Category: Events
04 December 2024
MIRAN BLAŽEK
STILL LIFE
11.12.-31.12.2024.
KARAS GALLERY
On Wednesday, 11.12.2024. Miran Blažek opens his solo exhibition entitled Still life, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).
In his foreword, Zlatko Kozina emphasizes:
This principle of “trimming” of space is distinctly evident in the exhibited works of Miran Blažek. And not the infinite, cosmic (read: prosaic) space, but rather limited (gallery) space. Blažek uses photography printed on canvas, in the form of horizontally positioned “cubes” (canvas mounted on stretcher bars with an accentuated voluminousness, all together supported by wooden legs) and a photograph printed on canvas in a frame with glass. His palette, dominated by achromatic tones—black, white, and grey—features only one chromatic element: yellow, ranging from intense primary yellow to pale yellow. Observed as a whole, the exhibition exudes a sense of calm, even comfort. While yellow, as a colour, possesses an expansive quality and inherent dynamism that challenges its boundaries, in this context, it seems to confront the constrained space of defined dimensions, creating an ambience that can be described as an ecstasy of low intensity.
Biogprahy:
Miran Blažek (1983, Osijek, Croatia), has earned a BA in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2006, and an MA at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 2012. Soon after completing his studies, he started to enhance his work with practices that transcend the traditional idea of painting. In his work, he is drawn to border fields of the medium, primarily drawing and painting, and he engages in transposition – through action, material, or space itself. Blažek uses the experience of painting to develop various possibilities inherent to the nature of the medium. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad. In 2012 he has received the Radoslav Putar Award for best young artist under 35, awarded by the Institute for Contemporary Art in Zagreb, and in 2020 he received Vlastimir Kusik Award on 27th Slavonian Biennale. He took part in several artist residency programs abroad: Hafenkombinat/HDLU, Leipzig; CREART, Kristiansand; and International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York. In 2015 he founded the project International Student Biennial, an award exhibition for students and emerging artists.
The exhibition will be open during the period from 11.12. to 31.12.2024.
Working hours of Karas Gallery
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.
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Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb
20 November 2024
On November 23 and 24, 2024, the Jochen Hempel Galerie’s Colorado Project (Leipzig, Germany) will host an exhibition/open studio of the second residency De/Construction of the Image, as part of the European project CreArt 3.0.
Exhibiting artists: Barbara Muhr (DE) and Petra Šabić (HR).
DE/CONSTRUCTION OF PAINTING CONCEPT:
The project De/construction of Painting encourages and addresses contemporary artistic practices within the context of the visual arts center of Eastern Germany, Leipzig, which has transformed into a global hub for the arts with a focus on the painting scene. The former industrial complex Spinnerei in the Plagwitz district spans 10 hectares and has been almost entirely renovated, now serving as the heart of the local and international art scene with 12 galleries, the non-profit art center Halle 14, and around a hundred resident artists. The residency program De/construction of Painting tries to answer the following questions:
- To what extent is the idea of an image/painting still a cultural construct within various dichotomies (Western-Eastern, industrial-post-industrial)?
- How does the media in which the painting is formed correspond to the concepts of representing different realities?
- What is individual in the image/painting and what is symbolic or universal?
Part of this year’s residency program takes place within the EU project CreART 3.0, a European network of medium-sized cities aimed at exchanging experiences and best practices to promote contemporary art through a continuous transnational mobility program for emerging artists, curators, and cultural workers, in order to maximize the economic, social, and cultural contributions that creativity can bring to local communities. As part of the EU project CreART 3.0, 4 residencies will take place in Leipzig in 2024, each lasting 5 weeks, including 2 Croatian and 2 foreign artists from the network of cities.
Project web page: https://residencyleipzig.hdlu.hr/
Barbara Muhr works as a visual artist predominantly in large-scale figurative paintings as well as screenprints. Her colorful works combine realistic but mostly fictitious portraits with abstract surroundings and overlaps. She mixes acrylic and oil paint with crayon drawings and tapes to indicate different layers of physical and psychic states of people. Her motifs derive from classical art history and literature such as allegories and iconography of love and death, which are transferred into contemporary topics of coming-of-age and identity crises. Currently she works in her studio in Regensburg and exhibits in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic and was awarded several art prizes in Germany.
Petra Šabić completed primary school and high school in Bjelovar. She graduated in two fields from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb – first in 2019 with a degree in Fine Arts under mentorship of Professor Gordana Balić, and in 2021 with a degree in Painting under mentorship of Professor Ksenija Turčić. Petra Šabić, along with two colleagues, received the Rector’s Award for the project Cycle of Creative-Art Workshops “UMMA – umjetnička mama,” in collaboration with the Children’s Home Zagreb and the beneficiaries of the Mother’s Home Zagreb. Her first solo exhibition, “Zbiranja,” was held in 2018 at the “Petar Preradović” Public Library in Bjelovar. By the end of 2022, she had exhibited in ten solo and twenty-seven group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad (India, Vietnam, Serbia). She created illustrations for the publication of the international literary competition “Lapis Histriae 2020” and for the first version of the illustrated “Dictionary of Foreign Words” by Bratoljub Klaić. She is a member of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists and a collaborator with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.
