{"id":6340,"date":"2021-05-11T07:49:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T07:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugbih.ba\/2021\/05\/11\/coming-soon-solo-exhibition-by-selma-selman\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T08:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T08:09:40","slug":"coming-soon-solo-exhibition-by-selma-selman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugbih.ba\/en\/2021\/05\/11\/coming-soon-solo-exhibition-by-selma-selman\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo exhibition by Selma Selman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solo Exhibition<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SELMA SELMAN<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

23.07-<\/b><\/span><\/span>10<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>.09.2021.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Curator: Amila Ramovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Selma Selman\u2019s solo exhibition open in the National Gallery of BiH<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina is proud to announce that the solo exhibition by Selma Selman is open for visitors from 23 July 2021. Over the course of two years, the artist has collaborated with the curator Amila Ramovi\u0107 in developing <\/span><\/span>the shown works<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Presented in the exhibition are 64 art pieces belonging to the most recent production created for this exhibition.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>They <\/span><\/span>represent Selman\u2019s opus in its conceptual uniqueness while reflecting the complexity of her identity as a permanent \u201cother\u201d \u2013 a Roma, an immigrant, and a woman. Their strong driving power is, paradoxically, generated from the destructive energy employed in the recycling of raw iron material which secures the sustenance of her family. This energy can further be traced in the performative gesture, a manner of artistic and social engagement, which remains a characteristic of her work.<\/span> Performativity here is, however, equally on the artist\u2019s side as well as on the audience\u2019s: her works do not possess a stable meaning, do not offer a final message, nor do they have didactic ambitions. On the contrary, Selman invites us to reflect and question, particularly the ways in which we assign value to objects, work, and people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with the audio installation <\/span><\/span>No Space<\/b><\/span><\/span> (2019\/2021), the introduction to the exhibition is Selman’s selection of three video <\/span><\/span>pieces<\/span><\/span><\/span> contextualizing the newly created production and indicating the continuity and conceptual uniqueness of her entire oeuvre. The video installation<\/span><\/span> I Will Buy My Freedom When<\/b><\/span><\/span> (2014\/2018) documents her conversations with her family about the value of her life as seen through the living costs required for her upbringing. <\/span><\/span>Salt Water<\/b><\/span><\/span> (2015\/2016) is a subtle document of Selma’s mother Naza Abdulahi’s first encounter with the sea: as a Roma woman without identity documents, she never traveled outside her country, until laws aimed at confirming the identity of war-displaced persons did not allow her to obtain a passport. <\/span><\/span>Mercedes Matrix<\/b><\/span><\/span> (2019) was created as a video documentation of the Mercedes car disassembly performance at the Krass festival in Hamburg, which Selma realized in collaboration with her permanent team of family and friends from the community, where the performance literally replicates the daily activity that is the main source of their personal income.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The dominant part of the exhibition consists of new works previously not shown to the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Among them are 54 paintings on found iron objects, selected in the process of iron collection in collaboration with the artist’s family and <\/span><\/span>neigbours<\/span><\/span><\/span>. On two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects, the artist intervenes with acrylic paint, drawing and text, with individual paintings functioning as fragments of a dispersive installation <\/span><\/span>distributed<\/span><\/span><\/span> throughout the gallery space.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The monumental multimedia work <\/span><\/span>Platinum <\/b><\/span><\/span>(2021) functions as a spatial installation consisting of six car underbodies, from which the artist removes catalytic converters together with her family. The converters whose primary function is the purification of car exhaust gases, paradoxically carry a noble material – platinum. In the second phase of the performance, the artist collaborates with an expert to extrapolate platinum from the converters. Finally, the platinum is melted and poured out in sculpture. The sculpture is an axe, the ephonym of Selman\u2019s family work, exhibited in the space upon creation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The cycle of paintings <\/span><\/span>Dirt 0 <\/b><\/span><\/span>(2021) was created by exposing the painting canvas to pieces of scrap iron, and resulted in four monumental surfaces on which the remains of iron dust are fixed. Selman placed the canvases in her father’s work vehicle while he collected the iron pieces. The final product, an abstract “painting” that visually resembles an elite, monumental, abstract European painting, establishes a critical contrast to the way it was created.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The exhibition works repeatedly represent Selman’s opus in its conceptual uniqueness, but they are also a reflection of the complexity of her identity as a permanent “Other” – a Roma, an immigrant, a woman. The strong performativity of her works recognizes the reflection of the specific artistic tradition she has opted for: the practices of an artist who ethically synthesizes technological and ecological tools for resolving conflicts, typical of social engagement. Ultimately, repeating the motive of collecting and recycling scrap iron, Selman invites us to question the ways in which we assign value to objects, work, and people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The exhibition is realized in partnership with the National Gallery of BiH with the SONEMUS and AKCIJA Association, as well as various other supporters and friends. The project was supported by the European Union and the Council of Europe through its joint program “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”, Open Society Fund BiH, UNESCO, UNDP in BIH, UNHCR, IOM, Sweden, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Sarajevo Canton, University of Sarajevo, Trust for Mutual Understanding, CRVENA Association – Nona Residency, FABRIKA.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Along with the curator Amila Ramovi\u0107, a team consisting of coordinator Hana \u0106urak, production consultants Aida Kalender and Ali\u0161er Sijari\u0107, Sanda Popovac,<\/span><\/span> set-up<\/span><\/span><\/span> designer, Bojan Had\u017eihalilovi\u0107, <\/span><\/span>author of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>visual identity, photographer Damir \u0160agolj, as well as a number of arts professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project was realized in cooperation with the team of the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina led by the director Strajo Krsmanovi\u0107.