Award "Pavle Vasic," founded in 1995 with the aim to encourage, develop and promote critical - theoretical thought in the field of applied art and design in Serbia. Award "Pavle Vasic," awarded to the texts in the field of applied art and design and follow a one-year production published in all kinds of professional publications (monographs, books, proceedings, TV shows), the selection of the author and the exhibition of art historians who follow the appropriate professional text . The founder of the award is ULUPUDS and co-founders: Association of Art Historians, Museum of Applied Art, the Museum of Theater Arts, Art Critics Association of Serbia and Belgrade TV.
Participants in the contest Pavle Vasic 2009
1. Dr. ALEXANDER MILENKOVIC architect "Pannonian art panopticon; Publishers: Vrsac municipality of literature and the author, 2009
2. VESNA KRULjAC "Lazar Trifunovic protagonist and antagonist of an epoch", National Museum Belgrade, 2009
3. JELENA washer "Postcards in Serbia 1895 to 1914", Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade, 2009 to 2010
4. MSc MARIN RAJKOVIC dia Columns in the journal "Architecture", umbers 133 to 143, 2009
5. Dr. Srdjan Markovic study "of December GROUP", Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade Interprint, 2009
6. prof. Miroslav Timotijevic "Paja Jovanovic / Paul Joanowitch; study the text in the catalog of the exhibition of the National Museum and Gallery of the Academy, Gallery of SANU, Belgrade, December 2009
Pavle Vasic prize for 2009
Jury award for "Pavle Vasic" within Simeonovic Dr. Ivana Celic, president, Gordana Biba Markovic and Dr. Simon Cupic after insight into the received tender applications was unanimously decided that the awards for 2009 Prof. year award. Miroslav Timotijevic to study the text in the catalog of the exhibition of the National Museum and Gallery of the Academy "Paja Jovanovic / Joanowitch Paul, who suggested the Department of Art History of Philosophy in Belgrade.
Although the text of prof. Dr. Miroslav Timotijevic study of an artist, it goes beyond the framework and meaning of the monograph establishing a dialogue with a wide variety of problems and dilemmas. As the introductory chapter states: "Undoubtedly the fact that Paja Jovanovic is an academic artist and his most popular works for public spheres shaped by far then the ruling taste. However, perceived as a whole, this art transcends borders nametnuog stereotypes. In his opus is a series of repressed, unknown and forgotten works consciously, not odgovarju created stereotypes."Broader analytical approach prof. Timotijevic defines the work of Paja Jovanovic, through a spreadsheet analysis of social and symbolic, aesthetic and historical context, explores the motives, motive, process and meaning of creation works, and raises questions about the extent and cause of slikarevih personal, intimate or social determination.
Studija "Paja Jovanovic / Paul Joanowitch" has shown that innovation, progress and encourage creative thinking and nonconservative in research and interpretation of art history, the only way to improve and upgrade the above mentioned and related humanities disciplines, as well as their permanent departure from established or status quo konformističkih position. That's the reason why the jury decided to award "Pavle Vasic" for 2009. the year award the work of prof. Dr. Miroslav Timotijevic.