Lidija Delić
Still, life
opening reception:
Friday, March 24th, 18-21h
Green foliage, tall trees, glass facades and recurring staircases: What may appear like everyday snapshots and unagitated encounters of anonymous personae set into floral sceneries, is more intriguing and disturbing than meets the eye at first. The paintings of Lidija Delić are inhabited by a range of objects and artifacts in environments not further defined by coordinates in space or time. Non-individualized human figures walk slowly up and down staircases, pausing, breathing quietly, observing the surroundings. An unknown light source, whether naturally given or artificially introduced, casts shadows. Yet there seems to be no wind, no instance of an outside that marks a relationship to others. We quickly realize that the plants are the true protagonists of this world, concentrated to and being kept save by versions of glass structures evoking the image of biome domes or terrariums. (…)