Marko Lađušić Serbian, b. 1967

Lađušić draws inspiration from everyday’s life and childhood while striving to present the desired imaginary reality. With a recognizable artistic insignia, he constructs distinctive landscapes completely barren of realistic bases, recognizable motifs, and exact proportions. By searching for the truth through creation, he approaches the image instinctively and elaborates it along the way by direct experimentation – in contrary to the established postulates. His three-dimensional images - "structures" are constantly playing with perception and understanding, thus inviting the viewer to participate in the construction and discovery of limitless layers and meanings behind the artwork.

He approaches the coloring freely by using the whole palette and emphasizing complementarity and contrast. He deepens the layers of the image by deliberately contrasting colors, which often gives the impression of embroidery or dizzying perspectives that draw the viewer into a particular segment. Through the stratification he expresses his sculptural education and affinities - he strives for exact three-dimensionality, which separates him from all established principles in an innovative way - his paintings do not seem three-dimensional, they are it. He states that the sculpture is alive, vector, and determined and that it exists "per se", at the moment the artist positions it into space - while the image is different - it's never entirely objective. With that in mind, Lađušić literally builds his structures, thus breaking down the boundaries between the two arts. 

Marko Lađušić (1967, Pelagićevo) is a painter, sculptor and multimedia performans artist. He graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1995 at the Department of Applied Sculpture. He started working at his home faculty in 1996, where he now holds the position of full-time professor and he also teaches at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad. He had 17 solo shows and he has participated in over 90 group exhibitions regionally and internationally. He has won various awards for his work, which today is part of permanent exhibitions in public spaces, private and institutional collections. Marko's legacy is currently being created in his hometown.

Marko Lađušić takes part of the winning project ‘Infinity of Structure’ that represents Republic of Serbia at the 23rd International Exhibition Triennale di Milano Unknown. Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries. 

 

EDUCATION
Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 MARKO LAĐUŠIĆ "MMXVIII MMXXII", Drina Gallery

2019 MARKO LADJUŠIĆ: MEGASTRUCTURES, Drina Gallery

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Silent Transitions, Drina Gallery, Beaograd, Serbia

2023 Drina Gallery, Beograd, Serbia

2022 Whole New Level, Aria Art Gallery

2022 Infinity of Structure, Triennale Milano, Milan, Italy
2022 Dreams, Wizard Gallery, Milan
2022 Unknown. Unknown., Triennale di Milano, Milan

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Terra Museum, Kikinda, Serbia
Macura Museum, Novi Banovci, Serbia
Hotel Meriot, Belgrade, Serbia
Meander Gallery, Apatin, Serbia
International Multimedia Colony of Tršic, Tršic, Serbia
Vuk Karadžic Culture Center, Loznica, Serbia
Rifat Štetic Gallery , Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Srebrenik Culture Center, Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina