Exhibitions

15 July – 1 September 2019

CURATORS Mladen Lučić

ORGANISERS organised in cooperation with Pula Film Festival and realised with support from the Administrative Department for Culture of Istria County, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and the City of Pula.

The exhibition presents 45 years of not painting by Goran Trbuljak, and includes screenings  of films by the author. Continuous examination of the museum and gallery system, the roles and positions of the artists and art in the context and perception of modern society, the relationship of the individual toward art, the role of collectors and the market, and considerations of the creation and mission of an art work are primary interests of Trbuljak’s visual expression. Trbuljak is not an artist reaching for classic art disciplines, and is equally not susceptible to established artistic or social conventions, as with him it is the idea that models and defines the final execution and rendering of an artistic work. Even though he has not painted since graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, he has been doing painting in his own specific, metaphysical way, with inversive procedures and superimposing structural and colouristic elements, which has brought him closer to the very essence of the meaning of the notion of a painting. His works are close to analytic and primary processes, as Trbuljak rubs paint on glass, pours it through holes in boxes and suitcases onto a canvas inside, paints on the back side or moves the easel, which takes over the role of the painter’s hand, that is, the painting motion. Even though it is clear that these represent complex and layered examination and research of the painting métier, the photographs-objects receive an additional aura from the author’s wittiness, self-criticism and self-sarcasm, which result from his choice of the role of an artist who cares more about creative communication and emphasising absurd as an artistic act than he does the final artefact.