Future of Melancholia
HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz

Slide show

17.4.2025

*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Aleksandar Vučo, Dušan Matić
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Vane Bor (Stevan Živadinović)
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Vane Bor (Stevan Živadinović), *Ludi arhitekta* (The Mad Architect), 1960 – 1970
Combined technique, hardboard
92 × 61 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Vane Bor (Stevan Živadinović), *Noćna ptica u gradu* (A Night Bird in the City), 1960 – 1970
Combined technique, hardboard
91 × 60 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Leonid Šejka, *Ostrvo Patam* (The Island of Patam), 1967
Oil on canvas
44,5 × 34,5 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Leonid Šejka, *Kutija* (Box), 1966/68
Oil, acrylic, wood
27,5 × 16 × 14,5 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Leonid Šejka, *Kocka (Zodijak)* (Cube (Zodiac)), 1967
Oil, tempera, wood
9,5 × 8 × 5 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Ilija Bašičević Bosilj, *Životinje u raju* (Animals in Heaven), 1969
Oil, hardboard
122 × 75 cm
Courtesy Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina
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Ilija Bašičević Bosilj, *Astronauti* (Astronauts), 1966
Oil on plywood
42 × 48 cm
Courtesy Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina
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Ilija Bašičević Bosilj, *Mis Ilijada* (Miss Ilijada), 1969
Oil, hardboard
115 × 120 cm
Courtesy Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina
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Ilija Bašičević Bosilj, *Dolazak kostronauta na Mesec* (Arrival of the Astronauts on the Moon), 1965
Oil on canvas
50 × 67 cm
Courtesy Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Sava Sekulić
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Sava Sekulić, *Priroda hoda preko nebeskog svoda* (Nature Walking over Heaven), 1974
Oil on hardboard
102 × 70,5 cm
Courtesy Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina
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Sava Sekulić, *Jezici čovečanstva* (The Languages of Mankind), 1976
Oil on cardboard
90,5 × 64 cm
Courtesy Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina
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Sava Sekulić, *Izraštaj iz različitih to što jesam biti* (Sprout from the same to be what I am), 1960
Oil on canvas
57,5 × 47,5 cm
Courtesy Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina
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Sava Sekulić, *Ruka, junak i ptica svemoćnica* (A Hand, Hero and All-powerful Bird), 1976
Oil on cardboard
60 × 54 cm
Courtesy Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina
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Radojica Živadinović Noe, *Zavesa na prozoru* (Window Curtain), ca. 1927
Watercolor drawing and ink on paper, mounted on cardboard (Facsimile)
12,2 × 10,5 cm (variable dimension)
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Ivan Tabaković
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Ivan Tabaković, *Senka* (Shadow), 1958
Oil on canvas
51 × 60 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Ivan Tabaković, *Na šalteru* (At the Counter), 1959
Oil on canvas
46 × 55 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Boguljub Jovanović
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Boguljub Jovanović, *Head vs Wall*, 1962/63
Colored inks and wax on paper
58,5 × 73,5 cm
Courtesy Galerija Rima, Belgrade
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Boguljub Jovanović, *Angry Messenger*, 1962
Colored inks and wax on paper
58,5 × 73,5 cm
Courtesy Galerija Rima, Belgrade
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Boguljub Jovanović, *Night. Watch. Man.*, 1962/63
Colored inks and wax on paper
58,5 × 73,5 cm
Courtesy Galerija Rima, Belgrade
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Olga Jevrić
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Olga Jevrić, *Complementary Forms Ib*, 1956/59
Ferric oxide, iron
28 × 21 × 11 cm
Legacy of Olga Jevrić
Courtesy Art Collection of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia
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Olga Jevrić, *Centripetal Form I*, 1964/65
Ferric oxide, iron
28 × 24,5 × 15 cm
Legacy of Olga Jevrić
Courtesy Art Collection of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia
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Olga Jevrić, *Axial Agglomeration*, 1969 – 1971
Ferric oxide, iron
27 × 22 × 19 cm
Legacy of Olga Jevrić
Courtesy Art Collection of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia
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Olga Jevrić, *Astatic Composition IIa*, 1969 – 1975
Ferric oxide, iron
33,5 × 25 × 23 cm
Legacy of Olga Jevrić
Courtesy Art Collection of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia
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Olga Jevrić, *The Form in Origination II*, 1969 – 1973
Ferric oxide
25 × 23 × 13 cm
Legacy of Olga Jevrić
Courtesy Art Collection of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Milica Zorić
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Milica Zorić, *Adam i Eva* (Adam and Eve), 1959
Tapestry, hand embroidery with folk embroidery appliqué
135 × 297,5 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Milica Zorić, *Lovac sa buzdovanom* (A Hunter with a Mace), 1958
Tapestry, hand embroidery with folk embroidery appliqué
200 × 134 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Milica Zorić, *Izdaja na gozbi* (Betrayal at the Feast), 1963
Tapestry, hand embroidery with folk embroidery appliqué
140 × 200 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Milica Zorić, *Čovek sa pticom* (The Man with the Bird), 1959
Tapestry, hand embroidery with folk embroidery appliqué
225 × 135 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Milica Zorić, *Žena iz Hirošime* (Woman from Hiroshima), 1962
