MESTO SUSRETA
Izložba „Mesto susreta” („A Place of Meeting”) rezultat je profesionalne saradnje i ličnog prijateljstva započetog pre trideset godina između dva umetnika sa dva različita kontinenta, Evrope i Amerike. Američki umetnik Džefri Sipel i novosadski umetnik Nebojša Lazić sarađivali su tokom devedesetih godina prošlog veka na Tamarind institutu za grafiku (Albukerki, Novi Meksiko, SAD). Lazić je u to vreme sticao titulu majstora grafičkih disciplina, a Sipel rukovodio Institutom. Povezala ih je radoznalost i želja za neprestanim istraživanjem i usavršavanjem u oblasti grafike, slike, crteža i međusobnih kombinovanja tehnika, ali i otvorenost ka saradnji sa drugim umetnicima zajedničkom traganju za najboljim načinom da se ideje izraze i zainteresovanost za umetnost drugih. Ovo je postala osnova na kojoj se i danas održavaju njihova saradnja i prijateljstvo, te imamo jedinstvenu priliku da vidimo grafičarski dijalog ova dva umetnika.
Džefri Sipel (Jeffrey Sippel) koristi cvetne motive, apstrahujući ih po obliku i formi. Teži ka postizanju ravnoteže između iluzije i evokativnog kvaliteta izrade apstraktnih oznaka. Radi na papiru, milaru ili platnu kombinujući mnogo različitih slojeva grafičarskih tehnika da bi postigao željeni efekat. Ova vizuelna istraživanja smatra suštinskom inspiracijom u radu sa studentima, saradnji sa kolegama i u svom ličnom radu. „Saradnja sa drugim umetnicima nastavlja da igra aktivnu ulogu u mom umetničkom radu. Veoma mi je uzbudljiva takva kreativna interakcija, jer ima trajan, direktan ili indirektan, uticaj na moja umetnička dela.” (Džefri Sipel)
Svoja vizuelna istraživanja u oblasti litografije Nebojša Lazić preneo je u slikarstvo, koje mu je pružilo važan prostor relaksiranosti. Slikarstvu prilazi kao umetničkoj medijskoj vežbi za promišljanje sveta modernističke slike. Apstraktnu sliku gradi u slojevima, prosipanjem boje po platnu, i fizički zahtevnim ekspresivnim gestovima. Svesno stvara situaciju haosa gde „slika samu sebe slika”, a zatim preuzima kontrolu i smišljenim povezivanjem niza „slučajnosti” dovodi sliku u organizovanu likovnu celinu. Lazić smatra da je, u aktuelnom trenutku, ekspresionistička apstraktna slika „jedini front odbrane vizuelnosti”, spram sveopšte produkcije u polju vizuelnih medija, izjednačenja svakodnevnog života i sveta umetnosti, kao i muzealizacije novomedijske umetnosti.
Džefri Sipel je na proputovanju kroz Evropu, od Dortmunda do Sićevačke klisure, u Novom Sadu boravio nekoliko dana, te je i dijaloška izložba sa Nebojšom Lazićem u Malom likovnom salonu, ovaj put izuzetno, trajala samo dva dana.
Džefri Sipel (Chippewa Falls, Viskonsin, 1953) je američki grafičar. Diplomirao je na Univerzitetu Viskonsin-Eau Claire (1976) i studirao na Tamarind institutu (1977-1979). Po završetku studija na Institutu Tamarind dobio je sertifikat za majstora štampara. Kasnije je dobio MFA na Državnom univerzitetu u Arizoni. Sipel je predavao u Druckhaus EA Kuensen, radio kao glavni štampar u Ocean Vorks LEL i predavao na Državnom univerzitetu Ohajo. Sipel je bio direktor obrazovanja na Tamarind institutu, Univerzitet Novog Meksika (1988-1998) i predavao na Univerzitetu u Misuriju, Sent Luis. Specijalizujući se za litografiju bez vode, njegov rad je uključen u mnoge renomirane kolekcije, uključujući Smitsonijan institut. Osim toga, Sipel je predavao u Sovjetskom Savezu, Finskoj, Južnoj Africi, Čileu, Belgiji, Poljskoj, Nemačkoj, Bugarskoj, Meksiku, Kanadi, Argentini, Novom Zelandu, Kolumbiji, Indiji, Venecueli i u mnogim mestima u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. Sipel je izlagao svoje radove u preko 200 gradova, u muzejima i galerijama univerziteta na kojima je predavao: Akademija Lalit Kala, Galerija Cecille R. Hunt; Univerzitet Vebster, Galerija Haggar; Univerzitet u Dalasu, Galerija Steinberg; Vašington univerzitet u Sent Luisu; Muzej umetnosti Lauren Rogers; Muzej umetnosti u Noksvilu; Centar za umetnost Grunwald; Univerzitet Kalifornije, Los Anđeles…
Nebojša Lazić (Lipljan, 1965) diplomirao je (1992), magistrirao (1996) i doktorirao (2015) na Grafičkom odseku Fakulteta likovnih umetnosti u Beogradu. Dve godine specijalističkih studija proveo je na Tamarind institutu za litografiju u Novom Meksiku, SAD. Dobitnik je više nagrada i priznanja u zemlji i inostranstvu. Član je Udruženja likovnih umetnika Srbije od 1993. godine. Tokom decenije boravka u Njujorku (1995-2006), Lazić je osnovao profesionalni litografski studio koji je sarađivao sa Univerzitetom Rutgers u Nju Džersiju i drugim umetnicima (Donald Behler, Stefan Din, Ana De la Porte, Rej Smit, Senkler Semin). U svom profesionalnom grafičkom studiju u Njujorku, takođe je sarađivao sa umetnicima pri izradi litografskih radova. Od 2007-2014 radio je kao umetnički saradnik na Fakultetu likovnih umetnosti u Beogradu. Od 2014. godine radi na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu, trenutno kao vanredni profesor na smeru crtanje. Nebojša Lazić je osnovao Grafički centar u Novom Sadu 2008. godine, gde je kroz niz projekata u saradnji sa domaćim i stranim umetnicima organizovao radionice u Novom Sadu, Rimu, Njujorku i Minhenu. Učesnik je brojnih stručnih simpozijuma u zemlji i inostranstvu.
