Category: Exhibitions
18 June 2024
MATIJA ČOP
IN THE MEANTIME
Bačva Gallery, Home of HDLU (Meštrović pavilion)
25.6.-25.8.2024.
On Tuesday, 25.6.2024. Matija Čop opens his solo exhibition entitled In the Meantime, at 7 pm in at Bačva Gallery (Home of HDLU / Meštrović pavilion).
In her foreword, Lea Vene emphasizes:
“The site-specific installation In the Meantime is created in the space between Matija’s earlier works in the medium of soft sculpture and new exploration of steel frameworks, which are now oversized and merged with soft membranes in a radical gesture of synchronisation with the circular space of the Bačva Gallery.
At the core of Matija’s approach is manual work, which implies respect for the given modular restrictions but, at the same time, freedom from predefined matrices in the very process of constructing living forms that now react to newly introduced metal compositions. Manual work also leads to slowing down and adapting to the fingers and hands that precisely intertwine each building element of these soft organisms. (…)”
Biography:
Matija Čop (b 1987) is an artist living in London. His work encompasses sculpture, painting, and printmaking.
Čop’s practice explores the transformative potential of “translation” as ideas, structures, and their component materials pass between encapsulating frameworks.
Čop’s visual language constructs itself from selected unit elements which are iteratively combined, reconfigured, and dissolved in accordance with self-contrived, project-specific logics. The resultant works invite reflection on tensions between order/disorder, manufacture/craft, and unit/system.
Čop completed his MA at the Royal College of Art, London, in 2017. His work is held in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Modern Art at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb. He exhibited at the Textile Art Biennial 2021 in Kranj, Innovative Costume of the 21st Century in Moscow, and Future Fashions in Eindhoven.
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The exhibition will be open from June 25 to August 25, 2024
Visual identity: ivanklis.studio
Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb
28 May 2024
IVAN OŠTARČEVIĆ
VAMPIRE BALL
4.-25.6.2024.
KARAS GALLERY
On Tuesday, 4.6.2024. Ivan Oštarčević opens his solo exhibition entitled Vampire Ball, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).
In their foreword, Antonela Solenički i Petar Vranjković emphasize:
“Oštarčević’s work reflects deep dilemmas and paradoxes of the human condition, raising questions about our ability to change and survive. Through the symbolism of skulls, the artist reminds us of the transience and fragility of human life while simultaneously exploring our attempts to remain relevant even after our own extinction. These themes are classically associated with philosophical reflections on existential fears, the search for meaning, and the pursuit of immortality through the creation and preservation of culture.
With Vampire Ball, Oštarčević affirms human immutability and inertia, creating a kind of time capsule filled with human vanity and efforts to survive and outlive both their own and future times. Dystopian thoughts about future times nonetheless suggest that it is time to look at the here and now – our present becomes our future unless significant changes occur. It is up to the observer to decide whether Vampire Ball is merely satire or a real possibility of a broken tomorrow.”
Biography:
Illustrator, graphic artist, painter and muralist born in Zagreb in 1990, where he enrolled and completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, at the Department of Art Education. He graduated in September 2015 and is a member of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists (HDLU) and the Alpbach Club Croatia, and is represented by the Kolekcionart platform.
He has exhibited in nineteen solo and several group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, including the Painting Biennale, Triennial of Sculpture, Triennial of Graphic Arts, and the Karas Gallery. He participated in the Croatian Association of Fine Artists’ residency in Leipzig and is active on the exhibition scene. His most recent solo exhibition was held at the Kamba Garage titled “Song of the Century.” Due to his active involvement in mural painting, he has participated in various Art Park programs, painted at Lauba during the “Non-Aligned” in 2020, at the “Zen Opuzen” festival, and in February 2019, he painted a mural in the Remetinec prison as part of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists’ project “Revitalization of Prison Space with Art.”
The exhibition will be open during the period from 4. to 25.6.2024.
Working hours of Gallery Karas
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.
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http://karasarthub.eu
Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb
With the exhibition CreArtivci, held at the Karas Gallery from April 30 to May 2, 2024, the first in a series of educational programs within the European project Creart 3.0. was successfully completed.
