Milosav Jovanović (; May 3, 1935 in Oparić, nearby

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painter.

Biography

Jovanović was born in Oparić, a village near

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, in 1935. He resided in

, a village near

, where he lived until his death, in 2014. He began doing painting in 1955. He is considered to be one of the foremost contributors to the naive art genre, and to the Serbian outsider art and naive art genres in former

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and later on, in Serbia. Because of his original artistic expression and characteristic technique of painting, he got a worldwide reputation.N. Krstić, Outsider Art in Serbia, MNMA, Jagodina, 2014, pp. 98-105М. Бошковић; М. Маширевић,''Самоуки ликовни уметници у Србији'', Торино, 1977N. Krstić, Naivna umetnost Srbije, SANU, Jagodina, 2003N. Krstić, Naivna i marginalna umetnost Srbije, MNMU, Jagodina, 2007

Artistic style

The focus of his interest was

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and Tanathos. By painting landscapes the artist described the interior of his visions composed of suppressed fears, lost hopes and erotic phantasmagoria. The combination of spontaneous and instinctive presentation of the subject matter and its patient pictorial development is surprising. In his works of dense intensity in artistic expression and mystic messages, the inclination towards the decorative is combined with inner symbolical tension. The painter superficially distributed stylized shapes on the surface of the painting, avoiding empty areas and animating them using characteristic colour signs. These are short strokes in the shape of dots, blots, broken and parallel lines, circles or rhombus. The artist thereby intensifies the strength of experience by employing raw tint. His colour is not a coat but the texture. It brings pronounced energy and warmth, but reduces the predominance of the subject matter in its entire suggestiveness. The structure of forms which is especially interesting for the artist reveals his '' horror vacui'' therefore, he is persistently devoted to each segment of the coloured pigment, construing miniature cones over the flat surface. The encounters of red and greed reveal the passion of his chromatic expression, while his drawings, as a separate artistic branch, show even more inventive approach to the presentation of the vision itself. His drawing in Indian ink is a special quality within his oeuvre. The pronounced continuity, permeation, intertwining of vibrant graphic, filled and empty surfaces, i.e. black and white, optically contributes to the kinetics of pictorial elements. He had independent and group shows in the country and abroad.

Exhibitions and awards

From 1960 Milosav Jovanović participated in significant international exhibitions and biennial and triennial events worldwide. From 1966, he exhibited at World Triennial in

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. He received a series of recognition, including the Award for Entire Artistic Work at the Eleventh Biennial in MNMA, Jagodina, Serbia.N. Krstić, Outsiders, catalogue, MNMU, Jagodina, 2013

Gallery

Jovanović Milosav, Bol.jpg, ''Pain'', 2001
oil on cardboard, 51x35cm
MNMA

Jovanović Milosav, Mala biografija.jpg, ''Short Biography'', 1978
oil on canvas, 80x64cm
MNMA

Jovanović Milosav, Roda.jpg, ''Stark'', 1969
oil on canvas, 50x61cm
MNMA

Jovanović Milosav, Veče.jpg, ''Evening'', 1973-74
oil on canvas, 50x70cm
MNMA

Jovanović Milosav, Voda.jpg, ''Water'', 1966
oil on canvas, 67x97,5 cm
MNMA

References

Literature

* Oto Bihalji-Merin; Nebojša Bato Tomašević, Enciklopedija naivne umetnosti sveta, Beograd, 1984 * N. Krstić, Outsider Art in Serbia, monograph, MNMA, Jagodina, 2014, pp. 98–105 * М. Бошковић; М. Маширевић,''Самоуки ликовни уметници у Србији'', Торино, 1977 * N. Krstić, Naivna umetnost Srbije, SANU, Jagodina, 2003 * N. Krstić, Naivna i marginalna umetnost Srbije, MNMA, Jagodina, 2007 * N. Krstić, Outsiders, catalogue, MNMA, Jagodina, 2013

External links

Milosav Jovanović, Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina, Serbia

Milosav Jovanović, Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina, Serbia
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