Jeffrey Sippel and Nebojša Lazić
A Place of Meeting
The exhibition “A Place of Meeting” is the result of professional cooperation and personal friendship started thirty years ago between two artists from two different continents, Europe and America. American artist Jeffrey Sippel and Novi Sad artist Nebojsa Lazić collaborated during the nineties of the last century at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA). At that time, Lazić was studying to become a Tamarind Master Printer, and Sippel was serving as the Education Director of Tamarind Institute. They were connected by curiosity and the desire for constant research and improvement in the field of graphics, painting, drawing and mulltiple combinations of techniques, but also to collaborate with other artists in the common search for the best way to express ideas and thoughts of other artists practicing the art of lithography. This became the basis on which their collaboration and friendship is maintained even today, and this exhibition is a unique opportunity to see the artistic dialogue that has developed between these two artists.
Jeffrey Sippel uses floral motifs, abstracting them in shape and form. He strives to achieve a balance between illusion and the evocative quality of making abstract marks. He works on paper, mylar or considers these visual investigations to be an essential inspiration in working with students, collaborating with colleagues and in his personal work. “Collaboration with other artists continues to play an active role in my artistic work. I find such creative interaction very exciting, as it has a lasting, direct or indirect, impact on my artwork.” (Jeffrey Sippel)
Nebojša Lazić transferred his visual research in the field of lithography to painting, which provided him with an important space for relaxation. He approaches painting as an artistic media exercise for thinking about the world of modernist painting. He builds an abstract image in layers, by spilling paint on the canvas, and physically demanding expressive gestures. He consciously creates a situation where “a painting paints itself”, and then he takes control by deliberately connecting a series of “coincidences” in the painting into an organized artistic whole. Lazić believes that, at the current moment, expressionist abstract painting is “the only front of defense of visuality”, against the general production in the field of visual media, the equalization of everyday life and the world of art, as well as the musealization of new media art.
Jeffrey Sippel will spend a few days in Novi Sad on a joint trip through Europe with Nebojša Lazić, from Dortmund to the Sićevačka gorge, and their dialogue exhibition in the Mali Likovni Salon, this time exceptionally, will last only two days.
Jeffrey Sippel is an American printmaker. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1976 and studied at the Tamarind Institute from 1977 to 1979. Upon the completion of his studies at Tamarind Institute, he was certified as a master printer. He later received an MFA at Arizona State University. Sippel has taught at Druckhaus EA Quensen, worked as Master Printer at Ocean Works LEL and has taught at Ohio State University. Sippel served his tenure as the Education Director of Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico (1988-1998) and is presently teaching at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Specializing in waterless lithography, his work is included in many renowned collections, including the Smithsonian Institution. Additionally, Sippel’s research presentations include the Soviet Union, Finland, South Africa, Chile, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, New Zealand, Columbia, India, Venezuela and in the United States of America. Sippel has exhibited his work in over 300 venues including the Lalit Kala Academy, the Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, the Huntington Museum of Art, the Haggar Gallery, the University of Dallas, the Steinberg Gallery of Art, Washington University in St. Louis, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Grunwald Center for the Arts and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Nebojša Lazić (Lipljan, 1965) graduated (1992), received a master’s degree (1996) and a doctorate (2015) from the Graphic Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. He spent two years of intensive study and training at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography in New Mexico, USA. He has received several awards and recognition in Serbia and abroad. He has been a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia since 1993. During the decade of his stay in New York (1995-2006), Lazić founded a professional lithography studio where he collaborated with Rutgers University in New Jersey, working together with artists Donald Bechler, Stefan Dean, Ana De la Porte, Ray Smith, and Senkler Semin. In his Lower East Side studio, he shared his collaborative skills with artists using the medium of lithography. From 2007-2014 he worked as an artistic associate at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. Since 2014, he has been working at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad and is currently an associate professor in the mediumm of drawing. Nebojša Lazić founded the Graphics Center in Novi Sad in 2008, where he organized workshops in Novi Sad, Rome, New York and Munich through a series of projects in cooperation with local and foreign artists. He has participated in numerous professional symposia in Serbia and abroad.
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