The annual selective exhibition of Collegium Artisticum, dedicated to the Day of Sarajevo, was opened last night at the exhibition space of the gallery of the same name. Additionally, the annual awards and recognitions for the best achievements were presented.
Every year in April, the audience has a unique opportunity to view an exhibition in the gallery space that encompasses a wide range of creative reflections, explorations, aspirations, and achievements in the fields of visual and applied arts, design, and architecture, including works in graphic, product, and fashion design, scenography, costume design, artistic photography, interiors, ceramics, illustration, artistic metalworking, textiles, and other materials, as well as works in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation, performance, and video art.
At this year’s 45th exhibition, 180 works by Bosnian-Herzegovinian (BiH) artists, designers, and architects were presented, and awards and recognitions were given at the exhibition opening for the best achievements according to the decisions of professional committees of the associations.
The co-organizers of the annual selective exhibition are the Association of Applied Arts and Designers in BiH, the Association of Fine Artists in BiH, the Association of Architects in BiH, and the Public Institution Collegium Artisticum.
Samina Tanovic, the president of the Association of Applied Arts and Designers in BiH, said on this occasion that they had a great turnout this year, and that the jury members had a lot of work, starting from the selection of the works to be presented.
She added that this year, the audience would be able to see 180 works by 184 artists, as some of them are group works.
“The exhibition represents a kind of cross-section or reflection of the state of our society, economy, design, architecture…,” she said.
As part of the exhibition, Grand Prix awards were also presented by each of the organizing associations, and the recipients were Berin Spahic, Jusuf Hadzifejzovic, Vernes Causevic, and Lucy Dinnen.
Causevic, as he said, received the award for the design of an ecologically and economically sustainable apartment located in Sarajevo, called Zemlja (Earth).
“It is a model for sustainable urban living that addresses the challenges of post-war society, as well as the global climate crisis, for which the construction industry is largely responsible due to urbanization and plasticization of cities,” he said.
Berin Spahic said he received the award for designing a chair made of wood and iron, an industrial project intended for public conference rooms or restaurants.
The exhibition, which has been a tradition since 1975, has an undisputed dignity as an event of special interest to the city, and through its long-standing tradition, it fosters unity and preserves the memory of the progressive intellectual and artistic movement that marked the cultural life of the community at the end of the fourth decade of the 20th century, BHRT writes.
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Photo: Fena
