Jelena Telečki’s work deals with the aftermath of a failure or the moment in which one realises that he/she has been defeated. Her paintings often depict people tripping, slipping, doing something pointless or simply giving up on trying. Regardless of this, there is some promise for something else (perhaps better) to happen, something that would justify the embarrassment.

It is difficult to define failure for many various reasons, as failure in one system may not be failure in another. Similarly, in Telečki’s work, the foolishness and pointlessness depicted may not be all it seems to be.

Jelena Telečki is a Sydney-based artist born in Yugoslavia. She has recently completed a Master of Visual Arts degree at the Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, and is a recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts' New Work Grant (Emerging). Telečki has exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne, London and Serbia.