League of Nations

Is there anything posher than name Bertha? She doesn’t know how to wear her status symbols.

The disappointment is obvious, the effort is futile. Even the glasses don’t help her look sharper.

The President turns his head to one side or closes an eye in front of a sizeable drumstick.

He does not give up neither the meal nor the position even though they are mutually exclusive.

Dominated by arrogance and egoism, this drawing presents philistines - persons who do not like or understand art, literature, music...

Three male figures are intertwined into a single unit. The composition, dating back to 1933, speaks of an inexhaustible chain of money.

The event itself is not particularly sensational, but it is an obvious image of society ranging from naivety to treachery.

The artist combines biblical motifs with the contemporary world; she is speaking of sins, crimes, and abuse, but in a universal and timeless way. Adam and Eve, for example, are not in the Garden of Eden. Adam is a professor, and Eve is characterised as a "Dragon Lady". Visually the scene evokes the story of William Tell and Bruegel’s Blinds.

Eve: You know what I dreamed of? You were chocking me, and I was defending myself! Oh, God! What would Freud say?

Adam: Hm, no need for Freud?! It's logical, if the dream was reality, it would not be a dream!

The drawing is based on the myth of Cain and Abel. For centuries this domination of the stronger was treated as a natural order.

The author notes: "Beginnings of the Family idyll".

In the new setting, St. Jerome was not given a role of church teacher, but of a mystic.

Some of the drawings feature witty commentary by the artist herself, adding layers and context to the presented situations. This is the case with the two large figures represent the priests of the Eastern and Western churches. Though their backs are firmly connected and their looks point to the opposite directions, Todorović is trying to show the similarities and differences between two religions.

One emphasizes the content, while the other favours the form.

Pancakes a la Rasputin (International cuisine) Cyrillic: 'Clergy Obscura'

The blind beggar is moving toward the bridge. The other figure throws him the coins while blocking his way.

"Humanity???
If that's what 90% of people do - then only not humanity."

Hyper-intellectual is a counterpart to Trendy Bertha.
"Mind, reason, intellect; Kind of professor - as such - with his 'I' - 'He thinks, therefore he is' - When he is asleep, he is gone."

"Menu: Fried brain; Brain a la Senil; Brain as such.
Desert: Distilled thoughts in a sauce of air-empty space"

Mr Piemont Moral is holding the threads, while he himself is in the position of the marionette.

Mr Al is a personification of wealth gained from criminal and corruption, he holds the threads of "money", "ideology", "military", "war and peace", "gangsters"...

Drawings "Heroism I and II" (they are also called Heroism before and after use) are illustrations of glorified heroism, triumphal parade and problems of war veterans after the hush of the triumph.

In the first drawing, the soldier is adorned with medals and intoxicated with fame. The written comment is incidental and modest.

The second drawing represents the reality which comes after sobering.

And again, the irony, that we are used to, is truthful and painful. Inscription states: "Sufficient wardrobe, reduced anatomy".

In this complex composition author is
interpreting a wide spectrum of social problems in a specific moment.
She is presenting her point of view of the institution League of nations. This drawing does not have so much bitterness, nor sarcasm like some examples from before.

Personifications from left to right, according to the inscription: "1) Stratospheric 'idealist' 'Spirit'. – 2) Malice! – 3) Ecstasy in confusion - 4) The mystery of the eternal - who knows what."

"5) Accounts, secret power, capital money, intrigue; - (Everything under 'umbrella'). – 6) (alleged) 'Hero' , male, superiority, temperament, life-giving matter - 7) Seductiveness of something invisible"