Antonio Pozojević
Still Life
Karas Gallery
14. – 25.3.2023.

On Tuesday, 14.3.2023. Antonio Pozojević opens his solo exhibition entitled Still Life, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).

In her foreword, Maja Flajsig emphasizes:
“In this sense, Antonio Pozojević’s series of photographs titled Still Life is a continuation of this civilizational fascination with dead and decaying animal bodies. His photos show his intrigue with the textures and shapes of animal carcasses when creating artistic compositions, which he emphasizes by enlarging film negatives. By not showing the positive of a photograph, the artist denies the possibility of literal interpretation and opens up a field for thinking about motifs that go beyond the spectrum of topics that appear at first glance. By looking at the negatives, one can discern the kind of animals they feature from the textures and shapes, which provides different insights when thinking about these animals in general. Some of them represent archetypes and symbols ubiquitous in the collective consciousness. Therefore, it is unusual to discern the potent and powerful body of a horse, the archetype of time and memory of the world, lying lifeless, in stark contrast to the usual representation of a galloping horse inscribed in the visual code of Western culture.”

PREFACE

Biography:
Antonio Pozojević was born in Zagreb in 1984. He is a member of the Filmmakers Association of Croatia and the Croatian Association of Artists. He has been engaged in photography since enrolling in the cinematography programme at the Academy of Dramatic Arts (2010). Filmmaking is his primary activity, and he engages in photography on a non-commercial basis. In 2019, he enrolled in the Viewfinder programme in Budapest, Dublin, and Tallinn as an Erasmus scholar, which ended in 2021.

The exhibition will be open in compliance with all measures and recommendations of the National Headquarters of Civil Protection, and you can view it in the period from 14.3. to 25.3.2023.

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