Source: Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik

Maria Prymachenko, A Dragon Descends on Ukraine..., 1987.
"A Dragon Descends on Ukraine..." – A virtual memory of the exhibition of Maria Prymachenko
Croatian Museum of Naïve Art – As the Museums in Ukraine are closing and the cultural heritage is in danger, we wanted to show our support by exhibiting Ukrainian culture in virtual space. Thus, on Feb 25th, a day after the invasion of Ukraine, we virtually remembered the exhibition of Maria Priymachenko held at the Croatian Museum of Naive Art in 2007 under the auspices of the Ukrainian Embassy.
The museum exhibited 24 works from private and public collections. On that occasion, we chose 12 documentation photos of Prymachenko's artworks from our archives that best describe her rich imagination. Her drawings are not only individual expressions but also symbolical visions of the universal dynamic of Good and Evil and also visionary descriptions of the actual moments.
Unfortunately, only a day after, on Feb 26, the museum in the Ivankov Region, that held the works of Maria Prymachenko, was destroyed. In those horrible times, Prymachenko's drawings are rising as a symbol of resistance.
(Source: Museums support Ukraine, NEMO)
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Slavko Kopač, Oxen, 1967. Photographed by Damir Fabijanić.
Slavko Kopač – one of the best-kept secrets of Croatian art
The exhibition Kopač, organized by the Croatian Society of Fine Artists (HDLU), Art Rencontre, and Cloverfield, provides an insight into the artistic work and life of Slavko Kopač (Vinkovci, 1913 – Paris, 1995) through a selection of the artist’s finest paintings, sculptures, and poetry that come from private collections and museum institutions.
Kopač, who lived in Paris since 1948, marked the French and European art scene of the second half of the 20th century with his extremely authentic approach, creating paintings and sculptures using new materials—sand, rubber, and metals, as well as stone, wood, glass, and charcoal.
Appointed by Jean Dubuffet, Kopač was the head of the art collection of the association Compagnie de l’art brut for 27 years, producing paradigmatic works of Informel and Art Brut. In 1952, Michel Tapié included him in his book Un Art Autre as one of the founders of Art Informel. André Breton organized a monographic exhibition on Kopač at the Galerie de l'Étoile Scellée in Paris in the spring of 1953.
The exhibition Kopač is on display at the Meštrović Pavilion in Zagreb, until March 27, 2022.
Pauline Goutain, Roberta Trapani and Fabrice Flahutez authored the monograph SLAVKO KOPAČ / Ombres et matières – Shadows and Materials which is published by Éditions Gallimard. Preview is available here.
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