Tončica Jelača Marijančević & Dražen Pejković – Black and white in color
The Big Bang was not as we imagine it – dazzling like fireworks, accompanied by celebration and fanfare. On the contrary – its light took hundreds of thousands of years to break free and illuminate the universe, and living beings were not yet there to celebrate their own existence. During the Big Bang, stars[...]
Josip Mijić – Aranea²
Walking the quarries, searching for the almost invisible, Josip Mijić does not only explore the physical space; the earthly. This (almost) invisible thing he is looking for is not necessarily immaterial either, even though that contrast between the material and the immaterial will be the backbone of the Aranea2 cycle. Mijić goes in search[...]
Hrvoje Marko Peruzović – Lingua franca
Each of us has our own language that may or may not be understandable to others, but often not even to ourselves. It usually consists of associations, signs, symbols, empirical, conceptual, or emotional fragments and is truly individual. Our inner monologues are unique but also something we sometimes have to decipher. Our thoughts are sometimes[...]
Matko Trebotić – Sign reduction
As you gaze from the shore at the azure sea, the brilliant sun shines in your eyes. You squint, but through your closed eyelids, the dazzling whiteness of the day still peeks through. Such white visions gazed back at us from the azure walls of the Studio 21 Gallery in Split. Their creator is[...]
Saeri Kiritani – Golden Dreams
If you've ever visited or lived in a foreign country - truly foreign - you might have felt the strange looks of people on you. You might have felt different but wanted to belong. In a world where people are often divided into “us” and “them”, locals and foreigners, even the tiniest gesture of friendliness[...]
Petar Jakelić – Retrospective
The polemical question today is "what does it mean to be a woman?" Our aim is not, nor is it possible, to answer that question in a single post. However, what we can do is present one perspective on this fantastic being called "woman." In the recently opened Retrospective of artist Petar Jakelić, we[...]