BIG HUG

DELIA PRVAČKI NÉE ILIESIU AND MILENKO PRVAČKI

Singapore

c. 2019

Mixed Media

Created for Gallery Children's Biennale 2019: Embracing Wonder

Artist Assistant: Jezlyn Tan | Collaborators: Anastasia Gorod and Shane Ng | Photography: Bogdan Petrov

BIG HUG is dedicated to Ana and Divna

How does an embrace feel? What does it look and sound like?

Explore this multi-room installation filled with fun and familiar items from everyday life. Feel porcelain and ceramic objects created by sculptor Delia Prvacki and feast your eyes on quirky drawings by painter Milenko Prvacki. Enjoy the thrill of discovering more about yourself, your friends, family and the world through touch and play.

Activities in some of the rooms let you imagine your future as one of many interesting professions, learn about colours, positive and negative spaces as well as friendship and teamwork.

For more fun activities, purchase an Art Pack from one of the Gallery Children’s Biennale vending machines around the Gallery.

WHO ARE DELIA AND MILENKO PRVAÄŒKI?

Husband and wife duo Milenko and Delia Prvacki migrated from former Yugoslavia and Romania in the early 1990s, and have since become familiar faces in the Singapore art scene. They enjoy sharing their art and educating little visitors who come into BIG HUG.

Delia Prvacki née Iliesiu (b. 1950) was born in Romania. Delia’s passion for poetry, music and folklore from an early age inspired her to become an artist. She loves working with clay and ceramics because it is a flexible yet robust material. Delia’s murals and sculptures have been displayed in buildings and urban spaces in Singapore, like MRT stations and public parks.

Milenko Prvacki (b. 1951) was born in former Yugoslavia. Milenko is a veteran artist and arts educator, and has taught at LASALLE College of the Arts since 1994. His works are about the communities he has lived amongst and are displayed in numerous private and public collections. In 2012, he was awarded Singapore’s Cultural Medallion for Visual Arts. He is now a Senior Fellow in the Office of the President at LASALLE College of the Arts and the coordinator of the Tropical Lab, an annual international art workshop for Masters of Art degree students.