NENAD GAJIĆ
Born in 1982
Starting from graphic design, editorial illustration, animation and in particular from the production of special effects for cinema and television, Nenad Gajić has developed a personal and distinctive artistic language, based on the production of hyper-realistic and moving sculptures depicting human and animal bodies. The very detailed definition of the figures granted by the use of silicone and organic materials such as hair and feathers, together with the meticulous design of their movements which involves motors, allows the artist’s works to immediately communicate an impression of life and truth. The technology behind Gajić’s creations is used to animate the figures, infuse them with energy and activate an identification mechanism in the observer. The tiny sculpture One Moment (2019), less than ten centimeters in size, depicts a newborn bird, in the state of sleepiness typical of the first moments of life, still without feathers and unsteady on very small legs. Its breathing is barely noticeable and recalls the moment when the tiny being faces existence, in all its extreme fragility yet with all the strength of its vital breath.