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On\u00a0October 2<\/strong>, 2019 in\u00a0Home of HDLU<\/strong>, popular\u00a0Me\u0161trovi\u0107 Pavilion,<\/strong>\u00a0opens the\u00a0fifth edition<\/strong>\u00a0of important cultural manifestation\u00a0The\u00a0Biennial of Painting<\/strong>, which will remain open until December, 8. Through the works of\u00a040 selected artists<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a05 invited artist\u00a0<\/strong>a cross-section of the prominent Croatian painting scene in the last two years will be represented.<\/p>\n Traditionally, within The Biennial of Painting, the exhibition of foreign authors is also hosted, which, according to the guest curator\u2019s concept, represents the cross-section of the painting art scene of one of European cities (2011, \u201cI am Berliner\u201d, Berlin; 2013, \u201cVienna Calling\u201d, Vienna; 2015, \u201cExporting Gda\u0144sk\u201d, Gdansk, Extended Painting Prague). This year’s Biennale hosts the exhibition THE LEIPZIG CONNECTION under the curatorial concept of Mark Gisbourn. The exhibition reveals a rich variety of works that are meritorious for the international status of four generations of prominent Leipzig artists.<\/p>\n Recognizing the growing number of artists who express themselves in the medium of murals, represented in numerous public locations, and the importance and quality of works this This year, the Biennale introduces novelty and introduces this form of artistic expression.<\/p>\n Additionally, in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb at the \u0160ira Gallery, the most prominent student works will be presented as part of the accompanying program.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pavle Pavlovi\u0107,\u00a0Red Baron<\/em>, 2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Biennial of Painting was established by Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU) in 2011 with an idea of presenting the current state of Croatian painting scene with an exhibition that represents a wide section of artworks from generations that actively shape it.<\/p>\n The Biennale follows the development and current achievements of Croatian painting scene, featuring recognizable performances and authors in the last two years. The Biennial of Painting provides the wider public with the opportunity to meet different generations, heritage and poetics employed by the painting scene in one place.<\/p>\n Selection committee of\u00a0The 5. Biennial of Painting<\/strong>: Tomislav Buntak, Danko Fri\u0161\u010di\u0107 and Zlatan Vrkljan\u00a0selected 40 artists\u00a0<\/strong>to be represented on 5. Biennale of Painting:<\/p>\n Aleksandar Bezinovi\u0107, Anabel Zanze, Andrej Tomi\u0107, Damir Sobota, Domagoj Rogina, \u0110uro Seder, Emanuela Leki\u0107, Fedor Fischer, Gordana Me\u0161trovi\u0107, Grgur Akrap, Ivan Markovi\u0107, Ivan Prerad, Jasmina Kraja\u010di\u0107, Josip Tiri\u0107, Jurica Pu\u0161enjak, Katrin Radovani, Lea Popinja\u010d, Luka Ku\u0161evi\u0107, Maja Bachler, Marija Mati\u0107, Marko Zeman, Martina Fabijanovi\u0107, Matej Pa\u0161ali\u0107, Matko Veki\u0107, Mili\u0107 Zdravko, Monika Megli\u0107, Nata\u0161a Vukovi\u0107, Nikica Jurkovi\u0107, Pavle Pavlovi\u0107, Predrag Todorovi\u0107, Radovan Kuni\u0107, Sebastijan Dra\u010di\u0107, Sibel Latin, Stipan Tadi\u0107, Stjepan \u0160andrk, Tara Beata Racz, Valentina Supanz Marini\u0107, Viktor Daldon, Zlatan Vehabovi\u0107, \u017deljka Cupek<\/p>\n and\u00a0invited 5 artists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Bojan \u0160umonja, Martina Grli\u0107, Vatroslav Kuli\u0161, Zoltan Novak, \u017deljko Kipke.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The involvement of\u00a0Croatian Postal Bank<\/strong>\u00a0as the general sponsor of The 5. Biennial of Painting has made possible to grant\u00a0two monetary awards<\/strong>\u00a0for outstanding artists:\u00a0HPB Grand Prix (15.000,00kn)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0HPB award for young artist (10.000,00kn).\u00a0<\/strong>At the initiative of the anonymous philanthropist, inspired by the opus of the young artist Iva Vranekovi\u0107, in her memory and as a stimulus for work and production of young artists a monetary\u00a0<\/strong>Award Iva Vranekovi\u0107 \u2013 artist to the artist<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0will be given.