Ivan Šeremet belongs to a small group of Croatian artists who have, in an artistically relevant way, referred to the war reality, reaching for the spiritual echoes of time in which they lived. šeremet does it without the time pause, instantaneously and at once (while that reality is still ‘hot’); without suspecting that there should […] Više
The burden of risk that a young artist is taking by publicly announcing that in overwhelming presence of cacophony of sounds and signs he finally has something to say, is proportional to the responsibility with which the public and the profession, as well as the author of these lines, could accept the challenge. The risk […] Više
From the beginning of the nineties the art of Vlado Zrnić, the painter with the diploma of the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, becomes more and more oriented towards the ‘moving pictures’. He exhibits rarely, the ambitious film productions are replacing video projects, his directing skill becomes more appreciated and finally awarded. Although Zrnić’s […] Više
* “in place of” in Croatian language has same meaning as “instead” Subsistence cuisine usually reflects social poverty, slight existential nausea, bad family relations, low communicational and understanding level. There are no obvious reasons why on Damir Babic’s photographs (In) Place of Picture, should not happen the same. Moreover, the title makes us look for […] Više
When we were discussing the date for the exhibition, Jelena Peric demanded the winter schedule, usually disliked by the artists. The emphasised whiteness of the Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery does not suffice. We settled for February, hoping that by that time all will be covered by snow, which has not fallen by mid January. The characteristics […] Više
On The Island 1. I asked a very old peasant woman from the island of Mljet to borrow me her clothes. I put them on and started to perform in front of the camera. 2. I look very healthy. My cheeks are red…but thatís a make up. 3. It feels like a strange, ironic game, […] Više
