Starting with the movement through the fields of the painting Salon (from 2016), Zdravković disrupts the traditional two-dimensional perception of the canvas – by utilizing VR, the painting conquers an inner, previously non-existent space. Through the augmentation of meaning and content, for the first time in Belgrade, the visitor will have the opportunity to step beyond the canvas into the uncertain dimensions of virtual reality. The painting Salon was exhibited at the 2017 Venice Biennale (Enclavia – Painting, the Consequence of Such a Life) and is currently housed in a private collection in Vienna.
D Salon, oil and acrylic on canvas, 145x200cm, 2016 (private collection, Vienna)
Dragan Zdravković – Biography:
Dragan Zdravković (Belgrade, 1969) graduated and earned his master’s degree from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. He earned his doctorate at the Faculty of Contemporary Arts in Belgrade under the mentorship of academic Vladimir Veličković. He teaches Drawing and Painting at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. Zdravković has completed study stays in Leipzig, Florence, and Bern. He has exhibited his works in approximately ninety exhibitions, both in Serbia and abroad. He represented Serbia at the 57th Venice Biennale with the exhibition Enclavia – Painting, the Consequence of Such a Life. His works are part of several museum collections (MSU, Belgrade; Christen Sveaas Art Collection, Oslo; Museu do Douro, Portugal; Zepter Collection; LIA – Leipzig) as well as in gallery collections and many private collections in Serbia and abroad.