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ENEMY WHO MUST BE LOVED  Nebojša Despotović  September 22 – November 10 2017

Nebojša Despotović

Enemy who must be loved September 22 – November 10 2017

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Ierimonti Gallery was founded in Milan in 1991 by Italian-born gallerist, advisor, and collector Carla Delia Piscitelli. For more than two decades, the Gallery has been an active player in the arts industry establishing a reputation for innovative, unconventional exhibitions. Carla Piscitelli has organized numerous critically acclaimed exhibitions including notable figures such as Ed Ruscha, Nam June Paik, Kohei Nawa, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Alighiero Boetti, Lucio Fontana, amongst others.

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Ierimonti Gallery also specializes in prints and multiples from the 1950s to nowadays, featuring works by established artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Marc Chagall, Henry Moore, Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miró, Jasper Johns, amongst others. Cesare Luigi Caini is the Vice President of the Gallery and the Head of the Prints Department. He combines deep expertise with extensive experience in dealing with prints collectors on an international level. He published numerous catalogs including “L’Eco della Stampa” and “Top Graphic”. He has also contributed to Afro’s complete prints catalogue raisonné. In January 2015, Ierimonti Gallery relocated in New York in the prestigious Gallery Building on 57th Street, opening with the exhibition “Back to the 80’s: From Arte Povera to the Rediscovery of Nuovi Nuovi.” On September 22nd 2017, Ierimonti Gallery relocated to 55 Delancey Street with “Enemy who must be loved”, an exhibition showing the works of Serbian artist Nebojša Despotović. Ierimonti Gallery offers expert advisory in all aspects of building a personalized Art collection where the iconic names of the past century dialogue with the most vibrant and interesting works of new emerging artists.

Cover: Blind Teacher, 2014, oil on canvas, 106 3/10 x 69 11/16 in

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Nebojša Despotović Selected solo exhibitions 2017  Enemy who must be loved, Ierimonti Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2016  Resilience (with Linda Carrara ), Temporary Gallery by Boccanera Gallery, Via Ventura 6, Milan, IT 2015  La pelle di serpente (with Enzo Cucchi), TRA, Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso, IT  Another Symphony, Galleria Marcolini, Forlì, IT 2014  Piel fría, Alonso Gallery, Madrid, ES  Silent Fracture, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, IT 2012  Porcelain, Ego Gallery, Lugano, CH  Diamond and Rust, FaMa Gallery, Verona, IT 2010  Velvet Glove, Arte Boccanera Gallery, Trento, IT  Backdoor, UPP Gallery, Venice, IT

