until 12.01.2025
At a time of deeply felt crises and new wars, the work of Croatian artist Zlatko Kopljar stands for an artistic example of an ethical and aesthetic (re)orientation: Kopljar explores the lasting after-effects of the traumas of the 20th century for the present and subjects them to artistic transformation. Fascism, extermination, the wars in the former Yugoslavia, (post-)socialism, (post-)capitalism: these are the fields of research and transformation in Zlatko Kopljar’s art. After almost three decades of the most diverse artistic expressions in photography, performance, film and sculpture, in recent years they have culminated in an almost complete iconoclasm in the form of large-format paintings. Three years ago, he decided to paint for the first and only time. He consistently avoids any overt message. They are ‘stripe paintings’, but on closer inspection they reveal a thoroughly subjective painting gesture, with which he also distances himself from the cancellation of the artist’s ego.
Zlatko Kopljar: AUSLÖSCHUNG | ERASION
until 12.01.2025
Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten
Mariahilferplatz 3
8020 Graz, Styria
www.kultum.at
