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The first solo exhibition of artist Jovan Marinković at the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art entitled The Phantom of Liberty коју је отворио академик Радомир Н. Саичић 15. маја у 18 часова. Изложба ће трајати до 15. јуна 2025. године. На изложби ће бити изложено 38 слика и 22 цртежа.
Jovan Marinković was born in 1965 in Kruševac. He graduated from the Painting Department in 1989. After two years, he acquired his Master's degree in drawing at his home faculty. He lives and works in Belgrade.
So far Marinković has exhibited at the Gallery of the Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation, the Gallery of the Belgrade Cultural Centre, the Srećna Gallery of the SKC, the SULUJ Gallery, and the ULUS Gallery. In 1997 he participated in the 38th October Salon in Belgrade. He was one of the authors at the 2006 exhibition at the Galerie Home′ art in Perros-Guirec, France, together with representatives of French art brut and marginal art scene. His participation in the Third Triennial at MNMA – RAW INTUITIVE, 2022, an international exhibition organized by the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art was of exceptional importance. RAW INTUITIVE, an international exhibition organized by the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art was of exceptional importance.
The Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art Celebrates 65 Years of Existence
Officially opened on April 1, 1960, the Museum became a national cultural institution in 2006, focusing on art that emerges outside of academic education and offers an alternative to dominant artistic trends.
As the only museological institution dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the art forms referred to by terms such as naïve art, primitive art, art brut, and the currently recognized term outsider art, the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art has, through over six decades of continuous work, contributed to the inclusion of these valuable practices in the canon of 20th- and 21st-century art history.
Life, understood as a continuous struggle, is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists, regardless of the time in which they create or the style through which they express themselves. To portray struggle requires exceptional willpower, which is manifested equally in the motifs of prayer found in sculptures and in the motifs of physical combat, more commonly seen in paintings and drawings.
The ultimate goal of struggle in war, or of hope in prayer, is a better future—freedom and the attainment of rights. On the day we celebrate the Sretenje holiday, we are reminded once again of the meeting of prayer and struggle—a union of two powerful elements in the ongoing fight for a better tomorrow.
On Thursday, October 26, the first permanent exhibition of the Oto Bihalji-Merin Salon was opened at Nemanjina 3 in Belgrade, organized by the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art. On this occasion, a memorandum of cooperation was also signed between the MNMA and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, along with the announcement of a major exhibition dedicated to Oto Bihalji-Merin in 2024.
Speakers at the event included Ivana Bašićević Antić, Phd Director of the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art; Maja Gojković, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Culture; Senka Latinović, Curator of the Oto Bihalji-Merin Salon; and Marijana Kolaric, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade.
The Salon is open on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with prior notice required at least one day in advance via email at info@mnmu.rs.
THE MUSEUM FEATURED IN THE ICOM JOURNAL
The ICOM Serbia Journal, a unique publication in the region aimed at presenting the work of museum professionals in Serbia and showcasing examples of best practices from both the country and abroad, included our Museum in its review of exhibitions for 2022.
The selection criteria for the exhibitions were: original curatorial projects implemented in museum and gallery settings related to collections, as well as collaborations between multiple professional institutions. The exhibitions featured by the journal include: Europe According to Fejes, Raw Intuitive – The Third MNMA Triennial, The World According to Ilija, and the new permanent exhibition of the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art.
RECOGNITION FROM BORBA MAGAZINE
The ceremonial celebration marking the 101st anniversary of Borba magazine was held on February 22, 2023, at the Army Hall in Belgrade. The event gathered numerous distinguished guests, and awards were presented on this occasion. Among the award recipients was our Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art. We received the recognition for our exceptional contribution to the development of museum activities in Serbia.
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