REKONSTRUKCIJE | RECONSTRUCTIONS

Vladimir Rankovi}

REKONSTRUKCIJE RECONSTRUCTIONS

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Vladimir Rankovi}

REKONSTRUKCIJE / RECONSTRUCTIONS

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Galerija Narodnog muzeja Kragujevac / Gallery of National Museum Kragujevac Galerija Narodnog muzeja Kragujevac // Gallery of National Museum Kragujevac 26. decembar 2014 – 12. februar 2015. godine // December 26, 2014 – February 12, 2015

Ireni, ~ija je ku}a, i moj dom, po~etak Rekonstrukcija To Irena, whose house, my home too, has been the beginning of the Reconstructions

REKONSTRUKCIJE Tatjana Milosavljevi}

Najnoviji umetni~ki projekat Vladimira Rankovi}a, multimedijalnog umetnika i nastavnika na FILUM-u u Kragujevcu, nosi naziv „Rekonstrukcije“, dodajemo – Rekolekcije – Pod-Se}anja – odnosno – Reconstructions – Recollections – zato {to pripadamo generacijama, koje su odrastale, obrazovale se i formirale svoje svekolike kriterijume – `ivotne, profesionalne, ljudske, na principima transnacionalnosti, multikulturalnosti, koegzistencije, interdisciplinarnosti – zato nam je nekad jednostavnije da sintagmom na univerzalnom jeziku izrazimo ta~nije ono {to mislimo i `elimo.

Sve {to je dosad radio, sve {to smo dosad videli od izvedenih umetni~kih zamisli Vladimira Rankovi}a, a u pitanju je umetnik {irokog i visokog, ne samo formalnog, obrazovanja, sve je, dakle, suptilno, ve{to, neizbe`no deo njegovog, o~igledno, dugoro~nog, mo`da i trajnog, istra`ivanja – konteksta – sociolo{kog, psiholo{kog, emotivnog, artisti~kog, privatnog, verovatno ne ba{ tim redosledom. Ukratko, Makro – Mikro plan!

Za{to ka`emo da Rankovi} osmi{ljava i realizuje svoje umetni~ke projekte (istro{en izraz, ali u ovom slu~aju jedini ta~an) – svaki put prema prostoru gde }e biti izlo`en ili predstavljen (kontekst!)? – Zato {to on prostor zauzima materijalom, oblikom, plasti~kom temom, prilago|ava ga sebi, odnosno, svojoj ideji i potrebi da ka`e ono {to `eli.

Rankovi} citira: „Uglavnom, verujem da umetnik ni{ta ne stvara, ve} je tu da poslo`i, prika`e i uka`e na postoje}e, da ne{to uobli~i i eventualno ga reformuli{e“.1 On se, dakle, pridr`ava kreda da iz svakodnevnog `ivota preuzima detalje nekih obi~nih stvari – kako sam ka`e „mustre“,2 bez estetskog kriterijuma (iako ga ne isklju~uje), sla`e, kombinuje, eventualno daje nov smisao, jer, on ih bira na osnovu sentimenta (kontekst, ali, emotivni).

Te detalje – uzorak tapeta, kerami~kih plo~ica, motiva sa zavesa, prekriva~a… Rankovi} multiplikuje toliko dok on takav, umno`en, ne postane nov motiv za sebe. I dok ~itate autorova obja{njenja odakle je koji uzorak uzet, iz kog `ivotnog prostora iz pro{losti ili sada{njosti, te „mustre“ se ponavljaju do iznemoglosti i do X puta, shvatate polako i za{to ono {to vi vidite kao umno`avanje – ponavljanje, razvijanje, evoluiranje, autor obja{njava – „nastaje, nestaje, nastaje, nestaje…“ Tada vam postaje jasan emocionalni kontekst u kojem svaki zid galerijskog prostora postaje objektivan prostor, u njemu je neizbe`na interakcija u kojoj emocionalno odnosi prevagu nad racionalnim, i za{to to autor naziva delimi~na rekonstrukcija.

Jedan savremeni umetnik ka`e da voli da vidi svoj rad kao rezultat ili nus proizvod ili kao ostatak nekih posebnih situacija.3 Upravo tako i Rankovi} svojim radom o`ivljava i determini{e neke sekvence iz sopstvenog `ivota, koje kroz ovaj rad obnavlja u drugom kontekstu.

