{"title":"Inat - Beauty Under Siege","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lipstick-and-courage-miss-sarajevo-framed-canvas-art","title":"Lipstick \u0026 Courage – A0 Framed Canvas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContemporary Historical Beauty Wall Art from the \u003cem\u003eInat — Beauty Under Siege \u003c\/em\u003eCollection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade to order in Cape Town · Nationwide delivery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLipstick and Courage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary portrait inspired by one of the most quietly defiant moments of the twentieth century — and by a friendship that brought that moment close to home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe artist's best friend grew up in Sarajevo. Visiting the city for the first time in 2012, she walked its streets with a new awareness of what her friend and her family had lived through. Back home, she went looking through the archives and news reports from the siege, and came across the story of the 1993 Miss Besieged Sarajevo pageant: young women walking a stage in a city under fire, holding a banner that read \"Don't let them kill us.\" She listened to \"Miss Sarajevo\" by U2 and Luciano Pavarotti over and over, and those women stayed with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere is no war in this portrait, yet somehow it can be felt just beyond the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA woman sits alone at her dressing table, eyes lowered, the mirror lights glowing beside her like small lanterns in the dark. It is the private moment before the stage, when she gathers herself and prepares to be seen. Her lipstick is perfect. Her composure is complete. Nothing about her suggests defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe often imagine courage as something loud. Yet sometimes it looks like this: choosing to dress, to paint your lips, to stand up straight when the world is trying to take everything from you. For the women of Sarajevo, beauty became a form of resistance — a refusal to let fear decide who they would be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRendered in deep midnight tones and warm champagne light, Lipstick and Courage feels suspended somewhere between photograph and memory. It holds the spirit of a city the artist came to love through her friend's eyes: its dignity, its defiance, and its extraordinary will to go on living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLipstick and Courage is a portrait of quiet bravery — and an homage to the women who reminded the world that beauty can be an act of courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePart of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInat — Beauty Under Siege\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Collection. Created through photography and mixed-media composition, this large framed wall artwork has a cinematic, painterly quality. Its dark, moody palette, glowing light and elegant composition make it a striking statement piece for a living room, bedroom, dressing room, entrance hall, office or hospitality interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe artwork is printed on premium canvas and custom framed to order in Cape Town. It is available in a Natural Obeche or Kiaat-Stained Obeche floating frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eArtwork size: A0 portrait — 118.9 × 84.1 cm\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Photography and mixed-media composition\u003cbr\u003ePrint: Premium canvas\u003cbr\u003eFrame: Solid Obeche wood\u003cbr\u003eFrame profile: 7 mm visible face × 50 mm depth\u003cbr\u003eFloating gap: 5 mm\u003cbr\u003eFrame finishes: Natural Obeche or Kiaat-stained Obeche\u003cbr\u003eHanging hardware: Included\u003cbr\u003eMade in: Cape Town, South Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFraming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach artwork is custom framed with a slim 7 mm face, generous 50 mm depth and a subtle 5 mm floating gap. Choose Natural Obeche for a light, warm finish or Kiaat-stained Obeche for a richer, darker appearance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction and delivery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach piece is made to order in Cape Town and carefully packaged for secure delivery. Please allow 5 working days for production before dispatch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComplimentary delivery is included to most major cities and suburbs across South Africa. Remote or outlying areas may incur an additional delivery fee. If a surcharge applies to your address, we will contact you before production begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReturns and exchanges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eEach Republic of Venus artwork is individually made and framed to order, and for this reason we are unable to accept returns or exchanges for change of mind.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIf your artwork arrives damaged, has a manufacturing defect, or is not what you ordered, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can arrange a replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRepublic of Venus — Poetry, for your walls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Republic of Venus","offers":[{"title":"Natural Obeche","offer_id":67005753917811,"sku":"ROV-A0-LIPSTICK-NATURAL","price":12000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kiaat-Stained Obeche","offer_id":67005753950579,"sku":"NATURALROV-A0-LIPSTICK-KIAAT","price":12000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/1864\/2547\/files\/MissSarajevoDressingRoomRGB.jpg?v=1790615444"},{"product_id":"hold-the-beloved-city-miss-sarajevo-framed-canvas-art","title":"Hold the Beloved City – A0 Framed Canvas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContemporary Historical Beauty Wall Art from the \u003cem\u003eInat — Beauty Under Siege \u003c\/em\u003eCollection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade to order in Cape Town · Nationwide delivery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold the Beloved City\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary artwork inspired by the women of the 1993 Miss Besieged Sarajevo pageant — and by an imagined moment the artist wished they could have had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn 29 May 1993, in the second year of the siege, thirteen young women took to the stage, sheltered from the shelling and sniper fire that had gripped the city. Seventeen-year-old Inela Nogić was crowned Miss Besieged Sarajevo, with Dijana Šehić and Marija Mišić as her runners-up. Before the evening ended, the contestants unfolded a banner with a message for the world: \"Don't let them kill us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYet when the artist thought of those young women, she found herself imagining them somewhere else entirely: climbing out of hiding, up to a rooftop window, to look out over the city they loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHaving visited Sarajevo herself, she remembered how it looks at night — a valley glittering with light, the hills alive with windows and streetlamps. During the siege, that view was almost extinguished. A lit window could draw a sniper's aim, and so the city went dark, its lights scattered and few, like embers refusing to go out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis scene never happened, yet it feels as though it could have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThree women stand together at the window, arms wrapped around one another, faces turned close. Beyond them, Sarajevo rests in the valley, the last warm light fading along the ridge of the mountains and only a handful of lights still burning below. They are not posing. They are holding on — to each other, and to the city that is theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere is tenderness here, and solidarity, and something deeper still: a love of place that no siege could take away. In bringing these women out of hiding and up to the rooftop, the artist gives them what the war denied them — the open sky, the view, and a moment of peace above the city they refused to abandon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRendered in deep midnight blue and soft apricot light, Hold the Beloved City feels suspended somewhere between memory and dream. It carries both the fragility of that time and its extraordinary warmth: the way people held one another, and held their city, through the darkest of nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHold the Beloved City is a portrait of sisterhood and belonging — and an homage to the women of Sarajevo, whose love for their city outlasted the siege.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePart of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInat — Beauty Under Siege\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Collection. Created through photography and mixed-media composition, this large South African wall artwork has a cinematic, painterly quality. Its moody midnight palette, glowing apricot light and intimate composition make it a striking statement piece for a living room, bedroom, entrance hall, office or hospitality interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe artwork is printed on premium canvas and custom framed to order in Cape Town. It is available in a Natural Obeche or Kiaat-Stained Obeche floating frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eArtwork size: A0 landscape — 118.9 × 84.1 cm\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Photography and mixed-media composition\u003cbr\u003ePrint: Premium canvas\u003cbr\u003eFrame: Solid Obeche wood\u003cbr\u003eFrame profile: 7 mm visible face × 50 mm depth\u003cbr\u003eFloating gap: 5 mm\u003cbr\u003eFrame finishes: Natural Obeche or Kiaat-stained Obeche\u003cbr\u003eHanging hardware: Included\u003cbr\u003eMade in: Cape Town, South Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFraming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach artwork is custom framed with a slim 7 mm face, generous 50 mm depth and a subtle 5 mm floating gap. Choose Natural Obeche for a light, warm finish or Kiaat-stained Obeche for a richer, darker appearance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction and delivery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach piece is made to order in Cape Town and carefully packaged for secure delivery. Please allow 5 working days for production before dispatch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComplimentary delivery is included to most major cities and suburbs across South Africa. Remote or outlying areas may incur an additional delivery fee. If a surcharge applies to your address, we will contact you before production begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReturns and exchanges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eEach Republic of Venus artwork is individually made and framed to order, and for this reason we are unable to accept returns or exchanges for change of mind.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIf your artwork arrives damaged, has a manufacturing defect, or is not what you ordered, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can arrange a replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRepublic of Venus — Poetry, for your walls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Republic of Venus","offers":[{"title":"Natural Obeche","offer_id":67005848912243,"sku":"ROV-A0-BELOVED-NATURAL","price":12000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kiaat-Stained Obeche","offer_id":67005848945011,"sku":"ROV-A0-BELOVED-KIAAT","price":12000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/1864\/2547\/files\/BeautyPagenatLadiesSarajevoRGB.jpg?v=1790617456"},{"product_id":"grace-under-fire-miss-sarajevo-a0-framed-canvas","title":"Grace under Fire – A0 Framed Canvas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContemporary Historical Beauty Wall Art from the \u003cem\u003eInat — Beauty Under Siege \u003c\/em\u003eCollection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade