Danka Dimitrijević
DOBRO JUTRO LJUDI NASTAVLJA SE RAT
5. maj – 11. maj 2017.
transformArt gallery
Svetog Save 8, 11000 Belgrade

Dugo su se na njenim slikama razmenjivali oblici cveta orhideje koji su upućivali na pihološke i duhovne sadržaje čoveka. Njihovo mesto sada su zauzele ptice, u revolucionarnom poletu, prikazane poluapstraktno, ali asocijativnom simbolikom.

U Dankinom radu ptica ima više značenja i kroz atmosferu je pokupila elemente zemlje: zlato, naftu, srebro, dijamante, kamen. Svaki od ovih elemenata ima svoju geološku, ali i političku konotaciju. Ne samo da je nafta izvor krvoprolića na Bliskom istoku, već je prizor ptice prekrivene sluzavom naftom nakon tragedije Britiš Petroleuma u Meksičkom zalivu možda jedna od najupečatljivijih medijskih slika ovog veka. Slika našeg mogućeg ekološkog kraja. Tako je Dankina crna ptica pod nazivom “Dobro jutro ljudi nastavlja se rat” donosilac takvih vesti. A opet, drugih, vedrijih dana ćete istu pticu tumačiti kao uspeh: ona se vinula nebu pod oblake uprkos svemu što je vuče na dole. Crni Feniks. Dankine ptice nose vesti, predosećaju, za razliku od nas koji smo u žrvnju svakodnevice

Tehnikom prepariranja poliuretanske pene na drvetu, dovedene u formu na kojoj može da se slika, Danka transformacijom slike u skulpturu ptice osobađa sa platna i pušta u prostor.

Ne postoje skice ni kroki, stvara iz glave, a boja se menja kroz proces rada.

Danka Dimitrijević’s art has long since been involved in the shapes of orchids that referred to the psychological and spiritual contents of people. Orchids have since this exhibition been replaced by birds in a revolutionary flight, portrayed as semi-abstract, associated with symbolism.

In Dimitrijević’s work, the bird has more meaning than just its form; through its environment it associates elements of the earth – gold, nafta, silver, diamonds, rocks. Each of these elements has its geological as well as political connotation. Not only is nafta a source of bloodshed in the east, it is now also the sight of birds covered in guck proceeding the British Petroleum leek incident in Mexico’s gulf – perhaps one of the most haunting images of our age. The picture of our potential ecological end. Dimitrijević’s black bird, named “Good morning people, the war continues”, is the barer of such news. Moreover, even optimistic days in the current climate will use and interpret the same black bird as its mascot: she rose upwards towards the skies even as everything weighed her down. The Black Phoenix. Dimitrijević’s birds carry news, burdened, in comparison to our hazed minds lost in the confusion of the everyday.

The artist uses a polyutherane foam as a primer on for her wood canvases, allowing her to paint on the specific surface as well as transform the birds into sculptures breaking out of the surfaces.

The artist does not use sketches or plans, she creates directly from her imagination where color is the fluid variable.