Selected group exhibitions 2016  Arte Forte, Forte superiore di Nago, Nago-Torbole, IT 2015  Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market, A+A Gallery, Venice, IT 2014  Chiamata a raccolta, curated by Roberto Festi - Mart/Galleria Civica - Trento, IT 2013  Upokeimenon (sott'acque), Dolomiti Contemporanee, Nuovo Spazio di Casso, Casso, IT  Big bang, Arte Boccanera gallery, Trento, IT 2012  Opera 2011| Lunar Park – Artists of Bevilacqua La Masa Ateliers, BLM Foundation Gallery of Piazza San Marco, Venice, IT  MyDetour, Palazzeto Tito, Dorsoduro 2826, Venice, IT 2011  D'Est | La casa – Young Serbian Artists, Palazzo Forti Modern Art Gallery, Verona, IT  Vulpes Pilum Mutare, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa (VI), IT  Un-real time, Galleria Marcorossi artecontemporanea, Pietrasanta (LU), IT  54 International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale / Academy of Fine Arts, Tese di San Cristoforo Arsenale, Venezia, IT  S.O.S.2, curator: Viviana Siviero, Lab 610 XL De Faveri, Sovramonte (BL), IT  Artist Talks – Open Studios, BLM Foundation Gallery of Piazza San Marco, Venice, IT  Essa(y), Young Artists from the Fine Arts Academy, Magazzino 3, Venice, IT 2010  94. Group Show of Young Artists, BLM Foundation Gallery of Piazza San Marco, Venice, IT  IN/Carne, Cominelli Foundation, San Felice del Benaco (BS), IT  Lost in painting, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (TV), IT  Once I lived here, Museo Civico, Asolo (TV), IT  Liquida, Contemporary Art Festival, Preview, St. Catherine Museum, Treviso, IT  Hotel A+A International, A+A Gallery, Venice, IT  Ricognizione sulla nuova arte in Veneto, Bazzini Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT  Living / Leaving, St. Louis Oratory, Venice, IT  The Berlin Wall, Promenade Gallery, Vlore, AL 2009  93. Group Show of Young Artists, BLM Foundation Gallery of Piazza San Marco, Venice, IT  Autumn Show, Cvijeta Zuzoric Pavillion, Belgrade, SRB  Immagine - La nuova visione della generazione anni '80, GiaMaArt Study, Vitulano (BN), IT  The CREAM Society, La Fornace dell'Innovazione, Asolo (TV), IT  Fairy Tales, Antonio Battaglia Gallery, Milan, IT  Rooted, Galerie Claire Fontane, Luxembourg, LU  Nuove figure 3: Idiosincrasie, Forte Marghera, Venice, IT 2008  Reazione Mutante, Bugno Art Gallery, Venice, IT  Devozioni domestiche, Contemporaneo Gallery, Mestre (VE), IT  CREAM on madnes, OPEN 11, Isola di San Servolo (VE), IT  Schlaglichter, GEH8, Dresden, DE  Nuova Luce, A+A Gallery, Venice, IT 2007  Accadè, Totem Il Canale Gallery, Venice, IT 2006  In notte placida, Villa Manin, Passariano (UD), IT  Proposals to communicate the 93. Group Show of Young Artists, BLM Foundation Gallery of Piazza San Marco, Venice, IT  OPEN 06, Venice, IT  Open Studios, Villa Vecelli Cavriani, Verona, IT

Nebojša Despotović Residencies 2011  Atelier of Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT Art Prizes 2014  Prima Pagina Art Prize, ArteFiera Art First Bologna, IT. Special Prize Winner 2013  Premio Collectors for Celeste, ArtVerona 2013, IT. Winner 2012  Mango Young Artist Award, SWAB Fair Barcelona 2012, ES. First Prize  Premio Gruppo Euromobil Under 30, ArteFiera Art First Bologna, IT. First Prize 2010  Lissone Prize, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lissone (Monza e Brianza), IT 2008  3rd International Prize Arte Laguna, Momigliano Veneto, IT. Best foreign artist 2006  Premio Italian Factory per la Giovane Pittura Italiana, Casa del Pane, Milan, IT Scholarships 2011  Studio granted by Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, IT Education 2011  Degree in Visual Arts and Discipline of Spectacle, Fine Arts Academy of Venice, IT 2006  Degree in Painting, Fine Arts Academy of Venice, IT

Ierimonti Gallery is proud to present the first solo show in New York City of artist Nebojša Despotović as the inaugural exhibition of our new location at 55 Delancey Street.

What is derided from the photographs and images are the sentiments and emotions that are left behind, to be then transferred to the viewer through his codified paintings.

“Enemy who must be loved” includes a variety of his work for the American audience to view and enjoy a refreshing artist who is renowned in Italy and Europe, bridging the European and American art scenes.

The artist views painting as more than simply a medium but rather as a process which allows the paint to exist on the surface, regardless of meaning and style. The reason for this process is to give attributes of form. Through this form, Despotović gives importance to the everyday person, the one who is found at every street corner. To produce his forms he disregards the space and dimensions of the photographs and establishes his own. Despotović’s use of opaque and muted colors is vitalized through his mastery of contrast, gifting his pieces with an unexpected sense of vibrancy. By this process, the individuals portrayed in the original photographs become eternally alive, stuck in a moment of their own humanity.

Nebojša Despotović was born in 1982 in Belgrade, Serbia and currently lives in Berlin, Germany. Despotović acquired his bachelor degree from the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice and is well incorporated in the contemporary art scene in Italy and throughout Europe. Throughout his career, he has attained prestige as an artist through his many awards and accomplishments, such as the Euromobil Under 30 Prize at Art Fair in Bologna in 2012 and the Rotari Prize at ArtVerona in 2016. He is known for using old photographs as a starting point for his pictorial exploration of identity and the alterations made from paint, restoring relevance and vitality to outdated images. Despotović does not provide a new storyline, nor does he aim to fall into anachronism, he rather focuses on the individual and that specific instance. Despotović abstracts the piece to the point that it becomes applicable to everyone. As the individuals and their surroundings captured develop into less and less recognizable forms, the more engaging and charismatic the depiction becomes.

Despotović brings a new and refreshing ideology with regards to the importance of the pictorial process. This is both a demanding and exhilarating development which will allow the viewer to experience a sense of familiarity coupled with the uncanny and incomprehensible.

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Untitled (Dream) 2014 Oil on canvas 19 11/16 x 19 11/16 in (50.01 x 50.01 cm) 3

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Shepherd 2014 Oil on canvas 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in (60.02 x 80.01 cm) 4

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Intersezione del paesaggio 2011 Oil on canvas 24 1/48 x 20 23/48 in (61.01 x 52.02 cm) 5

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Untitled 2010 Oil on canvas 49 11/48 x 75 7/12 in (125.04 x 191.97 cm) 6

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Still life 2014 Oil on canvas 19 11/16 x 27 9/16 in (50.01 x 70 cm) 7

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Still life 2014 Oil on canvas 19 11/16 x 23 5/8 in (50.01 x 60.02 cm) 8

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Untitled (Dream) 2014 Oil on canvas 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in (60.02 x 60.02 cm) 9

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Selfportrait 2011 Oil on canvas 65 17/48 x 74 1/48 in (165.99 x 188.01 cm) 10

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Still life in my parents house 2013 Oil on linen 35 7/16 x 23 5/8 in (90.02 x 60.02 cm) 11

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Untitled 2012 Oil on linen 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in (60.02 x 80.01 cm) 12

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Flowers 2014 Oil on linen 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in (40.01 x 50.01 cm) 13

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To my friends 2015 Oil on linen 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in (40.01 x 50.01 cm) 14

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Untitled 2014 Oil on linen 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in (40.01 x 50.01 cm) 15

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Zrcalo 2014 Oil on linen 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in (40.01 x 50.01 cm) 16

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Entrance keepers 2012 Oil on linen 23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in (60.02 x 50.01 cm) 17

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Monument 2012 Oil on linen 23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in (60.02 x 50.01 cm) 18

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Blind teacher 2014 Oil on canvas 106 3/10 x 69 11/16 in (270 x 177.01 cm) 19

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List of works 1.

Untitled (Dream), 2014, Oil on canvas,19 11/16 x 19 11/16 in (50.01 x 50.01 cm)

Shepherd, 2014, oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in (60.02 x 80.01 cm)

Intersezione del paesaggio, 2011, oil on canvas, 24 1/48 x 20 23/48 in, (61.01 x 52.02 cm)

Untitled, 2010, oil on canvas, 49 11/48 x 75 7/12 in (125.04 x 191.97 cm)

Still life, 2014, oil on canvas, 19 11/16 x 27 9/16 in, (50.01 x 70 cm)

Still life, 2014, oil on canvas, 19 11/16 x 23 5/8 in (50.01 x 60.02 cm)

Untitled (Dream), 2014, Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in, (60.02 x 60.02 cm)

Selfportrait, 2011, oil on canvas, 65 17/48 x 74 1/48 in (165.99 x 188.01 cm)

Still life in my parents house, 2013, oil on linen, 35 7/16 x 23 5/8 in (90.02 x 60.02 cm)

10.  Untitled, 2012, oil on linen, 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in (60.02 x 80.01 cm)

11.  Flowers, 2014, oil on linen, 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in (40.01 x 50.01 cm)

12.  To my friends, 2015, oil on linen, 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in (40.01 x 50.01 cm)

13.  Untitled, 2014, oil on linen, 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in (40.01 x 50.01 cm)

14.  Zrcalo, 2014, oil on linen, 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in (40.01 x 50.01 cm)

15.  Entrance keepers, 2012, oil on linen, 23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in (60.02 x 50.01 cm)

16.  Monument, 2012, oil on linen, 23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in (60.02 x 50.01 cm)

17.  Blind teacher, 2014, oil on canvas, 106 3/10 x 69 11/16 in (270 x 177.01 cm)