Besmisleno je da analiziramo likovni aspekt – „mustra“ je data, zadata (industrijski), ali zamisao njene obrade i primene, stavljanja u odre|eni kontekst, to je ono {to umetnika intrigira i ~emu je posvetio celokupan svoj umetni~ki anga`man. On od po~etka ra~una na simboli~ku strategiju, narativni elementi dopiru iz drugog plana, a opet, na kraju, ne mo`emo da se otmemo utisku i da je ovo – apstraktni koncept, tako|e!4 Dakle, „Rekonstrukcije“ Vladimira Rankovi}a, kroz njihove segmente – fragmente, mo`emo da posmatramo i kao arheolo{ka otkri}a, kao znakove i bele{ke na li~nom nivou, koje stvaraju sasvim druga~iju, drugu dimenziju prostora, a vreme pretvaraju u narativ, grade vezu Ovde i Tamo.

Recollection – Reconstruction, zaista!

1 Anet Mesa`e, Re~ za re~, 2006.

2 Pattern (engl.) – obrazac, mustra 3 Gabriel Orosko: „I like to see my work as the result or a by-product or a left-over of specific situations.“ 4 Od najstarijih vremena najosnovniji, skoro geometrijski apstraktni obrasci smatrani su sna`nim simbolima, posebno simbolima besmrtnosti, jedinstva, ravnote`e.

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RECONSTRUCTIONS Tatjana Milosavljevi}

The latest art project by Vladimir Rankovi}, multimedia artist and lecturer at the Faculty of Philology and Arts at the University of Kragujevac is named ''Reconstructions'', and we might add – ''Recollections'', hindsights, i.e. Reconstructions, Recollections, because we belong to generations raised and educatedon principles of transnationalism, multiculturalism, co-existence and interdisciplinarity upon which we formed our criteria both as human beings and as professionals. That is why we sometimes find it easier to convey precisely what we mean and want in a single, universal phrase.

This is an artist of not only formal but also vast and versatile erudition.

Everything Vladimir Rankovi} has done so far, every artistic notion he has brought about before us in his works is both subtle and skillful. It is inevitably inherent to his obviously long-term, perhaps even permanent research and social, psychological, emotional, artistic and personal context, although not necessarily in that order. To put it briefly, both micro and macro plan!

Why do we claim that Rankovi} conceives and carries out his artistic projects (the phrase is indeed worn out, but in this case the only accurate one) toward that space in which the context is to be exhibited or introduced? Because he conquers the space with his material, form and plastic theme; he bends it to his will, his idea and his need to say what he wants.

Rankovi} quotes: ''Mostly, I believe an artist doesn't create something, but is there to sort through, to show, to point out what already exists, to put it into form and sometimes reformulate it''.1 He therefore adheres to his credo of adopting details – or patterns, as he himself calls them – from everyday life, by applying no aesthetic criterion (though not excluding it, either), he arranges, combines, possibly gives a new meaning, because he singles them out based on his sentiment and (emotional) context, as well.

Rankovi} multiplies the details in question: wallpaper samples, ceramic tiles, curtain and bed sheet motifs to such an extent that they themselves become new motifs. And as you are reading the author's explanations on where each sample has been taken and from which present or past living space it originates, as the patterns reoccur to an excessive degree, up to tenfold, you slowly begin to realize that what you perceive as multiplication – repetition, development, evolution – is actually what the author himself describes as ''perpetual appearing and disappearing''. It is in this way that the emotional context becomes clear, the context in which every wall of a gallery becomes an objective space that comes with an inevitable interaction where emotions hold sway over rationality. That is why the author calls it ''partial reconstruction''.

One contemporary artist claims to like seeing his work as the result or a by-product or a left-over of a specific situation.2 That is precisely the way in which Rankovi}, through his work, revives and determines sequences from his own life, which stand before us restored in a different context.

It would be pointless to analyze the visual aspect – the pattern is here and it is (industrially) set, but when it comes to placing it in a specific context, the very thought of processing and applying it is what the author is intrigued by and he has dedicated the entirety of his artistic efforts to that. He therefore relies on the symbolic strategy from the outset, while narrative elements appear from the background and again in the end we cannot help but think that this too is an abstract context.3 We may therefore regard these ''Reconstructions'' by Vladimir Rankovi} through all their segments/fragments as archeological findings as well, as signs and notes made on a personal level. They create an entirely different, alternate dimension of space; they turn time into a narrative and establish a link both Here and There.

Recollection – Reconstruction, indeed!

