FACING California & Arizona, 2024

Ivana Ivković

FACING California & Arizona, 2024

Publisher: dsbooks Basel (in cooperation with The Cultural Centre of Belgrade)
Editor/ Series editor: Dragana Radivojević
Texts: Miroslav Karić and Charles Moore
First edition, 200 copies, 276 pages

Price: 74 EUR

“This is the private landscape created by Serbian artist Ivana Ivković as she takes audiences on a visual tour—a leisurely, inspired drive through quintessentially American scenes. As she wends her way through canyons toward the cerulean blue ocean, she invites her audiences to a world of contrasts, from the sparkling Pacific waters to the desert heat of Joshua Tree and Arizona, from pristine wildlands to seductive strip malls and motels. This multimedia artist immerses the viewer in ever- changing scenes, some of which are uncomfortably visceral. Audiences will feel both the region’s natural charm as well as its grossness, and the suggestive, almost garish depiction of the human body.”

Excerpts from “Ivana Ivković: A Love Letter to SoCal and the Southwest” by Charles Moore