This project was provoked by an unpleasant event preceding the opening of the Clothed Paintings I exhibition in Užice, in October 2013. It was a surprising reaction. It made me think about gender and sex in relation to clothes, in the context of Serbian incapability to distinguish these two, so I decided to make a series of photographs of people wearing gender \”adequate\” clothes. Nouns in Serbian grammar have three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. So I divided garments into two groups by their noun\’s gender.
| FEMININE NOUNS | MASCULINE NOUNS |
| gaćice – panties bokserice – boxer shorts majica – T-shirt košulja – shirt bluza – blouse tunika – tunic dukserica – sweatshirt trenerka – gym suit jakna – jacket pantalone – pants bermude – bermuda shorts helanke – tights suknja – skirt haljina – dress čarape – stockings cipele – shoes čizme – boots papuče – slippers sandale – sandals šal – scarf marama – handkerchief | grudnjak / brushalter – bra halteri – suspenders triko – tricot bikini – bikini kupaći kostim – bathing suit šorts – shorts kombinezon – overalls top – top džemper – sweater blejzer – blazer kimono – kimono prsluk – vest sako – kind of jacket mantil – topcoat kaput – coat kačket – cap |
