Marica Radojčič
By education mathematician. For many years works as university professor at University of Belgrade (the Faculty of Mathematics and University of Art); visiting professor/researcher at University of California, Berkeley, University of Hamburg, University of Bonn, MGU - Moscow etc. Fulbright award for mathematics 1985/6. Mathematical papers from abstract algebra, mathematical logic, mathematical linguistics, numerical mathematics. Last five years she runs UMNA-Art&Science, an independent organization in Belgrade.
In her art (based on mathematics and philosophy which usually are covered in some deeper layers) several ideas have been dominant:
-INFINITY (which is closely related to the idea of GOD)
-DEATH (particularly the tinny line between Death and Life)
-LANGUAGE (natural and abstract languages, roots of natural language, layers of meaning, language as visual media...)
-BRANCHING (as particular sort of potential infinity present in many aspects of human life, but also in the theoretical sciences like mathematics, physics, informatics)
-HUMAN LIMITS (limits of our world, of free will, of knowledge...)
Marica Radojcic
1943 born in Novi Karlovci, Serbia
Lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia
Education:
Graduated and obtained Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Belgrade.
Grants:
Fulbright award for mathematics for the academic 1985/86 which she spent at the Courant Institute, New York University.
Solo Exhibitions:
1982. Osijek, Gallery of the Youth Centre
1984. Sremska Mitrovica, Museum of Sirmium
1985. Belgrade, Gallery 73
1985. Titograd, Gallery of the ULUCG - the national association of the visual artists of
Montenegro
1986. Slavonski Brod, Gallery of the Labour University Đuro Salaj
1987. Belgrade, The World Mildly Shif ted to the Left, Gallery of the Cultural Centre of
Belgrade
1987. Belgrade, On the Edge of Rejection (with Jovan Čekić and Fedja Klikovac–selection
by J. Tijardović), Museum of Modern art, Gallery-Legacy of M. Zorić and R. Čolaković
1988. New York, Individuals Gallery (curated by Eric L. Stark)
1989. New York, Vertical Escape, E. L. Stark Gallery
1989. Belgrade, Salon of the Museum of Modern Art Belgrade,
1989. Belgrade, Gallery AZ
1990. New York, Stark Gallery
1991-94. NO EXHIBITIONS (The war in Yugoslavia)
1995. Belgrade, Words..., Gallery of the Cultural Centre of Belgrade
1998. Gent, Periodically, Experimental Intermedia
1999. New York, States of Inquiry, Stark Gallery
2001. Belgrade, Digital Art (with Vedran Vučić), Gallery Singidunum
2002. Belgrade, Return of Departure (sound Miša Savić & Phill Niblock), Gallery of the
Cultural Centre of Belgrade
2005. Klagenfurt, Branching (digital animations, digital print, digital sound in space),
Kunstlerhaus
2006. Cologne, Walling In, (virtual space with original sound – diffracted video
projection of the live performance), Alte Feuerwache, Festival Phill Niblock//Experimental Intermedia (curator Georg Dietzler)
2006. Ruma, Algorithm of Destruction, Homeland Museum Ruma (virtual space with original sound – diffracted video projection of the live Performance, live performance)
2008. Belgrade, Art gallery Stara kapetanija, Branching, (digital prints, digital animations, digital sound, drawings, barbed wire, ivy, performance with Manja Ristić)
2009. Novi Sad, Gallery of Matica Srpska, Gift Collection of Marica Radojčić, (oil paintings, installations, digital prints, digital animations, digital sound, drawings, paper works)
2009. Lazarevac, Gallery of Modern Art, Roots of Branching, (digital prints, digital animations, digital sound, drawings)
2009. N.Banovci, Muzej Macura with Kosta Bogdanović, (oil paintings, installations, drawings, paper works)
Group Exhibitions:
1983. Belgrade, October Salon, Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić
1984. Belgrade, Spring Exhibition of the ULUS, Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić
1984. Niš, Spring Exhibition of the ULUS, Gallery of Modern Art Niš
1984. Belgrade, Drawing and Small Plastics, Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić
1984. Belgrade, Belgrade-Inspiration of the Artists, Gallery of the Cultural Centre
1985. Belgrade, Critics have proposed, the Public Chooses, Gallery AZ
1985. Belgrade, October Salon, Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzori]
1985. New York, Micro MAX, Gallery Now
1986. New York, Four Women, Gallery Pearl
1986. New York, Micro MAX, Gallery Now
1986. New York, Personal Space, Wiesner Gallery
1986. New York, Happy-New-YE-Art Show, Wiesner Gallery
1986. New York, Group Show, Wiesner Gallery (selection: Gergelj Urkom)
1986. Belgrade, Interrelation Art (selection: Aleksandar Đjurić), Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić
1987. New York, Group Show, Gallery E.L. Stark
1987. Belgrade, Letter - the Sign and the Meaning, Gallery of the ULUS
1988/89 Buffalo, Albright-Knox Lending-library
1989. Sarajevo, Yugoslav Documents '89, Olympic center Skenderija
1990. New York, Group Show, Stark Gallery
1991. Siegen, Gummersbach, Eckenhagen, Kunst, Europa
1991. New York, Group Show, Stark Gallery
1992. Belgrade, Multi Media Section of ULUS Artists, ULUS Gallery Belgrade
1992. Za Slovom/Beyond Logos, Museum of Modern Art Belgrade - Legacy Čolaković
(author of the Exhibition: Marica Prešić)
1993. Belgrade, Suodnošavanja (Interrelationships), Museum of Belgrade
