dar Alan and all, thanks for the response -- we do have an english translation of the description of this exhibition and its underlying aesthetic politics, and a Bosnian filmmaker friend also shot some intriguing close ups on opening night, which was two days before severe flooding started to overwhelm is in our county...
https://gallery-puzic.com/en/after-the-battle/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9dia3ZqBA4 best wishes Johannes Birringer On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 5:52 AM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Johannes, > > I do wish you could do a walk-through of the exhibition w/ video and in > English or subtitled - it comes through awkwardly for me and god knows > we're all interested in this! > > love, Alan, be well - > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2024, Johannes Birringer via NetBehaviour wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 10:29:15 +0200 > > From: Johannes Birringer via NetBehaviour > > <[email protected]> > > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > > <[email protected]> > > Cc: Johannes Birringer <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] "After the battle..." > > > > Dear all, > > some of you noted that our list is relatively quiet, and I am guessing > there > > are good reasons for it. We live in times when so many polarizing and > > aggressive words are exchanged, and the rivers are rising (in the place > > where I live). > > > > But here, an announcement of an exhibition we recently opened at the > gallery > > where I work now (and on our website, front page, you find a link to a > short > > video from opening night): > > > > After the battle all generals are fucked > > > > Dream worlds on canvas by Bojan ?umonja & Marko Jak?e > > > > > > Gallery Puzic?, Johannisstrasse 3A, 66111 Saarbru?cken, Germany // > duration of > > the exhibition 14/5. ? 19/6, 2024 > > > > > > https://gallery-puzic.com/ > > > > > > Gallery Puzi? cordially invites you to the presentation of two of the > most > > important and renowned artists in Central Europe > > ? Bojan ?umonja (Croatia) and Marko Jak?e (Slovenia). Bojan ?umonja is > rightly > > considered one of the most famous and recognized Croatian visual > > > > artists of the last decades. He has exhibited independently over 100 > times > > across Europe and in > > > > the USA. His works have, among others, been presented at independent > > exhibitions in Venice, > > > > Milan, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Klagenfurt, Graz, Brussels, Ljubljana, > > Luxembourg, New > > > > Orleans, Zagreb, Dubrovnik and throughout Croatia. In his richly baroque > > compositions, sheep, > > > > gaunt flamingos, birds, downtrodden refugees and superheroes often > appear, > > in sometimes absurd > > > > and dangerous scenarios of ecological, social and political catastrophes > or > > dystopian landscapes. > > > > At the same time, complex ironic references (for which the artist was > > celebrated as the first > > > > ?postmodernist? on the Croatian scene) wander through these dark > battlefields - > > quotes from silent films (Buster Keaton), classical art and Pop Art > appear, > > little Easter bunnies and other > > > > cartoons figures run around after the battle. Or herds of people bow down > > like African ostriches, > > > > hiding their heads in the sand. ?umonja?s most recent paintings, as well > as the > > ?collective? works > > > > (One Dollar Bill) with Marko Jak?e, radiate striking chromatic > peculiarities > > and combine versatile > > > > motifs and spatial systems. > > > > > > The Slovenian artist Marko Jak?e is appreciated by art experts for his > > expressive works with > > > > contrasting elements and imaginative, poetic scenarios. For more than 30 > > years, his artistic > > > > visions have been inspiring audiences with complex and multifaceted works > > that have a unique > > > > appeal and have already been awarded many prizes. Among many other > > exhibition venues, > > > > Marko Jak?e represented Slovenia at the 59th Venice Biennale (2022). A > strong > > source of > > > > inspiration is the animal and plant world. The painterly results are > > surreal-seeming worlds that > > > > highlight the beauty of nature but also intertwine completely fantastic, > > strange and surreal > > > > elements. > > > > > > The sarcastic title of our exhibition is aimed at the innovative image > and > > style combinations of > > > > the two painters, whose fictional, mutated or real characters/natures > > capture our imagination, > > > > looking at us with strange grimaces, and also turn into melancholy > dreams. > > What is also quite > > > > unusual for our Western artworld scene is the fact that the two artists > > worked as a collective for > > > > this exhibition, i.e. the paintings were designed and developed by both > of > > them together. > > > > > > > > regards > > > > Johannes Birringer > > > > Concept Manager / Gallery Puzic? > > > > https://gallery-puzic.com/ > > > > > > > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 at 08:00, AGF <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi dear, your posts are welcome! > > agee > > > > > On 6. Jun 2024, at 6.56, Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > */i'm honestly not trying to dominate this list, i am > > more than > > > willing to stop posting here if others will post, sad to > > see this > > > quiet/* > > > > > > dark rasa / sickness > > > > > > https://youtu.be/IkW_-wzOIgY video > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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