1 Annette Messager, Word for Word, 2006 2 Gabriel Orozsco 3 The most elementary, almost geometrical abstract patterns have been regarded, since time immemorial, as powerful symbols especially of immortality, unity and equilibrium.

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Vladimir Rankovi} ro|en je u Kragujevcu 1973. godine. Diplomirao je na Fakultetu primenjenih umetnosti u Beogradu, odsek Primenjena grafika, atelje Grafika i knjiga. Student je doktorskih interdisciplinarnih studija Teorija umetnosti i medija na Univerzitetu umetnosti u Beogradu.

Docent je za oblast Grafika i grafi~ke tehnike na Filolo{ko-umetni~kom fakultetu u Kragujevcu. Realizovao je deset radova u kojima se bavi odnosom subjekta i prostora.

Samostalne izlo`be „‘Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams’“, slike • Gornji Milanovac, Likovna galerija Kulturnog centra, 2012.

• Nik{i}, Crna Gora, Centar za kulturu, Galerija „Ilija [obaji}“, 2011. „Bauljanje“, (Predrag Lojanica: „Vaskrsnu}e telo“, slike / Vladimir Rankovi}: „Presek“, instalacija) • Beograd, Umetni~ki centar Univerzitetske biblioteke „Svetozar Markovi}“, 2009. „Gosti – reprodukcije nepostoje}ih slika“, grafike • [abac, Galerija Kulturnog centra, 2008.

• Portland, Oregon, SAD – Plates to Pixels Online Gallery (Vladimir Rankovi} / Edvard Bejtman), 2008.

• Kraljevo, Francuska ku}a, 2008.

• Novi Sad, Likovni salon Kulturnog centra, 2008. „Tu|i prostori – ‘@ivi li ~ovek od iznutra ka spolja ili od spolja ka iznutra?’“, instalacija • Beograd, Galerija Doma omladine, 2007. „Tu|i prostori – 12 | 12“, instalacija • Kragujevac, Galerija Studentskog kulturnog centra, 2007. „Me|uprostor“, (Rado{ Antonijevi}: „[ator De~ani M1“, instalacija / Vladimir Rankovi}: „Kreveti Balkana“, instalacija) • Smederevo, Galerija Centra za kulturu, Me|unarodni multimedijalni festival „PatosOFFiranje“, 2007. „Prostori“, crte`i • Kraljevo, Francuska ku}a „Jelena An`ujska“, 2006.

• Kragujevac, Moderna galerija Narodnog muzeja, 2006.

Nagrade Bruklin, Njujork, SAD – Muzej kompjuterske umetnosti, Inauguraciona izlo`ba, 2008 – Prva nagrada Kovin, 24. likovni salon, 2006 – Nagrada za grafiku Smederevo, 5. bijenale likovnih i primenjenih umetnosti, 2006 – Nagrada za grafiku Beograd, N. U. „Bra}a Stamenkovi}“, XXIII izlo`ba „Crte` Beograda“, 2003 – Tre}a nagrada

Grupne izlo`be (izbor) „Der Wanderer, Eho jedne ikone“, BredaPhoto, MOTI (Museum of the Image), Breda, Holandija, 2014. „Mondijalizacija“, Me|unarodno trijenale digitalne grafike Prix Contraste, Galerie Contraste, Fribur, [vajcarska, 2014.

Prole}na izlo`ba, ULUS, Umetni~ki paviljon „Cvijeta Zuzori}“, Beograd, 2014, 2012, 2009. „Vreme Prostor Umetnost | Zeit Raum Kunst“, autor: Tatjana Milosavljevi}, Galerija Narodnog muzeja Kragujevac; Galerie in Theather, Ingol{tat, Nema~ka, 2013. „11th Lessedra World Print Annual“, Sofija, Bugarska, 2012.

Prvo me|unarodno trijenale grafike, ULUS, Umetni~ki paviljon „Cvijeta Zuzori}“, Beograd, 2011.

Me|unarodno bijenale savremene grafike „Iosif Iser“, Muzej umetnosti okruga Prahova, Ploe{ti, Rumunija, 2011, 2009. „International Digital Show 4“ (online/on-screen izlo`ba), „Nezavisni“, Liverpulski bijenale, Liverpul, Velika Britanija, 2008.

FIFE – Me|unarodni festival eksperimentalnog filma „Carbunari 2007“, Muzej Florean, Karbunari, Rumunija, 2007.

