JUNE 2025 – ONLINE ONLY
Liliana Pasalic’s new works on paper capture the tactile urgency of her process, revealing an instinctive visual language that runs across both her painting and textile practices. These are not sketches in the traditional sense, but resolved pieces in their own right—layered with gesture, rhythm, and material intuition. There’s a raw immediacy in the way she approaches the surface, echoing the physicality of weaving or the build-up of paint on canvas.
Pasalic’s broader practice is rooted in experimentation and transformation, often blurring the boundaries between painting, sculpture, and textile. She draws inspiration from architectural and natural landscapes, contemporary art, and the metaphysical, translating abstract ideas and values into tangible forms. Her work is guided by spontaneity, improvisation, and a desire to create something unfamiliar and surprising, reflecting her personal evolution and the environments she inhabits.
What’s striking is the quiet conversation between mediums. The same forms, tensions, and spatial thinking found in her tapestries and paintings reappear here in distilled, energetic marks. For collectors, these works on paper offer an affordable way to acquire a piece of Pasalic’s evolving practice—they’re intimate, grounded, and deeply connected to the larger narrative of her work.
These works on paper, while more accessible in scale and price, are no less significant. They offer a glimpse into Pasalic’s dynamic process and her commitment to exploring the interplay between materiality and meaning.
Pasalic has exhibited in solo and group shows around the world, including in Zagreb, Ljubljana, New York, Brussels, Vienna, Adelaide, Jerusalem, and Canberra. Her first major solo exhibition at KS will be in September 2025.
Image: Hyped Up Sports Event. Oils, acrylic, spray paint, collage on 300gsm archival recycled paper, 86 X 64CM.