TEHRAN- The artwork "Dog No. 24" from the series "Animals in Motion" by Serbian painter Vladimir Veličković will be showcased at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on Monday.

The piece will be discussed during a session that is part of the "One Work, One Session" series, which focuses on visual arts, particularly photography.

Hadi Azari, an Iranian photographer, researcher, critic, and writer, will attend the gathering to discuss the features of the artwork.

Vladimir Veličković (1935–2019) was a celebrated Serbian painter who spent a significant portion of his life in Paris. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Belgrade University and later served as an assistant in Krsto Hegedušić’s master workshop in Zagreb from 1963 to 1966. In 1965, Veličković received notable recognition at the Biennale in Paris, and the following year, he relocated to the city. His exhibition in 1967 at the Galerie du Dragon in Paris propelled him into the limelight, marking him as a prominent figure in the Narrative Figuration art movement.

In 1983, he became a professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, a position he held until 2000. His accolades include being elected a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) in 1985 and receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Kragujevac. He was also distinguished with the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest cultural award. Veličković’s works have been displayed in numerous exhibitions across Europe and the Americas since 1951.

In addition to his artistic contributions, he became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts on December 7, 2005, taking seat number 7 in section I. In 2017, he signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, and Montenegrins. His legacy endures through his impactful contributions to art and culture, reflected in his extensive body of work and his influence on future generations of artists.

Throughout his career, Veličković held numerous solo exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and North America. Notable exhibitions include his shows at Koroška galerija in Slovenia in 2012, Galerie Anna-Tschopp in Marseille in 2013, and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade in the same year. His work was also displayed at Zepter Muzej and the Espace d'art contemporain André Malraux in Colmar, both in 2013, as well as at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka that year. Other significant exhibitions took place at the Biennale internationale de l'Estampe in Varna, the Galerie Jane Griffiths in Val d'Isère, and the Galerie Nicole Buck in Strasbourg, all in 2014. He concluded this impressive series of exhibitions with a presentation at the Centre d'art le 1700 La Poste in Montreal in 2015.

The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art plans to critique and review one piece from its collection every Monday under the title "One Work, One session," employing a research-oriented and intertextual approach. Admission is free for all interested attendees.

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