The work of the students from the 16th Gymnasium, created under the mentorship of the artist Marko Zeman.
The CreArt Educational Program is part of the European project CreArt 3.0 and aims to improve collaboration between local schools, cultural institutions, non-governmental organizations, and independent professionals and companies in the cultural and creative sectors. The program builds and strengthens intergenerational connections, creates a network for cultural education exchange, and encourages future participation of school children in the cultural life of the city. Over the course of 3 years, the program will involve 76 schools in the partner cities of the project, more than 4,500 students and teachers, and 47 artists.
The work of the students from Matko Laginja Elementary School, created under the mentorship of the artist Natalija Borčić Peuc.
Some of the works by the students of Marija Jurić Zagorka Elementary School, created under the mentorship of the artist Monika Meglić.
This year, HDLU (Croatian Association of Fine Artists) has connected its educational program with the 7th Biennial of Painting, which for 14 years has positioned itself as the only national visual arts event dedicated to documenting the scene and shifts in the medium of painting. In its inaugural edition, 6 schools participated (Ivan Merz Elementary School, Matko Laginja Elementary School, Marija Jurić Zagorka Elementary School, XV Gymnasium, XVI Gymnasium, Classical Gymnasium) with more than 120 students and 6 teachers. The program consisted of guided tours through the Biennial of Painting along with an educational booklet with tasks and workshops conducted in schools under the mentorship of artists from the 7th Biennial of Painting, including Natalia Borčić Peuc, Monika Meglić, Valentina Supanz Marinić, Iva Zagoda, Marko Zeman, and Marta Živičnjak.
The work of the students from Dr. Ivan Merz Elementary School, created under the mentorship of the artist Marta Živičnjak (left), and the work of the students from the Classical Gymnasium, created under the mentorship of the artist Mihaela Rašica (right).
Mia Matijević Akrap conceptualized educational booklet under the supervision of the Teaching Department of the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Prof. Sonja Vuk, Duje Medić designed it, and by early January, the booklets were ready for use, followed by guidet tours for elementary and high school students.
The works of the students from the XV Gymnasium, created under the mentorship of the artist Valentina Supanz Marinić
The final result, and the culmination of this year’s educational program, was the exhibition of student works created during the workshops.
PARTICIPANTS:
Schools: Matko Laginja elementary school, dr. Ivan Merz elementary school, Marija Jurić Zagorka elementary school, Classical Gymnasium, XV. Gymnasium, XVI. Gymnasium
Artists: Natalia Borčić Peuc, Monika Meglić, Mihaela Rašica, Valentina Supanz Marinić, Marko Zeman, Marta Živičnjak
Professors: Sanja Černko Delerue, Tamara Galović, Anamarija Jukić-Ivandić, Zoran Kakša, Maja Marović, Lahorka Rožić
Students: Ante Alerić, Gabrijela Antonić, Marta Arnaut, Marija Bakmaz, Katja Barbarosa, Silvija Bašić, Jakov Beloša, Teuta Biškup, Luka Bokolić, Lucija Brajković, Domenica Brkić, Katarina Brkić, Ema Brzica, Matko Brzica, Ana Buneta, Marta Buntak , Dov Cvetković, Alan Čaldarović, Andrija Deković, Klara Dodić, Lara Đureš, Filip Felja, Julija Ferenčak, Ema Gazić, Lori Giljević, Duje Gligora, Nicol Gogić, Svebor Graonić, Lorena Grgat, Nikola Gvozdenović, Laura Hajduk, Dina Halužan, Helena Han, Lana Hižar, Ana Husak, Jakov Ivanda, Pavla Ivšinović, Iva Jakopović, Mihaela Jambrešić, Tina Jelaković, Luči Jogušt, Nicole Jozić, Ana Jukić, Ana Jurić, Franceska Jurmić, Ivan Jakov Jurović, Roza Kajs, Marko Keser Slavković, Lara Kette, Andrej Kević Janković, Lucija Kanižaj, Jakov Kitarović, Franka Kokot, Hana Kos, Maja Kresonja Jembrih, Robertina Krupa, Ivona Kučiš, Domagoj Kuliš, Ivan Leko, Iva Lovrić, Ema Lujo, Luka Marenić, Stella Margetić, Maro Maričević, Lovro Marić, Dominik Marunić, Mihael Marušić, Juraj