MARTINA MIHOLIĆ
GALLERY OF FLOATING ARCHIPELAGOS
Karas Gallery
23.5.-13.6.2023.

On Tuesday, 23.5.2023. Martina Miholić opens her solo exhibition entitled Gallery of Floating Archipelagos, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).

In her foreword, Barbara Vujanović emphasizes:

One of the narrative backbones of the series of works, which, however, is not literally staged in the exhibitions, is Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairy tale “The Little Mermaid“. The story of a tragic character who sacrifices her greatest virtue, her voice, and then her body, and even her existence, is an ideal reference to the contemporary imperative of constant adaptation of female appearance to the imposed canons of beauty. The body changed by cosmetics, surgery and exercise continues its further transformation in the digital and viral reality, which perpetuates further imperatives of artificial and unnecessary ideals.

PREFACE

Biography:

Martina Miholić graduated from the Graphic Arts Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2004, and in 2011 she received her master’s degree from Central Saint Martins College in London. In 2006, she became the artistic director of the International Festival of Student Theatre and Multimedia – Test! which she managed until 2010. From 2010 until 2012, as part of the ULAZ association and in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in London, she implemented the project „Export – Import”. In 2016, together with Mia Orsag, she was the curator of the 33rd Youth Salon. She has produced numerous cultural events, such as the Youth Salon, Biennale of Painting, and others. Since 2021, she has been a member of the Cultural Council of Innovative Cultural Practices at the Ministry of Culture.

She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as film festivals in the country and abroad. She has attended several residency programmes and is the recipient of an award at the 14th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture.

The exhibition will be open during the period from 23.5. to 13.6.2023.
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The Karas Art Hub platform was designed for the purpose of developing different approaches to the presentation, experience and processing of works of art displayed to the public in Zagreb’s Karas Gallery, which are presented to the public with digital content on the gallery’s web platform, including 360° shots of installations and video miniatures.

http://karasarthub.eu

Organizer: HDLU

With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb