When: Saturday, 07/06 at 7 PM
Where: X VITAMIN, Resavska 19, Belgrade
Balzam is, for Kadirić, a metaphor for the eternally circulating and pulsating life in nature. It is an ancient liquid, alchemically elusive, changing in color, density, and volume. Sometimes it appears as a red pool of blood, a black tar-like puddle, at other times as a swirling river or shallow stream from which deer drink. The Balzam cycle is rich with black matter, a dense fluid that connects us to the past and the future, to other histories from which we too originated. From this matter, black beings emerge, which, according to the artist, refuse to accept other colors into themselves. This black, carbonized, moist cloud persistently carries its myths. Through these mysterious beings made of primal matter, the artist seeks to celebrate this brief time on Earth, the short inhale and exhale, life itself. – Senka Latinović
Edita Kadirić (b. 1976, Banja Luka) is a visual artist whose work is based on exploring human recognition and discomfort through visual storytelling. She received her higher education in visual arts (Academy of Arts, Novi Sad; Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade; New Media and Artistic Production, Faculty of Fine Arts, Barcelona). She was a fellow at the Fabra i Coats Center for Contemporary Art in Barcelona. Her work has been awarded multiple times and supported for years by the Carmen Würth Collection. It is also part of numerous private collections and institutions across Europe and the United States.
Kadirić has realized a large number of solo exhibitions (Würth Museum – Germany; Promgalerie – Germany; La Trastera – Spain; Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina – Serbia; Contemporary Gallery Subotica – Serbia; Salon Otto Bihalji-Merin – Serbia, etc.), group exhibitions, and multimedia projects. Drawing serves as her starting point and closest medium, which she then expands into forms such as animation, painting, objects, theater, video art, and performance. She lives and works across France, Serbia, and Spain.
Seria Pastorala (2), 2024, kombinovana tehnika/crtež na papiru
Seria Blazam (6), 2025, kombinovana tehnika/crtež na papiru.
The exhibition is presented in collaboration between BelArt Gallery (Novi Sad) and X VITAMIN Gallery (Belgrade).