\’The human figure, the artist himself, is shown as a sign on the white surface without objects, set on the ground with no support, within a rectangular cut of the frame in the abstract field of the world of image. This loss of a “centre” is the loss of support – optical, moral, symbolic, or physical/material, manifested as a symbolic loss of ground under one’s feet. The illusion of depth, the linearity that once ensured the stability and integrity of image and subject as required by the story, has now been demolished, emphasizing flatness and fragmentation through which the detail/fragment acquires the features of a symbol, a sign. As a consequence of the crisis of representation, this reorganization of the sense of time and space through manipulation or multiplication has indicated the position of a decentred subject and the fragmentary character of his identity.\'(from the text by Branka Benčić)
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rnGallery Miroslav Kraljević presents the solo exhibition of the winner of the 2009 Radoslav Putar award, Goran škofić,in which the artist shows video works from his emerging new series under the name White. In the framework of the exhibition a publication under the same name has been produced.
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Goran škofić was born in Pula in 1979. His main fields of interest include video art, cinema, photography, and the new media. In his work, he combines electronically manipulated images, collage techniques, moving images, and sound. In his recent pieces, he has been using his own body as a medium to explore the so-called greater body. He also uses various objects and spaces of everyday life for investigating and interpreting the world we live in.
rnškofić has graduated in video design from the Art Academy in Split, in the class of Dan Oki, having previously completed his basic training at the School of Applied Arts and Design (graphic design) in the class of Ivan Obrovac. He has won the Radoslav Putar Award for artists under 35. He has spent two months at the prestigious ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program) residency in New York. In 2009, he represented Croatia at the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean. He has exhibited at numerous exhibitions and festivals in Croatia and abroad. He is a member of the Croatian Association of Artists Istria (HDLUi) and the Croatian Freelance Artists\’ Association (HZSU). He currently lives and works in Poreč and Zagreb.
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rnThe exhibition has been realised with the support of the Republic of Croatia Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, the City of Zagreb- City Office for Education, Culture and Sport, and the Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb
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rnThe solo exhibition of Goran škofić in Gallery Miroslav Kraljević is part of the Radoslav Putar awards, which are organised by the Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb, which follows on from a 6 week study/artist residency, during February and March 2009 in the ISCP/International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York. Gallery Miroslav Kraljević, who in one of its programmatic directions is particularly focused towards the production and presentation of the works from the young generation of homegrown artists, serves as the organiser and co-producer of the final solo exhibitions of the award winners
