EXHIBITION: VLATKA ŠKORO – PACK

04 March 2020

VLATKA ŠKORO
PACK
Bačva Gallery, Home of HDLU
March 10 – March 22, 2020

Exhibition Pack, by Vlatka Škoro, will be opened on Tuesday, March 10 at 6 pm at the Karas Gallery (Zvonimirova 58).

“Pack, created by the sculptor Vlatka Škoro, is a group of 12 new sculptures of the African wild dog conceptually gathered around the Alpha, the sculpture of the African wild dog from the growing Animal series of works (2019) exhibited last year in Zagreb and, in an expanded form, in Osijek. Pack is a continuation, that is, a kind of extension of the above-mentioned series. (…)

(…) The theriomorphism of the Animals gains a new dimension with the Pack due to the significant choice of the motif of an animal that is completely unfamiliar with human presence, even finds it impossible. The animal’s organic structure is an imperative for Vlatka Škoro, for her meticulous approach to the subject, the same as her instinct that she follows both in the choice of motifs and in creating the sculpture itself. The naturalism of the Pack, manifested in the fluidity of natural (that is, sculptural) forms and character of sculptures, contrasted to the neutral backdrop of the gallery space, is further emphasized. By contrasting the wilderness with the aesthetics of the civilized world and analytical deconstruction of structures, Vlatka Škoro gives us an insight into her own sculptural truth.”

From preface, written by Ivan Roth

Preface

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Vlatka Škoro (1987, Osijek) lives and works in Zagreb. In 2010 she received an M.A. in Sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, in the class of the professor Stjepan Gračan. In 2018 she earned her PhD in Sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts. She won the Erste Grand Prix Award (2010). She has exhibited in six solo and about twenty group exhibitions in Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Vinkovci, Đakovo, etc.

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