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Olaf Nicolai i Mariana Pende - Dance de Luxe
Galerija Bačva (Meštrovićev paviljon)
1.6.-27.8.2023.
Meštrovićev paviljon, Dom hrvatskih likovnih umjetnika od 1. lipnja 2023. svoja vrata otvara za izložbu Dance de Luxe kojom će galerija Bačva postati „plaža“ – zagrebačko utočiste pred ljetnim vrućinama, nudeći program za sve uzraste.
Međunarodno prepoznati Olaf Nicolai (DE) i dubrovačka umjetnica Mariana Pende (HR) izlažu kolaborativnu prostorno specifičnu instalaciju – izgrađenu posebno i samo za prostor Meštrovićevog paviljona u Zagrebu.
Dance de Luxe odnosi se na plažu Danče, jedinu plažu u središtu poznate turističke meke Dubrovnika, koja je zbog svoje pomalo skrivene lokacije, poznate samo lokalnim građanima i njihovim najbližim prijateljima, ostala izvan silnog turističkog ludila koje ljeti obilježava Dubrovnik. Tijekom godina, reći će Branko Franceschi, kustos izložbe, „Danče su postale svojevrsno središte za mještane, gdje se generacije građana druže i razmjenjuju najnovije tračeve ili verbalnu povijest svoga grada. To je mjesto gdje sklapate ili prekidate cjeloživotna prijateljstva, upoznajete ili gubite svoje ljubavnike ili jednostavno uživate u životu sa svojom obitelji i rodbinom. Suradnički umjetnički projekt Dance de Luxe, koji u svom naslovu oponaša hedonizam notorne disko ere, slavi društveni životni stil Danča na otvorenom i namjerava ga rekreirati u interijeru Galerije Bačva, najspektakularnijem izložbenom prostoru u središtu Zagreba.”
Sa svoje strane Nicolai tumači i prevodi složenu i organski razvijenu topografiju plaže Danče za koju kaže da tko ju posjeti, nađe se u prostoru koji izgleda kao veliko igralište od kamena, s mnoštvom malih građevina promjenjivih funkcija koje su spontano nastale i kao da se još mijenjaju. Na izložbi ovo neformalno mjesto susreće se s Meštrovićevim monumentalnim paviljonom, postaje njegov gost i svojevrsni „tjelokradica”. No, strukture i izgrađeni palimpsesti Danča nisu jednostavno preneseni u Paviljon. Umjesto toga, posjetitelji ulaze u arhitektonski „nacrt” po kojemu mogu hodati: plan za neplanirano, paradoks. Susreću se i sa skulpturalnim elementima i s crtežima koji su prijedlozi mogućih građevina. Prostor Paviljona prožet je još jednim arhitektonskim doživljajem i pretvara se u mjesto mašte posjetitelja.
S druge strane, Pende, dalje razvijajući svoje eksperimente s materijalima poput grafita, tekstila, pleksiglasa u živim bojama, kromiranog metala i, za ovu priliku, osušenih morskih spužvi, stvara vertikalne elemente. Naime, njezini objekti raznih veličina, oblika, boja, materijala i njihovih kombinacija, predstavljaju privremene objekte koje sezonski i svakodnevno grade koncesionari i posjetitelji Danča. Istražujući upotrebu svakodnevnih materijala u izradi svojih skulptura, i time pridonoseći nastavku estetike neoavangarde, Mariana Pende otvara potpuno novu referencu na ekonomiju lokalne zajednice kada reciklira ostatke grafita, preuzete iz nekoć uspješne tvornice TUP, pretvarajući toksičan materijal u tkaninu od posve novog, u isto vrijeme i umjetnog i organskog, materijala. Ova nedavno zatvorena tvornica grafita bila je posljednji aktivni industrijski pogon u Dubrovniku. Njegovim zatvaranjem grad je postao potpuno ovisan o prihodima od turizma.