Tapestry, hand embroidery with folk embroidery appliqué
199 × 204 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Radomir Reljić, *Minezenger* (Minesenger), 1963
Oil on canvas
97 × 130 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Radomir Reljić, *Muzička žrtva* (A Musical Sacrifice), 1966
Oil on canvas
135 × 135 cm
Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Kosara Bokšan, *Après l’orage* (After the Storm), 1977
Oil on canvas
136 × 246,5 cm, framed
Courtesy Galerija Rima, Belgrade
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Ljiljana Blaževska, *Nature Morte*, ca. 1970
Oil on canvas
70 × 55 cm, framed
Courtesy Viktor Sekularac, Belgrade
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Ljiljana Blaževska, *Untitled*, ca. 1980
Oil on canvas
80 × 50 cm
Courtesy Viktor Sekularac, Belgrade
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Marko Obradović, *Keyhole 1*, 2024
Oil on wood panel
40 × 16 × 2,5 cm
Courtesy Eugster || Belgrade
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Marko Obradović, *Keyhole 4*, 2024
Oil on wood panel
40 × 16 × 2,5 cm
Courtesy Eugster || Belgrade
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Marko Obradović, *Heaven’s rot (star)*, 2024
Mixed media and oil on wood panel
135 × 84 × 2,5 cm
Courtesy Eugster || Belgrade
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Milena Dragicevic
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Milena Dragicevic, *Erections for Transatlantica (Geta)*, 2018
Acrylic and oil on brown dyed canvas
148 × 91,5 cm
Courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
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Milena Dragicevic, *Erections for Transatlantica (Ayn)*, 2018
Acrylic and oil on linen
148 × 91,5 cm
Courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
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Milena Dragicevic, *Erections for Transatlantica (Armi)*, 2017
Acrylic, clear gesso, oil on black fabric
148 × 91,5 cm
Courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Vukadin Filipović
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Vukadin Filipović, *Doublefawn or The my everything painting*, 2024
Ink and RSG on satin
140 × 230 cm
Courtesy Non Canonico, Belgrade
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Vukadin Filipović, *Doublefawn or The my everything painting*, 2024
Ink and RSG on satin
140 × 230 cm
Courtesy Non Canonico, Belgrade
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Biljana Đurđević, *Dancer*, 2022
Stop Motion Animation, 0,20 Min.
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Biljana Đurđević, *Promised Land*, 2019/20
Oil on canvas
255 × 745 cm, Poliptych
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Lidija Delić, *Park at Night*, 2024
Oil on linen
180 × 150 cm
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Lidija Delić
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Lidija Delić, *A Moment ago*, 2022
Oil on linen
180 × 150 cm
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Lidija Delić, *A View from an Office*, 2020
Oil on linen
180 × 150 cm
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Lidija Delić, *Tropique Nord*, 2018
Oil on linen
220 × 160 cm
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Marija Šević
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Marija Šević, *Great War Island*, 2025
Oil on canvas
150 × 150 cm
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Marija Šević, *Andrija*, 2022
Oil on canvas
220 × 160 cm
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Marija Šević, *SI FI Fantasy*, 2021
Oil on canvas
50 × 40 cm
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Marija Šević, *Luka*, 2024
Oil on canvas
160 × 240 cm
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Saša Tkačenko, *I’ve Chased my Broken Dreams*, 2018
Digital print on fabric
250 × 150 cm
Courtesy Eugster || Belgrade
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*Future of Melancholia*, 2025
Exhibition view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
Nina Zeljković
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Nina Zeljković, *Nave Narthex Navel*, 2021/25
with Luka Ivanović
Audio-Video Installation, 20 Min., Loop
Courtesy Non Canonico, Belgrade
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Nina Zeljković, *Untitled Red*, 2022
Oil on canvas
45 × 25 cm
Courtesy Non Canonico, Belgrade
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Nina Zeljković, *Untitled 1 (iconoclasts)*, 2022
Oil on canvas
35 × 25 cm
Courtesy Non Canonico, Belgrade
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Nina Zeljković, *Papilon*, 2022
Oil on canvas
180 × 180 cm
Courtesy Non Canonico, Belgrade
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Saša Tkačenko, *I Could Live in Hope*, 2024
Spray paint stencil on white t‑shirt XL
Variable dimensions, Edition 1 + 2 AP
Courtesy Eugster || Belgrade
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The exhibition Future of Melancholia at the HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark in Graz explores the role of art in dealing with melancholy as a regional and international contemporary phenomenon. It shows works by Serbian artists from three generations and deals with surrealist imagery and its developments since the 1920s. Starting with the Belgrade Surrealist group around Marko Ristić and Vane Bor, artists such as Ljiljana Blaževska, Olga Jevrić and Sava Sekulić through to contemporary positions by Lidija Delić and Biljana Đurđević are presented. The works move between figurative and abstract art, take up the surreal, allegorical and metaphysical and reflect the dualism of nostalgia and belief in progress. The exhibition is part of a cooperation with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, where Austrian artists are also exhibited. It promotes cultural exchange between Serbia and Austria and is part of the Imagine Dignity — Laboratories Of Hope initiative.