Matek, Tin Matešin, Melani Matić, Petra Mazarević, Dora Meštrović, Ana Mihoci, Tina Mimica, Marta Mlinar, Noa Nadali, Juraj Najdek, Franka Nikolaci, Lovro Panović, Marko Pažin, Alan Peštalić, Maša Pećarina, Antonia Periček, Katarina Petrović-Poljak, Paula Pilić, David Petar Pleština, Elena Plušćec, Ivor Prelogović, Luka Primorac, Kan Priselac Novačić, Ema Rašić, Mila Ravlić, Hana Sabljić, Zola Sarnavka, Marina Slaviček, Karla Smolić Ročak, Klara Stambolija, Max Šenjug, Ela Šiklić, Enola Špoljar, Mark Štritof, Margita Šurina, Iva Šušak, Nikša Šutej, Mia Tabaković, Maksimilijan Tanšek, Sofija Taraba, Mirko Tišljar, Dora Tomić Babić, Dejan Torbica, Nikša Tunguz, Anja Vačevski, Teo Valčić, Laava Magdalena Vatsel, Mia Vernik, Karla Vrdoljak, Paula Vučković, Iris Vuković, Vito Zadro, Maša Žilavčić, Mark Živković, Nina Živković
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CreArt is a network of 13 medium-sized European cities with the aim of exchanging experiences and good practices for the promotion of contemporary art, through a permanent transnational mobility program for emerging artists, curators and cultural workers, in order to maximize the economic, social and cultural contribution that creativity can make to local communities (#stringing_together). At the same time, CreArt 3.0 is pushing the boundaries (#pushboundaries) beyond the visual arts, empowering other artistic practices such as performing arts or music, and new collaborations with an NGO based in Lviv have also been initiated to support Ukrainian artists. Participating cities are: Kaunas, Liepaja, Skopje, Aveiro, Valladolid, Lublin, Venice, Clermont-Ferrand, Rouen, České Budějovice, Oulu and Regensburg. The project includes 45 residency programs in 15 European cities, more than 39 public events to celebrate the European Month of Creativity in 13 cities from the network, 13 educational programs to strengthen creativity and knowledge about contemporary art, 18 Street Art festivals, 10 annual festivals in galleries in 9 cities and 6 European conferences and study visits.
Organizer:
Within the project:
Partners:
Co-funded by:
Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them. [Project number: 101128499]
Project is co-financed by the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
30 April 2024
ANDREA KNEZOVIĆ
TRANSMISSION
7.-28.5.
KARAS GALLERY
On Tuesday, 7.5.2024. Andrea Knezović opens her solo exhibition entitled Transmission, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).
In her foreword, Katarina Podobnik emphasizes:
With the art installation “Transmission” as a speculative design, Knezović creates a world in which artificial intelligence imposes itself as a pseudo-divine entity, and the place of worship becomes (or remains) both materialised and digital – an AI altar. Alongside the physical presence of characteristic liturgical ornaments, the artistic ambience consists of three central components – three monitors symbolising the united Holy Trinity. Each of the latter shows a video based on generative language models and a text-to-speech system, replicating traditional ritual elements within the framework of the new – “AI religion”.
Biography:
Andrea Knezović is a multimedia artist born in 1992 in Slavonski Brod. In 2014, she completed her undergraduate studies, and in 2017, her graduate studies in multimedia at the Academy of Arts in Osijek under the mentorship of Vladimir Frelih.
So far, she has had six solo exhibitions and participated in dozens of group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad. She is a member of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists – HDLU Istok. She lives and works in Rijeka.
Andrea’s earlier works explore the relationship between mass media society and fetishism and ritual, where the artist, through the portrayal of her own body, plays with traditional representations of female identity. In her recent works, Andrea explores the impact of technology and media on society and individuals using experimental research practices.
The exhibition will be open during the period from 7. to 28.5.2024.
