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Beware of UFO

Instructions for Happiness

Amer Hadzic

ABOUT

Amer Hadžić’s solo exhibition Instructions for Happiness explores contemporary notions of happiness, success, and personal expectations through painting, sculpture, and dioramas. Combining pop art, urban aesthetics, humour, and irony, the artist questions the promises and contradictions of everyday life.

Instructions for Happiness, an exhibition by Bosnian-Herzegovinian artist Amer Hadžić, presents a body of work that brings together popular culture, urban aesthetics, and a critical reflection on contemporary society. Through painting, sculpture, and dioramas, Hadžić places familiar characters from animated films and comic books within urban environments marked by graffiti, inscriptions, and traces of time. Their seemingly carefree nature contrasts with questions of success, money, loneliness, and social expectations. The exhibition's title carries an ironic undertone, questioning the idea that universal instructions for happiness could exist. Humour, nostalgia, and sarcasm become ways of addressing more complex aspects of everyday life, while three-dimensional works extend the artist's visual language beyond the canvas. Rather than offering definitive answers, the exhibition invites viewers to look beyond familiar imagery and recognise their own experiences, expectations, and the contradictions of contemporary life. The exhibition runs from October 24 to November 30, 2026, at Aleksić Gallery in Kragujevac.

EXHIBITION WORKS

Beware od UFO

Beware of UFO

Oil and acrylic on canvas

200 x 150 cm

Life is a Journey

Life is a Journey

Oil and acrylic on canvas

110 x 110 cm

Street Player III

Street Player III

Oil and acrylic on canvas

90 x 90 cm

ARTIST

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Đorđe Bukvić — Herbarium, 3–21 October 2026.

Herbarium

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Playing with the Big Boys

NEWS

Instructions for Happiness

Aleksić Gallery presents Amer Hadžić’s solo exhibition, Instructions for Happiness, opening on 24 October 2026 in Kragujevac.

24th October 2026