K21 Random Empty

Oris House of Architecture, Zagreb

13.04. – 22.04.2017

I do not think I know another contemporary Croatian artist whose works evoke a feeling of terror with such ease. As far as I know, Zlatko Kopljar does not like to interpret his works and even when he does so, he never analyses their particular elements or reveal hidden allusions, except those that are explicitly laid in front of the viewer and are more or less universally graspable. However, from his very first to his most recent, his works resist any unambiguous interpretation; they do not presume the viewer’s intellectual receptiveness, but immerse them into an intensive experience of things such as impotence, anxiety, the feeling of guilt and responsibility, the impossibility to communicate, loneliness, deafening silence, unbearable noise, fear, the proximity of death, sadness, anger, compassion, redemption and the likes. Kopljar has developed his whole career around receptiveness to strong emotions, conditions and presentiments, materialising it outside his own self by using a wide range of media from performances, gestures, video works, objects, poetic utterances, sound, narration and the combination of all those, but never has he – except in one case, the case of “compassion” – explicitly named them.

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VULGATA. 77 Zugriffe auf die Bibel

Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz

1.03. – 8.07.2017.

Curated by: Johannes Rauchenberger

Artists: Eija-Liisa Ahtila (FI), François Burland (CH), Julia Bornefeld (DE/IT), Guillaume Bruére (FR/DE), Gor Chahal (RU), Marta Deskur (PL), Julius Deutschbauer (AT), Josef Fink (AT), Dorothee Golz (DE/AT), Franz Graf (AT), Julie Hayward (GB/AT), Judith Huemer (AT), Jochen Höller (AT), Lisa Huber (AT), Zenita Komad (AT), Zlatko Kopljar (HR), Nina Kovacheva (BG/FR), Julia Krahn (DE/IT), Shimon Lev (IS), Gerhard Lojen (AT), Alois Neuhold (AT), Adrian Paci (IT/AL), Hannes Priesch (AT), robotlab (DE), Bettina Rheims / Serge Bramly (FR), Keiko Sadakane (DE/JP), Luis Sammer (AT), Claudia Schink (DE), Valentin Stefanoff (FR/BG), Michael Triegel (DE), Lidwien van de Ven (NL), Mark Wallinger (GB), Daphna Weinstein (IS/AT), Maaria Wirkkala (FI), Johanes Zechner (AT)

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The (In)constancy of Space- Struggle for Identity

Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

26.08. – 2.10.2016.

Curators: Neva Lukić, Vanja Babić.
Professional associates: Marijana Drozdek, Lora Sariaslan.
Partners: HDLU, Zagreb

Artists: Anke Van den Berg, Robbie Cornelissen, Tanja Deman, Darko Fritz, Antonio Grgić, Igor Grubić, Zachary Formwalt, Željko Kipke, Zlatko Kopljar, Margareta Lekić, Ferenc Molnar, Zoltan Novak, Neli Ruzić, Sara Rajaei, Sandro Setola, Rik Smits, Elian Somers, Marjan Teeuwen, Rob Voerman, Danijel Žeželj.

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Industrial art biennial

Labin, HR

2.2. – 30.9.2016.

Croatian selection, curator: Branko Franceschi (HR)

Artists: Marijan MOLNAR, Dragutin TRUMBETAŠ, Momčilo GOLUB, Igor GRUBIĆ, Robert ŠIMRAK, Tomislav BUNTAK, Toni MEŠTROVIĆ & Nadija MUSTAPIĆ, Dalibor MARTINIS, Tihomir & Budimir – Kamarad Kunst Workers, Sanja ŠVRLJUGA, Krešimir FARKAŠ, Darko BAVOLJAK, Goran ŠKOFIĆ, Sandra STERLE, Marijan CRTALIĆ

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