Working hours of Gallery Karas
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.
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http://karasarthub.eu
Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb
23 April 2024
CreArtivci
Exhibition of elementary and high school pupils
April 30-May 2, 2024
Karas Gallery
On Tuesday, April 30, at 6pm exhibition of elementary and high school pupils CreArtivci will be opened at the Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58). The exhibition is a result of the Educational programme of the European project Creart 3.0.
The CreArt Educational Programme is part of the European project CreArt 3.0 and aims to improve cooperation between local schools, cultural institutions, non-governmental organizations and independent workers and companies in the cultural and creative sector. The program builds and strengthens intergenerational ties, creates a network for the exchange of education in culture, and encourages the future participation of school children in the cultural life of the city. Over the course of 3 years, the program will include 76 schools in the project’s partner cities, more than 4,500 students and teachers, and 47 artists.
HDLU connected this year’s educational program with the 7th Biennial of Painting, which for the 14th year has been positioned as the only national art manifestation dedicated to presenting the scene and developments in the medium of painting. In the first edition, 6 schools will participate (Ivan Merz Elementary School, Matko Laginja Elementary School, Marije Jurić Zagorka Elementary School, XVth Gymnasium, XVIth Gymnasium, Classical Gymnasium) with more than 120 students and 6 professors and teachers. The program consists of guided tour through the Biennial of Painting with an educational booklet with tasks and workshops that are held in schools under the mentorship of artists from the 7th Biennial of Painting, namely: Natalia Borčić Peuc, Monika Meglić, Valentina Supanz Marinić, Iva Zagoda, Marko Zeman and Marta Živčnjak.
Mia Matijević Akrap designed the educational booklet under the supervision of the Teaching Department of the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, prof. Sonja Vuk. Duje Medić designed it, and at the beginning of January the booklets were ready for use, after which all guided tours with educational booklets were carried out for elementary and high school pupils.
XVIth Gymnasium guided tour (photo: XVIth Gymnasium)
After guided tours, there were 6 workshops with artists carried out, the result of which are student works that will be exhibited at the exhibition in the Karas gallery.
Workshop led by Mihaela Rašica at the Classical Gymnasium
Workshop led by Marta Živičnjak in the dr. Ivan Merz elementary school
Workshop led by Marko Zeman in the XVI. gymnasium
PARTICIPANTS:
Schools: Matko Laginja elementary school, dr. Ivan Merz elementary school, Marija Jurić Zagorka elementary school, Classical Gymnasium, XV. Gymnasium, XVI. Gymnasium
Artists: Natalia Borčić Peuc, Monika Meglić, Mihaela Rašica, Valentina Supanz Marinić, Marko Zeman, Marta Živičnjak
Professors: Sanja Černko Delerue, Tamara Galović, Anamarija Jukić-Ivandić, Zoran Kakša, Maja Marović, Lahorka Rožić
Pupils: Ante Alerić, Gabrijela Antonić, Marta Arnaut, Marija Bakmaz, Katja Barbarosa, Silvija Bašić, Jakov Beloša, Teuta Biškup, Luka Bokolić, Lucija Brajković, Domenica Brkić, Katarina Brkić, Ema Brzica, Matko Brzica, Ana Buneta, Marta Buntak , Dov Cvetković, Alan Čaldarović, Andrija Deković, Klara Dodić, Lara Đureš, Filip Felja, Julija Ferenčak, Ema Gazić, Lori Giljević, Duje Gligora, Nicol Gogić, Svebor Graonić, Lorena Grgat, Nikola Gvozdenović, Laura Hajduk, Dina Halužan, Helena Han, Lana Hižar, Ana Husak, Jakov Ivanda, Pavla Ivšinović, Iva Jakopović, Mihaela Jambrešić, Tina Jelaković, Luči Jogušt, Nicole Jozić, Ana Jukić, Ana Jurić, Franceska Jurmić, Ivan Jakov Jurović, Roza Kajs, Marko Keser Slavković, Lara Kette, Andrej Kević Janković, Lucija Kanižaj, Jakov Kitarović, Franka Kokot, Hana Kos, Maja Kresonja Jembrih, Robertina Krupa, Ivona Kučiš, Domagoj Kuliš, Ivan Leko, Iva Lovrić, Ema Lujo, Luka Marenić, Stella Margetić, Maro Maričević, Lovro Marić, Dominik