Sreten Milatović

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Noć I, 1 – 25, jablanički granit (gabro), 250x250x60 mm, 2017.Night I, 1 - 25, Jablanica granite (Gabro), 250x250x60 mm, 2017

Polazeći od utiska da svaka zavičajna geografija kojoj jedan umjetnik pripada, namjerno ili slučajno, određuje njegov likovni jezik i prirodu njegovog stvaralačkog bića, onda skulptura Sretena Milatovića djeluje kao istinska potvrda tog uvjerenja i pripadanja. Ta privrženost zavičajnom podneblju, prepoznaje se ne samo u odabiru materijala – kamena, koji ima gotovo amblematsko značenje u kontekstu cjelokupnog doživljaja crnogorskog prostora, već i u njegovom razumijevanju i usvajanju njene fizionomije i njene naravi, koja Milatovićevu skulpturu, u tom smislu, dodatno oduhovljuje i likovno osvješćuje.

Slijedeći svoj skulptorski izraz, Milatović radi reljefe u kamenu, dokazujući da racionalnost strukture i ekspresionizam izraza, mogu naći zajednički jezik u jednom djelu. U kvadratnim komadima reljefa, jednakih dimenzija, rađenim u jablaničkom granitu (gabro), autor njeguje jasnoću i otvorenu strukturu oblika, koja potom dozvoljava planirano i unaprijed osmišljeno frizno slaganje, zadatog i promišljenog ritmovanja, čija se logika odvija po principu zlatnog presjeka. U svakom komadu reljefa, autor ostavlja usjeke, rascjepe, kamene brazde u koje ugrađuje sopstveni jezik skulptorskog postupka. Anonimna površina kamena tako oživljava pod tragovima vajarskog djelovanja i počinje da emituje jednu sasvim drugačiju, višeznačnu metaforu sveukupnog postojanja ili propadanja, u kojoj se sabira sva silina ne samo autorovog vlastitog iskustva življenja i trajanja, već i mnogobrojni arhetipski sadržaji duboko nagomilane memorije autentičnog podneblja. U tom smislu doživljena, gotovo mitska i antejska privrženost upečatljivim slikama kamenog pejzaža, nalazi svoj odraz u ovim komadima reljefa. Dodatno, prirodna mirnoća kamena, koju ovaj materijal ima sam po sebi, naglašava tu narativnu uzdržanost i odmjerenost Milatovićeve skulpture, kojom se ona izdvaja kao jedan složen skulptorski organizam, dubokog, misaonog i intuitivnog, krajnje apstraktnog sadržaja i značenja. Tako dakle ne stoji uvjerenje da je plošnost i frontalnost reljefa nešto ne skulptorsko, u suštini slikarsko, jer upravo oblikovni proces koji vodi iz ravne površine u treću dimenziju, važi u apstraktnoj umjetnosti za novu dimenziju forme.

U seriji crteža na platnu koji se predstavljaju na ovoj izložbi, gest je djelimično silovitiji, slobodniji, ali i dalje na tragovima već usvojenog skulptorskog jezika. Čiste, bijele površine uokvirene gustim, crnim nanosima boje, nagovještavaju i neguju tu ideju praznine, oslobođenog prostora, u smislu nekog misaonog i kontemplativnog procesa; smjernice ka prostoru koji postaje neomeđiv. Tako crteži zadržavaju svoju vlastitu autonomiju, kojom, u sinergiji sa reljefima, odaju djelo visoke rafiniranosti i jedinstvene minimalističke sadržajnosti. Dosljednost i posvećenost vlastitom radu, Milatoviću omogućava individualni otklon od opštih mjesta plastičkog jezika, što njegovom djelu osigurava važan prostor u tumačenju i praćenju skulpture danas.

Milica Bezmarević

If we part from the impression that the native geography to which an artist belongs, intentionally or accidentally determines his artistic language and the nature of his creative being, then the sculptures created by Sreten Milatovic act as an exact confirmation of this principle and belonging. This commitment to his native region is recognized not only in the selection of material - stone, which has an almost emblematic significance in the context of the overall experience of the Montenegrin space, but also in his understanding and adoption of its physiognomy and nature which, in this regard, additionally spiritualizes and visually reinvigorates Milatovic’s sculpture.

Following his sculptural expression Milatovic creates stone reliefs, proving that the rationality of structure and expressionism of statement can find common ground in a single artwork. In the square pieces of relief, of equal dimensions, carried out in Gabro granite from Jablanica the author cultivates clarity and an open structure of shape, which in turn allows planned and predesigned frieze assembling with a preset and thought out rhythm, the logic of which takes place according to the principle of the Golden Section. In each piece of the relief the author leaves cuts, cracks, stone grooves into which he incorporates his individual language of sculptural procedure. In this way, the anonymous stone surface revives under the traces of sculptural activity and starts emitting an entirely different, ambiguous metaphor of overall existence or decay, which is the sum of all the power not only of the author’s personal experience of living and duration but also numerous archetypal contents of deeply accumulated memory of an authentic area. Experienced in this sense, the almost mythical and Antaeus-like commitment to striking images of the stone landscape encounters its reflection in these pieces of relief. In addition, the natural tranquillity of stone emphasizes the narrative restraint and steadiness of Milatovic’s sculpture, by means of which it stands out as a complex sculptural organism with a deep, thoughtful and intuitive, highly abstract content and meaning. So, the principle that the relief flatness and frontality are something non-sculptural, that they are essentially painterly is not valid because it is precisely the shaping process that leads from the flat surface into the third dimension which applies to a new dimension of form in abstract art.

