Aux Manir
Aux Maniere, later AUX Manir Slobodan Sajin was a contemporary art group from Serbia in period 1982-2009, established by Slobodan Šajin (1952–2009) and Momčilo Rajin (1954).
History
First phase: Duo
In the early beginnings of their art activity, in 1975, Šajin and Rajin, both historians of art and artists, participated in Serbian conceptual art group "Group 143".
In the early 80's (1980–1982) Slobodan Šajin worked on silk-screen printings and developed a unique art graphic (print) monotyping technique called "REPRINT" (REcycle PRINT). The technique became the base of the artworks which "Aux Maniere" made in the next several years.
"Aux Maniere" was established in 1982. From 1982 till 1985, group designed record covers for some of famous Serbian pop-rock groups, such as "U škripcu", "Laki pingvini".
Second phase: One man group
After Momčilo Rajin decided to leave in 1986, "Aux Maniere" became one man group - Slobodan Šajin.
Since 1986 till 1990 "Aux Maniere" produced a few collections of geometry abstract art paintings, characteristic of that period.
After the beginning of civil war in Yugoslavia in 1991, Šajin was engaged in commercial arts. After fall of Milošević's regime in Serbia (2000), he started again with fine arts making. In 2002 he promoted a new art brand, so called "Trash brand AUX MANIR", which became a new name of the group.
In his last five years Šajin exhibited in his house garden, place named "Plain air gallery".
Significant exhibitions and works
- 1983. "Media Transformations", Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
- 1984. "Fin de siecle", Happy Gallery SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
- 1985. "Fin the siecle -This is today", City of Zagreb Galleries, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1985. "I gioielli della lirica", Happy Gallery SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
- 1985. "Suspicious minds", LandsMuseum, Ruma, Serbia
- 1986. "Armagedon - Bridges 86", Pavilion "Cvijeta Zuzorić", Belgrade, Serbia
- "Aux Maniere", "Verbumprogram", "Alter Imago", Raša Todosijević, Miško Šuvaković, Feđa Klikovac, Dušan Otašević, Halil Tikveša, Era Milivojević, Dragoslav Krnajski, Goran Đorđević
- 1986. "Interstellar signalization", Hotel lobby, Ruma, Serbia
- 1987. "Groups in Yougoslav art of 80's", Gallery Meander, Apatin, Serbia. "Alter Imago", "Aux Maniere", IRWIN
- 1988. "Simulacrum", Mail Art. Small paintings, reprints and flyers. Art works-gifts randomly delivered.
- 1989. "The need for picture", Contemporary Gallery, Pančevo, Serbia
- Aux Maniere, Laslo Kerekeš, Sombati Balint, Dragomir Ugren, Varga Somodji Tibor, Rada Čupić, Jozef Ač, Milan Konjovic ...
- 1990. "Rosenzwei Collection", Gallery ESC. Belgrade, Serbia: "Alter Imago", "Aux Maniere", Marcus Geiger, Franz West, Raša Todosijević, Apostolović, Klikovac, Susnik, Salamun, Slak, Schubert, Jurić.
- 1990. "Materialita: Ground of geometry", Gallery ULUS, 31.October Art salon, Belgrade, Serbia: "Aux Maniere", Sandro Djukić, Marcus Geiger, Dusan Jurić, Fedja Klikovac, Marjetica Potrc, Edita Schubert, Raša Todosijević, Franz West, Heimo Zobernig, "Alter Imago", Willi Kopf
- 1990. Aux Maniere works, Landsmuseum, Ruma, Serbia
- 1991. "Four Yougoslav art groups", Advertising booklet. Landsmuseum, Ruma, Serbia: "Alter Imago", "Aux Maniere"
- 1992. "U Maniru - Mini retrospective", Museum of Yugoslav Kinoteka, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2002. "Miscellaneous works", Plain air gallery, Ruma, Serbia
- 2003. "Pictures for bedroom", Plain air gallery, Ruma, Serbia
- 2005. "Centaur pictures - Cyber incrustatio", Plain air gallery, Ruma, Serbia
External links
- Lidija Merenik. "New Phenomena in the Serbian Painting and Sculpture 1979-1989: A Selective Chronology Art at the end of the century" in: The art at the end of century, Belgrade, 1998.
- AUX MANIR Slobodan Šajin's photostream
- AUX MANIR Slobodan Šajin site
- AUX MANIR at Artsistportoflio.com