Marunić, Mihael Marušić, Juraj Matek, Tin Matešin, Melani Matić, Petra Mazarević, Dora Meštrović, Ana Mihoci, Tina Mimica, Marta Mlinar, Noa Nadali, Juraj Najdek, Franka Nikolaci, Lovro Panović, Marko Pažin, Alan Peštalić, Maša Pećarina, Antonia Periček, Katarina Petrović-Poljak, Paula Pilić, David Petar Pleština, Elena Plušćec, Ivor Prelogović, Luka Primorac, Kan Priselac Novačić, Ema Rašić, Mila Ravlić, Hana Sabljić, Zola Sarnavka, Marina Slaviček, Karla Smolić Ročak, Klara Stambolija, Max Šenjug, Ela Šiklić, Enola Špoljar, Mark Štritof, Margita Šurina, Iva Šušak, Nikša Šutej, Mia Tabaković, Maksimilijan Tanšek, Sofija Taraba, Mirko Tišljar, Dora Tomić Babić, Dejan Torbica, Nikša Tunguz, Anja Vačevski, Teo Valčić, Laava Magdalena Vatsel, Mia Vernik, Karla Vrdoljak, Paula Vučković, Iris Vuković, Vito Zadro, Maša Žilavčić, Mark Živković, Nina Živković
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CreArt is a network of 13 medium-sized European cities with the aim of exchanging experiences and good practices for the promotion of contemporary art, through a permanent transnational mobility program for emerging artists, curators and cultural workers, in order to maximize the economic, social and cultural contribution that creativity can make to local communities (#stringing_together). At the same time, CreArt 3.0 is pushing the boundaries (#pushboundaries) beyond the visual arts, empowering other artistic practices such as performing arts or music, and new collaborations with an NGO based in Lviv have also been initiated to support Ukrainian artists. Participating cities are: Kaunas, Liepaja, Skopje, Aveiro, Valladolid, Lublin, Venice, Clermont-Ferrand, Rouen, České Budějovice, Oulu and Regensburg. The project includes 45 residency programs in 15 European cities, more than 39 public events to celebrate the European Month of Creativity in 13 cities from the network, 13 educational programs to strengthen creativity and knowledge about contemporary art, 18 Street Art festivals, 10 annual festivals in galleries in 9 cities and 6 European conferences and study visits.
Organizer:
Within the project:
Partners:
Co-funded by:
Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them. [Project number: 101128499]
Project is co-financed by the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
Exhibition is opened from April 30 til May 2, 2024
Exhibition working hours:
Opening: April 30, 2024, 6pm
May 1: closed
May 2: 11am-7pm
08 April 2024
At the end of April, the 37th Youth Salon opens at the Croatian Association of Fine Artists in Zagreb – the largest national event for artists under the age of 35
The Youth Salon, the biennial and largest national exhibition of visual artists under the age of 35, presents its 37th edition this year, which opens on Thursday, 25 April at 7 p.m. at the Home of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists, also known as the Meštrović Pavilion. In each of its editions, the Youth Salon is held at numerous locations throughout the city. This year’s central exhibition, curated by Lovro Japundžić and thematically determined and titled The Clock Fell Into the Well, will occupy all the exhibition spaces of the Home of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists, showcasing the works of thirty young artists. Permanent exhibitions such as Situations (22 May – 16 June) curated by Lora Rajčić and Ivana Završki, also featuring about thirty young artists, and the exhibition of students of the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb Venientes (17 May – 29 May) will open in various city spaces such as the Archaeological Museum, AMZ Gallery, Art&CeRZ and Putolovac, among others.
The novelty of this year’s Youth Salon lies in the additional programmatic and spatial expansion of the event through the city through the Takeover project, realized within the framework of the EU network CreArt, almost like a small festival of contemporary art in which five selected young artists will “occupy” the spaces of prominent companies in the cultural and creative industries with their works and actions. Takeover is curated by the Kućća collective with the members Jurica Mlinarac, Klara Petrović and Luja Šimunović .