In a series of drawings on canvas that are presented at this exhibition, the gesture is partially more forceful, more unrestrained but it still remains on the trace of the already adopted sculptural language. Clean, white surfaces framed by thick black layers of colour suggest and cultivate the idea of emptiness, free space in the sense of a reflective and contemplative process - guidelines for the space which becomes unbounded. Thus, drawings maintain their own autonomy by which, in synergy with the reliefs, they reveal an artwork of high refinement and unique minimalist completeness. Consistency and commitment to his work allow Milatovic to carry out an individual divergence from the general points of the plastic language, which provides his work with an important scope for the interpretation and monitoring of sculpture today.

Milica Bezmarevic

Noć I, 1 – 25, jablanički granit (gabro),250x250x60 mm, 2017.Night I, 1 - 25, Jablanica granite (Gabro),250x250x60 mm, 2017

Noć I, 35 – 41, jablanički granit (gabro),olovo, 240x180x110 mm, 2017.

Night I, 35 - 41, Jablanica granite (Gabro),lead, 240x180x110 mm, 2017

Noć I, 45 - 75, crtež, akrilik na platnu, 240x185 mm, 2017.Night I, 45 - 75, drawing, acrylic on canvas, 240x185 mm, 2017

Noć I, 43 – 45, bronza, 465x245x60 mm, 2017.Night I, 43 - 45, bronze, 465x245x60 mm, 2017

Noć I, 1 – 25, jablanički granit (gabro), 250x250x60 mm, 2017.Night I, 1 - 25, Jablanica granite (Gabro), 250x250x60 mm, 2017

SRETEN MILATOVIĆ je rođen 1966. godine u Nikšiću. Završio je Akademiju likovnih umjetnosti u Sarajevu, odsjek vajarstvo u klasi profesora Alije Kučukalića 1992. godine. Magistrirao je 2007. godine na Fakultetu likovnih umjetnosti na Cetinju, u klasi profesora Milivoja Babovića. U periodu 1993-2010. godine radio je kao stručni saradnik na predmetu Vajanje, na Fakultetu likovnih umjetnosti Cetinje. Bio je honorarno angažovan 2002. i 2003. na Filozofskom fakultetu u Nikšiću na Odsjeku za predškolsko vaspitanje, predmet Tehničke vježbe. Od 2009. radi u zvanju docenta a od 2015. u zvanju vanrednog profesora na Univerzitetu u Istočnom Sarajevu, ALU Trebinje. Učestvovao je na brojnim izložbama u zemlji i inostranstvu. Živi i stvara u Trebinju i Nikšiću.

IZABRANE SAMOSTALNE IZLOŽBE2015. Santa Marija, Stari grad Budva, Budva2015. Nacionalna galerija, Skopje, Makedonija, Sreten Milatović, Ratko Odalović2014. Likovna galerija, Gornji Milanovac2014. Galerija „Blok“, Beograd2013. Galerija „Dado“, Cetinje2013. Galerija, „Grigor Prličev“, Ohrid, Makedonija2008. Galerija „Božidar Jakac“, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenija

NAGRADENagrada Hercegnovskog zimskog salona, 2009.Nagrada ULUS- a „Zlatno dlijeto” za skulpturu, 1999.Nagrada ULUCG-a „Petar Lubarda – Risto Stijović“, 1998.Nagrada Hercegnovskog zimskog salona, 1994.

KONTAKTV Proleterska 35a, NikšićTelefon: +38765070397Mobtel: +38268010366E-mail: sar@t-com.me

SRETEN MILATOVIC was born in 1966 in Niksic. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, Department of Sculpture in the class of Professor Alija Kucukalic in 1992. He obtained his Master’s degree in 2007 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cetinje, in the class of Professor Milivoje Babovic. From 1993 to 2010 he worked as an Associate for Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts Cetinje. In 2002 and 2003 he was engaged part-time at the Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Philosophy, Subject Technical Exercises. From 2009 he worked as Assistant Professor and since 2015 as Associate Professor at the University of East Sarajevo, Academy of Fine Arts Trebinje. He has participated in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad. He lives and works in Trebinje and Niksic.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2015 Santa Maria, the Old Town Budva, Budva2015 National Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia, Sreten Milatovic, Ratko Odalovic2014 Art Gallery, Gornji Milanovac2014 “Block“ gallery, Belgrade2013 „Dado“ gallery, Cetinje2013 „Grigor Prlicev“ gallery, Ohrid, Macedonia2008 “Božidar Jakac” gallery, Kostanjevica, Slovenia

AWARDSHerceg Novi Winter Salon award, 2009“Golden Chisel“ award for sculpture, Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, 1999“Petar Lubarda-Risto Stijovic” award, Association of Fine Artists of Montenegro, 1998Herceg Novi Winter Salon award, 1994

CONTACTV Proleterska 35 a, NikšićPhone: +38765070397Mobtel: +38268010366E-mail: sar@t-com.me

www.csucg.co.me Sreten Milatović Galerija Centar Njegoševa 2, PodgoricaIzdavač Centar savremene umjetnosti Crne Gore Za izdavača Nenad Šoškić

Kustoskinja Biljana Keković Tekst Milica Bezmarević Prevod na engleski Darja Marija Vuletić Tehnička realizacija izložbe Novica Vuković, Nebojša Raspopović

Tiraž 150 Štampa DPC, Podgorica jun 2017.

ISBN 978-86- 85797-94- 1COBISS.CG-ID 33075472