Category: Archive
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BREACH OF DECOR
When examining the visual representation of the city of Split and the modern promotional and propaganda materials associated with it, it becomes apparent that everything is oriented towards presenting the city as a male-centric environment. For example, the rivalry between the Roman Emperor Diocletian and the Salona martyr Domnius is prominently featured throughout the city,…
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FADENSONNEN
Shadows of the Sun While most cultural institutions in the post-pandemic period have sought to re-establish their usual operational dynamics, the Kula Gallery – a decades-long family project now under the inspired leadership of Duje Mrduljaš – has systematically expanded its activities by organising exhibitions featuring international art stars. Thanks to its historical aura and…
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PLAYING A ROLE
Utilizing the techniques of bricolage, improvisation and repurposing, his works deal with the notion of artistic ecologies, utopia and speculative histories. By intervening on found objects such as old postcards and documentary photographs, mostly found on flea markets or rescued from garbage, Marko Tadić’s works give form to open fictional narratives focused on various interpretations. He often uses…
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‘luminous light’
The exhibition of the Swiss artist based in New York, Ugo Rondinone, is conceived as a continuation of a series of international art presentations at the “Kula” Gallery. This is an artist who employs various media of artistic expression: sculpture, painting, video, photography, and others. Rondinone’s work cannot be described as entirely hermetic because he…
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Waves
“A significant portion of Latifa Echakhch’s artistic production consists of site-specific works. These works typically challenge established social frameworks and prevailing opinions and norms articulated within them, all through captivating visual transformations and the frequently present concept of material destruction. The process of inversion and “encounters at the edge” seem to be integral components of…
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Paintings 2023
When a painter, through the selection of his paintings, wishes to clearly define his reflection on the current state of civilisation, few exhibition spaces in the world can provide a better context than the Kula Gallery. The reason is simple. The walls of the Gallery, ever since the downfall of the Roman Empire in which…
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Anto Jerković / Jelena Perić
Beyond Temporality (with the exhibition conversation of Jelena Perić and Anto Jerković) As early as the mid-1980s, Jelena Perić and Anto Jerković embarked on a joint exhibition practice having, in the process, executed collaborative temporary works. It is therefore the intention of this event in Split to present – of course, in a completely different…
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Zlatan Vehabović was born on March 31, 1982. In Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He finished School of Arts and Design in Zagreb in 2000. The same year he started studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, finishing with master’s degree in 2006. For his thesis work he was awarded in…
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The Ex-Ego Assembles a Lump of Fume in the Everyman
On the diagram:The actor positions himself on the corner-cross-field.He manipulates and draws on the plexiglass surface (transparent handling surface) that stands vertically in front of him. On the back stands the frame “Manager No. 1”. The cast aluminum hut is clamped inside the frame. In the cast-aluminum hut there are Kleinodtotsods, such as beans, small…
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Wishes
On wishes, including one of mine Nedko Solakov is one of those artists whose work instantly captures you with its directness, charm and wit. Of course, this is true if one is familiar with and knows how to appreciate artwork that connects formal and technical ease, and the multidisciplinary, site and content-specific practice that relies…