2026
installation / object / drawings
“But the most important of all human features for the grotesque is the mouth. It dominates all else. The grotesque face is actually reduced to the gaping mouth; the other features are only a frame encasing this wide-open bodily abyss.”
– Mikhail Bakhtin
In this layered artistic project the artist symbolically rounds off her long-term exploration of the Medusa myth. The work develops through various media—from drawings, through object, to installation—in which the motifs of the jaw and teeth are fragmented, abstracted and spatially organized, while the form simultaneously functions as a bearer of content and as a creative principle that shapes all the parts into a coherent whole. The technical realization of the work is based on precise and complex processing of various sensitive materials, involving a series of carefully controlled interventions. The final form emerges in the very act of processing, through which the work with the material acquires a performative character. The precision of craftsmanship and the quality of execution confirm Lala Raščić’s technical virtuosity and her confident command of different media. The work is conceived in direct relation to the architectural heritage and the space of Casa Jagoda Buić.
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION COMING SOON
A SMILE,
SMIRK,
SNEER,
SNICKER
(or teeth as language)
LIST OF EXHIBITS
Teeth (sketch III)
2026
pencil on paper
25 x 35,5 cm
Sketch for a group portrait in front of Black Leafing
2026
pencil and marker on laser print
21 x 29,7 cm
The Teeth
2026
dental plaster, metal-ceramic dental prosthetics, gold leaf, aluminum
10 x 8 x 12 cm
The Smile
2026
multimedia installation: verre églomisé (gold and silver leaf on tempered glass), paint, aluminum, wood, light, automation, stereo sound
200 x 80 x 235 (dimensions variable)
Light and sound score: 7’15’’
commissioned by: Dr. Hans Wuttke Foundation
curator: Ivana Čuljak
production assistant: Luana Lojić
studio assistant: Ana Dutina
text and curatorial consulting: Anja Bogojević
creative technical solutions and programming: Branimir Štivić
dental prosthetics fabrication: Mekić Dent Art, Sarajevo
dental prosthetics consulting: Prof.dr.sci. Alma Konjhodžić
metal and mechanical parts fabrication: Hrvoje Spudić
additional metal parts fabrication: Samir Sarajlija – Čaka
architectural drawing: Mirna Udovčić
CNC glass milling and fabrication: Bokart d.o.o., Zagreb
additional wood fabrication: Hrvoje Đukez
electrical repair services: Vlado Filipović
sound design: Hrvoje Nikšić
singers: Jusuf Brkić, Luana Lojić, Azra Pondro, Lala Raščić
saz player: Jusuf Brkić
sound recording: Benjamin Rifatbegović
sound recorded at: Pop Rock Škola, Sarajevo
text editing and proofreading: Giulia Crisci, Timothy Weeks
Thank you: Christopher Alfieri • Prof.dr.sci. Emir Berhamović • Nemanja Cvijanović • Denali Art Solutions • Tin Dožić • Andreja Dugandžić • Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. Sarajevo • Orlando Maaike Gouuwnberg • Jasna Jakšić • Miroslav Kružik • Faruk Mehmedović • Lorenzo Perini • Miloš Trakilović • Mima Zukan
Lala Raščić 