Eugen Kokot – izložba u Labinu|Eugen Kokot – Exhibition in Labin

16.08.2009.

Vrijeme: 17. kolo­vo­za 2009.

Mjesto: Galerija Alvona, Labin

Organizator: Galerija Alvona, Labin

Time: the 17th of August, 2009

Place: Alvona Gallery, Labin

Organization: Alvona Gallery, Labin

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Eugen Kokot poz1U pone­dje­ljak, 17. kolo­vo­za u pros­to­ru gale­ri­je «Alvona» u 20.30 sati, a povo­dom obi­lje­ža­va­nja Dana Grada Labina, odr­žat će se otva­ra­nje samos­tal­ne izlož­be labin­skog aka­dem­skog sli­ka­ra Eugena Kokota.

On the 17th of August at 8.30 p.m., on the occa­si­on of cele­bra­ting the Day of the Town of Labin,  the Alvona Gallery in Labin will host the ope­ning of the solo exhi­bi­ti­on by Eugen Kokot, aca­de­mic pain­ter from Labin.

«Slike s ove izlož­be pot­vr­da su fas­ci­nant­ne dos­ljed­nos­ti rano oda­bra­nom umjet­nič­kom putu, no u nekim ostva­re­nji­ma suče­lja­va­mo se sa snaž­nim kovi­tla­ci­ma boje, lako čit­lji­vim sig­na­li­ma nesma­nje­nog umjet­ni­ko­va emo­ci­onal­nog uno­še­nja u fizič­ki čin slikanja.


Takva ostva­re­nja domi­ni­ra­ju ovom izlož­bom i još jed­nom pot­vr­đu­ju raz­lož­nost oda­bi­ra ter­mi­na «mag­ma» kao naj­pri­mje­re­ni­jeg opi­sa žit­kos­ti i vibrant­nos­ti Kokotova mani­ra nano­še­nja boje i stva­ra­nja izra­žaj­nih tek­s­tu­ra, što je već odav­no pre­poz­na­to kao povez­ni­ca s iskus­tvom sli­kar­stva «infor­me­la»…» – kazao je poz­na­ti, nedav­no pre­mi­nu­li, likov­ni i glaz­be­ni kri­ti­čar Darko Glavan u kata­lo­gu izložbe.


Eugen Kokot diplo­mi­rao je 1966. godi­ne na Akademiji likov­nih umjet­nos­ti u Zagrebu, na odsje­ku sli­kar­stva, u kla­si prof. Raula Goldonija. Od 1966. do 1970. godi­ne bio je surad­nik Majstorske radi­oni­ce Krste Hegedušića.


Od 1968. Član je Labinskih ate­li­era i Ateliera «Brezovica». Od 1979. godi­ne član je Galerije Forum u Zagrebu. Od 1994. godi­ne redov­ni je pro­fe­sor na odsje­ku sli­kar­stva «Akademije likov­nih umjet­nos­ti u Zagrebu».


Uz sli­kar­stvo bavi se gra­fi­kom (izdao je tri gra­fič­ke mape: «Fuga u pej­za­žu», «Magični rit­mo­vi zem­lje» i «Podzemni hori­zon­ti»), res­ta­ura­ci­jom spo­me­ni­ka kul­tu­re, opre­mom knji­ga i ilustracijom.


Priredio je niz samos­tal­nih i skup­nih izlož­bi u zem­lji i ino­zem­s­tvu. Sudionik je više sli­kar­skih kolo­ni­ja. Studijski je bora­vio u Italiji, Austriji, Njemačkoj, Švedskoj, Francuskoj, Češkoj, Slovačkoj, Mađarskoj, Kini, Egiptu, Engleskoj, Grčkoj i Izraelu.


Djela mu se nala­ze u zbir­ka­ma muze­ja i gale­ri­ja Hrvatske. Dobitnik je broj­nih nagra­da, priz­na­nja, zahval­ni­ca i odli­ko­va­nja za umjet­nič­ku dje­lat­nost. Član je Matice hrvat­ske te HDLU‑a u Zagrebu gdje živi i stvara.


Izložba osta­je otvo­re­na do 24. kolo­vo­za, a može se pogle­da­ti u rad­no vri­je­me gale­ri­je od 10 do 13 sati ili po naj­a­vi na mob.: 098 183 09 01. (I. R.)

«Paintings of this cycle are a con­fir­ma­ti­on of a fas­ci­na­ting artis­tic con­sis­ten­cy. In some wor­ks we are faced with power­ful whir­l­po­ols of color, easily deco­ded sig­nals of relen­tless emo­ti­onal invol­ve­ment of the author.

Works of this kind domi­na­te the exhi­bi­ti­on and once aga­in con­firm the rig­h­t­ful usa­ge of the term «mag­ma» when trying to des­cri­be the vibrant man­ner of Kokot’s pain­ting and its pro­mi­nent textu­res. This cha­rac­te­ris­tic lin­ks Kokot to the «infor­me­la» pain­ting..» – said Darko Glavan, famo­us and recen­tly dece­ased art and music critic.

Eugen Kokot gra­du­ated in pain­ting (pro­fe­ssor Raul Goldoni)  from the Academy of Visual Arts in Zagreb in 1966. In the peri­od from 1966 to 1970 he wor­ked with Krsto Hegedušić at his Master Workshop. Since 1968 he is a mem­ber of the Labin Ateliers and the Brezovica Atelier. In 1979 he beca­me a mem­ber of the Forum Gallery in Zagreb. Since 1994 he has been wor­king as a pro­fe­ssor at the Department of Painting of the Academy of Visual Arts in Zagreb. He also enga­ges in grap­hics, res­ta­ura­ti­on of cul­tu­ral monu­ments and illus­tra­ti­on. He has sta­ged a seri­es of solo and joint exhi­bi­ti­ons in Croatia and abro­ad and is a par­ti­ci­pant of seve­ral pain­ting colonies.

He stu­di­ed in Italy, Austria, Germany, Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, China, Egypt, England, Greece and Israel. His wor­ks are exhi­bi­ted in muse­ums and gal­le­ri­es all aro­und Croatia. Kokot has won nume­ro­us pri­zes, awar­ds and medals for his art wor­ks. He is also a mem­ber of the Croatian Society of Visual Artists in Zagreb, whe­re he lives and works.

The exhi­bi­ti­on is on view until the 24th of August (10 a.m. –1 p.m.; anno­un­ced arri­vals: 098 183 09 01).