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Artist Neda Nikolic
Artist Neda Nikolic, Photo: Manuel Asentic

She is often driven by the pixelated aesthetics of video games and explores lot virtuality, reality and immersion into virtual. She knows Rambro (Broforce), Squirtle (Pokemon Go), Steve (Minecraft), and a few other characters.

How would you describe your own personal style?
I’d like to use the phrase “In die weite welt hinein”, borrowed from the children’s song. There are spaces that I know, spaces that I dream of, and huge empty spaces. In my works, there is a place for all of them.

What inspires your art?
Night. Playground. Video games. Perspective. Notion of play.

When is your favorite time of day to create?
Two diametrically opposite times of the day- early early morning and late afternoon. As it is so hard to be an early riser I would say afternoon.

Who do you admire in your field?
A lot of fellow young artists, colleagues from University, I would say anyone with wit and clear thought. Yes, once I saw a Pollock at Peggy Guggenheim in Venice.

What is your biggest influence & why?
Life with a big L, as Bukowski would say. I know, that sounds like a cliché. Anyway, there were certain stages and events that led me to this path where I am at the moment. First it was love, and then it was love for perspective. Need to mention that it wasn’t always love, it was more a struggle at the start. I’m not an easy beginner, more of n frustrated and angry kind, but I got a great helper. And then, time spent at playground looking after a child, at the same time looking at walls covered with graffiti.

And a lot of night walks. And home. Home as the starting point, a safe nest from which we are sent into the world.

Somewhere in-the middle of an imaginary desert, Acryl auf Leinwand,120x80cm
Somewhere in the middle of an imaginary desert, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 80 cm

What’s your work-day like?
I like to walk to my studio. First floor, room 14. I like to think, get lost in my thoughts, spend some time in that lovely dialogue with myself. Paintings are just a product of that.

Nikolic_Neda_Greatlenghts_acrylic on wood_100x70cm
Great lenghts, acrylic on wood, 100 x 70 cm

Related to the „This Times Tomorrow“ calendar. What do you expect from January 2022?
Must admit, I am so happy that you didn’t ask what do I expect from the year 2022. There is this great event at the end of the month- another Aquarius made a circle around the sun. I hate getting older but love new challenges. And I see changes.

Neda Nikolić, Lost, 2019 acrylic on canvas 160 x 200 cm
Neda Nikolić, Lost, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 160 x 200 cm for for „This Time Tomorrow“ Calendar 2022

What is coming up next for you?
I finally got rid of bureaucracy issues with my residence permit and I am free to breathe and paint, paint a lot and to plan installations that I would like to realize 2022. There is one solo show in Vienna, and maybe some other opportunities for me in the upcoming months. Yes, and I found my passion for Instagram stickers. I am going to make one for LNR as well.

Neda Nikolic – www.neda-nikolic.com

Die Ausstellung von Christian Egger integriert ua. eine großteils neue Serie von Skulpturen in das, auf die Galerieräume zugeschnittene Ausstellungsgeschehen, welche ihre Materialität freilegen.

Sophia Süßmilch, geboren 1983, ist eine sehr spannend und impulsive Persönlichkeit in der Kunstszene. In ihren Performances und Arbeiten werden Ideale von Schönheit, Körper und Geschlechterrollen behandelt.

Vivian Grevens Malerei basiert auf einem versierten Spiel mit unterschiedlichen Auffassungen von Körper, Sein und Repräsentation. Dabei verschmelzen Konzepte der Antike, Pop-Art und dem Digitalen.

This week you could come on a journey to Como – if you aspire. I decided to visit Ritual Acts at Galleria Ramo, an exhibition that combines works and thoughts by Matteo Messori and Dave Swensen.

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By inviting the artist Stefano Cagol, the Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Verona is taking part in the 17th Giornata del Contemporaneo with the realization of a long-lasting exhibition project.

Max Freunds Kosmos ist der Inbegriff des Multivalenten. Ob in Material, Technik, Konzept oder kunsttheoretischem Überbau – Freund schreitet in jedem dieser Aspekte das Maximalspektrum aus.

Loser Angeles is a California born artist. His paintings dig into the mundane aspects of the human condition. Encouraged by death, he employs ordinary subjects to illuminate our unreckoned existence.

L’ascensore is pleased to invite you to the opening of My purble place, Alice Pilusi’s new pastry shop. Welcome to the new and sparkling bakery entirely dedicated to the sweet creations of Alice Pilusi.

In her work, she reflects on topics related to her personality and close family circle. Furthermore, she constantly returns to the themes of her native Armenia, a topic she finds to be neglected in the global context.

Wisocast entwirft virtuelle Ausstellungen im Internet, um Kunstschaffenden virtuelle Aufmerksamkeit zu verschaffen. Für das Publikum entsteht ein leichter, ortsunabhängiger Zugang weltweit, rund um die Uhr.