PERMANENT PRESENCE, White Box Gallery, June 1–24. 2006, New York, USA

This exhibition is result of effort which two man, Nebojsa Seric Shoba, Bosnian artist based in New York, and Sasa Toperic Bosnian pianist, president and leader of ABCF cultural foundation, puts to break barrier between Sarajevo and New York, and to make a cultural bridge between two cities. ABCF foundation in cooperation with Canton Sarajevo and White box gallery was organizers, and VD gives its best artists to participate and to be there. Just in first half of hour from the beginning of exhibition, more than 500 people visited and passed thru White box gallery.

 

Excerpt from curators statement:

With the work of artists from Bosnia, Herzegovina, and the United States, this exhibition will try and explore the advantages and disadvantages that both societies face in terms of access to knowledge through the usage of language and the exploration of art concepts. Here, the phrase "permanent presence" is meant to acknowledge the "current streams in contemporary art, where confusion and absence of theory are reality.

Artists:

Damir Niksic, Adnan Jasika, Demis Sinancevic, Leila Cmajcanin, Ibro Hasanovic, Belma Arnautovic , Jasenka Vukelic, Arman Kulasic, Lee Balzano, Ervin Babic, Jee Hui Chang.

 

Curated by:

Nebojsha Seric Shoba

 

Suport:

Canton Sarajevo, ABCF foundation, White Box Gallery.