2. decembar 2015, Galerija Zvono
Goran Kosanović je dugo prisutan na našoj likovnoj sceni. Dvodecenijsko izlagačko iskustvo govori u prilog tome da formalno obrazovanje na likovnoj akademiji nije preduslov za uspešan umetnički rad. Ono što je značajno za Kosanovića jeste da on bez utručavanja prilazi delima velikih umetnika i koristi ih često kao nadahnuće. S druge strane, on im odaje dužno poštovanje, posvećujući im svoje radove. Sa nekim od svojih uzora imao je priliku neposredno da sarađuje, kao na primer sa Radomirom Damnjanovićem Damnjanom (zajednička akcija oslikavanja lica i saradnja na projektu oslikanih haljina upravo izloženih u Etnografskom muzeju).
U dosadašnjem radu Kosanović je pokazivao zanimanje za najrazlilitije domene ljudskog delanja: pop-kulturu, rok muziku, fudbal, dizajn, turizam, modu... U galeriji Zvono on se ovoga puta predstavlja kratkim animiranim filmovima, nastalim iz njegovog zanimanja za sedmu umetnost, u okviru izlozbe “ Pokretne slike”.
Kosanoviću su kao polazišne tačke poslužila kultna ostvarenja Kjubrika (“2001: Odiseja u svermiru”), Ajzenštajna (“Aleksandar Nevski”), Felinija (“Amarkord”) i Kurosave (“Snovi”, odnosno vinjeta posvećena Van Gogu). Čuvene scene (poput one sa hominidima na početku “Odiseje”, ili scena bitke na Čudskom jezeru u “Aleksandru Nevskom”), Kosanović rekreira u nizu crteža izvedenih različitim tehnikama. Crteži su zatim sastavljeni tako da postaju animirani filmovi sastavljeni iz uzastopnog niza “zamrznutih” scena. U nekoliko minuta, koliko traje svaki od filmova, umetnik nas majstorski, vešto “režirajući” sled čuvenih scena, zapravo provodi kroz celokupnu radnju odabranih filmova. Kosanovićeve verzije remek dela sedme umetnosti evociraju kod posmatrača sentimente koje određene scene čuvenih filmova bez sumnje izazivaju. To su oni utisci koji u gledaočevom sećanju ostavljaju trajni zapis, čak i kada radnja filma potpuno ili delimično izbledi. Očigledno je da Kosanović, kao uvek, insistira na osećanju. Radnja filma — u smislu dijaloga, zapleta ili razvijanja karaktera — stavljena je u drugi plan, ali je u Kosanovićevim “instant” verzijama bez sumnje ekstrahovana esencija onoga što taj skup pojedinačnih dramskih elemenata čini vrhunskim filmskim ostvarenjima.
Nastavljajuci da radi na ajpedu, Kosanovic je za potrebe izlozbe “Pokretne slike” uradio oko dvesta radova. Od crno-belog Aleksandra Nevskog, preko Odiseje u svemiru i Amarkorda , do Snova, on pokazuje svo svoje crtačko i likovno znanje odvodeći nas u neke za njega nove likovne forme, od kojih je samo deo predstavljen na izložbi.
Kosanovic u decembru!
Slogan pod kojim se odvijaju dve izložbe: “ Fashion” u Etnografskom muzeju i “Pokretne slike” u galeriji “Zvono” donose nam pregršt novih radova umetnika Gorana Kosanovica, koji na kraju ove 2015. godine još jednom pokazuje sav svoj talenat i maštu upakovanu u ljubav i stotine isrctanih srca.
Goran Kosanović has been a part of our art scene for a very long time now. A two-decade long exhibiting experience speaks to the fact that formal education at the Academy of Fine Arts is not a prerequisite for successful artistic work. What is significant about Kosanović is that he, without any hesitation, approaches the works of great artists and is often inspired by them. On the other hand, he pays his respects by dedicating his works to them. He had the chance to cooperate with some of his role models, such as Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan (their face painting performance and their collaboration on the project of the limned dresses, currently on display at the Museum of Ethnography).
In his work so far, Kosanović has displayed an interest in the most diverse range of human action: pop culture, rock music, football, design, tourism, fashion... At this point, he will present his short animated films created as a result of his interest in the ‘seventh art’, as a part of an exhibition called ʺThe Moving Picturesʺ at the Zvono gallery.
As a starting point, Kosanović used the cult creations by Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey), Eisenstein (Alexander Nevsky), Fellini (Amarcord), and Kurosawa (Dreams, more precisely the vignette dedicated to Van Gogh). Kosanović recreates the famous scenes (such as the one with the hominids at the beginning of the Odyssey, or the battle scene at the lake of Chudskoe in Alexander Nevsky), through a series of drawings in a variety of techniques. The drawings are then connected to become animated films, made up of a succession of ‘frozen’ images. Within only a few minutes, which is the duration of each of the movies, the artist actually guides us in a masterly manner through the entire plot of the movies in question, skilfully ‘directing’ the sequence of the famous scenes. Kosanović’s versions of these masterpieces of the ‘seventh art’ evoke the sentiments that are undoubtedly aroused in the audiences by certain scenes from the renowned films. It is those impressions permanently imprinted in the spectator’s memory, even after the plot of the film fades away partly or completely. It is evident that Kosanović, as he always does, insists on emotion. The plot - in the sense of dialogue, storyline or characterization - becomes less significant; however, Kosanović’s ‘instant’ versions indubitably contain the extracted essence of what makes that collection of individual dramatic elements a supreme work of cinematic art.
Continuing his work on an iPad, Kosanović created around two hundred works for ʺThe Moving Picturesʺ exhibition. From the black and white Alexander Nevsky, to the Space Odyssey and Amarcord, and on to Dreams, he demonstrates all of his painting and drawing skill, taking us to the newly discovered artistic forms, only some of which are presented at the exhibition.
Kosanović in December!
The slogan of the two exhibitions: ʺFashionʺ at the Museum of Ethnography and ʺThe Moving Picturesʺ at the Zvono gallery bring to us a handful of new works by Goran Kosanović, an artist that, at the end of 2015, once again displays all of his talent and imagination wrapped up in love and hundreds of outlined hearts.