Sitespecifik instalacija “Sjena” Viktora Popovića u Rovinju|Site-specific installation „Shadow“ by Viktor Popović in Rovinj|

19.07.2010.

Vrijeme: 20. srpanj 2010.

Mjesto: Galerija Sv.Toma, Zavičajni muzej Grada Rovinja

Time: July 20, 2010

Place: St. Thomas Gallery, Rovinj Heritage Museum


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Dana 20. srp­nja 2010., s počet­kom u 21:00 sati u u Galeriji Sv.Toma u Zavičajnom muze­ju Grada Rovinja biti će otvo­re­na Sitespecifik ins­ta­la­ci­ja pod nazi­vom  “Sjena” Viktora Popovića. Najnoviji rad je nas­tao u skla­du s pri­jaš­njim mini­mal­nim inter­ven­ci­ja­ma i jed­nos­tav­nim pos­tup­ci­ma. Na podu izlož­be­nog pros­to­ra autor će u olo­vu izvest ljud­ske sje­ne. Ljudska sje­na pos­ta­je objek­tom, dok joj je isto­dob­no odu­ze­ta naj­važ­ni­ja mate­ri­jal­na kom­po­nen­ta – tije­lo. Inverzijom zna­če­nja pos­ti­že se priv­lač­na ludič­ka kom­po­nen­ta koja je kod nje­go­vih rado­va uvi­jek pri­sut­na. Popović je rođen u Splitu 1972. godi­ne. Diplomirao na Akademiji likov­nih umjet­nos­ti, Slikarski odjel, u Zagrebu 1996. Dobitnik je Velike nagra­de VIII. tri­je­na­la hrvat­skog kipar­stva, Gliptoteke Hrvatske aka­de­mi­je zna­nos­ti i umjet­nos­ti u Zagrebu 2003. godi­ne. Nagrada za suvre­me­nu umjet­nost Filip Trade, Zagreb 2005., ArtsLink rezi­den­ci­jal­ni pro­gram, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon, USA i godiš­nja Nagrada za mla­dog umjet­ni­ka Hrvatskog druš­tva likov­nih umjet­ni­ka iz Zagreba 2006. godi­ne i mno­ge dru­ge. Trenutačno živi i radi u Splitu. Izložba osta­je otvo­re­na do 8. kolo­vo­za 2010.

On July 20, at 9 p.m. the St.Thomas Gallery of the Rovinj Heritage Museum will host the ope­ning of the site-spe­ci­fic ins­tal­la­ti­on titled „Sjena“ (Shadow) by Viktor Popović. His latest work has been cre­ated in accor­dan­ce with his ear­li­er mini­ma­lis­tic inter­ven­ti­ons and sim­ple pro­ce­du­res. On the flo­or of the gal­lery Popović will cre­ate human sha­dows in lead. Shadows beco­me objec­ts, whi­le they are depri­ve­ed of the most impor­tant mate­ri­al com­po­nent – the human body. The inver­si­on of meaning cre­ates the attrac­ti­ve ludic com­po­nent, which is always pre­sent in his works.

Popović was born in Split in 1972. In 1996 he gra­du­ated from the Zagreb Art Academy in pain­ting. Popović won the main award of the 8th tri­en­na­le of Croatian scul­p­tu­re in 2003, the Filip Trade Award for con­tem­po­rary art (2005), ArtsLink resi­den­ti­al pro­gram, the year­ly award for the Best Young Artist (Croatian Society of Visual Artists, Zagreb, 2006) and many others. He cur­ren­tly lives and wor­ks in Split. The exhi­bi­ti­on will be on view until August 8, 2010.