Aux Maniere, later AUX Manir Slobodan Sajin was a contemporary art group from Serbia in 1982-2009, established by Slobodan Šajin (1952–2009) and
Momčilo Rajin (1954).
History
First phase: Duo
In 1975, Šajin and Rajin, both historians of art and artists, participated in Serbian conceptual art group "Group 143".
From 1980–1982 Slobodan Šajin worked on silk-screen printing and developed a unique art graphic (print)
monotyping technique called "REPRINT" (REcycle PRINT). The technique became the base of the artworks that "Aux Maniere" made in the following several years.
"Aux Maniere" was established in 1982. From 1982 until 1985, group designed record covers for famous Serbian pop-rock groups, such as
U škripcu and Laki pingvini.
Second phase: One man group
After Momčilo Rajin left in 1986, Aux Maniere became a one man group - Slobodan Šajin.
From 1986-1990 Aux Maniere produced collections of abstract art paintings.
After the beginning of
civil war in Yugoslavia in 1991, Šajin engaged in commercial arts. After the fall of
Slobodan Milošević's regime in Serbia (2000), he started again making fine arts. In 2002 he promoted a new art brand, Trash brand AUX MANIR, which became the name of the group.
In his last five years Šajin exhibited in his house garden, place named "Plain air gallery".
Significant exhibitions and works
1983. "Media Transformations", Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
1984. "Fin de siecle", Happy Gallery SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
1985. "Fin the siecle -This is today", City of Zagreb Galleries, Zagreb, Croatia
1985. "I gioielli della lirica", Happy Gallery SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
1985. "Suspicious minds", LandsMuseum, Ruma, Serbia
1986. "Armagedon - Bridges 86", Pavilion "Cvijeta Zuzorić", Belgrade, Serbia
"Aux Maniere", "Verbumprogram", "Alter Imago", Raša Todosijević,
Miško Šuvaković, Feđa Klikovac,
Dušan Otašević, Halil Tikveša, Era Milivojević, Dragoslav Krnajski, Goran Đorđević
1986. "Interstellar signalization", Hotel lobby, Ruma, Serbia
1987. "Groups in Yougoslav art of 80's", Gallery Meander, Apatin, Serbia. "Alter Imago", "Aux Maniere",
IRWIN
1988. "Simulacrum", Mail Art. Small paintings, reprints and flyers. Art works-gifts randomly delivered.
1989. "The need for picture", Contemporary Gallery, Pančevo, Serbia
Aux Maniere, Laslo Kerekeš, Sombati Balint, Dragomir Ugren, Varga Somodji Tibor, Rada Čupić, Jozef Ač,
Milan Konjovic ...