Nataša Kokić

Nataša Kokić’s works are inspired by nature and the symbolism of contemporary culture, presenting to the public fictional landscapes devoid of human intervention. The artist’s focus falls on the inner landscape, a realm existing in each of us, where things begin and end circularly, taking the form of social context and nostalgia for past personal experiences. In particular, Nataša Kokić’s charcoal drawings are as many allusions to history and science: a world where landscapes, computers, and celestial bodies claim their existence and meaning, filtered as they are through the same personal background. The Serbian artist works according to a precise aesthetic guideline, weaving a non-referential artistic imagination, which she feels completely free to explore. Kokić is one of the leading representatives of Serbian contemporary drawing, mostly preferring the technique of pencil and charcoal. Her work investigates the relationship between individuals and their environment with maximum accuracy and intellectual curiosity, often turning to certain symbols of their desires. Her more recent works turn more and more to charcoal, allowing the artist to achieve a more meaningful, intense, and provocative contrast with a distinctly graphic character. The themes addressed are mainly borrowed from astronomy, science, and physics while carefully amalgamated with personal histories and fragmented and melancholic perspectives that evoke hidden yet conceptually coherent anxieties. Nataša Kokić’s works are rigorously graphic narratives about the human psyche’s structure, depth, and nature.

Nataša Kokić, Reflector, 2018
charcoal on paper
120 x 63 cm