Drina Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Veljko Vučković's solo exhibition 'Wheels That Never Spin' on Friday, June 21, at 7:00 PM, at Krunska 73, Belgrade, Serbia. Born in 1994, Veljko Vučković, this year's recipient of the prestigious Award for drawing from the Vladimir Veličković Foundation, will showcase the selection of twenty oil paintings of various sizes created over the past four years.

The appropriation and transformation of film clips are central to Vučković's work. Revitalizing information absorbed from films, the artist is primarily interested in creating paintings capable of evoking subtle associations with social and political events.

According to exhibition curator Nataša Radojević, Vučković's works do not provide a wealth of data—their communicative language is multivalent. His work resides in a floating interstice between the original context and the potential for alternative interpretations, facilitating mutual approximation of potential conclusions. Thus, the artist becomes an investigator in the process of creating the painting, while the viewer, absorbing its content, completes interpretations.

The solo exhibition 'Wheels That Never Spin' showcases Vučković's recent inquiries, offering a journey that slows down your absorption of his deep reflections on the passage of time. 'Wheels that Never Spin' represents Vučković's exploration of an intricate dialogue that delves into the timeless progression of time. His paintings serve as artifacts of our era, seemingly spinning at a pace unparalleled in human history, yet embodying the enduring themes that persist.

BIOGRAPHY

Veljko Vučković, born in Gornji Milanovac (Serbia) in 1994, completed his master's degree under the mentorship of Professor Nikola Božović in the Department of Applied Painting at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. He finished his doctoral studies in 2023 under Professor Ivan Grubanov, focusing on 'After the Original—Painting Between Reproduction and Authenticity.' He currently works as a teaching assistant in Drawing and Painting at the same faculty.

Vučković has exhibited his works in 17 solo exhibitions and over 100 group exhibitions at regional and international levels, earning numerous awards and accolades. In 2024, he received the Vladimir Veličković Foundation Drawing Award in Serbia, as well as the Momčilo Moma Marković Award for Best Small-Format Drawing, the third prize from the Niš Art Foundation, and commendation from the jury at the 14th International Biennial of Miniature Art.