1983, Skopje, Macedonia
Portrait of a Roma Man, 2016
Pastel on paper, 110 x 75 cm
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference: 05276
1898, Lawton, United States – 1976, New York, United States
Red Polygon, 1961
Metal, red flat oil paint
Mobile sculpture with variable dimensions
Acquisition: Donated by the artist, 1964
Reference: 00999
In 1964 Boris Petkovski, the first director of the MoCA Skopje, addressed Calder, and in the letter, he stated a request to receive his work as a gift to newly established Museum of Contemporary Art. The answer came promptly and included in it was the artist’s wish to meet and choose the work in person. At their meeting in Calder’s atelier in Saché, village in France, Calder’s decision was to donate one of his mobiles. Additionally, surprised by the modesty of Boris Petkovski, the artist decided to donate another work, a gouache which he dedicated to the city of Skopje.
Biography
Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static “stabiles”, and his monumental public sculptures. Calder preferred not to analyze his work, saying, “Theories may be all very well for the artist himself, but they shouldn’t be broadcast to other people.”
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1940, Zelino, Greece – 2006, Skopje, Macedonia
Untitled, 1984
Acrylic on canvas, 100 х 100 сm
Acquisition: Purchased
Reference: 04799
Born in Skopje, Macedonia | 1934 – 1997
Southern Star, 1965 | Instant of the Time, 1966 | Composition, 1966 | Non-Functional Mechanism, 1966/1967 | Morbid Nucleus, 1966/1967 | Drawing, 1963 | Town Burning Down, 1964 | Untitled, 1968 | Wing Sculpture, 1968Reflecting Nucleus, 1968 | Sculpture 1, 1970 | Sculpture 2, 1970 | Sculpture 7, 1973 | Sculpture 12, 1972/1973 | Untitled, 1978 | Sculpture 10-2, 1977 | Sculpture 10-1, 1978 | Light Informer 2, 1983
Born in Skopje, Macedonia | 1928
We present Petar’s artworks from the series of works signed by Hadzi Boškov and included in the collection of MoCA, metal, lithography, polyester installation, sculpture, terracota:
Sculpture 3/4 , 1964 | Print No. 10, 1979 | Sculpture, 1980 | Street, 2004 | Dialogue, 1978 | Form, 1959 | Head 2, 1962/1963 | Sculpture 12 (from the series Skopje After the Earthquake), 1965 | Head 1, 1962 | Head 3, 1962 | Wing Sculpture, 1967 | Circle Sculpture, 1970 | Sculpture – Study 6, 1971 | Terracottas, 1974 | Associated Forms 2, 1986
Born in Kavadarci, Macedonia | 1927 – 1993
Kurban, 1978
Portrait, 1985
Red Arabesque, 1972
Black Arabesque, 1973
Couple, 1981
Revolt, 1981
Portrait of Woman in Pink, 1987
1948, Karlovac, Croatia
Moment of Action 2, 1976
Polyester, 62 х 46 х 32 сm
Acquisition: Purchased
Reference: 04592
Biography
Olga Milić was born in 1948 in Karlovec, Croatia. She graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1974, and post-graduate studies at the St. Martins School of Art in London in 1978/79. From 1974 to 1979 she lived in Skopje. Permanently lives in Niš, Serbia. Works in sculpture and three dimensional drawings.
Born in Prilep | 1925 – 1986
We present works from Jordan Grabul which are included in the collection of MoCA, colored plywood, ink on paper, terra – cotta:
Crescendo, 1961 | Sculptural Environment, 1968 | Communication – Space Marks, 1985 | Woman in an Armchair, 1953 | Paradox of the Existence, 1969
Born in Skopje | 1948
We present works from Zarko which are included in the collection of MoCA:
Drawing 16, 1979 and Tranformations, 1978
Born in Tresonche, Macedonia | 1898 – 1963
The collection of MoCA contains a total of 31 artworks, made between 1926/1963, as well as 217 drawings made between 1926/1955.
We present his artwork “Women reapers”, oil on canvas, 35x24cm.