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Murals<\/strong> Exhibition of students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb<\/strong> Guided tours of the exhibition:<\/strong> <\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013 THE LEIPZIG CONNECTION<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Matthias Weischer, Bau 2<\/em>, 2019 <\/p>\n A show of paintings by artists trained in Leipzig over the last twenty-five years represents something of an aesthetic phenomenon. Entitled The Leipzig Connection<\/em> the exhibition reveals a rich diversity of works representing the international status of four generations of important artists. While in the current presentation the pictorial focus has been placed on the post-communist painting generations. That is to say beginning with those who studied at the Leipzig Academy, in the 1980s and through the end of the GDR (German Reunification took place in 1990). However, visual insights into the progenitors of the School, and material to its development, have also been included. From the 1960s onwards what began primarily as a Book and Graphic Arts Academy became a major painting tradition within Eastern Germany. Whether speaking of the early Communist masters such as Heisig, T\u00fcbke and Mattheuer, and following on through the \u201csecond generation\u201d students Rink, Stelzmann and Gille, a significant and long-lasting figurative tradition of painting was established in Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts. With the eventual end of Communism and official determinist \u201csocialist realism\u201d art policies, forces of creative diversity allowed the Leipzig School to induct a rich diversity of young potential artists from across Germany throughout the 1990s up to today. As a consequence the painting practices (free of ideology) in figurative painting became extended in many diverse and innovative directions. Whether speaking of the transitional 1980s to the period immediately post-Communism student-practitioners (Rauch, Aichinger, Krause and Schr\u00f6ter) and later the\u00a0 \u201cthird generation\u201d of independent Leipzig trained painters, Weischer, Schnell, Baumg\u00e4rtel, Kobe, Ruckh\u00e4berle, et al., new avenues of inventive realism, experimental narrative, and essays in pictorial fantasy came into focus garnering many international exhibitions and collectors across the world. Hence, and since that time, continuous contemporary forms of figuration have developed in many directions, the magic realism of Kr\u00fcger, the collage paintings of Hofmann, the personal existential realism of Brandl, or the optical realist semi-surreal fantasies of Gernegross. Over four generations an extraordinary range of figurative painted images and creative material practices has been transmitted. The aim of The Leipzig Connection<\/em> exhibition is therefore to introduce the rich diversity of Leipzig-trained figurative painter-practitioners to the public in Zagreb, and to do so in the context of the Croatian Biennial of Painting. The fact that HDLU has a permanent residency programme in Leipzig witnesses a continuous connection, and in doing so opens the two places to different painting traditions to further stages of fruitful interaction and hybridisation. Commensurate in both size and scope Zagreb and Leipzig represent in other aspects a shared history of related Communism manifested in subtlety different ways of exigency. As an exhibition The Leipzig Connection<\/em> is should to be seen as an overview of half a century of creative expression, yet at the same time it should be read as an example of liberation, an institutional regeneration from the false hypotheses of ideological painting.<\/p>\n \u00a9Mark Gisbourne<\/p>\n Curator \u201cThe Leipzig Connection.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Curator:<\/strong> Mark Gisbourne<\/p>\n Artists:<\/strong> <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1.-WEB-Bijenale-slikarstva-ENG.jpg\")
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\nAt the Ring Gallery, for the first time, a selection of the most significant street art creations and a cross-section of the most prominent recent murals from Croatia will be presented.
\nFollowing artists will be presented: Damir Sobota, Goran Raki\u0107, Jelena Bando, Lav Paripovi\u0107, Melinda \u0160ef\u010di\u0107, Miron Mili\u0107, Sanja Stojkovi\u0107 (Tifany Rubi), Slaven Lunar Kosanovi\u0107, Stipan Tadi\u0107, Tomislav Loncari\u0107 (Lonac), Tomislav Buntak, Vladimir Tomi\u0107 (Mosk).<\/p>\n
\n\u0160ira Gallery<\/strong>
\nOctober 9 \u2013 29, 2019<\/strong>
\nThe Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb at the \u0160ira Gallery will present an exhibition of works by students of the graduate study of the Art Department and works of students of the graduate study of Fine Arts in the Art Education department realized within the main artistic subject of Painting.<\/p>\n
\nDuring Biennial, every Thursday at 5.30pm<\/strong> a guided tour of the exhibition will be organized. Meeting point is in front of Ba\u010dva Gallery<\/strong>, Home of HDLU, Trg \u017ertava fa\u0161izma 16, Zagreb. The tours are free of charge<\/strong> with presentation of the exhibition ticket.<\/p>\n
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\nCOURTESY OF PRIVATE COLLECTION<\/p>\n
\nHans Aichinger, Tilo Baumg\u00e4rtel, Christian Brandl, Falk Gernegro\u00df , Sighard Gille, \u00a0Rayk Goetze, Bernhard Heisig, Julius Hofmann, Martin Kobe, Axel Krause, Markus Matthias Kr\u00fcger, Corinne von Lebusa, Akos Novaky, Gudrun Petersdorff, Ulf Puder, Arno Rink, Johannes Rochhausen, Christoph Ruckh\u00e4berle, Rigo Schmidt, Annette Schr\u00f6ter, Volker Stelzmann, Miriam Vlaming, Matthias Weischer, Doris Ziegler.<\/p>\n
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