1993. Belgrade, Continum, Dannia Art
1993. Belgrade, Ex Tempo, Gallery of the Central Club of Yugoslav Army
1993. Belgrade, Simetrija (Symmetry), Regional Symposium and Exhibition, Gallery 73
1993. Belgrade, The Look f rom Aside: Approaching XXI Century (author of the exhibition:
Mirjana Živković), Gallery of the Cultural Centre of Belgrade
1993. Wellen/Belgium, Building Plans & Schemes, Cultural Centre of Heusden-Zolder
(author of the exhibition: Guy Bleus)
1995. Johannesburg, Af ricus, First Johannesburg Biennial
1997. Paris, L’Art La Lumiere L’Energie, NIKOLA TESLA, Centre Culturel Yougoslave
1998. Belgrade, Povest o vizuelnom (The Story of Visuality) - in honour of Aleksa
Čelebonović selection: Ivana ]elić)
2004. Belgrade, RE DISCOVER, Museum 25tth May, international exhibition of the
association IKG, (author of the exhibition: Dorothée Bauerle-Willert)
2005. Tallinn-Estonia, WITHOUT BORDERS, Museum of Architecure, international
exhibition of the association IKG
Projects:
1992. Belgrade, Za Slovom/Beyond Logos, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, international exhibition (author of the project: Marica Prešić - selection, production, selection of texts for catalogue, texts: Za Slovom/ Beyond Logos, States of inquiry) 1994. Belgrade, Kiss Me Violetly, poetry box of verses by Gordana Brajović,
publisher BMG-Belgrade (author of the project: Marica Prešić - idea, design, the prize Zlatno pero/Golden pen 94 for Marica Prešić) 1990 - 98. Belgrade, Words..., long lasted still unfinished artistico- mathematico-
philosophical project about some fundamental problems of natural language: power and weakness of language, roots of language, terror of and over language, possibilities of foundation, algorithmic properties (so far achieved: series of drawings dimension A4, series of drawings - dimensions 54x79 cm, 79x108 cm, two iron sculptures - dimensions 400x270x7 cm, 270x470x7cm, two installations made of stumps, grass, natural fungi grown on the stumps, glass - dimensions 110x75x45 cm, 40x37x30 cm, series of texts, exhibition Words... hold in the Gallery of the Cultural centre Belgrade in 1995), 1997. Sundsvall - Sweden, Five Eggs & Hundred Kilogrammes of Gypsum dust, joint project with Benjamin Edelberg, Los Angeles (author of the project: Marica Prešić – ambient in the train wagon, sound, light effects, performance 1997. Sweden (three weeks in special train from Copenhagen to Narvik and back), The Power of Form ?, a workshop during the EASA 97 - European Architecture Students Assembly (guiding of the workshop, students installations in Lysekil and Narvik) 1993-98, Belgrade, Mathematical Art Workshop (author of the project: Marica Prešić - foundation of the Workshop at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade bearing in mind exploration of the relations and connections between art and science, reconstruction of the space for the Workshop, acquisition of equipment, organization of several projects, production)
2002. Belgrade, Ava-Nir (with Miša Savić), Roman Well-Kalemegdan
2002. Belgrade, Return of Departure (sound Miša Savić & Phill Niblock), Barutana
2003. Belgrade, Erasing, International Cultural Centre, international project (author: Marica Prešić- space ambient, sound, light effects, performances, video and LCD projections)
2004. Belgrade, Erasing, International Cultural Centre, Museum 25tth May, Planetarium,...
long lasted international project (author: Marica Prešić- performances, projections,
presentations, discussions, exhibition) - project in progress
2005. Belgrade, Erasing, International Cultural Centre, Brick Factory Terra Nova 98
long lasted international project (author: Marica Prešić- performances, actions,
concerts, discussions, exhibition) - project in progress
2006. Wien, Branching (installation: digital animations, digital sound & talk),
Medienwerkstatt, Project Körperchen (curator Gertrude Moser-Wagner)
2006. Belgrade, I shall illuminate the dark side of the Moon, International multidisciplinary project, Nikola Tesla Museum, Magacin, Belgrade Public Bath, City Hall
2006. Belgrade, Stringing, (performance with Selena Savić), City Hall Belgrade
2009. Belgrade, Double Exposition, Serbo-Austrian project, Gallery Stara Kapetanija
(drawings, computer animations, paper works, installation, sculptures)
Collections:
Matica Srpska,Novi Sad, Serbia, Collection of Marica Radojcic (86 art works)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Museum of the City of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Macura Museum, Novi Banovci, Serbia
Albright-Knox Lending-library, Buffalo
Collection of Daniel Moquay, Paris
Gallery of Moder Art, Lazarevac, Serbia
Bibliography:
Matica Srpska,Novi Sad, Serbia, Collection of Marica Radojcic (86 art works)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Museum of the City of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Macura Museum, Novi Banovci, Serbia
Albright-Knox Lending-library, Buffalo
Collection of Daniel Moquay, Paris
Gallery of Modern Art, Lazarevac, Serbia
Links:
http://poincare.matf.bg.ac.rs/~marica/
http://my.beocity.net/~umna/
http://www.rcub.bg.ac.rs/~erasing
http://www.gruenefluchten.com/
Marica Radojcic
Gospodar Jovanova 27, 1100 Belgrade, Serbia
+381 64 250 34 20
umna@beocity.net
www.matf.bg.ac.yu/~marica
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