Iva Simčić (Bosna i Hercegovina) vizualna umjetnica i teoretičarka umjetnosti. Diplomirala je na University of Illinois at Chicago, odsjek slikarstvo/grafika, magistrirala na Yale University School of Art, a doktorirala na odsjeku za Teoriju umetnosti i medija Univerziteta umetnosti u Beogradu. Zaposlena kao vanredni profesor na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Sarajevu. Učesnica brojnih izložbi i dobitnica nekoliko prestižnih nagrada i stipendija poput: Mostar Grand Prix 2011. (14. Anale crteža Mostar), Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Award in Studio Arts, Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship, Yale University Scholarship, Illinois Art Council Artist Fellowship Award in Visual Arts.
Iva Simčić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) visual artist and theoretician. Holds a BFA in Painting/ Printmaking from the University of Illinois at Chicago, a MFA in Painting/ Printmaking from Yale University School Of Art, and a PhD in Theory of Arts and Media from the University of Arts in Belgrade. Employed as an Associate Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts Sarajevo. She is a participant in numerous exhibitions and receiver of several prestigious awards and scholarships, such as Mostar Grand Prix 2011. (14th Annual drawing exhibition Mostar), Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Award in Studio Arts, Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship, Yale University Scholarship, Illinois Art Council Artist Fellowship Award in Visual Arts.
Iva Simčić
Horizont(al), 2018. i 2020., kombinirana tehnika na platnu
Horizon(tal), 2018 and 2020, mixed media on canvas
2 x 120 x 100 cm
Napomena: Merkati (Suricata suricatta) imaju običaj da od predatora spašavaju druge životinjske vrste tako što im dozvaljavaju da se sklone u njihove podzemne jazbine povezane mrežom tunela. Svi odrasli merkati pridonose kooperativnom ponašanju (hranjenju mladunaca, stražarskoj dužnosti, održavanju jama, a ženke alolaktaciji - stvaranju mlijeka za mladunce drugih merkata). Kooperacija povećava stopu preživljenja mladunaca, kao i razvoj, a time i uspjeh reprodukcije što koristi grupi kao cjelini budući da veće grupe imaju veću mogućnost preživljavanja.
(iz umjetničine izjave)
Note: Meerkats (Suricana suricatta) have a habit of rescuing other animal species from predators by allowing them to take refuge in their underground burrows connected by a network of tunnels. All adult merkats contribute to the cooperative behaviour (feeding the pups, guard duty, pit maintenance, and females to allolactation – creating milk for the cubs of other meerkats). Cooperation increases the survival rate of pups as well as development, and thus the success of reproduction which benefits the group as a whole because larger groups have a greater chance of survival.
(from the artist's statement)