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Partners:
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Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.
[Project number: 101128499]
The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
20 November 2024
CreArt Valladolid opens a new call to invite an artist from the CreArt Network to present an exhibition project that will be part of the 12th edition CreaVA 25, to be held between April 25 and May 31.
CreaVA emerged 12 years ago, as a platform to promote the works of young artists from Valladolid. Different exhibition proposals of painting, installation, photography, video, illustration, mural…are presented every year in the most diverse spaces throughout the city, such as shops, bars, creative incubators, cinemas, schools, public spaces, etc., turning the urban landscape into the best showcase to present the variety and quality of production and the local cultural fabric. Every edition counts on the participation of around 20 artists and exhibition spaces along the city, and guided tours are organized for the Opening. The CreaVA festival is coordinated within the frame of open events for the celebration of the EU Month of Creativity in May across the CreArt Network and has the support of the European Commission through Creative Europe.
You can check our latest promo video of CreaVA here:
More info in our instagram.
ELIGIBLE ARTISTS
Can participant in this call:
– Artists under 40, born or currently living in any of the cities that participate in ‘CreArt. Network of Cities for Artistic Creation’: Kaunas (Lithuania), Liepaja (Lithuania), Skopje (Northern Macedonia), Aveiro (Portugal), Lublin (Poland), Venice (Italy), Rouen and ClermontFerrand (France), Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic), Oulu (Finland), Regensburg (Germany). Members of Croatian Asociation of Visual Artists (HDLU). And Ukrainian artists thanks to cooperation with the Lviv Art Council ‘Dialog’.
– Artists working in the field of illustration and/or photography with an exhibition project of maximum 20 works in A4 or A3 format.
CONDITIONS
Selected artists by the curatorial team will present exhibition in the creative incubator Galerías VA
Organization will provide:
Fee of 500 € for the participation in the exhibition
Travel costs and accommodation to install the exhibition and be present in the Opening (from 23 to 27 April)
Production costs. The works will be printed and framed in Valladolid. After the exhibition, the works will be shipped without frame.
DOCUMENTATION
The online application form is available here (artists should register first and then upload portfolio in this link)
The following attached documentation is required in a single PDF document:
– ID or passport (scanned copy)
– A short version of the curriculum vitae (maximum A4)
– Project exhibition including presentation text and the works that would be presented.
Only applications with complete information will be accepted. It must be submitted by 12th December 23:59h, 2024. CreArt Coordinator and curatorial CreaVA committee in Valladolid will inform all participants by email around 17th January
Participation in this call implies the acceptance of these rules and the commitment on the part of the selected artists to include in their CV and in all future communications (press, digital media, social networks…) an explicit mention of both ‘CreArt. Network of Cities for Artistic Creation’ and Festival CreaVA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION YOU CAN CONTACT creart@fmcva.org
19 November 2024
With the exhibition CreArtivci, held at the MSU školica from November 14 to November 17, 2024, the second in a series of educational programs within the European project Creart 3.0. was successfully completed.
The work of the students from the Središće Elementary school, created under the mentorship of the artist Ana Ratković Sobota
The CreArt Educational Program is part of the European project CreArt 3.0 and aims to improve collaboration between local schools, cultural institutions, non-governmental organizations, and independent professionals and companies in the cultural and creative sectors. The program builds and strengthens intergenerational connections, creates a network for cultural education exchange, and encourages future participation of school children in the cultural life of the city. Over the course of 3 years, the program will involve 76 schools in the partner cities of the project, more than 4,500 students and teachers, and 47 artists.
The work of the students from the Kustošija Elementary school, created under the mentorship of the artist Diana Trohar
The works of the students from the School of Applied Arts and Design, created under the mentorship of the artist Melinda Šefčić
HDLU has connected its second educational program of the year with the exhibition “Picelj and Friends,” which marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Croatian artist, Ivan Picelj. The exhibition is organized by HDLU and MSU and will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art from September 19, 2024 to February 2, 2025.
The work of the students from the Private Art Gymnasium with Public Accreditation, created under the mentorship of the artist Martina Miholić
In its second edition, six schools participated (Ivo Andrić Elementary School, Kustošija Elementary School, Središće Elementary School, I. Gymnasium, School of Applied Arts and Design, and Private Art Gymnasium) with over 120 students and six teachers. The program consisted of exhibition tours with an educational booklet of tasks and workshops conducted in schools under the mentorship of artists Duje Medić, Martina Miholić, Ana Ratković Sobota, Damir Sobota, Melinda Šefčić, and Diana Trohar.
