Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb / Biennial of Painting
Group exhibition
ABOUT THE BIENNIAL OF PAINTING
The Biennial of Painting, organized by the Croatian Association of Fine Artists, is a national art event dedicated to recording the scene and the shift in the medium of painting, launched with the idea of presenting the current state of Croatian painting and confronting current European painting practices.
The Croatian selection represents a wide cross-section of generations that actively shape the painting scene, from the oldest, members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, to the youngest who create new impulses to enter the scene, with the aim of recording the current 2-year production. The Biennial of Painting also hosts an exhibition of foreign authors, which, according to the concept of a guest curator, presents a cross-section of the painting scene of a European city (2011, I am Berliner, Berlin; 2013, Vienna Calling, Vienna; 2015, Exporting Gdańsk, Gdańsk; 2017, Extended Painting Prague, Prague; 2019 The Leipzig Connection, Leipzig). Through the 5 editions so far, 150 Croatian artists and more than 70 foreign artists have been presented at the Biennial of Painting.
The 6th edition of the Biennial of Painting lasts from 21.10 to 5.12.2021, and is held at the HDLU House / Meštrović Pavilion, with the guest exhibition Dubliners conceived by Mark Cullen and Gavin Murthy (Pallas Project Studios, Dublin, Ireland).
Recognizing the need to present and represent the widest possible cross-section of visual art research and the work of artists in the medium of painting, this year the Biennial goes beyond the framework of the Meštrović Pavilion, and part of the accompanying exhibition program is performed at as many as 7 additional locations in the vicinity, and in cooperation with numerous museum and gallery institutions.
EXHIBITION AT THE ŠIRA GALLERY
One of the locations where part of the program is held is the gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Šira. Thus, in the period from 25.10.-7.11.2021, nine final year students of the Painting and Teaching Department – painting, whose works were created under the mentorship of professors of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, will present their works in the gallery: red.prof.art. Ksenija Turčić, red.prof.art. Duje Jurić and red.prof.art. Zoltan Novak.
EXHIBITORS
Ana Pintarić "Mosaic 1"
oil on cardboard, 64.4 x 77.5 cm, 2021
mentors: red.prof.art. Ksenija Turčić
red.prof.art. Duje Jurić
Filip Stolnik "Self-portrait"
oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, 2021
mentor: red.prof.art. Duje Jurić
Marko Tročak "Portraits"
acrylic on paper, 60×80 cm, 2021
mentor: red.prof.art. Duje Jurić
Marina Popović "Untitled 3"
oil on canvas, 90×120 cm, 2021
mentors: red.prof.art. Ksenija Turčić
red.prof.art. Duje Jurić
Katarina Kocijan "Here and there"
Mixed media on canvas, 180×140 XM, 2021.
mentor: red.prof.art. Duje Jurić
Krešimir Čuvalo "Little House 3"
Mixed media, 205×145 cm, 2021
mentor: red.prof.art. Duje Jurić
Daniel Tomić "Riddle"
oil on canvas, 183.5×144 cm, 2021
Mentor: red.prof.art. Zoltán Novák
Sara Mićković "The Tunnel"
oil on canvas, 151×106 cm, 2021
Mentor: red.prof.art.Zoltan Novak
Monika Sinković "The Catcher in the Rye"
mixed media, 40×50 cm, 2021.
mentor: red.prof.art. Tomislav Buntak
The exhibition is financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and the City Office for Culture of the City of Zagreb.
You can see the exhibition in the Šira Gallery during the working hours of the Gallery (Mon-Fri: 9-16 h, 18-20 h, Saturdays: 11-16 h) until 7.11. 2021.
