Courtyard Gallery: Ivana Popov: In the Passing
Welcome to the first exhibition in 2026. We are opening the photo exhibition of Ivana Popov with the tiltle "In Passing" on Saturday, 28 March, at noon in the Courtyard Gallery (Korzo 1).
Ivana Popov (1972) is a teacher and independent photographer. She lives and works as a classroom teacher in Sanad. She actively participates in the work of the Cultural Zone in Novi Kneževac from the very foundation of the association. In her photographic work, she explores the relationship between the individual and the collective, light and space, as well as the border between documentary and personal-poetic expression. Her photographs often carry a raw, immediate energy, drawing on everyday situations, urban and rural fragments and traces of presence.
She exhibited at individual and group exhibitions. She is active in the contemporary art scene, with a special interest in experimental and hybrid forms of photography.
2021: Eden; 2022: The Milky Way; 2023: Nigdina; 2025 : Animalia; 2026 : Punk no est moerto
Artist statement
In my work, I use photography as a meeting place between documentary record and
personal, poetic interpretation. I start from everyday situations, rural and urban fragments
and traces of presence, exploring the relationship between the individual and the collective, as well as the tension between the visible and the silent. I often treat photography as a hybrid medium, combining it with text, drawing or gesture, allowing for error and intervention as part of the process. The works are created intuitively, without a predetermined narrative, leaving room for open reading and active participation
of the observer.
The Concept
The photographic series titled "In Passing" shows collective movements in the rural area, without a central figure and hierarchy. The focus is on community, instinct and the relationship between body and environment, without idealizing the landscape. The work is intended for exhibition in a semi-public space, in direct contact with the audience, as an invitation to think about togetherness, care and responsibility towards the space we share.