Works of the students from the I. Gymnasium created under the mentorship of the artist Duje Medić (left, back), the works of the students from the Private Art Gymnasium with Public Accreditation, created under the mentorship of the artist Martina Miholić (left and right, front) and students from the Ivo Andrić Elementary school created under the mentorship of the artist Damir Sobota (right, back)
Lorena Šimić developed the educational booklet under the supervision of the Educational Department of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, designed by Duje Medić.
The final result, and the culmination of this year’s educational program, was the exhibition of student works created during the workshops.
PARTICIPANTS:
Schools: Ivo Andrić Elementary School, Kustošija Elementary School, Središće Elementary School, I. Gymnasium, School of Applied Arts and Design, and Private Art Gymnasium with Public Accreditation
Artists: Duje Medić, Martina Miholić, Ana Ratković Sobota, Damir Sobota, Melinda Šefčić, Diana Trohar
Professors: Anđela Zanki, Maja Ferček, Romina Makoter, Slaven Jurić, Lahorka Rožić, Marija Kladarin
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CreArt is a network of 13 medium-sized European cities with the aim of exchanging experiences and good practices for the promotion of contemporary art, through a permanent transnational mobility program for emerging artists, curators and cultural workers, in order to maximize the economic, social and cultural contribution that creativity can make to local communities (#stringing_together). At the same time, CreArt 3.0 is pushing the boundaries (#pushboundaries) beyond the visual arts, empowering other artistic practices such as performing arts or music, and new collaborations with an NGO based in Lviv have also been initiated to support Ukrainian artists. Participating cities are: Kaunas, Liepaja, Skopje, Aveiro, Valladolid, Lublin, Venice, Clermont-Ferrand, Rouen, České Budějovice, Oulu and Regensburg. The project includes 45 residency programs in 15 European cities, more than 39 public events to celebrate the European Month of Creativity in 13 cities from the network, 13 educational programs to strengthen creativity and knowledge about contemporary art, 18 Street Art festivals, 10 annual festivals in galleries in 9 cities and 6 European conferences and study visits.
Organizer:
Within the project:
Partners:
Supported by:
Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.
[Project number: 101128499]
The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
13 November 2024
JURICA PUŠENJAK
FAME
19.11.-8.12.2024.
Karas Gallery
On Tuesday, 19.11.2024. Jurica Pušenjak opens his solo exhibition entitled FAME, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).
In his foreword, Feđa Gavrilović emphasizes:
“Some of the figures in Pušenjak’s portraits are more familiar to us than others, yet each represents narratives we encounter through the internet, television, or newspapers. In all this, we are not merely passive spectators. One of the biggest tricks of civil society, an illusion that sustains it despite its many contradictions and injustices, is the illusion of choice given to its subjects. This manifests in democratic elections, where a political option is legitimised by a relative majority of votes, as well as in the (supposed) freedom of the press. In narratives surrounding those in power, play along, like spectators in an amphitheater or viewers of a Western, picking our heroes and villains and rooting for them. By reading left- or right-leaning publications, listening to podcasts, and reading books, we adopt the arguments of a particular stance and build our own ideological identities. We then attempt to defend those views when political debates move from parliamentary halls to our local cafés. Yet all these conflicts are illusory, for, ultimately, decisions are made by those who hold real power in society, that is, those who control capital (or – the means of generating it).”
Biography:
Born in 1996 in Zagreb. In 2020, he graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in the class of Zoltan Novak. Since 2018, he has participated in around twenty group-juried exhibitions and held four solo exhibitions. Notable group exhibitions include the 5th and 6th Biennial of Painting (Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Zagreb), the 16th and 19th Erste Fragments (Lauba, Zagreb), Tartaglia Shelves (Forum Gallery, Zagreb) where he also contributed as a co-author, Love at Last Sight/Money is Eternal, and Human Life is Ephemeral (Bačva Gallery, Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Zagreb), Illusions (PM Gallery, Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Zagreb), and ￡I ₿ € R Ⓐ￡I $ M (Poola Gallery, Pula). In April 2022, he held his first solo exhibition titled Heroes at Bačva Gallery, Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Zagreb. He is the recipient of the Vladimir Dodig Trokut, Iva Vraneković – Artist to Artist Award.
The exhibition will be open during the period from 19.11. to 8.12.2024.
Working hours of Karas Gallery
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.
