Among the chosen ones

 

Andrej Đerković had the honor to be a part of the project "Souvenirs of Europe". He and fifteen of his colleagues, the most important representatives of today's European scene of contemporary art, are invited to choose and create posters as "objects of protest" political souvenirs of our time. The final project will result in an exhibition that will be presented during the upcoming elections for the European Parliament. This artist with his art works reminds the public to blockade the city under Trebević (Sarajevo), the tragedy in New York in 2001, Genocide in Srebrenica... He has won numerous awards and has exhibited all over the world, including in Palestine, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Montenegro, Canada, Switzerland, Italy, The Netherlands, France, England, Portugal, Turkey, San Marino, Germany, Greece ... He is one of the founders of the Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary art Collection. Đerković was born in 1971 in Sarajevo, where he graduated from the School of Applied Arts. His photographs have been published in prestigious international magazines. He lives and works in Sarajevo - Geneva.

 

Merima Ćustović (Person of the day, Dnevni avaz, Sarajevo, April 2014)