The book volume is dedicated to the critical appraisal of an artwork by Jelena Juresa, titled ‘Mira, Study for a Portrait’, created over the course of several years (2010–2014). The book has been compiled and published to accompany the eponymous exhibition at the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. The approaching exhibition created the need for a broader, more comprehensive analysis of the work, at the semantic, as well as the formal and visual level. The exhibition at the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade was the first solo exhibition of the integral work in Belgrade and Serbia. Prior to the Belgrade exhibition, the work was presented in solo exhibitions in Zagreb, Pula and Graz.