Curtain Call: A Sculptural Tribute to Indigenous Heritage

This installation by sculptor and industrial designer Lilly Otasevic draws inspiration from the indigenous Wampum belt.

Vibrant wall installation made of colorful cylindrical elements against a blue sky, featuring green foliage in the foreground.

Titled Curtain Call, on the wall of the Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario, it is also a reference to the wavy curtain of a theatre. Built of marine-grade aluminum and finished with metallic car paint, the installation is 45 feet long, 13.5 fee high and 6 feet in depth.

Exterior view of a modern building featuring a colorful artistic installation on the facade, surrounded by greenery and street furniture.

This sculpture is conveying multilayered historical as well as contemporary aspects of this particular site that was a main trade route of the indigenous people and European settlers.This sculpture represents diversity, present and past as well as our inter-connectedness – Lilly Otasevic

A modern stone sculpture featuring balanced, rounded stones on a white pedestal, set in an urban environment with a contemporary building in the background. — UNITY – Zhangjiagang Museum, Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China public art collection (source)

Born in the former Yugoslavia, Otasevic completed a degree at the Belgrade School of Industrial Design, and an MFA at the Belgrade Academy of Fine Art.

Since immigrating to Toronto, Otasevic has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Ontario and abroad. She was invited to exhibit in Dubai, UAE; the Asian Cultural Centre, NYC; Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, NY; and Nanjing, China.

Lilly Otasevic at the Sculptors Society of Canada here.

Her website, here.

THIS IS THE LAST ENTRY IN SCULPTURE SATURDAY

NOTE: This is the last entry in the year-long Sculpture Saturday series, which started in June 2025 and focused on Canadian sculptors or sculptures from outside Canada on exhibition here. See them all at this link.

ALSO NOTE: I am resurrecting Sketchbook Saturday, which ran from 2019 until it was discontinued in February, 2024. However, it’s coming back – I miss it – beginning Saturday June 6, 2026. See you there.