Branko Franceschi as a curator goes permanently with introducing Croatian Avantgarde art from Marinko Sudac collection of South East Europe avant-garde art production, this time at Kuad Gallery in Istanbul from 24 February to 28 April.

Franceschi states that “so-called state modernism focused on the formal aspects of creativity and creation of art objects and was intensively supported by public institutions, while art practices that aimed to enhance social change towards participatory democracy, or at least to improve the cultural context, were pushed to the margins of public interest and institutional representation. In this manner the creativity of the true heirs of completely neglected pre-WWII radical art practices came to be referred to as the “art of the second line”. (…) Finally, the general understanding prevailed that the avant-garde legacy of modern era, alive and vibrant as it is, most pragmatically and directly connects us with the West we have been aiming to unite with all along. Second-line art became first-line art and a series of major exhibitions has made this heritage visible to local and international communities, creating a possibility of the substantial modification in the mapping of global culture towards a more accurate and impartial model.”

The curatorial concept has been to divide the exhibition into four comprehensive sections. In Print focuses on the legacy and continuation of avant-garde magazine publishing, while Legacy of Constructivism points out how the aesthetic of constructivism permeated and has been transformed throughout the XX century. Subject = Object presents an impressive history of performative art practices in the region dating back to the 1920s and Utopia and Radicalism epitomizes activism that bravely stood against the power and rule of the political elite.”

The exhibition presents 59 works (photography, prints, collages and videos) of Aleksandar Srnec, Attila Csernik, Balint Szombathy, Bogdanka Poznanovic, Boris Demur, Era Milivojevic, EXAT 51, Family from Sempas, Gorgona, Ivan Kozaric, Ivana Tomljenovic Meller, Josip Seissel (Jo Klek), Marijan Molnar, Marko Pogacnik, Mladen Stilinovic, Nasko Kriznar, OHO, Red Peristyle, Tomislav Gotovac, Traveleri, Vladimir Bonacic, Vlado Martek, Zeljko Jerman and Zeljko Kipke.

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the press release