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Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb
08 November 2024
CreArtivci
Exhibition of elementary and high school pupils
November 14-November 17, 2024
MSU školica
On Thursday, November 14, at 6pm exhibition of elementary and high school pupils CreArtivci will be opened at the MSU školica (Avenija Dubrovnik 17, Zagreb). The exhibition is a result of the Educational programme of the European project Creart 3.0.
The CreArt Educational Programme is part of the European project CreArt 3.0 and aims to improve cooperation between local schools, cultural institutions, non-governmental organizations and independent workers and companies in the cultural and creative sector. The program builds and strengthens intergenerational ties, creates a network for the exchange of education in culture, and encourages the future participation of school children in the cultural life of the city. Over the course of 3 years, the program will include 76 schools in the project’s partner cities, more than 4,500 students and teachers, and 47 artists.
In its second edition, six schools participated (Ivo Andrić Elementary School, Kustošija Elementary School, Središće Elementary School, I. Gymnasium, School of Applied Arts and Design, and Private Art Gymnasium) with over 120 students and six teachers. The program consisted of exhibition tours with an educational booklet of tasks and workshops conducted in schools under the mentorship of artists Duje Medić, Martina Miholić, Ana Ratković Sobota, Damir Sobota, Melinda Šefčić, and Diana Trohar.
Lorena Šimić developed the educational booklet under the supervision of the Educational Department of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, designed by Duje Medić.
School of Applied Arts and Design on guided tour
After guided tours, there were 6 workshops with artists carried out, the result of which are student works that will be exhibited at the exhibition in the MSU školica.
Workshop led by Duje Medić at the I. gymnasium
Workshop led by Damir Sobota at the Ivo Andrić elementary school
Workshop led by Melinda Šefčić at the School of Applied Arts and Design
PARTICIPANTS:
Schools: Ivo Andrić Elementary School, Kustošija Elementary School, Središće Elementary School, I. Gymnasium, School of Applied Arts and Design, and Private Art Gymnasium with Public Accreditation
Artists: Duje Medić, Martina Miholić, Ana Ratković Sobota, Damir Sobota, Melinda Šefčić, Diana Trohar
Professors: Anđela Zanki, Maja Ferček, Romina Makoter, Slaven Jurić, Lahorka Rožić, Marija Kladarin
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CreArt is a network of 13 medium-sized European cities with the aim of exchanging experiences and good practices for the promotion of contemporary art, through a permanent transnational mobility program for emerging artists, curators and cultural workers, in order to maximize the economic, social and cultural contribution that creativity can make to local communities (#stringing_together). At the same time, CreArt 3.0 is pushing the boundaries (#pushboundaries) beyond the visual arts, empowering other artistic practices such as performing arts or music, and new collaborations with an NGO based in Lviv have also been initiated to support Ukrainian artists. Participating cities are: Kaunas, Liepaja, Skopje, Aveiro, Valladolid, Lublin, Venice, Clermont-Ferrand, Rouen, České Budějovice, Oulu and Regensburg. The project includes 45 residency programs in 15 European cities, more than 39 public events to celebrate the European Month of Creativity in 13 cities from the network, 13 educational programs to strengthen creativity and knowledge about contemporary art, 18 Street Art festivals, 10 annual festivals in galleries in 9 cities and 6 European conferences and study visits.
Organizer:
Within the project:
Partners:
Supported by:
Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.
[Project number: 101128499]
The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
Exhibition is opened from November 14 til November 17, 2024
23 October 2024
INES BOROVAC
XSENOFOLK
29.10.-16.11.2024.
Karas Gallery
On Tuesday, 29.10.2024. Ines Borovac opens her solo exhibition entitled XSENOFOLK, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).
In her foreword, Ana Bedenko emphasizes:
“Operating at the intersection of performance and new media, i.e., pervasive digital tools, the artist, in the spirit of xenofeminism, advocates for the strategic use of existing technology to reshape and rebuild the world around us, both material and cybernetic. Her artistic practice cannot be viewed outside a strong feminist lens, and themes such as girlhood, sexuality and romantic love, the female body, and autonomy. Using tools developed in the decidedly techno-masculine climate of Silicon Valley, Borovac uncovers some completely different narratives.”
Biography:
Ines Borovac (1996, Croatia) is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As a feminist, Borovac infiltrates various systems governed by normative values (tradition, religious rituals) through her practice, aiming to explore gender relations. Her works are activated by performances or penetrated by contingent bodies. As a Croatian, she deals with the deconstruction of folk forms while distorting the power dynamics of patriarchal influence. Since 2022, together with Ginevra Petrozzi, Borovac acts as co-founder of the art and design duo Xsenofemma. Her works have been exhibited at Ars Electronica, MU Hybrid House, Onomatopee Net, HDD Gallery among others.
The exhibition will be open during the period from 29.10. to 16.11.2024.
Working hours of Karas Gallery
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.
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