27.06.2015.

Exhibition of paintings by Nada Novakovic opened at the Central Military Club

At the Small Gallery of the Central Military Club, the exhibition “Biography of a signature – Nada Novakovic 1915-1993” was ceremonially opened. Over 30 presented paintings give an opportunity to refresh the memory of the creative opus of the artist, and to let her name shine in the artistic sky once again.

Commenting on the exhibition, Deputy Director of Odbrana Media Center Lieutenant Colonel Zoran Krupez stressed that this was a chance to symbolically pay an homage to the artist, who had been born a century ago, and who contributed to the Yugoslav artistic scene in the 20th century with her work.

He also stressed the curiosity that some of Nada Novakovic’s works in 1971 were presented at the Gallery of the Central Military Club as a part of the exhibition “People’s liberation battle in works of Yugoslav painters”.

Opening the exhibition, higher curator of the National Museum Petar Petrovic stated that Nada Novakovic had wished the most to create, in spite of the destructions and wars she had lived through, as much as she could and with as much strength as she could foster. Petrovic also stressed that Nada had also dedicated a large part of her life to teaching, so that the intimate part were here paintings, and she dedicated the active part to the noble calling and working with children.

Looking back on Nada’s artistic expression, skill and favourite techniques, art historian Marijana Zivanovic stressed that the exhibition was to discover a part of forgotten past, and to reaffirm the artist of humble personality, whose works depicted the circumstances in which they had been created – during the war, education in Paris, and later during life in Sarajevo and Belgrade, at the same time depicting the fate of the artist herself.
The exhibition will be open to all visitors until 11th July.