{"id":4211,"date":"2020-06-16T06:52:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T06:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2020-06-16T06:52:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T06:52:49","slug":"exhibition-karla-curcinski-and-laura-martinovic-the-effort-of-infinity-im-afraid-to-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/2020\/06\/exhibition-karla-curcinski-and-laura-martinovic-the-effort-of-infinity-im-afraid-to-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"EXHIBITION: KARLA \u010cUR\u010cINSKI AND LAURA MARTINOVI\u0106 \u2013 THE EFFORT OF INFINITY. I’M AFRAID TO DREAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARLA \u010cUR\u010cINSKI AND LAURA MARTINOVI\u0106<\/strong>
\nTHE EFFORT OF INFINITY. I’M AFRAID TO DREAM<\/strong>
\nKaras Gallery, Kralja Zvonimira 58<\/strong>
\nJune 23\u2013 July 5, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Following all recommendations of the National Civil Protection Headquarters, exhibition\u00a0THE EFFORT OF INFINITY. I’M AFRAID TO DREAM<\/strong>,\u00a0by\u00a0Karla \u010cur\u010dinski and Laura Martinovi\u0107,<\/b>\u00a0will be opened on\u00a0Tuesday, June 23<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a07 pm<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0Karas Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0(Kralja Zvonimira 58).<\/p>\n

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ARTISTS\u00b4 STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through artworks on the topic of The effort of infinity, I fear to dream we question the current issues of culture in society, the form of cultural institutions and its society, and the limits of failure, success, and artist’s motivation. We present our own experiences and through the synonym of the bad in these situations, we create cultural symbols that are a reflection of the expected and known result.
\nWe place great emphasis on a distorted illusion based on the relationships of the powerful and influential that are an indicator of success. Such a tool is an integral part of the society in which we live. If you work and have a little luck, is success a logical consequence? In the artworks, we show that little bit of luck. A little luck is found in a few drinks of coffee a day, too iodized wines, three hours of listening to gloomy monologues of philosophers, the company of smug or imaginary socialites, the despair of grovelers, God-given critics, and a promiscuous view from above.
\nThe hard and dedicated work of the artist is put aside. He is not treated equally. Moreover, he is completely invisible. Maybe forever, and maybe just until a moment of little luck. How little luck is enough then?<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karla \u010cur\u010dinski<\/strong> was born in 1993 in Zagreb. She graduated in graphics in 2017 in the class of Professor Svjetlan Junakovi\u0107 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She spent winter semester 2015\/2016 in Belfast, Northern Ireland at Ulster University, majoring in illustration. She is the winner of two Rector’s awards. So far, she has had two solo exhibitions (\u010cekanje, Razvid Gallery, Zapre\u0161i\u0107 2019 and San Stvarnosti, \u017divi Atelje DK, 2017, Zagreb) and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the country and abroad, some of which are: 8th Croatian Biennial of Illustration , Klovi\u0107evi dvori (2020), Virtual exhibition \u201cIllustrators Wall\u201d, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy (2020), Bratoljub – the first illustrated dictionary of foreign words, Centar za kulturu Tre\u0161njevka, Zagreb \/ \u200b\u200bBelgrade, Street Gallery (2019. ), Ilustrofest, Kalemegdan Fortress, Belgrade, Serbia (2019), 54th Zagreb Salon of Visual Arts – “Without Anesthesia”, HDLU, Zagreb (2019), 2nd Samobor Salon, Prica Gallery, Samobor (2019), APPOINTMENT, Dobra Vaga Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2019), 36 Mountains, HDLU (2018), 7th Croatian Biennial of Illustration, Klovi\u0107evi dvori (2018), 8th Zagorje Art Salon, Krapina (2018), 4th Croatian International Self-Portrait Triennial, Prica Gallery, Samobor (2017), That’s a Mole, Turin, Italy (2017), Notte di fiaba, Riva del Garda, Italy (2017), Books to watch – books to read, \u0160ira Gallery (2017), Together in Glass, Mimara Museum (2016), 3rd Croatian International self-portrait triennial, Prica Gallery, Samobor (2014). She is a member of HDLU and HULU. She lives and works in Zagreb as a graphic designer and illustrator.<\/p>\n

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Laura Martinovi\u0107\u00a0<\/strong>was born in Zagreb in 1993. She finished the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb in 2012 and the same year she enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where she completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in the graphic department. She obtained a master’s degree in graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in September 2017 in the class of Svjetlan Junakovi\u0107. She participated in a student exchange studying one semester at Ulster University in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the field of illustration and photography in 2015., from December 2017 to August 2018, she lived and studied in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSpain where she did an internship at Metafora Art School as an illustrator and animator. She had her latest solo exhibitions at the SC Gallery in Zagreb, in March 2019 with the artwork\u00a0Put haljine<\/em>, and at the Pu\u010dko otvoreno u\u010dili\u0161te, Zagreb, CEKAO Gallery with the exhibition\u00a0Rje\u010dnik katalonskih i \u0161panjolskih interpretacija<\/em>. In June 2019, she participated in a group exhibition at the Arte Aurora Gallery in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSpain. She is actively involved in experimental and 2D animation, and since October 2019 she has been working and collaborating with the Adriatic Animation studio.<\/p>\n

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Organizer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Supported by:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Working hours:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wednesday \u2013 Friday: 3 pm \u2013 8 pm\u00a0| Saturday: 10 am to 1 pm
\nSundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and holidays: closed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The exhibition will remain open until June 7, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

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*Remark*<\/p>\n

At the entrance to the Gallery there is a bottle with a disinfectant for visitors, which are obliged to disinfect their hands when entering the Gallery.
\nThe security guard at the entrance to the Gallery will have a protective mask and gloves and control the number of visitors. The Gallery can hold up to 5 people at a time.
\nVisitors are required to maintain a distance of 2 meters.
\nTouching the exhibits is not allowed.
\nDoorknobs and any other surfaces that are frequently touched by visitors will be regularly disinfected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARLA \u010cUR\u010cINSKI AND LAURA MARTINOVI\u0106
THE EFFORT OF INFINITY. I’M AFRAID TO DREAM
Karas Gallery, Kralja Zvonimira 58
June 23\u2013 July 5, 2020<\/p>\n

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Following all recommendations of the National Civil Protection Headquarters, exhibition\u00a0THE EFFORT OF INFINITY. I’M AFRAID TO DREAM,\u00a0by\u00a0Karla \u010cur\u010dinski and Laura Martinovi\u0107,\u00a0will be opened on\u00a0Tuesday, June 23\u00a0at\u00a07 pm\u00a0at the\u00a0Karas Gallery\u00a0(Kralja […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1,4],"tags":[14,366,774,903,337,902],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211"}],"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=4211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4214,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions\/4214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}