In the Depts of the Province

The exhibition changes the perspective of ancient and contemporary, but also illuminates a new type of museum interpretation and protection of heritage. Placing the ancient past in an artistic context, the exhibition covers a number of topics depicting the heritage of this era, starting from archaeological sites, epigraphic monuments, artistic to useful objects from the Ancient Collection of the National Museum in Čačak. Bringing together photographic frames, poetic expression, paintings, drawings and immediate, original fragments, the exhibition connects the time depths of an ancient settlement in the Roman province and the contemporary space of the city of Čačak, imaginary and real.

The young people as models in this project are the current residents of Čačak, but together with archaeological and architectural details, decorative and useful items from the Antiquity Collection of the National Museum Čačak, they create a visual ambience in which the differences between past and present, life and art are blurred.

The authors of the exhibition are the curators of the National Museum in Čačak, Slobodan Bogojević, conservator, and Aleksandra Gojgić, curator of the Antiquity Collection, who were joined by the fine artist Ivan Đurović. The authors of the photographs are Bojan Pajić and Ivan Đurović, while the design of the exhibition was done by Miloš Vuk Aleksić.