Jesenja izlo`ba 2006, ULUS; Umetni~ki paviljon „Cvijeta Zuzori}“, Beograd, 2006.

Tekstove objavljivao u ~asopisima „Lipar“ i „Koraci“, u „Art Fami“ i „Politikinom Zabavniku“, kao i u katalozima samostalnih izlo`bi brojnih umetnika (Simonida Radonji}, Ivan Miladinovi}, Nikola Velicki, Gabrijela Bulatovi}, Aleksandar Zari}, Milica Antonijevi}, Ivan Arsenijevi}, Teodora Tasi}, Filip Misita, Katarina Dragutinovi} Roccella, Smiljana Pe{i}, Ivana Flegar…). „Rekonstrukcije“, katalog 1 „Ku}a baba Slobe i deda @arka, Kragujevac, Srbija, Dr Radosava Markovi}a 21, nekada Branka Radi~evi}a 17, delimi~na rekonstrukcija (494)“ 2 „Ku}a Kne`evi}a, Nik{i}, Crna Gora, Voja Samard`i}a Crnog 12, delimi~na rekonstrukcija (494)“ 3 „Univerzitet umetnosti, Beograd, Srbija, Kosan~i}ev venac 29, delimi~na rekonstrukcija (494)“ • 4 „Mikin apartman, Krakov, Poljska, Bozego ciała 12, delimi~na rekonstrukcija (494)“ 5 „Emin i Mikijev stan, Be~, Austrija, Gersthoffer Straße 47, delimi~na rekonstrukcija (1)“ 6 „Igorov, Sanjin, Nik{in, Miljin i Uglje{in stan, Beograd, Srbija, Klare Cetkin 14, delimi~na rekonstrukcija (23)“ E-mail: vladimir.rankovic@kg.ac.rs 14

Vladimir Rankovi} was born in Kragujevac in 1973. He graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Department of Graphic Art, Group for Printmaking and Book Design. He is a PhD student in interdisciplinary studies of Theory of Arts and Media at the University of Arts in Belgrade.

He is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac for the specialized field of Printmaking and print techniques. He realized ten works in which he dealt with the relation between subject and space.

Solo exhibitions "'Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams'", paintings • Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, Cultural Centre Art Gallery, 2012 • Nik{i}, Montenegro, Cultural Centre, "Ilija [obaji}" Gallery, 2011 "Crawling", (Predrag Lojanica: "The Body Will Resurrect", paintings / Vladimir Rankovi}: "Intersection", installation) • Belgrade, Serbia, Art Center of University Library “Svetozar Markovi}”, 2009 "Guests – Reproductions of Nonexistent Paintings", prints • [abac, Serbia, Cultural Centre Gallery, 2008 • Kraljevo, Serbia, French House, 2008 • Portland, Oregon, USA – Plates to Pixels Online Gallery, (Vladimir Rankovi} / Edward Bateman), 2008 • Novi Sad, Serbia, Plastic Art Salon of the Cultural Centre, 2008 "Somebody Else's Spaces – 'Does a Man Live From Within to Without or From Without to Within?'", installation • Belgrade, Serbia, Youth Cultural Centre Gallery, 2007 "Somebody Else's Spaces – 12 | 12", installation • Kragujevac, Serbia, Students Cultural Centre Gallery, 2007 "Interspace", (Rado{ Antonijevi}: "Tent De~ani M1", installation / Vladimir Rankovi}: "The Balkan Beds", installation) • Smederevo, Serbia, Cultural Centre Gallery, "PatosOFFiranje" International Multimedia Festival, 2007 "Spaces", drawings • Kraljevo, Serbia, French House "Helen d'Anjou", 2006 • Kragujevac, Serbia, Modern Gallery of National Museum, 2006 Prizes Brooklyn, New York, USA – MOCA: Museum of Computer Art, Inaugural Exhibit, 2008 – First Prize Kovin, Serbia, 24th Art Salon, 2006 – Prize for print Smederevo, Serbia, 5th Biennial of Fine and Applied Arts, 2006 – Prize for print Beograd, Serbia, N. U. "Bra}a Stamenkovi}", XXIII Exhibition "Drawing of Belgrade", 2003 – Third Prize 15

