04.12.2015
Lecture on Symbolism in the works of Nadezda Petrovic
Another evening, the Great Gallery of the Central Military Club was packed with visitors. About a hundred lovers of Nadezda Petrovic’s work enjoyed the lecture of Dr. Igor Borozan, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, who spoke about the symbolism, first in general, and then about its impact on Nadezda’s work.The Gallery showcases seventy-three paintings from the collection of the National Museum, and Dr Borozan specifically referred to two unusual works: Beethoven's Mask and the Island of Love, as the most striking examples of Nadezda’s symbolism. The purpose of the symbolism is ambiguity. Anyone can interpret it however they want and no one will make a mistake. For symbolists do not explain, they suggest. But common to both paintings about which Dr Borozan spoke is that they represent a circular metamorphosis: the circle of life, the circle of time, the circle of space...
Nadezda Petrovic was the first female art critic in our country. That is why Dr Borozan for the end of his lecture read an interesting Nadezda’s quote: "Modern art is difficult, inscrutable for analysis, just as it is not easy to read philosophical works of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, because in addition to all the beauty, deep views, that very tower of many feelings gets in the way of understanding of the masses." Tonight’s lecturer also concluded that it might be easier and clearer if Nadezda had drawn an apple or a pear, but then the titillating intriguing symbolism would have disappeared, the one which lies in what she had said:" difficult and inscrutable" .
After such a serious lecture, tomorrow, 5 December, we will host a little more playful programme designed for the youngest visitors, and in order that they understand a little better the work of one of our most famous painters. At 12 o'clock there will be a workshop "With Nadezda to the village," designed for children ages 3 to 7 years, and then at 14 o'clock pupils ages 10 to 14 years will be able to take part in the workshop "From painting to painting."
The exhibition will be open until 24 December, and in the meantime you can expect even more interesting supporting programmes.
