetnica ne želi ustvariti ene zgodbe, temveč kreiranje le te dopušča gledalcu. S tem poudarja vlogo interpretacije v svoji abstrakciji, želi nagovoriti vsakega gledalca posebej in mu omogočiti individualno izkušnjo srečanja z njenim najglobjim bitom.

Pri samem risanju umetnica sledi iskanju lepote v nepopolnosti, s čemer so izražena notranja čustvena stanja in intimnost. Dela nosijo tiha čustva umetnice, klic po nostalgiji in spominjanju na trenutke sreče, ki so postali zapis preteklosti, a hkrati vnetost za spoznavanje prihodnosti, nove kulture in navsezadnje perspektive. V vsakdanjem življenju umetnica išče nepopolnost in minljivost, ki za njo predstavlja lepoto in popolnost stran od idealov. Vse skupaj pa je poudarjeno z uporabo barv, ki so energične, a hkrati zadržane, kot da izražajo iskanje prostora v novem, še neznanem svetu, h kateremu se umetnica približuje z navdušenjem, a hkrati z zavedanjem o tem, kdo je in kaj leži za njo.

Isidora Popovič v svojih delih preoblikuje svet iz znanega in domačnega v notranjo subjektivno izkušnjo in dovoljuje gledalcu, da jo dojema povsem individualno. Na platno preslika vse, kar je ostalo neizrečeno in dopušča, da čustva govorijo in prevzamejo vlogo protagonista.

Isidora Popović: Awakening of the Soul

Isidora Popović was born in Bar, Montenegro. She is currently attending a High School in Maribor, where she is developing her art and creativity, which have been with her since childhood. Her love for painting developed from her childhood exploration of colours and shapes. Her creativity has been significantly influenced by the painting school in the studio of the academic painter Dada Ćetković. Her work is based on  search for beauty in imperfection, inspired by the philosophy of "wabi-sabi", which means accepting transience, rawness and non-symmetry as part of natural harmony.

About the exhibition

The artist's paintings are oil paintings, which she adapts to her own style. By departing from the classical use of oil on canvas, she develops new dimensions of the technique, thus broadening her range of creativity and expressiveness. The technique itself is in fact a combination of intuitiveness and deep technical deliberation. While there is a unity in the paintings in terms of contrasts of light and dark, and the interplay of the chaotic and the calm, the artist does not want to create a single story, but rather to leave the creation of that story to the viewer. In this way, she emphasises the role of interpretation in her abstraction, she wants to address each viewer individually and allow them to have an individual experience of encountering her innermost being.

In the drawing itself, the artist pursues the search for beauty in imperfection, expressing inner emotional states and intimacy. The works carry the artist's quiet emotions, a call for nostalgia and recalling moments of happiness that have become a record of the past, but at the same time an eagerness to learn about the future, a new culture and, ultimately, perspective. In everyday life, the artist searches for imperfection and impermanence, which for her represents beauty and perfection away from ideals. All of this is accentuated by the use of colours that are energetic yet restrained, as if expressing a search for a place in a new, as yet unknown world, which the artist approaches with enthusiasm, yet with an awareness of who she is and what lies beyond.

In her works, Isidora Popovič transforms the world from the familiar and domestic into an inner subjective experience, allowing the viewer to perceive it in a completely individual way. She paints onto the canvas everything that has remained unspoken and allows emotions to speak and take over the role of the protagonist.