IGOR SIMIC
13.03.2026 – 18.04.2026
Everything is content
Galerie Anita Beckers
The exhibition Everything is Content addresses the conditions of contemporary culture in an era of pervasive digital entanglement. It is grounded in the assumption that media have condensed into a rhizomatic network in which narratives lose their differentiation while simultaneously assuming both banal and sacral significance. Within this framework, content emerges as a constitutive force of cultural reality.
The exhibited works are paintings realized in cobalt blue, oil, and candle soot. This material configuration refers to technological, religious, and geopolitical contexts: cobalt as a key raw material for digital devices; oil painting as a historical image technology in dialogue with the digital blue screen; and fire as a foundational element of belief, civilization, and industrial production. Industrial stencils and traces of combustion further interweave the sacred and the everyday.
At the heart of the exhibition is the film Famous Mouse and Joan of Arc, shown on a large LED wall. Here, Disney’s 1928 animation and Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc converge, creating a luminous encounter between pop culture and spiritual martyrdom. The work traces the circulation of images, icons, and narratives across time, linking humor, devotion, and media critique in a visually immersive experience.
Through his practice, Igor Simić articulates a contemporary visual language in which material, energy, and meaning are inseparably intertwined, offering an artistic reflection on culture under conditions of ongoing transformation.
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