‘…There is no nicer and bigger challenge than working with the best, like you Nada Prlja. That what I have learned, through this most successful representation of our state in Venice, is that good and valuable people make beautiful things to happen!…’ Angelika Apsis Fundraiser for N. Macedonian Pavilion

Ground floor of the Palazzo, entrance to the pavilion.

‘…The installations and performative project of ‘Subversion to Red’ intend to re-read or adapt Marxist thought and left doctrine to contemporary society, in the name of a renewed enthusiasm for action, for political but also for civil commitment, to ensure that the times return to being really, not sarcastically  “interesting”. The project ‘shakes’ the individual…

  ‘Si sa, May You Live In Interesting Times (Che tu possa vivere tempi interessanti), è l’invito/monito del curatore Ralph Rugoff della Biennale d’Arte di Venezia. Tra tutti gli artisti presenti, se c’è qualcuno che ha voluto concretamente riflettere sui tempi che stiamo abitando, questa è Nada Prlja (Sarajevo, 1971) che ha realizzato per noi, un’opera…

  ‘…This also conceals the fact that in Eastern Europe, these ‘interesting times’ are not new, especially in the former Yugoslavia with its 20th century shifts between empire and monarchy, Nazi occupation and socialism, and catastrophic war during the 1990s. It does, however, provide a useful shorthand for the entrenchment of far-right governments in Poland…

“Department for Conservation and Restoration” Nada Prlja 2016-ongoing 7 Paintings Acrylic, charcoal, plasterboard, 120x220x0.5cm Photo © Raul Betti Courtesy of the artist Work as exhibited at La Biennale di Venezia The seven exhibited paintings were realised with the intention of ‘repairing’ a section of the 125m2 mural by artist Borko Lazeski (1917-1993), entitled “Epic for Freedom” (1981),…

    Maurizio Lazzarato, one of the participants of the Performative Artwork Red Discussion 2 by Nada Prlja, part of the inauguration of The National Pavilion of the Republic of North Macedonia on 08.05.2019 at Palazzo Rota Ivancich. Lazzarato is a Paris-based sociologist, philosopher and an independent researcher, specialised in studies of the relationship between…

  Nada Prlja’s exhibition had a heart that was lacking for me in the central pavilion. The works engaged a personal history that also had impact on our current society. The end of socialism was captured formally in the sculptures and photographs, works that combined perfectly with the slightly decayed spaces of the Venetian palazzo….

Link to original website Link to PDF of the interview PART 14: ‘MATTER AS A HOPE OF FINDING SOME ANSWERS’ NORTH MACEDONIA ‘Through this act of re-examining the past, I refer to the theories of Marxism and of leftist ideology, discussing those issues openly.’ Artist Nada Prlja responds. Nada Prlja, ‘Red Discussion II.’, 2019, live…

The Collection: She does what she wants, Untitled I Nada Prlja  2019 280 x 280 x 280 cm Metal profiles, concrete, stones, cast fragments, metal dust, wood, glass, ready made objects Courtesy of Nada Prlja  As exhibited at Pavilion of North Macedonia La Biennale di Venezia Palazzo Rota Ivancich. Inspired by the works of Olga Jevric…