October in August&September
"October Art Salon"in Belgrade,most important review of recent Serbian art,=
dedicate to 20-th October- Belgrade's liberation day of Fascism,last year b=
ecome international,moved on and exchanged in 11.September.Everything is po=
ssible and allow!Everything could be replaced and renamed.Presence of a few=
famous artists:Kabakov, Boltansky,Abramovic…and number of native artists=
were confirm this significant Idea.Open minded art photographer and freeze=
r repair man Dragan Petrovic was confused:If October could be September,why=
handyman couldn't be The Artist?
Provoke by established and forced Great current topics applicable on Balkan=
and whole world(terrorism,democracy,guilt…)he avoid official curatorial =
selection and invade his new identity on opening ceremony.Dressed in worker=
s clothing he remind careless people which standing next to dazzling Desire=
materialized in plentiful produced art works on terrible rest of working c=
lass.Correct expression for this resistance is plebeian individualism,not s=
tupid populism,always pantomimic,cunning,always cautious;this is life full =
of amazement,without authority and subordination.This performance attract =
attention of public medium and encourage him to participate in "August Salo=
n"(SKC Gallery,Belgrade,October 2004).His work there was performance-open r=
epairing freezer.
http://www.geocities.com/fotografpetrovic/octobersalon04
WITH THE NAKED EYE
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