The project “Hybrid Forms” is a consequence of the long-term professional and friendly contact between the sculptors Petar Sibinovic (Serbia), Milorad Panic (Serbia) and Stefan Ivanov (Bulgaria). The three authors step out of the comfort of their own role as a protected zone of individualism and self-expression to meet their personal creative pursuits in the context of the current project. As the main point of intersection in what is presented, the provocative attempt to bring the ideas up to date and their realization stands out.
What is common in the approaches of all three is the peculiar hybridity of the created. The hybrid, according to the artists, can exist in various proportions: a world of hybrid wars, hybrid technologies, hybrid forms of contact, as well as a symbiosis between analog and digital. Nothing exists in its pure form anymore. Each work is thought in the context of often mutually exclusive elements that nevertheless exist sometimes in a material or meaningful balance.
Join us for a meeting with the artists and presentation of selected works on Saturday (02 November) from 17:30 to 20:00. at 12 Vrabcha St.
The exhibition in the Charta Gallery will be open until 06.11 by appointment.
Milorad Panić’s work centers on his observations of various geophysical processes that shape the earth’s surface, expressed through sculpture. His fascination with nature’s forms is embodied in his diverse creations, inspired by the planet’s geological features. Conceptually, he incorporates materials found in the earth, such as soil dust, ores, salt, and sedimentary rocks. Panić explores the contrasting symbiosis of physical states—dense and porous, amorphous and structured, hard and soft. His works also reference the current ecological crisis, echoing an era in which changes in the earth’s layers lead to larger environmental disruptions.
He graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Department of Sculpture, in the class of Prof. Nikola Vukosavljević. Since 2015, he has been teaching at the Center for the Development of Artistic Casting in Sculpture Technology at the Faculty of Fine Arts, and in 2020, he was promoted to senior lecturer. He has been a member of ULUS since 2010 and has exhibited independently ten times, receiving numerous awards in sculpture. His works are featured in private and public collections, with many displayed in public spaces.
Petar Sibinović’s work explores the symbolic power of sculptural form. His art focuses on abstract compositions, reflecting elements of nature and human experience through minimalist and geometric shapes. Sibinović’s use of durable materials, such as metal and stone, highlights the connection between permanence and fragility, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between human impact and the environment. His sculptures, placed in public spaces, aim to evoke thought and reflection on our interaction with the natural world.
He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, majoring in sculpture under the mentorship of Professor Veljko Lalić in 2010. He received his doctorate in 2018 at the same faculty under the guidance of Ph.D. Radoš Antonijević and was recognized as an independent artist in 2019. Sibinović has won numerous awards for his work in sculpture, painting, and drawing. He has contributed as an author, co-author, and collaborator on many artistic projects and has participated in various international symposia, art workshops, and colonies. Since 2010, he has exhibited independently over 20 times, with eight of his sculptures installed in public spaces. His works are included in numerous state and private collections both in Serbia and abroad.
Stefan Ivanov (b. 1989, Bulgaria) works explore a different aspect of the complex balance in our hybrid existence—the fusion of analog and digitally generated forms. Ivanov digitizes human figures in their natural environments, then employs digital software and mechanized processes to translate these processed images back into the physical world. The resulting objects are materialized through classic, and sometimes forgotten, analog techniques, yet they retain the essence and encoded state embedded within the digital codes.