LARA ANA KULENOVIĆ
THE GRASS USED TO BE GREENER
13.3.-1.4.2025.
KARAS GALLERY

On Thursday, 13.3.2025. Lara Ana Kulenović opens her solo exhibition entitled The Grass Used to Be Greener , at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).

In his foreword, Iva Jurić emphasizes:
“The grass used to be greener. Or at least that is how it exists in memory, detached from the reality in which it is simultaneously “earth and stone and twig and branch and leaf and worm and dandelion and clover and bramble and bramble and bramble and glass and plastic and trash”*. In that distant image, grass is simply grass, without layers or impurities, just a vivid green colour. Yet, the attempt to reconstruct that memory proves inevitably unsuccessful. Repetition of gestures and the pursuit of perfection only reveal the imperfections of both the process and memory itself.
Lara Ana Kulenović’s work The Grass Used to Be Greener explores the impossibility of reconstructing past perceptions and reflects on the boundaries between reality and subjective memory. Through a repetitive process of attempting to create the perfect blades of grass, using freshly cut grass from her grandmother’s garden, the artist inscribes the passage of time into the material, realizing that grass is no longer just grass but a trace of time passed; an altered experience of the world.”

PREFACE

Biography
Lara Ana Kulenović (2000, Zagreb) earned her Master’s degree from the Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Animated Film and New Media, under the mentorship of Professor Nicole Hewitt. Although she uses her own perspective as a starting point, her works are not about her – but about others who perceive them. Lara conveys emotion and feeling through physical manifestations in objects, installations, video and photography. The materials she uses are closely linked to the very concept of the work or are a key part of it. She chooses topics that she considers part of the collective memory of her generation’s past, aiming to make their interpretation more accessible to a wider audience and to encourage dialogue. She has exhibited in several group exhibitions in Croatia.

The exhibition will be open during the period from 13.3. to 1.4.2025.
Working hours of Karas Gallery
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.
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http://karasarthub.eu
Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb