Vladimir Velickovic

VLADIMIR VELICKOVIC (Belgrade, 1935).
Untitled, from the series "Olympic Suite", 1992.
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 170/250.
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil.
This work is part of the "Suite Olympic Centennial".
Measurements: 90 x 63 cm; 110 x 85 cm (frame).
Vladimir Velickovic is one of the most prominent Serbian artists. He trained at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade and between 1963 and 1966 worked as an assistant to Krsto Hegedusic in his Zagreb studio. In 1965 he won the Paris Biennale prize and the following year he moved to Paris, where he would continue to work and exhibit, achieving great public acclaim with his exhibition at the Galerie du Dragon in 1967, for example. In 1983 he was appointed professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux Arts, a position he held until 2000. In 1985 he was also appointed member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The chosen artists work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, passing through abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, or the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international projection, widely recognized by the critics.