It was pleasure for Zen Contemporary Art Gallery to participate at the Nesvrstani Art Fair 2023 that took place in Lauba, Zagreb. At this edition gallery presented one of the most
important Croatian painters of the new generation Grgur Akrap and Matko Vekić together with sculptures by famous Italian sculptor Daniele Fortuna. Lauba, 01- 04 June 2023.
Zen Contemporary Art Gallery participated for the second time in Art Zagreb. It was a great experience for the gallery to participate and to present exquisite piece of arts by selected Croatian artists Paulina Jazvić and Sebastian Dračić as well as art works by Italian sculptor Daniele Fortuna.
Tehnički muzej Nikola Tesla, Hala V. 16-19 May 2019.
Zen Contemporary Art Gallery is pleased to participate at the 2nd edition of NESVRSTANI which will take place in Lauba presenting the best selection of the young and mid career Croatian artists: Sebastijan Dračić, Eugen Varzić, Grgur Akrap and Matej Vuković.
Lauba 23-26 05.2019.
We are pleased to announce our new exhibition which is part of a series of exhibitions with the aim of better presenting and promoting Croatian contemporary artists at the Croatian and international art scene. The exhibition titled Art Today has been realised in cooperation with the Art Salon Zagreb. On this occasion there will be present the recent works by the most significant Croatian artists of the younger generation: Grgur Akrap, Sebastijan Dračić, Martina Grlić and Stjepan Šandrk as well as sculptures by Italian artist Daniele Fortuna.
Opening reception : Thursday, December, 12, 2019 at 7:00PM.
Art Salon Zagreb, Ilica 12, 10 000 Zagreb Croatia
The exhibition is open till December 16, 2019
2018. Tehnički muzej Zagreb-Art Fair (18.-20.05.2018.) on the first Art fair in Croatia the Zen Contemporary Art gallery represented the works of prominent Croatian artists Sebastian Dračić and Stjepan Šandrk together with sculptures by Italian artist Daniele Fortuna.
Lauba- Nesvsrstani, (22.-27.05.2018.)- under the name Nesvrstani a week for people and art, very important names from art, culture, music and film were presented
all at one place in Lauba. Under that event the Zen Contemporary Art gallery presented the works by Croatian prominent artists: Martina Grlić, Paulina Jazvić and Sebastijan Dračić.
Spectacle – Milano
At the WinArts gallery in Milan the exhibition named “Spectacle” was opened. The works of art by the most recognizable Croatian artists of the new generation Martina Grlić and Stjepan Šandrk are represented at this exhibition. Martina Grlić belongs to a stream of Croatian painting, which focuses on the figurative in art and on the narrative potential of the painting. At this show she is presenting the works from her last cycle named Collective Dreams painted in black and white shades. In her art works she tries to revive the past forwarding registered moments from the old photographs to her canvases. Her body of work is a critical reflection on the changes that took place, and are in fact still happening in the post-socialist societies. On the other hand Stjepan Šandrk in very coloristic way is presenting the works from his last cycle named Spectacle. Through his paintings the artist wants to show us the way in which we perceive the culture and art in today's modern society overwhelmed with social media. The exhibition has been realised in cooperation between Zen Contemporary Art gallery and WinArts gallery.
Invitation
We are pleased to announce our new exhibition organized in cooperation with the Italian WinArts Gallery and art historian Frankica Mitrović Mihić, manager of Zen Contemporary Art Gallery, in Milan. The exhibition has been realised following up the idea of introduction contemporary Croatian artists on the international art scene. The works of art by the most recognizable Croatian artists of the new generation Stjepan Šandrk and Martina Grlić will be represented at this exhibition. Opening reception : Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 6:30PM. WinArts Gallery, Via C. Ravizza18, Milano
The close cooperation between Lauba – House for People and Art, an independent curator Frankica Mitrović Mihić and the Italian WinArts Gallery has resulted in an exhibition entitled A Synthesis of Traditional and Contemporary Art presenting two young and acclaimed artists: Croatian painter Stjepan Šandrk and Italian sculptor Daniele Fortuna.The exhibition has been realized as a continuation of the sequel of exhibitions in cooperation between galleries with the aim of improving international cooperation among galleries and artists of
our two countries.
At this exhibition Šandrk is presenting the works from his last cycle named Spectacle. Through his paintings the artist wants to show us the way in which we perceive the culture and art in today’s modern society overwhelmed with social media. Daniele Fortuna’s works presented at this exhibition are part of his last cycle called Colormination. They are focused on the human figure interpreted in the light of ancient tradition, but made using a contemporary sculptural morphology.
Interestingly, both artists in their artistic expression remain true to the traditional artistic heritage. Namely, since the last century there has been a rising popularity of new artistic procedures and practices among the artists, such as performances, installations and video art, which has led to the lack of interest in painting and sculpture as traditional media of artistic expression. Nevertheless, Šandrk and Fortuna have managed to revive interest in traditional values and traditional media practices by using them as the basis for their art morphology, but in a quite modern and distinctive way.
