Dzeko Hodzic - Retrospective Art Exhibition in Sarajevo - Magazine

Collegium Artisticum in Sarajevo hosts a retrospective art exhibition by Bosnian painter Dzeko Hodzic

Â© Dzeko Hodzic / Photo by Islamic Arts Magazine

Dzeko Hodzic is a famous Bosnian painter. He builds his art on the interpretations of traditional symbol of Bosnia. His works can be identified and determined by Islamic motifs and preoccupation with the themes from the recent history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, suffused by war and destruction. His work is generally dominated by abstract symbols and highly stylized motifs. Special emphasis is on the colour as a strong spiritual element. In this exhibition we can see the art pieces from various stages of his artistic path. This retrospective exhibition is one of the largest and most visited this year in Sarajevo.

Â© Dzeko Hodzic / Photo by Islamic Arts Magazine

With this retrospective exhibition, which shows about 150 works from the rich creative opus, Dzeko Hodzic marks two anniversaries, 60 years of age and 40 years of artistic work. â€œUnfortunately, part of my opus is irreversibly lost in the destruction during the war, somewhere around 2000 different works, sketches, drawings, sculptures, paintings…â€ Hodzic said in an interview for Islamic Arts Magazine.

Â© Dzeko Hodzic / Photo by Islamic Arts Magazine

A special value in this exhibition has a cycle ‘Suffering’ originated in the postwar ashes painting colonies in PoÄitelj, founded on the ashes of houses and the destruction of war, the collages ‘souls that wander’, belonging to the cycle of ‘People and Shadowsâ€™.

DÅ¾eko Hodzic was born on 8th of December 1950 in Godijevo (Montenegro). He finished the School of Applied Arts in 1970 and the Academy of Fine Arts in 1977 in Sarajevo. He has been exhibiting since 1970. He is a member of the ALUBIH (Association of Visual Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina) since 1980. He had more than 40 solo exhibitions and participated in about 350 group exhibitions at home and abroad.

He won numerous awards for his artistic work, including the Grand Prix award at this year’s exhibition of drawings in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina). He lives and works in Sarajevo.