Irena Lagator Pejović

Irena Lagator Pejović

works

After Memory, 2007-2008
book-object, 21 x 17 x 9.5 cm; a book made of 1,800 banknotes in circulation worth 200 dinars with the image of Nadežda Petrović.

Text: Astrid Wege; dr Mileta Prodanović.
Photo: Ivan Petrović, Irena Lagator Pejović. Courtesy of the 24th Nadežda Petrović Memorial and the National Bank of Serbia. The work is on permanent display in the NBS.

 

The Knowledge of the Limited Responsibility Society2009 –

an installation in the making, changeable dimensions; fiscal receipts of citizens from different countries, bound in 81 books of various dimensions (edition 2023).

Text: Ilaria Mariotti, Elke Krasny. Interview: RADIO PAPESSE - Irena Lagator Pejovic: Società a responsabilità limitata.
Photo: Ivan Petrović. Courtesy of the artist.

My Father’s Salary, 2023

33.4 x 18.5 x 6.5 cm; a book made of 1,650 devalued banknotes from 1992.

Photo: Ivan Petrović, Irena Lagator Pejović, Milenko Savović. Courtesy of the artist.

Missing Content, 2023

installation, variable dimensions; thirty-six empty cotton bags for the transport of metal money. 

Photo of the installation: Ivan Petrović, Irena Lagator Pejović. Courtesy of the artist and the Central Bank of Montenegro.

Fiscal Verses. Reprogramming the Machine, 2023 –

an interactive installation, variable dimensions; verses in different languages on thermal paper printed with fiscal cash register and distributed to the audience during the exhibition

Photo: Irena Lagator Pejović. Courtesy of the artist.

Workers University, 2023

interactive installation consisting of 825 books/single essays from public and private libraries and archives being part of the Workers University edition of Publishing company “Rad“.

Installation dimensions: 200 x 1600 x 4 cm; single book: 17 x 11cm

Courtesy of: the artist; National Library of Montenegro “Djurdje Crnojević”, Cetinje; Public Library “Braća Nastasijević”, Gornji Milanovac; National Library Kruševac; Public Library “Vladislav Petković Dis” Čačak; Inter-municipal Historical Archive, Čačak. Photo: Ivan Petrović, Irena Lagator Pejović.

Nets, Nodes, Horizons, 2020 –
process oriented, interactive installation; hand-made spools of 14m long multi-coloured threads, nodes, metal nets; a workshop at the dismantling of installation providing working hours for people in need
105x620 cm

Courtesy of the artist; Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia in cooperation with No Border Craft; Art Gallery “Nadežda Petrović” and the artist. Photo of the installation: Ivan Petrović, Irena Lagator Pejović.

 

Saved Books. The Art of Transmitting the Knowledge Without the Need for Subsequent Reparation, 2023

an interactive installation, 102 books, albums and lexicons in English and German in the fields of analytical, organic and inorganic chemistry, chemical technology and theory, metallography, microscopy, meteorology... available for internal use.

350 x 70 x 46 cm

Photo: Ivan Petrović, Irena Lagator Pejović. Courtesy of the artist and the scientist who wished to remain anonymous.

Expanses of Love, 2023

36 graphite pencil drawings on paper, 42 x 29.7 cm, each

Photo: Ivan Petrović. Courtesy of the artist.

“If I Were Ronald Regan”, 2023 

found object, a school work from 1985; documentary material, book Expanses of Love

Collection of awarded and commended student works at SUBNOR literary competitions in Sombor 1978–1984, Sombor, 1985; Artist’s archive.

Photo: Ivan Petrović. Courtesy of the artist.

“I Would Put All Mighty Weaponry Into the Museums That No One Visits”, 2023

interactive modular installation; metal, plexiglass with printed foil

198 x 400 x 240 cm

Photo: Ivan Petrović, Irena Lagator Pejović. Courtesy of the artist.

Means that Can Contribute to the Phytoremediation of Polluted Areas2023

text installation; changeable dimensions.

Photo: Ivan Petrović, Milenko Savović. Courtesy of the artist.