Group exhibitions (selection) "Der Wanderer, Echo of an icon", BredaPhoto, MOTI (Museum of the Image), Breda, Netherlands, 2014 "Mondialisation", International Triennial for Digital Fine Art Printmaking "Prix Contraste", Galerie Contraste, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2014 Spring Exhibition of ULUS (Artists' Association of Serbia), Art Pavilion "Cvijeta Zuzori}", Belgrade, Serbia, 2014, 2012, 2009 "Time Space Art | Zeit Raum Kunst", curator: Tatjana Milosavljevi}, Gallery of National Museum Kragujevac, Serbia; Galerie in Theather, Ingolstadt, Germany, 2013 "11th Lessedra World Print Annual", Sofia, Bulgaria, 2012 First International Printmaking Triennial of ULUS (Artists’ Association of Serbia), Art Pavilion "Cvijeta Zuzori}", Belgrade, Serbia, 2011 The "Iosif Iser" International Contemporary Engraving Biennial Exhibition, Art Museum of Prahova county, Ploieşti, Romania, 2011, 2009 "International Digital Show 4" (online/on-screen exhibition), "Independents" Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2008 FIFE – International Experimental Film Festival "Carbunari 2007", Florean Museum, Carbunari, Romania, 2007 Autumn Exhibition of ULUS (Artists' Association of Serbia), Art Pavilion "Cvijeta Zuzori}", Belgrade, Serbia, 2006 He published texts in the magazines "Lipar" and "Koraci", in "Art Fama" and "Politikin Zabavnik", as well as in the catalogues of solo exhibitions of numerous artists (Simonida Radonji}, Ivan Miladinovi}, Aleksandar Zari}, Gabrijela Bulatovi}, Milica Antonijevi}, Ivan Arsenijevi}, Teodora Tasi}…).

"Reconstructions", catalogue 1 "House of grandma Sloba and grandad @arko, Kragujevac, Serbia, Dr Radosava Markovi}a 21, formerly Branka Radi~evi}a 17, partial reconstruction (494)" 2 "House of Kne`evi} family, Nik{i}, Montenegro, Voja Samard`i}a Crnog 12, partial reconstruction (494)" 3 "University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Kosan~i}ev venac 29, partial reconstruction (494)" • 4 "Mika's apartment, Kraków, Poland, Bozego ciała 12, partial reconstruction (494)" 5 "Ema's and Miki's flat, Vienna, Austria, Gersthoffer Straße 47, partial reconstruction (1)" 6 "Igor's, Sanja's, Nik{a's, Milja's and Uglje{a's apartment, Belgrade, Serbia, Klare Cetkin 14, partial reconstruction (23)" E-mail: vladimir.rankovic@kg.ac.rs

Vladimir Rankovi} REKONSTRUKCIJE // RECONSTRUCTIONS

Izdava~ // Published by Narodni muzej Kragujevac // National Museum Kragujevac Za izdava~a // Authorised Aleksandar Stamenkovi} Kustos izlo`be // Curator of the exhibition Tatjana Milosavljevi} Prevod // Translaton Milo{ Arsi} Fotografije // Photographs Predrag Cile Mihajlovi} Likovno-grafi~ko oblikovanje kataloga // Design of the catalogue Vladimir Rankovi} Tehni~ka pomo} // Technical support Bojan Radovanovi}, Nemanja Radi{i} [tampa // Printed by Nais print, Ni{ Tira` // Circulation 300

Izlo`bu je pomogao Filolo{ko-umetni~ki fakultet, Kragujevac.

The exhibition is supported by the Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac.

CIP - Каталогизација у публикацији - Народна библиотека Србије, Београд 75.071.1:929 Ранковић В. (083.824) 75(497.11)"20"(083.824) РАНКОВИЋ, Владимир, 1973Vladimir Ranković : rekonstrukcije = reconstructions : Galerija Narodnog muzeja, Kragujevac, 26. decembar 2014 - 12. februar 2015. = Gallery of National Museum, Kragujevac, December 26, 2014 - February 12, 2015 / [kustos izložbe, curator of the exhibition Tatjana Milosavljević ; prevod, translation Miloš Arsić ; fotografije, photographs Predrag Cile Mihajlović]. - Kragujevac : Narodni muzej, 2014 (Niš : Nais print). - 16 стр. : reprodukcije ; 24 cm Uporedo srp. tekst i engl. prevod. - Tekst štampan dvostubačno. - Tiraž 300.

- Str. 3: Rekonstrukcije / Tatjana Milosavljević. - Biografski podaci o umetniku.

ISBN 978-86-85647-50-5 a) Ранковић, Владимир (1973-) - Слике - Изложбени каталози COBISS.SR-ID 212068108