{"id":3492,"date":"2018-03-07T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2018-03-07T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:58:09","slug":"reopening-of-the-karas-gallery-in-a-new-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/2018\/03\/reopening-of-the-karas-gallery-in-a-new-location\/","title":{"rendered":"REOPENING OF THE KARAS GALLERY IN A NEW LOCATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

REOPENING OF THE KARAS GALLERY IN A NEW LOCATION
\nKralja Zvonimira 58
\n15.3.2018. at 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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VIDEO INVITATION<\/a>\u00a0(by Luka Hrgovi\u0107)<\/h6>\n

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Opening Ceremony: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 7pm<\/p>\n

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The Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU), the largest and oldest art association which gathers over 1,800 visual and multimedia artists from all over Croatia, was established in 1868 at the session of the Art Society at the National Hall in Opati\u010dka St. No. 18. This year the Association marks the 150th anniversary of its foundation and the 80th anniversary of the construction of the Home of Croatian Association of Artists, <\/strong>which was based on the design of the great Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107.<\/p>\n

The Croatian Association of Visual Artists (ULUH),<\/strong> the historical successor to the Art Society, which created an exhibition space called the ULUH Salon<\/strong> on the ground floor of Star\u010devi\u0107 House, was established after the end of WW2. The Salon opened in 1948<\/strong> with the Exhibition of Prints<\/em>. From 1951 <\/strong>onwards, the ULUH Salon continued its work at Pra\u0161ka St. No.<\/strong> 4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

ULUH (Croatian Association of Visual Artists) changed its name to HDLU (Croatian Association of Artists) in 1972. In the early 1970s the Association decided to open a new gallery and the preparations resulted in the opening of Karas Gallery<\/strong> on the first floor of Star\u010devi\u0107 House in 1975<\/strong> with the exhibition The Beginnings of the Croatian Association of Artists<\/em> within the 10th<\/sup> Zagreb Salon<\/em>. At the time, Star\u010devi\u0107 House also housed a smaller exhibition space, Karas Gallery<\/strong> Studio<\/strong>, which hosted solo exhibitions, and the exhibition space in Pra\u0161ka St. No. 4 bore the name of Karas Gallery Salon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gallery was named after Vjekoslav Karas<\/strong>, the first academic painter from continental Croatia of the 19th<\/sup> century, whose work is seen as pioneering in terms of the national modern art.<\/p>\n

When HDLU returned to Me\u0161trovi\u0107 Pavilion in 1993, the exhibition programme was held at the Prsten and Ba\u010dva galleries and at the Extended Media Gallery, whereas Karas Gallery Salon <\/strong>in Pra\u0161ka St. No. 4 continued its activity under the name of Karas Gallery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In 2015<\/strong> the Croatian Association of Artists was forced to relocate Karas Gallery from Pra\u0161ka St. No. 4 due to the sale of the building, and for the following two years the programme was held at the Prsten Gallery<\/strong> of the Home of HDLU<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Croatian Association of Artists<\/strong> recognises the historical value of Karas Gallery<\/strong> which has become and remained a platform for presenting an overview of contemporary art production<\/strong>. While smaller solo exhibitions were held at the Studio and Salon, Karas Gallery hosted problem-oriented, thematic exhibitions and concepts developed in cooperation with art critics. Wanting to establish a continuous operation of galleries that were active under this name, this year the Croatian Association of Artists decided to use its own revenue to restore and equip the space in Zvonimirova St. No. 58 <\/strong>as the new Karas Gallery<\/strong>, which will, on 15 March at 19.00<\/strong>, open its doors to visitors and young artists who will be presented here.<\/p>\n

Visitors will have an opportunity to learn about the history of Karas Gallery (lecture by Ivana Mance, PhD, and Petra \u0160losel<\/strong>), witness the unveiling of the sculpture <\/strong>Genius of Education<\/em> (a smaller replica of sculpture from the top of Star\u010devi\u0107 house, by unknown Austrian author from the end of the 19th century). that was previously positioned above the entry gate of the exhibition space in Pra\u0161ka St. No. 4, and enjoy a half-hour audio-visual performance by a multimedia artist of a younger generation, Tin Do\u017ei\u0107<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

20 \u2013 31 March 2018 MIHAEL PUNTARI\u0106: SLIKE U PROSTORU [PAINTINGS IN SPACE]<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 15 April 2018 MARTINA GRLI\u0106: MEMORIJA I KONFLIKT [MEMORY AND CONFLICT]<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 29 April 2018 NATALIA BOR\u010cI\u0106: \u010cUVARI PUTOVANJA [TRAVEL GUARDIANS]<\/p>\n

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2018 Karas Gallery programme has been implemented with the financial support of the City of Zagreb and Croatian Association of Artists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Karas gallery working hours:<\/strong>
\nWednesday and Friday: 9am to 3pm
\nThursday: 3pm to 7pm
\nSaturday and Sunday 9 to 12pm.
\nMondays, Tuesdays and holidays closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

REOPENING OF THE KARAS GALLERY IN A NEW LOCATION
Kralja Zvonimira 58
15.3.2018. at 7pm<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/p>\n

VIDEO INVITATION\u00a0(by Luka Hrgovi\u0107) <\/p>\n

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Opening Ceremony: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 7pm<\/p>\n

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The Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU), the largest and oldest art association which gathers over 1,800 visual and multimedia […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}