Transformation of Wood

Group exhibition Transformation of Wood that was initially showcased at National Museum of Modern Art (NMMU) in Zagreb, Croatia presents works of some of the most prominent visual artists from Croatia in the 20th and 21st century who used wood as the material of their art works. The exhibition at Galerija Božidar Jakac (GBJ) is adapted and extended as the works of Croatian artists from the NMMU collection are put in dialogue with selected works from the GBJ collection.

The exhibition highlights the importance of wood, trees and forests for the survival of human kind as well as its relationship towards nature. The exhibition at GBJ in Kostanjevica na Krki showcases 50 works of Croatian artists from the collection of NMMU and 18 works of artists from the collection of GBJ. Selected works reveal astonishing forms of wood as a primordial natural material in myriad of its transformations shaped over the past hundred years.

The curator of the exhibition is Tatijana Gareljić (NMMU), in collaboration with Miha Colner (GBJ).

Artists:
Petar Barišić, František Bilek, Peruško Bogdanić, Iris Bondora Dvornik, Vojta Braniš, Boris Brzić, Dragica Čadež, Lojze Čampa, Ferdo Ćus, Ljubo De Karina, Josip Diminić, Joško Eterović, Vinko Fišter, France Gorše, Petar Hadži Boškov, Kažimir Hraste, Ante Jakić, Ksenija Kantoci, Dora Kovačević, Kuzma Kovačić, Ivan Kožarić, France Kralj, Tone Kralj, Vasko Lipovac, Ivan Lovrenčić, Dubravka Lošić, Bata Marianov, Armando Marrocco, Carlos Medina, Ivan Meštrović, Matko Mijić, Sofija Naletilić Penavuša, Silvan Omerzu, Izvor Oreb, Šime Perić, Ivan Picelj, Oto Rimele, Branko Ružić, Jože Slak Đoka, Petar Smajić, Damir Sokić, Aleksandar Srnec, Dalibor Stošić, Marin Studin, Juraj Škarpa, Goran Štimac, Miroslav Šutej, Dušan Tršar, Šime Vulas, Josip Zeman, Zlatko Zlatić, Mirko Zrinšćak, Bogosav Živković.
The exhibition is a result of collaboration with National Museum of Modern Art from Zagreb.

Photo: Kaja Selko