CULTURE CALENDAR

Exhibition “The Lost Paradise” Paul Richard Landauer

2-19 September, Gallery STAB

Austrian artist, Paul Richard Landauer, is presenting a series of art works to the Belgrade audience, cleverly placing them in a common context. In the circumstances of a heterogeneous contemporary art scene, this visual artist remains consistent with his recognisable abstract visual expression and initial ideas, striving to show the continuous transformation of his own visual existence.

Landauer repeatedly and deliberately chooses largeformat canvases whose space is in itself challenging for the development of visual expression. Albeit prone to expression through various artistic media (directing, photography), Paul has turned to painting over the course of recent years, as the most effective means of achieving clarity, purity, primordial vibrations and purification of his own being.

During his artistic creation, Landauer mostly uses oil and acrylic on canvas, occasionally making a step beyond the expected, thus opting for gouache, gold leaves and jute as a base. After a very successful pioneering endeavor, a virtual concert from the Lisinski Hall, regional artist Massimo Savić will step on the stage of Tašmajdan and delight many fans of his music. The concert will be held for a limited number of people, respecting all epidemiological measures and recommendations issued by the Government of Serbia. “I’m looking forward to finally hanging hold a concert at Tašmajdan, under the open sky. I love

performing in Belgrade, my band and I are ready and we look forward to exchanging energy and emotions, we wanted each other, didn’t we?” said Massimo. Massimo Savić is a renowned musician whose career lasted on the regional music scene for more than 35 years. ”Music is a vibration in the air that evokes emotions,” says Massimo before his Belgrade concert.

VLATKO STEFANOVSKI & V3 TRIO

19 September, 21:00, SRC Tašmajdan

If you want to brighten the summer evenings with romantic sounds of guitar and perfect strings of music chords, come to 21 double Tasmajadan at the Vlatko Stefanovski concert and V3 Trio. The concert will be held for a limited number of people, with respect for all epidemiological measures and recommendations adopted by the Government of Serbia. Macedonian musician, even as a young man, he founded the United States already a cult group “Leb and Sol”. Together they recorded 13 albums, and after the Group’s Descending, Vlatko creates a successful independent career. Vlatko Stefanovski as one of the largest guitar virtuososes of these spaces, is recognizable for its special music styles’ fusion, combining Macedonian traditional irregular rhythms and rock sound. In its rich opus, it can boast of many successful cooperation with renowned world and domestic musicians.

Asterix and the Actress: Album 31

Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo 1052 rsd

Asterix and Obelix are celebrating their joint birthday party back in the Gaulish village - and some surprise guests have been invited! Meanwhile, Julius Caesar has to deal with his old enemy Pompey, who is looking for supporters among the legions stationed in Gaul. And just what what part do two old friends play in the story - Tremensdelirius, from Asterix And Caesar’s Gift, and the lovely Panacea, first encountered in Asterinx And The Legionary? After many exciting adventures, all is finally revealed...

Klara And The Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro 1943 rsd

From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidlychanging modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?

The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton 1092 rsd

The Outsiders is an outstanding story of teenage rebellion, written when the author was only 17 years old. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Youngsters in a small Oklahoma town have split into two gangs, divided by money, tastes and attitude. The Socs’ idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothers and friends - until the night someone takes things too far. The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths.

Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon

Trisha Ziff 1488 rsd

Che Guevara is a revealing look at the incredibly varied ways the photo and Che himself have been appropriated. From Che Gay T-shirts to psychedelic posters, tattoos to Warholesque fine art, ads for booze to photographs by Annie Liebowitz, this ever-present image has taken Che from heroic guerilla through Pop celebrity to a symbol of radical chic. The image has become an ideal of abstraction, and Che Guevara vividly demonstrates that the diverse ways in which it has been used can tell us quite a lot about our culture and ourselves. An iconic photo of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara was taken in 1960 that is now thought to be the most reproduced image in the history of photography. What comes to mind when you see this picture? Most likely words like “revolution” and “hero”; or ideas like anti-establishment and freedom. But would you think about vodka?

Lucian Freud: A Life

Mark Holborn, David Dawson 19398 rsd

A breathtaking visual biography of Freud, told through his own words, unpublished private photographs, and painted portraits This unprecedented look at the private life of Lucian Freud begins with childhood snapshots and ends with rarely seen photographs made in his studio in the last weeks of his life. In between, the life of one of the most important artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is vividly documented – through family photos, in images of the painter in his studio with some of his most celebrated sitters, and in portraits by his peers, first among them Francis Bacon.

Video/Art: The First Fifty Years

Barbara London 3603 rsd

The curator who founded MoMA’s video program recounts the artists and events that defined the medium’s first 50 years Since the introduction of portable consumer electronics nearly a half century ago, artists throughout the world have adapted their latest technologies to art-making. In this book, curator Barbara London traces the history of video art as it transformed into the broader field of media art - from analog to digital, small TV monitors to wall-scale projections, and clunky hardware to user-friendly software. In doing so, she reveals how video evolved from fringe status to be seen as one of the foremost art forms of today.

Durer

Jeffrey Chipps Smith 2388 rsd

In this major new monograph, Jeffrey Chipps Smith examines the myths that have contributed to Dürer’s legend, considering his life and career within the framework of a tumultuous epoch in European history. Taking account of the extensive scholarship on the artist, Smith provides fresh insights into many of his most notable works, uncovering the creative process behind them and their wealth of meanings and ideas. Central to Smith’s focus is the historical and cultural ferment of pre- and post-Reformation Europe, as he traces Dürer’s formative years in the Imperial free city of Nuremberg and his subsequent travels across Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The result is a vivid picture of the professional activity of a prolific and psychologically complex figure.

Naples And The Amalfi Coast

The Silver Spoon Kitchen 3239 rsd

Naples and the Amalfi Coast takes readers on a rich gastronomic journey through a perennially appealing, visually stunning region of Italy. The delightfully authentic dishes featured include fennel biscuits and other locally beloved antipasti, such classics as pizza Margherita, and an array of mouthwatering desserts. Chapters spotlight key produce and ingredients, from buffalo mozzarella from Benevento and tomatoes from San Marzano to lemons from Sorrento. Beautifully designed, with vivid colour photographs throughout, this gorgeous recipe collection is destined for both kitchen shelves and coffee tables.

Writers & Lovers

Lily King 2996 rsd

Blindsided by her mother’s sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny, moldy room at the side of a garage where she works on the novel she’s been writing for six years. At thirty-one, Casey is still clutching onto something nearly all her old friends have let go of: the determination to live a creative life. When she falls for two very different men at the same time, her world fractures even more. Casey’s fight to fulfill her creative ambitions and balance the conflicting demands of art and life is challenged in ways that push her to the brink.