DAVOR MEZAK
SOLASTALGIA 2 — DREAM OF A RIVER
3.-24.11.2026.
KARAS GALLERY

On Tuesday, 3th of November Davor Mezak opens his solo exhibition entitled Solastalgia 2 — Dream of a River at 7 pm in Karas gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).

In his preface, the artist emphasizes:
„There is a particular kind of sadness that arises when a place to which we belong begins to change before our eyes. We are still physically here, but the landscape we know is gradually disappearing. Rivers dry up or burst their banks, forests change colour, and the seasons lose their familiar rhythm. A once-familiar place becomes unfamiliar.
The Australian environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht called this experience solastalgia — the feeling of losing one’s home while still living in it. Unlike nostalgia, which implies distance from the place we long for, solastalgia arises precisely because we cannot distance ourselves from the change we are witnessing. Home is still there, but it is no longer the same.
Solastalgia 2 — Dream of a River continues my earlier engagement with climate change, the relationship between humans and the environment, and the sense of uncertainty brought about by transformations in nature that we can no longer regard as belonging to some distant future. In this project, however, I am not attempting to illustrate the climate crisis or present a documentary account of it. What interests me is something else: what does it feel like to live amid changes that we cannot yet fully comprehend?”

PREFACE

Biography:
Davor Mezak studied at the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1995, where he studied under Professor Ante Kuduz. He has exhibited regularly in Croatia and abroad since 1992, participating in more than 100 group exhibitions and holding 30 solo exhibitions. He has received four awards for his work in the visual arts.

The exhibition will be open during the period from 3. to 24.11.2026.

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