Since 2003, Marko Crnobrnja has made educational sculptures intended primarily for his own children and, initially, for him himself, so that he – with the (in)experience of a young parent and also a young sculptor – could master and, at the same time, reconcile the two serious roles in which he found himself. Over the years, his work has taken a specific authentic form – his sculptures have become educational tools, but also an autonomous artistic expression, a meeting place of two practices / two strategies (artistic and parental), but also a methodologically developed system of meaning and marking. With the work Accreditation, Crnobrnja draws attention to the relationship between parent and child; the allegorical composition with several figures of father and son represents the relationship between two generations, two methods of learning – indicating that the role of the parent in raising a child is a Sisyphean task.

© Cultural Centre of Belgrade, the October Salon Collection and the artist
Purchase Contract: III-5-384/16.11.2016.
Inventory No. 1448
Photo: Milan Kralj

Selected Bibliography:
Gordana Stanišić, O velikim malim ljudima i malim velikim brigama skulptura Marka Crnobrnje, Vujičić Collection, Belgrade, 2019