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[[Image:Gorgona_1966_Patrzac_w_niebo.jpg|thumb|258px|Gorgona, ''Patrząc w niebo'' [Looking at the Sky], 1966. Happening, Zagreb.]] | [[Image:Gorgona_1966_Patrzac_w_niebo.jpg|thumb|258px|Gorgona, ''Patrząc w niebo'' [Looking at the Sky], 1966. Happening, Zagreb.]] | ||
| − | + | The '''Gorgona Group''' (named after the mythological creature of Gorgon), was a Croatian avant-garde art group which consisted of artists and art historians: Dimitrije Bašičević-Mangelos, Miljenko Horvat, Marijan Jevšovar, [[Julije Knifer]], Ivan Kožarić, [[Matko Meštrović]], [[Radoslav Putar]], Đuro Seder, Josip Vaništa, operated along the lines of anti-art in Zagreb between 1959 and 1966. Beside individual works linked to traditional techniques, the members proposed different concepts and forms of artistic communication, ran a gallery and published the anti-magazine ''Gorgona''. In each issue they featured one artist's work. Works by the Gorgona Group are widely represented in a number of institutions in Croatia including, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, the Filip Trade Collection and the Sudac Collection. Several years after the loosely organized group ended things, some of the original members formed the [[Group of Six Artists]]. | |
; Exhibitions | ; Exhibitions | ||
* 1961–1963, Gorgona exhibitions, Studio G, Zagreb. | * 1961–1963, Gorgona exhibitions, Studio G, Zagreb. | ||
* 2010, Vienna [http://www.openspace-zkp.org/2010/en/whatson.php] | * 2010, Vienna [http://www.openspace-zkp.org/2010/en/whatson.php] | ||
| + | * [http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupa_Gorgona#Izlo.C5.BEbe_Gorgone more] | ||
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| − | * Gorgona | + | * ''Gorgona'', 11 issues, Zagreb, 1961-66. An 'antireview'. |
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| + | ; Catalogues | ||
| + | * ''Gorgona – Umjetnost kao način postojanja'', ed. Neda Dimitrijević, Zagreb: Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, 1977. | ||
| + | * ''Gorgona/Protokol dostavljanja misli'', ed. M. Gattin, Zagreb: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, 2002. | ||
; Links | ; Links | ||
| − | * http://www.avantgarde-museum.com/ | + | * http://www.avantgarde-museum.com/hr/museum/kolekcija/GORGONA~pe4511/ |
| − | * http:// | + | * http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupa_Gorgona |
[[Category:Conceptual art]] | [[Category:Conceptual art]] | ||
Revision as of 15:18, 13 December 2015
The Gorgona Group (named after the mythological creature of Gorgon), was a Croatian avant-garde art group which consisted of artists and art historians: Dimitrije Bašičević-Mangelos, Miljenko Horvat, Marijan Jevšovar, Julije Knifer, Ivan Kožarić, Matko Meštrović, Radoslav Putar, Đuro Seder, Josip Vaništa, operated along the lines of anti-art in Zagreb between 1959 and 1966. Beside individual works linked to traditional techniques, the members proposed different concepts and forms of artistic communication, ran a gallery and published the anti-magazine Gorgona. In each issue they featured one artist's work. Works by the Gorgona Group are widely represented in a number of institutions in Croatia including, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, the Filip Trade Collection and the Sudac Collection. Several years after the loosely organized group ended things, some of the original members formed the Group of Six Artists.
- Exhibitions
- Publications
- Gorgona, 11 issues, Zagreb, 1961-66. An 'antireview'.
- Catalogues
- Gorgona – Umjetnost kao način postojanja, ed. Neda Dimitrijević, Zagreb: Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, 1977.
- Gorgona/Protokol dostavljanja misli, ed. M. Gattin, Zagreb: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, 2002.
- Links
