PM Gallery
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Branko Lepen: CIRCLE

18 September - 28 September 2008

The intriguing intermediate space between the PM Gallery and the Bačva Gallery was articulated by sculptor Branko Lepen with an installation of polished aluminium 11 m in diameter. Floating in limbo, the installation entitled Circle is still today one of the most spectacular realisations of that reiterated and permanent need according to which artists explore, respond to or provoke the givens of the Meštrović Pavilion with their site-specific approaches.
Branko Franceschi

Branko Lepen was born in Čakovec on May 25, 1957. He took his BSc in civil engineering in Zagreb in 1983.  Up to 1989 he was employed in civil engineering.   Since 1989 he has worked in the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb as head of stage production.  His sculptures are to be found in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb; the Modern Gallery Zagreb; the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka; the Mondrianhuis Collection in Amersfort (Holland) and the Croatian Academy Glyptotheque in Zagreb. To date he has exhibited in 17 solo shows. He is the author of three sculptures in public space: at the Mladost Sports Club, Zagreb; Croatian Academy Glyptotheque, Zagreb; the Civil Engineering School, Čakovec. He won the 19th Youth Salon Prize in 1987 and the 6th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture Prize in 2000.