A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Izložba Gordane Tomić u galeriji “Agora” na Menhetnu

Naša talentovana slikarka savremene umetnosti, Gordana Tomić, održala je samostalnu izložbu pod nazivom “Za Beograd pre Njujorka”, u galeriji Singidunum od 6. do 14. marta 2014. godine. Svoja dela ova umetnica predstavila je prvo beogradskoj publici nakon čega sledi izložba u Njujorku, od 5 – 25. jula ove godine. Samostalna izložba u galeriji Singidunum je i svojevrsna najava izložbe u Njujorku, a upravo je ova činjenica postala lajtmotiv izložbe „Za Beograd pre Njujorka“. Radovi slikarke Gordane Tomić, koju na svetskoj sceni savremene umetnosti zastupa njujorška galerija “Agora”, obuhvataju tri ciklusa: ciklus apstrakcija „Tragovi složenih iskušenja“, ciklus apstraktnih aktova „Osvajajući potreti u strasti“ i ciklus apstraktnih pejzaža „Chicago“. Domaća javnost imala je priliku da se na izložbi, u galeriji Singidunum, upozna sa delom opusa iz ciklusa apstrakcija pod nazivom “Tragovi složenih iskušenja”. Na svečanosti povodom otvaranja izložbe, o njenom značaju za savremenu srpsku umetnost, govorio je Zdravko Vučinić, naš istaknuti kritičar i istoričar umetnosti – recenzent kataloga izložbe „Tragovi složenih iskušenja“, Maja Škaljac Stanošević, kustos galerije Singidunum i Tijana Trbović, zamenik umetničkog direktora galerije Prima.

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Nakon izložbe u Beogradu, slikarka će svojim radovima na izložbi u galeriji “Agora” na Menhetnu, simbolično preneti duh Beograda u autentičnu globalnu metropolu, Njujork. Galerija “Agora” se nalazi na respektabilnom šestom mestu globalne mape galerija specijalizovanih za savremenu umetnost i biće zvanični zastupnik Gordane Tomić na medjunarodnoj sceni do kraja 2015. godine. Vredi zabeležiti da će Gordana Tomić biti prva slikaraka sa naših prostora koja će održati izložbu u ovoj galeriji. "Za ovog umetnika lepota umetnosti je izražena u fizici, emocijama i u življenju sada-i-ovde. Kroz jarke boje i često elementarne i amorfne konstrukcije, Tomićeva grabi izvanredne, smislene momente koji definišu njen utisak sveta. Njene slike proširuju naš pogled na svet naglašavajući stalno menjanje pejzaža iskustava u nama." - Citat kriticara Joyce Asper, New York.

Izložba u Njujorku pod nazivom "Cadences of Color", biće svečano otvorena 10. jula od 6 - 8 pm, i trajaće do 25. jula 2014.

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Louis Cukela

Louis Cukela (May 1st, 1888 - March 19th, 1956) was a famous United States Marine. He was awarded both the Navy and Army Medals of Honor, as well as numerous decorations from France, Italy, and his native Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

He was born and raised in Split (while it was still under Austro-Hungarian rule), and subsequently attended the Merchant Academy and later, the Royal Gymnasium, both for two years. In 1913, Cukela emigrated to the United States and, with his brother, settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On September 21st, 1914, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Three years later, on January 31st 1917, with war raging in Europe, he enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps. Following the United States' entry into the conflict, he went to France and fought alongside his servicemen in the 5th Marines.

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