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition will be open to visitors of the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina every day except Sunday, until 10 am to 8 p<\/span><\/span>m, until 10 September 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Selma Selman, biography<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Selma Selman was born in 1991 in the Roma community village of Ru\u017eica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After studying painting at the Fine Arts Academy in Banja Luka, she completed her MFA in Transmedia Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, New York. She has exhibited extensively across Europe and the US and her work is included in numerous international collections. She took part in the FutuRoma Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale. In 2021, she was awarded the Rijksakademie residency in Amsterdam.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Amila Ramovi\u0107, biography<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Amila Ramovi\u0107 is a curator and musicologist from Sarajevo. She started her career as the program coordinator at the Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art (2000) and later as the exectuive director of the Ars Aevi Foundation. She organized numerous contemporary arts exhibitions, including the solo exhibition of Braco Dimitrijevi\u0107 at the Venice Biennale (2009), Sing Sing retrospective at the Saint Etienne Museum (2010) as well as Sarajevo\u2019s City Hall. She teaches at the Music and Film Academies of the University of Sarajevo. In 2019, she was awarded the Honorary Fellow<\/span><\/span>ship by<\/span><\/span><\/span> Plymouth College of Art award.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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PR Contact: hana.curak@gmail.com, 061 519 898<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Production Team<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Strajo Krsmanovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Curator<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Amila Ramovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Coordinator<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hana \u0106urak<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Set up design\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sanda Popovac<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Visual identity<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bojan Had\u017eihalilovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Photographer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Damir \u0160agolj<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Set-up advisor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ivana Udovi\u010di\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Performance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>participants<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hajrula Selman<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Muhamed Selman<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Robert D\u017eemaili<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Meho Huski\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mato Luci\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sead Sofi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Production coordination<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Aida Ad\u017eovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Iva Vuki\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Production advisors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Aida Kalender<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ali\u0161er Sijari\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Graphic design<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Esad Mulabegovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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PR<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hana \u0106urak<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Marina Krsmanovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Documentation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Faris Avdi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Luciano Perez De Savoy<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Artists\u2019 Residency<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nona Residency<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Crvena<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Technical set-up<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ismet E\u0107o<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Anel E\u0107o<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alija Korjeni\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mirza Herovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Emir Mezit<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Adnan Pertef<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Muhamed \u010cakar<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Zijad Kr\u0161o<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Du\u0161an \u0160uman<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Haris Vojnikovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3D Design<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Armin \u0106osi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition team would like to thank:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rifat \u0160krijelj<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tamara Kara\u010da Beljak<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mirza Dautba\u0161i\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sini\u0161a \u0160e\u0161um<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Irfan Brkovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bojan Stoj\u010di\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tatjana Romani\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dragan Opan\u010di\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lala Ra\u0161\u010di\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dobrila Govedarica<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

D\u017eenana Trbi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Elma Klisura Zili\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Filip Radunovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ibrahim Masle\u0161a<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alem Carina<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

An\u0111ela \u010culina<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ermin Mujezinovi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mirza Muteveli\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Partners<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SONEMUS<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

AKCIJA<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The exhibition was supported by:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Council of Europe<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

EU Delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Trust for Mutual Understanding<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UNESCO<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UNHCR<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UNDP in BIH<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

IOM<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sweden<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ministry of Culture and Sports – Canton of Sarajevo<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Canton of Sarajevo<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Centar Municipality<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stari Grad Municipality<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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University of Sarajevo<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

CRVENA Association for Culture and Arts\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nona Residency<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fabrika<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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