The thirty-seventh Youth Salon will stay open until 16 June this year, and the award winners for the most outstanding achievements of this year’s event will be announced on 11 June.
Central exhibition of the 37th Youth Salon:
The Clock Fell Into the Well | Home of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists |
25 April – 16 June
With its biennial nature and focus on the practices of artists under 35 years of age, the Youth Salon has established itself as an extraordinary event in the domestic art scene, a kind of platform for the presentation and development of new artistic movements and names that represent the future of the art scene in Croatia at this moment. The goal of the Youth Salon is to help young fine and visual artists in the development of their artistic practice and careers through its exhibition, performance and international accompanying programs, as well as to introduce new artistic movements of the contemporary visual arts scene to the public. The thematically determined central exhibition of the 37th Youth Salon titled The Clock Fell Into the Well curated by Lovro Japundžić, featuring the works of 30 selected and invited artists, opens on Thursday, 25 April at 7 p.m. at the Home of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists / Meštrović Pavilion.
The works in the exhibition explore the possibilities that arise due to the mismatch with the normative flow of time, manifested through the exploration of new directions of previously neglected relationships with time. Through a broad thematic lens in their works, which include an exceptionally large number of various installations, as well as sculptures, photographs, mosaics, and video works, the artists look for moments of interruption and gaps that free us from imposed temporal frameworks, limitations and demands of the immediate present. Among the thematic preoccupations, there is a visible focus on the increasing impossibility of separating online and offline life, and consequently the overlapping of memories and the creation of narratives that are personal, but at the same time public and everyone’s, which leads us to reactualize and interpret our own past with the help of other people’s experiences from the Internet, through recording daily routines, dissociations, digital and mental escapism, passing time, even pausing and negating work, entropy, speculative futures, dispersed emotions, and the inevitable concern for endangered natural resources.
About the curator of the exhibition The Clock Fell Into the Well:
Lovro Japundžić (1990, Zagreb) completed studies in art history and sociology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb and the CuratorLab program at the Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden. He is a curator and producer with extensive experience in curating and producing exhibitions, festivals and other cultural programs. Since 2018, he has been a member of the curatorial collective that runs the Organ Vida International Festival, and since 2019 he has been working as a curator at the Močvara Gallery. Between 2021 and 2023 he worked as one of the managers of Miroslav Kraljević Gallery (GMK). From 2013 to 2019 he worked as a program selector and promoter for the Association for the Promotion of Independent Music Culture – Živa muzika.
Accompanying performance, music, film and theoretical program of the 37th Youth Salon
In addition to the main exhibition program, the 37th Youth Salon organizes a diverse accompanying program consisting of performance, film, music, and educational programs. At the opening of the Youth Salon, there will be a performance by the Massa Confusa group of artists – Marianna Nardini, Bruna Jakupović and Lana Lehpamer, while the beginning of May, specifically 7 and 8 May, will feature the performance of a new production by the Spanish collective Institute for Postnatural Studies in collaboration with artists Marko Gutić Mižimakov and Nika Pećarina. The performance triplet will conclude with the project by 3rd-year undergraduate students of Contemporary Dance choreographed by Sonja Pregrad This Is Not a Small Dance on 11 May, all at the Home of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists. The theme of the central exhibition of the Youth Salon, The Clock Fell Into the Well, will be further expanded with the international symposium Temporalities in Exhibition Practices, which will be attended by invited international curators on 18 May, also at the Home of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists. The film program of the 37th Youth Salon is organized in collaboration with the 25 FPS Association as part of the Visions program, which will be shown on 14 May at the Kinoteka Cinema. For the entire duration of the Youth Salon, various music programs will be organized, including listening sessions by the audio-visual collective Heartskomerz and the presentation of SNOP, a series of concert and discursive evenings of innovative audio-visual performances.
Exhibitions of the 37th Youth Salon:
► The Clock Fell Into the Well | Home of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists / Meštrović Pavilion
Duration: 25 April – 16 June 2024 | Opening: 25 April, 7 p.m.
