Gorki Žuvela

Croatia

20th century / rain, 2014 / Forma viva 2014

 
Steel plate, round profiles / in front of the Metal Ravne administration building
 
The sculpture is composed of 20-mm thick steel plates resting on nine pillars – round profiles. In such a set-up, the plate turns into roof and invites the visitor to enter the space beneath. Vertical pillars carry the plane into which circles are cut. In terms of statics, nine pillars are more than enough to support the plate, so we can assume the artist’s intention was to highlight the relation between the plane of the plate and the pillars. 20 th Century / Rain can be interpreted as a story about scientific inventions, aberrations and horrors, and, at the same time, a story about great achievements and technological progress in the 20 th century.

Gorki Žuvela se je rodil leta 1946 v Našicah. Diplomiral je leta 1971 na Akademiji za likovno umetnost v Zagrebu, v razredu Miljenka Stančića. Pripada prvi generaciji umetnikov nove umetniške prakse (1966–1978). Od leta 1976 je predaval na Šoli za likovno umetnost v Splitu. Od leta 1995 je kot docent predaval na oddelku za likovno kulturo Vseučilišča v Splitu. Od leta 1997 kot redni profesor predava slikarstvo na oddelku za slikarstvo Umetniške akademije v Splitu. Od leta 1971 je razstavljal na številnih samostojnih in skupinskih razstavah. Ustvarja slike, objekte in instalacije v prostoru. Ukvarja se tudi z grafiko in grafičnim oblikovanjem plakatov. Je prejemnik številnih nagrad in priznanj. Živi in ustvarja v Splitu.

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