The project “Hybrid Forms” is a consequence of the long-term professional and friendly contact between the sculptors Petar Sibinovic (Serbia), Milorad Panic (Serbia) and Stefan Ivanov (Bulgaria). The three authors step out of the comfort of their own role as a protected zone of individualism and self-expression to meet their personal creative pursuits in the context of the current project. As the main point of intersection in what is presented, the provocative attempt to bring the ideas up to date and their realization stands out.
What is common in the approaches of all three is the peculiar hybridity of the created. The hybrid, according to the artists, can exist in various proportions: a world of hybrid wars, hybrid technologies, hybrid forms of contact, as well as a symbiosis between analog and digital. Nothing exists in its pure form anymore. Each work is thought in the context of often mutually exclusive elements that nevertheless exist sometimes in a material or meaningful balance.
Installation view
Artworks
Stefan Ivanov
Citizen S.
bronze, 2024
29x14x15cm
Stefan Ivanov
Observer
silver plated copper, polymer,
galvanized iron, epoxy resin, 2024
40x68x38 cm
Stefan Ivanov
The Fourth Plint (М 1:13)
silver plated copper, polymer, concrete, 2024
87x24x42 cm
Milorad Panic
Transformed imaginations 01-23
powder-coated aluminum, bronze, 2023
28x104x43 cm
Milorad Panic
Experiment X
powder-coated aluminum, wax, copper dendrites
55x39x38 cm
Milorad Panic
Experiment 10-22
powder-coated aluminum, wood, 2022
110x133x20 cm
Petar Sibinovic
Death
polyethylene
2023
98x30x30 cm
Petar Sibinovic
Crater
polyethylene, 2023
44x40x5 cm
Petar Sibinovic
H3O
engraved wooden
composite, 2019
85x125x2 cm
Petar Sibinovic
Е.013
polyethylene, 2023
38x42x38 cm
Petar Sibinovic
Recycled sun
polyethylene, 2021
96x96x1 cm
Petar Sibinovic
Untitled
PLA, 2014
9x19x26 cm
Petar Sibinovic
Suiseki
wood, polyethylene, 2022
7x45x36 cm
Petar Sibinovic
C10H804
polyethylene, 2023
Up: 40x32x27 cm
Down: 62x27x26 cm
About the artist
Milorad Panić’s work centers on his observations of various geophysical processes that shape the earth’s surface, expressed through sculpture. His fascination with nature’s forms is embodied in his diverse creations, inspired by the planet’s geological features. Conceptually, he incorporates materials found in the earth, such as soil dust, ores, salt, and sedimentary rocks. Panić explores the contrasting symbiosis of physical states—dense and porous, amorphous and structured, hard and soft. His works also reference the current ecological crisis, echoing an era in which changes in the earth’s layers lead to larger environmental disruptions.
He graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Department of Sculpture, in the class of Prof. Nikola Vukosavljević. Since 2015, he has been teaching at the Center for the Development of Artistic Casting in Sculpture Technology at the Faculty of Fine Arts, and in 2020, he was promoted to senior lecturer. He has been a member of ULUS since 2010 and has exhibited independently ten times, receiving numerous awards in sculpture. His works are featured in private and public collections, with many displayed in public spaces.
Petar Sibinović’s work explores the symbolic power of sculptural form. His art focuses on abstract compositions, reflecting elements of nature and human experience through minimalist and geometric shapes. Sibinović’s use of durable materials, such as metal and stone, highlights the connection between permanence and fragility, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between human impact and the environment. His sculptures, placed in public spaces, aim to evoke thought and reflection on our interaction with the natural world.
He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, majoring in sculpture under the mentorship of Professor Veljko Lalić in 2010. He received his doctorate in 2018 at the same faculty under the guidance of Ph.D. Radoš Antonijević and was recognized as an independent artist in 2019. Sibinović has won numerous awards for his work in sculpture, painting, and drawing. He has contributed as an author, co-author, and collaborator on many artistic projects and has participated in various international symposia, art workshops, and colonies. Since 2010, he has exhibited independently over 20 times, with eight of his sculptures installed in public spaces. His works are included in numerous state and private collections both in Serbia and abroad.
Stefan Ivanov (b. 1989, Bulgaria) works explore a different aspect of the complex balance in our hybrid existence—the fusion of analog and digitally generated forms. Ivanov digitizes human figures in their natural environments, then employs digital software and mechanized processes to translate these processed images back into the physical world. The resulting objects are materialized through classic, and sometimes forgotten, analog techniques, yet they retain the essence and encoded state embedded within the digital codes.