Curator: Lovro Japundžić
► Situation | Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, AMZ Gallery, Art&CeRZe Gallery
Duration: 22 May – 16 June 2024 | Opening: 22 May, 7 p.m.
Curators: Lora Rajčić, Ivana Završki
► Venientes | Šira Gallery
Duration: 17 May – 29 May 2024 | Opening: 17 May, 7 p.m.
► Takeover | 3LHD, 404 Agency, Infinum, Leapwise, VMD
Duration: May 2024
Curators: Kućća: Jurica Mlinarec, Klara Petrović, Luja Šimunović
For more information about the 37th Youth Salon, all exhibitions and programs visit www.salonmladih.hdlu.hr.
Support for the 37th Youth Salon is provided by:
Patron: President of the Republic of Croatia, Zoran Milanović
With the Support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb, Zagreb Tourist Board, co-financed by the EU, Creart 3.0, Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)
Partners: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Zagreb Rehabilitation Centre / Art&CeRZ, Serbian National Council, Youth Bienniale
Takeover Program Partners: 3LHD, 404 Agency, Infinum, Leapwise, VMD
Sponsors and Donors: Erste Bank, Adris Group, Večernji list, Go2Digital, HRT, Vujičić Collection, Anonymous Philanthropist.
Co-financed by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them. [Project number: 101128499]
The views expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists (HDLU) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia.
Co-funded by:
Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them. [Project number: 101128499]
Project is co-financed by the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
TEXT AS AN OBJECT
GROUP EXHIBITION OF SLOVENIAN AND CROATIAN ARTISTS
PM gallery, Home of HDU (Meštrović pavilion)
22.3.-7.4.2024.
Opening of the exhibition TEXT AS AN OBJECT – group exhibition of Slovenian and Croatian artists will be on Friday, March 22, 2024 at 7pm, at PM Gallery (Home of HDLU / Meštrović pavilion).
From Josip Zanki’s introduction text we emphasize:
“ The collaborative exhibition project between the Fine Artists Society (Društvo likovnih umetnikov) from Ljubljana and the Croatian Association of Fine Artists (Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika), titled Text as an Object, takes as a starting point selected works from both artistic practices that illustrate, deconstruct, expand, and transform text into an image and an object. The selected works use various contemporary artistic media and practices, ranging from drawings and artist’s books to research methods. Text, as well as language, be it Slovenian or Croatian, represents, conceptualizes, and creates new meanings. (…)
The exhibition Text as an Object represents an international reciprocal collaboration that includes an exhibition of Slovenian and Croatian artists at the Extended Media Gallery in the Meštrović Pavilion (Home of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists) and a reciprocal exhibition at the Gallery of the Fine Artists Society in Ljubljana (in March and April 2024). The curator of the Slovenian part of the exhibition, Nadja Gnamuš, has selected works by the artists Nina Čelhar, Tanja Lažetić, and Aleksandra Saška Gruden, as well as works by the artists Boris Beja and Ištvan Išt Huzjan. The coordinator of the Croatian part of the exhibition, Josip Zanki, has selected works by the artists Zorana Unković, Mija Maraković, Mihaela Rašica, and Antonela Šurbek, as well as the artist Željko Beljan. Slovenian and Croatian artists raise questions about text and language through their works, playing with the content of the text, transforming text into an image or object, employing lettering and the art of writing as an image of text, or simply referring to a specific literary work in their pieces. Thus, a dialogue is opened directly within the text, or language, which is often the cause of conflict, whether in translation or interpretation. ”
Artists
Boris Beja, Željko Beljan, Nina Čelhar, Aleksandra Saška Gruden, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Tanja Lažetić, Mia Maraković, Mihaela Rašica, Antonela Šurbek, Zorana Unković
Curators
Nadja Gnamuš, Josip Zanki
Galleries’ coordinators
Mihaela Zajec, Mojca Zlokarnik
PREFACE
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The exhibition will be open from March 22 to April 7, 2024
Organizer: HDLU, DLUL
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb, Mestna občina Ljubljana
MEŠTROVIĆ PAVILION CLOSED DUE TO RENOVATION
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