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11.03.2012.

NUS – UNAFFIRMED ART SCENE

Exhibition in the Bačvice Aquaruim, Split, January 13 – 20, 2012

By: Anita Kojundžić

In times of growing unemployment and global recession, when we can hear only about budget cuts and savings, to choose art as your profession is a bold and risky move (hasn’t that always been the case?), because few can brag about how well off they are living on art, how they are not doing art in their spare time, after their day job that secures their sustenance. In such a context, it is legitimate to ask to what extent can one follow their creative impulse without constant deprivation and accepting various compromises? To somehow answer that question, a group of female students from Split has demonstrated one potential form of self-employment by creating a new social network and finding alternative ways to acquire experience, outside the official institutions and their procedures. In fact, they put on a one-week show of the unaffirmed art scene in the Bačvice Aquarium, which is, in my opinion, one of the best exhibition venues in Split for contemporary art, despite being unfinished.

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27.01.2012.

CURRENT TENDENCIES IN CONTEMPORARY MONTENEGRIN ART

Gallery of the State Archive in Rijeka, December 2011 – January 2012

By: Anita Kojundžić

Whenever there is collaboration between the former Yugoslav republics, all of which are independent states today, it is hard to avoid mentioning the past and the roles some of the republics played. However, despite the differences in secession procedure, it is undeniable there are many similarities in the ongoing processes, as well as issues the young countries are facing.   more >

22.12.2011.

SING SING IN SARAJEVO

Exhibition Sing Sing, Sarajevo City Hall, November 19 – December 4, 2011

November 19th was an important day for the Sarajevo art scene because there were to exhibition openings only two hours apart: “World Art in Sarajevo” in Hanikah, with 12 distinguished international artists from the Ars Aevi collection, and a retrospective of the work by the Sing Sing Group in the Town Hall. Both shows were organised by the Ars Aevi project, with Amila Ramović as curator, and since these are complex projects which require a lot more space for detailed elaboration, this time we will discuss the latter.

By: Anita Kojundžić

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28.11.2011.

WASTELAND AS A FRUITFUL CONCEPT

Exhibition: Wasteland, Sandra Vitaljić, Lang Photo Gallery at the Photo Museum in Riga, October 6 – November 6, 2011

By: Anita Kojundžić

In early November, the Photo Museum in Riga closed another Wasteland exhibition by Sandra Vitaljić, which marks two years of displaying a series of her works which have evolved into more than just a regional project and is far from exhausted even after so many exhibitions. Moreover, the series is available in digital format, at www.croatian-photography.com.

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