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Mile V. Pajić () (born 1958) is a Serbian
visual artist The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual a ...
, cultural activist, scientist, and independent
researcher Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to ...
. He has authored several
monographs A monograph is generally a long-form work on one (usually scholarly) subject, or one aspect of a subject, typically created by a single author or artist (or, sometimes, by two or more authors). Traditionally it is in written form and published a ...
which focus on cultural and ecclesiastical heritage. Pajić also works in publishing and is associated with several Serbian cultural institutions, including the NGO and publishing house “Riznica srpske duhovnosti” (Treasure of Serbian Spirituality) in Belgrade. Pajić served as the vice president for culture of the
Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић, ; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Se ...
Endowment. Pajić currently lives and works in
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, Serbia.


Career

;Artistic work Pajić's influences in drawing, painting, and watercolour include the Christian Balkan art tradition, French
Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
, and Russian traditional paintings from the second half of the 19th century originating from the ''
Peredvizhniki Peredvizhniki (, ), often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realism (arts), realist artists who formed an artists' cooperative in protest of academic restrictions; it evolved into the ''Society for Trave ...
'' movement. His work is included in the 2014 Russian monograph ''Russian-Serbian Painting'', published in Russia in 2014. ; ;Cultural work Pajić's cultural work focuses on the preservation and reassertion of Serbian cultural heritage, emphasizing aesthetics rooted in the
Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...
and influenced by the
Byzantine civilization The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Em ...
. His research inspired the creation of the "Treasury of Serbian Spirituality" project in the mid-1990s, which sought to showcase this heritage through the lens of spiritual, cultural, and state-building history. Based on this project, he was one of the founders and served as the editor-in-chief of the eponymous
NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
and publishing house. He is also a co-founder of the
Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић, ; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Se ...
Foundation in Belgrade, where he serves as an official in its policy bodies. He serves as the vice-president for cultural affairs of the Society of Friends of the Monastery of St. Nicholas, Kuršumlija, located in Soko Grad near
Ljubovija Ljubovija ( sr-cyr, Љубовија, ) is a small town and municipality located in the Mačva District The Mačva District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the western part of Serbia, in the geographical regions o ...
. In 2007, Pajić received the
Golden Badge ''Sport'' ( sr-Cyrl, Спорт) was a Serbian daily sports newspaper. The first edition was published on 5 May 1945 under the name ''Fiskultura'' and the last edition went out on 17 September 2016. Since the mid-2000s it was billed as "Dnevni ...
from the Cultural and Educational Association of Serbia.


Exhibitions

Solo * ''Hilandar Monastery, Serbian Imperial Lavra'' ('Sveti manastir Hilandar, srpska carska lavra'), St. Nikolaj Srpski, 2004;
Šabac Šabac ( sr-Cyrl, Шабац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river ...
, 2005;
Obrenovac Obrenovac ( sr-cyr, Обреновац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 68,882 inhabitants, while the urban area has 25,380 inhabitants. The old name for Obreno ...
, 2005; Ministry of Diaspora,
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, 2005; Institute for the Study of Cultural Development of Serbia, Belgrade, 2014. * ''Shrines of the Serbian people'' ('Svetinje srpskog naroda'), Belgrade International Book Fair, Belgrade, 2009. * ''Watercolor Belgrade'' ('Beograd u akvarelu'), Đura Jakšić House, Belgrade, 2016. * ''Belgrade, An Utopian City'' ('Beograd, utopijski grad'), Institute for the Study of Cultural Development of Serbia, Belgrade, 2016. Group * Gallery 73, Belgrade, 2012. * Ikar Gallery at the Air Force Cultural Center,
Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown ...
, 2013. * Institute for the Study of Cultural Development, Belgrade, 2013. * Đura Jakšić House Gallery, Belgrade, 2013. * Student Cultural Center,
New Belgrade New Belgrade (, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. It was a Planned community, planned city and now is the central business district of Serbia and South East Europe. Construction began in 1948 in a previously un ...
, Gallery 73, Belgrade, as part of the thematic exhibition "1700 Years of the Edict of Milan" within the Belgrade–Požarevac–Trstenik–Niš tour, 2013.


Book illustrations

* "Treasury of Serbian Spirituality" ('Riznica srpske duhovnosti') in six monographs, by Mile V. Pajić. * "The Road to Light" ('Put u svetlost'), a poem by Hadži Peter Solar.


Monographs (texts and paintings)

* ''Hilandar Monastery, Serbian Imperial Lavra'' ('Sveti manastir Hilandar, srpska carska lavra'), Riznica srpske duhovnosti,
Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
, 2005, 2009; editions in Serbian, Russian, English and German, Riznica srpske duhovnosti and Službeni glasnik, Belgrade, 2015.Exhibition opening: Hilandar by Mile V. Pajić
Institute for the study of cultural development, Belgrade, 23 April 2013. (Serbian)
* ''The shrines of old Raška, Nemanjides endowment'' ('Svetinje stare Raške, zadužbine Nemanjića')'','' Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009. * ''The Shrines of Medieval Serbia, The Legacy of the Christian Orient'' ('Svetinje srednjovekovne Srbije, nasleđe hrišćanskog Orijenta')'','' Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009. * ''Shrines of Moravian Serbia, Treasuries of Nemanjides Legacies'' ('Svetinje moravske Srbije, riznice zaveštanja Nemanjića'), Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009. * ''Shrines of the Serbian People, monasteries at the Intersection of East and West'' ('Svetinje srpskog naroda, manastiri na razmeđu Istoka i Zapada')'','' Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009. * ''Shrines of restored Serbia, Saint Savva's spirituality for the future of the Serbian people'' ('Svetinje obnovljene Srbije, svetosavlje za budućnost srpskog naroda')'','' Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009.


Essays


Slavic plein-air: one trip to the East, Belgorod art travelogue
('Slavjanski plener: jedno putovanje na Istok'), Rastko Project, 2018.
From fresco to comic book
('Od freske do stripa'), ''Kultura'', ''scientific journal for the theory and sociology of culture and cultural policy'' , Belgrade, No. 165/2019. Within the international collection "Comics and Identity" („Strip i identitet")
Gorostas
('A giant'), an essay, Rastko Project, 2019.
In memoriam: Zoran Mihajlović (1955–2019)
Rastko Project, 2019.


References


External links


The Treasury of Serbian Spirituality: About the Association
Official Website of Riznica srpske kulture (Serbian)
Dositej Obradović Foundation /Dositejeva zadužbina/
Belgrade
Soul of the Cyrillic: Mile V. Pajić and Treasury of Serbian Spirituality
(interview), Radio "Snaga naroda", Belgrade, 1 December 2016. (Serbian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pajic, Mile 1958 births Artists from Šabac Serbian painters 21st-century Serbian historians Serbian art historians Serbian publishers (people) Cultural activists Living people