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Video

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As part of the exhibition A.rtificial I.ntrospection O., Michael Krebber speaks with Sandro Droschl about his artistic practice and his engagement with the writings and conceptual models of Oswald Wiener.

Michael Krebber in conversation with Sandro Droschl

A.rtificial I.ntrospection O.
Exhibition Tour

Slide show

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Slide Show A.rtificial I.ntrospection O.

Dr. Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer
Susanne Wenger’s painting between Africa and Europe

Video

19.3.2026

In her lecture, art historian and curator Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer examines Susanne Wenger’s work as a transcultural Gesamtkunstwerk that bridges European modernism and Yorùbá ritual practice, creating a new sacred aesthetic that merges art, ritual, and cultural boundaries.

Brigitte Borchardt

Kathy Rae Huffman
FROM CYBERFEMINISM
UNTIL NOW

Video

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Kathy Rae Huffman’s lecture traces the evolution of cyberfeminism since the 1990s: it connected women in the digital sphere, challenged existing power structures, and presented examples — from VNS Matrix to contemporary digital activism — that highlight critiques of platform corporations, AI cultures, and global inequalities.

Kathy Rae Huffman

Xol Meissner
Concert

Video

7.3.2026

New York-based artist Xol Meissner — the alter ego of composer Mauro Hertig — has transformed the HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark into a hypnotic soundscape of extraordinary intensity with his haunting music, which oscillates between contemporary classical and avant-garde rock.

Xol Meissner

Karin M. Schmidlechner
Styrian women during and after National Socialism

Video

26.2.2026

In her research and in the volume Aus dem Blickfeld (Out of Sight), co-edited with Heimo Halbrainer, Karin Maria Schmidlechner demonstrates that the lived realities of Styrian women during the Nazi era and the postwar period were diverse and ambivalent. Hence, she broadens the scholarly discourse on their daily lives while simultaneously deconstructing common narratives such as that of the conformist woman or the so-called “rubble woman.”

Karin M. Schmidlechner

Eva Ursprung
The Art of Surfacing

Slide show

6.2.2026

With the exhibition The Art of Surfacing, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark presents the multifaceted work of Austrian artist, musician, and curator Eva Ursprung, who was awarded the Honorary Prize of the Province of Styria in 2024. Her cross-media, feminist, and socially critical approaches revolve around the element of water as a metaphor for change and political and ecological processes.

Slide show Eva Ursprung

Susanne Wenger
Àdùnní Olórìṣà

Slide show

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Slide Show Susanne Wenger