As a theme, Belgrade has been present in the creation of numerous artists, but this particular point of view has been given to us by Momčilo Moma Antonović, an authentic creative personality who has, ever since in the late 1950’s he first saw this town that enthralled him, spent several decades skillfully expressing his love for it on canvas. The exhibition Belgrade on Waters by Momčilo Moma Antonović, encompassing the latest cycle of his works and split into three segments according to the time when they were created (paintings made in 2015; in 2016 and 2017; and in late 2017 and early 2018), offers his view of the ideas, techniques and esthetics of his creative process over this three-year period.
Moving between perception, intellect and emotion, in his creative process Moma transposes what’s seen into fragmentary representations of the inner experience, insisting both on the artistic and the spiritual quality of the work of art.
Compositions of strong color, with numerous details – symbols of Belgrade, dominated by diagonals which create a dynamic and dramatic quality (created in 2015) are followed by those later compositions with calmer colors, brighter pallet, reduced details, dominated by the St. Sava Temple as the main symbol of the town and its spiritual axis.