Some earlier and latest works by the selected artists and artistic “responses” to the current European and world issues will be displayed at this year’s exhibition. The exhibition is divided into two parts. The first, biggest part, entitled Temptation of small realities – Micro Communities, presents international artists of the middle and new generations who face the problems of the creation of new anthropological constellations and of micro communicative situations. The second part is entitled Urban Crossroads – New York, Paris, Seoul. In this sector we present artists from three metropolises from three different continents, which are often valuated as the references of artistic strategies of young generations.
This year’s October Salon will present an artistic message which announces a new attitude and a new orientation of artists in the era of the radicalization of global conflicts, religions, ideologies and socio-cultural value structures. The surprising and emotionally touching rapprochement to the small realities, to direct socio-cultural constellations and micro communicative relations requires an anti-hierarchical, anti-monumentality, sophisticated and intimate, emphatic and modest artistic practice concentrated on the artistic creation of new situations and on the processes of sensibilization. The micro narratives represent an attempt to redefine the artistic practice in the bushes of complex sociocultural situations, which reflect, by their fragmentary, spontaneous, anti-teleological, tolerant, open and sensitive acceptance, the typical post utopian state of our contemporary era and offer a new, credible and modest way of reading.
The exhibition will be held in different museums, galleries and alternative venues in the city, such as the 25th May Museum, Legacy House, Belgrade Public Bath, the Belgrade Cultural Centre (Art Gallery, Artget Gallery, Belgrade Window). It will take place from 29th September till 11th November 2007.
A bilingual catalogue with textual interpretations of the project written by the Art Director of the Salon and his assistant will be published for the purpose of this exhibition. Isidora Nikolić will be in charge of the graphic design and visual identity of this year’s October Salon.