IIW welded art exhibition, 2021

MAGDALENA PAVLOVIC ’ (Serbia)

Magdalena Pavlovic ’ was born in 1989. She lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade. Since 2017, she has been working as an Assistant Professor in the sculpture department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Novi Sad. She is a Member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia and the Association of Fine Artists of Vojvodina. She has had several solo exhibitions and participated in many competitions and group exhibitions. She received three awards for sculpture, awarded by the municipality of Savski Venac in Belgrade: for sculptures in metal in 2013 and 2014, and one for a sculpture in wood in 2012. Contact info E-mail: magpavlovic@gmail.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magdalenapavlovic656/ • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/magpavlovic/ Exhibit “ERUPTIVE FORMATIONS” Oxyacetylene welding is a process Magdalena has used in the creation of sculptures. This method of welding is especially pleasing to modeling, since the weld is soft enough that after joining the parts one can continue to model the sculpture. The work process allows a spontaneous influence in the possibility of exploring the material, from heating, cutting or adding mass to the joints and thus making an additional contribution to the relief and drawing of the form. Each stronger deformation of the material opens a new field of understanding the problems of working in this material, as well as the possibility to reach some new aesthetic values. The sculpture "Eruptive Formations" is one of a series of works on the topic of LANDSCAPE, made by the method of forged black sheet metal and oxyacetylene welding. Eruptive Formations bear their name from the core content identifications of materials, the process of form formation and the associations that create form. The first association with the nucleus, as a hot mass, is the process of melting metal. Each landscape is formed by the meeting of certain physical force and thus indicates the inseparability of nature and physical structure, spirituality and practice. Dimensions 95cm deep x 75cm wide x 220cm high

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