to order in Cape Town · Nationwide delivery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrace Under Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e is a contemporary portrait inspired by Inela Nogić, the young woman crowned Miss Besieged Sarajevo in 1993, and by the artist's best friend, who fled Sarajevo during the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt was through her friend that the artist first came to know the city: its beauty, its spirit, and the shadow the siege left on everyone who lived through it. Visiting Sarajevo for the first time in 2012, and later searching through the archives of that time, she came across the story of the pageant, and of the seventeen-year-old who won it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn the second year of the siege, Sarajevo was a city where visibility could be deadly. People ran across open streets to avoid snipers, windows were kept dark, and daily life went on in hiding. Yet on 29 May 1993, thirteen young women stepped onto a stage and walked into the light. When Inela Nogić was crowned, she and the other contestants unfolded a banner with a message for the world: \"Don't let them kill us.\" Her image travelled far beyond the city and became one of the defining pictures of the siege.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe title holds two meanings. Grace under fire is the composure to remain calm when everything around you is falling apart. In Sarajevo, the fire was real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA woman stands alone in a single beam of light, one hand resting on her hip, her chin lifted and her eyes quietly closed. The darkness around her is vast, yet she does not shrink from it. She does not hurry, plead or hide. She simply stands, fully illuminated, as though she has decided that fear will not choose where she stands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere is a particular kind of strength in stillness. It does not shout or perform; it holds its ground. For a teenage girl in a besieged city, walking into the spotlight was an act of resistance: a declaration that she was still here, still young, still beautiful, and still herself, whatever the war had taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRendered in deep violet shadow and soft blush light, Grace Under Fire feels cinematic and dreamlike, somewhere between a stage photograph and a memory. The light seems almost to choose her, pouring down from above like a blessing or a challenge she is ready to meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrace Under Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of composure and courage, and an homage to Inela Nogić and the women of Sarajevo, those who stayed and those who fled, who carried their dignity through the darkest of times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInat — Beauty Under Siege\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Collection. Created through photography and mixed-media composition, this large South African wall artwork has a cinematic, painterly quality. Its dramatic light, deep shadow and elegant silhouette make it a striking statement piece for a living room, bedroom, dressing room, entrance hall, office or hospitality interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is printed on premium canvas and custom framed to order in Cape Town. It is available in a Natural Obeche or Kiaat-Stained Obeche floating frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eArtwork size: A0 portrait — 118.9 × 84.1 cm\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Photography and mixed-media composition\u003cbr\u003ePrint: Premium canvas\u003cbr\u003eFrame: Solid Obeche wood\u003cbr\u003eFrame profile: 7 mm visible face × 50 mm depth\u003cbr\u003eFloating gap: 5 mm\u003cbr\u003eFrame finishes: Natural Obeche or Kiaat-stained Obeche\u003cbr\u003eHanging hardware: Included\u003cbr\u003eMade in: Cape Town, South Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFraming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach artwork is custom framed with a slim 7 mm face, generous 50 mm depth and a subtle 5 mm floating gap. Choose Natural Obeche for a light, warm finish or Kiaat-stained Obeche for a richer, darker appearance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction and delivery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach piece is made to order in Cape Town and carefully packaged for secure delivery. Please allow 5 working days for production before dispatch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComplimentary delivery is included to most major cities and suburbs across South Africa. Remote or outlying areas may incur an additional delivery fee. If a surcharge applies to your address, we will contact you before production begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReturns and exchanges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eEach Republic of Venus artwork is individually made and framed to order, and for this reason we are unable to accept returns or exchanges for change of mind.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIf your artwork arrives damaged, has a manufacturing defect, or is not what you ordered, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can arrange a replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRepublic of Venus — Poetry, for your walls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Republic of Venus","offers":[{"title":"Natural Obeche","offer_id":67005867000179,"sku":"ROV-A0-GRACE-NATURAL","price":12000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kiaat-Stained Obeche","offer_id":67005867032947,"sku":"ROV-A0-GRACE-KIAAT","price":12000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/1864\/2547\/files\/NEWSpotlight_Stage_Miss_Sarajevo_RGB.jpg?v=1791573151"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/1864\/2547\/collections\/SpotlightStageMissSarajevoRGB.jpg?v=1790619492","url":"https:\/\/www.republicofvenus.co.za\/collections\/inat-beauty-under-siege.oembed","provider":"Republic of Venus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}