Beyond The Magic Mountain- Aleksandra Popovic
February 1st, 2008 – March 1st, 2008
Beyond The Magic Mountain– Aleksandra Popovic
ALEKSANDRA POPOVIC
Gallery MC is delighted to announce a new exhibition of paintingsBeyond the Magic Mountain by Aleksandra Popovic. This will be her first exhibition with the gallery. The opening will take place on Friday, February 1st from 6pm until 9pm. The artist will be present.
Popovic’s exhibition is comprised of eight paintings, offering a unique opportunity to trace developments of new landscapes, all intimately related, representing a coherent body of work. The title of the exhibition alludes to the novel by Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain.
The paintings represent a symbolic topography, revealing a lyricism in the work, which is both conceptually complex and evocative. The luminous work varies in veil of color where the atmospheric washes of paint are strategically applied to the canvas, measuring different moods of nature. The interplay between the additive and subtractive processes becomes a never-ending game. The mountain, a symbol for immovable faith, or an allegory of hope, translates into a delicate balancing act in which presence and absence become a subtle interplay.
Mann writes in his novel: “For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.” The leading character progresses from his initial attraction to the irrationalities of disease and death to a renewed trust in life, love, and human responsibility. In a similar way Popovic uses the canvas and oil paint to reconstruct her own trust in life, love and human responsibility after loss. The landscapes come from a very personal level, which become a three dimensional human narrative.
by Boshko Boskovic
Aleksandra Popovic holds a BFA from the School of Fine Arts and the School of Architecture in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Her work has been shown in Paris – France, Rome – Italy, Vienna – Austria and Zagreb – Croatia. Popovic is the recipient of the prestigious visual art award from the Academia di Belle Arti in Rome, Italy.
Untitled No.4, oil on canvas. 2007
