Vitar Drinković

THE EVOLUTION OF PERCEPTION, Part 1

Karas Gallery

May 19th – 29th 2015

Opening of the exhibition on 19th of May at 7:00 pm

Karas Gallery

Praška 4, 10000 Zagreb

Working hours: Tuesday to Friday 11 am – 7 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 2 pm

Monday and holidays – closed

“In the society of pseudo freedom, perfidious mechanisms of power establish internal order in a non-violent and almost imperceptible way. Their power is not repressive, but manipulative and seductive, so instead of limiting the freedom of society, they simply harness it for their own purposes and gradually absorb it. Featured works simulate a kind of system, an organic whole, whose literal and symbolic development and outcome can be followed as an upward trajectory, an idealistic, but not utopian narrative.

Insisting on a hushed rebellion, the author uses his work as an instrument of warning and critical action. In search of lost empathy and feeling of solidarity, art is offered as resistance to apathy and isolation of today. Do we exist only when the other speaks to us? Does the answer lie in this nonverbal physical communication – inclusive and non-discriminatory? In the vicious grind of everyday life, will we be able to take our eyes off our own reflection in the lake, off the hidden portraits in the attic and joint the rhythm of numerous beats with calm breath?”

From the preface by Ana Bedenko

Vitar Drinković was born 1983. in Zagreb, Croatia. 2006. studied one semester on the exchange program Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA. 2008. he completed the MA program of  Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, and 2014. the MA program of New media, the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. 2014. Vitar participated on the Open air artist in residence in Pilsen, Czech Republic. He received several awards and recognitions.He exhibited on 7 solo and 36 group exhibitions in Croatia, USA, Germany, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Bulgaria. He participated at 9 workshops and has 7 sculptures in public space.

The exhibition is financially supported by the City Office for culture, Education and Sports Zagreb and by The Ministry of Culture of the Republic Croatia.