Sve informacije o izložbi i popratnim aktivnostima potražite na web stranici izložbe dancedeluxe.hdlu.hr
Izložba je otvorena od 01.06. do 27.08. u galeriji Bačva Meštrovićeva paviljona.
Organizator: HDLU
U suradnji s: NMMU, Goethe institut
Uz potporu: Ministarstvo kulture i medija RH, Grad Zagreb, TZGZ, Grad Dubrovnik, IFA, Njemačko veleposlanstvo u Zagrebu
Sponzor: Kärcher
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Olaf Nicolai and Mariana Pende - Dance de Luxe
Bačva Gallery (Meštrović Pavilion)
June 1-August 27, 2023
Meštrović Pavilion, the Home of Croatian Fine Artists, will open its doors on June 1, 2023, for the Dance de Luxe exhibition, which will turn the Bačva gallery into a “beach” – Zagreb’s refuge from the summer heat, offering a program for all ages.
Internationally recognized Olaf Nicolai (DE) and Dubrovnik artist Mariana Pende (HR) exhibit a collaborative site-specific installation – built especially and only for the Meštrović Pavilion in Zagreb.
Dance de Luxe refers to Danče beach, the only beach in the center of the well-known tourist mecca of Dubrovnik, which, due to its slightly hidden location, known only to local citizens and their closest friends, has remained outside the huge tourist frenzy that characterizes Dubrovnik in the summer. Branko Franceschi, the curator of the exhibition, says that over the years “Danče has become a kind of center for the locals, where generations of citizens hang out and exchange the latest gossip or the verbal history of their town. It is the place where you make or break lifelong friendships, meet or lose your lovers, or simply enjoy life with your family and relatives. Collaborative art project Dance de Lux, mimicking hedonism of the infamous disco era in its title, celebrates Danče’s outdoor social lifestyle and intends to recreate it in the interior of the Bačva Gallery, the most spectacular exhibition space in downtown Zagreb.”
On his part, Nicolai interprets and translates the complex and organically developed topography of Danče beach for which he says that whoever visits it finds themselves in an area that looks like a large playground made of stone, with a variety of small buildings of variable functions that have been spontaneously created and still seem to be changing. In the exhibition, this informal place meets Meštrović’s monumental pavilion, becoming its guest and a kind of “body snatcher”.
However, the structures and built palimpsests of Danče are not simply transferred to the pavilion. Rather, visitors enter an architectural “blueprint” on and in which they can walk: a plan for the unplanned, a paradox. They encounter both sculptural elements and drawings that are proposals for possible buildings. The space of the pavilion is crossed with another architectural experience and transforms into a place of the imagination of its visitors.
Pende is on the other hand, further developing her experimentations with materials such as graphite, textile, Plexiglas in vivid colours, chromed metal, and, for this occasion, dried sea sponges, creating vertical elements. In fact, her objects of various sizes, shapes, colours, materials, and their combinations, represent temporary structures that are seasonally and daily built by Danče’s concessioners and beachgoers. Exploring usage of the everyday materials in the production of her sculptures and thus contributing continuation of the neo-avant-guard aesthetics, Mariana Pende opens a completely new reference to the local community’s economy when she recycles graphite remnants taken from a once successful TUP factory, transforming a toxic material into a fabric made of a completely new, at the same time, artificial and organic material. This recently closed graphite factory was the last active industrial facility in Dubrovnik. Its closure left the city completely dependent on tourism income.
All the information about the exhibition and side program can be found on the exhibition website: dancedeluxe.hr
The exhibition is open from June 1 until August 27 in the Bačva Gallery of the Meštrović pavilion.
Organizer: HDLU
In collaboration with NMMU, Goethe institut
Supported by: Ministry of culter and media RH, City of Zagreb, Zagreb Tourist Board, City of Dubrovnik, IFA, German Embassy in Zagreb
Sponsor: Kärcher
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
HDLU Hrvatsko Drustvo Likovnih Umjetnika/Croatian Association of Artists, Trg žrtava fašizma 16,Zagreb, Croatia