JURICA PUŠENJAK
FAME
19.11.-8.12.2024.
Karas Gallery

On Tuesday, 19.11.2024. Jurica Pušenjak opens his solo exhibition entitled FAME, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).

In his foreword, Feđa Gavrilović emphasizes:

“Some of the figures in Pušenjak’s portraits are more familiar to us than others, yet each represents narratives we encounter through the internet, television, or newspapers. In all this, we are not merely passive spectators. One of the biggest tricks of civil society, an illusion that sustains it despite its many contradictions and injustices, is the illusion of choice given to its subjects. This manifests in democratic elections, where a political option is legitimised by a relative majority of votes, as well as in the (supposed) freedom of the press. In narratives surrounding those in power, play along, like spectators in an amphitheater or viewers of a Western, picking our heroes and villains and rooting for them. By reading left- or right-leaning publications, listening to podcasts, and reading books, we adopt the arguments of a particular stance and build our own ideological identities. We then attempt to defend those views when political debates move from parliamentary halls to our local cafés. Yet all these conflicts are illusory, for, ultimately, decisions are made by those who hold real power in society, that is, those who control capital (or – the means of generating it).”

PREFACE

Biography:
Born in 1996 in Zagreb. In 2020, he graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in the class of Zoltan Novak. Since 2018, he has participated in around twenty group-juried exhibitions and held four solo exhibitions. Notable group exhibitions include the 5th and 6th Biennial of Painting (Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Zagreb), the 16th and 19th Erste Fragments (Lauba, Zagreb), Tartaglia Shelves (Forum Gallery, Zagreb) where he also contributed as a co-author, Love at Last Sight/Money is Eternal, and Human Life is Ephemeral (Bačva Gallery, Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Zagreb), Illusions (PM Gallery, Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Zagreb), and ￡I ₿ € R Ⓐ￡I $ M (Poola Gallery, Pula). In April 2022, he held his first solo exhibition titled Heroes at Bačva Gallery, Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Zagreb. He is the recipient of the Vladimir Dodig Trokut, Iva Vraneković – Artist to Artist Award.
The exhibition will be open during the period from 19.11. to 8.12.2024.

Working hours of Karas Gallery
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.
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Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb