The Studios in Medulićeva / Remembering Forgotten Times

The Klovićevi dvori Gallery has a new exhibition: The Studios in Medulićeva / Remembering Forgotten Times, which will be held on the 1st floor of Klovićevi dvori Gallery from April 20 to May 28, 2023.

Nataša Cetinić, Pine Tree, 1999

The exhibition is part of the “The Studios of Painters and Sculptors in Zagreb in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century” series and is the first of three exhibitions that will be held over the period of three years, one each year. The first exhibition focuses on the work of artists who created in the studio in Medulićeva Street no. 12, and in the next two years, we will dedicate ourselves to artists from the Ateliers Žitnjak and the Artists’ Manor Oršić – Jakovlje. The cycle deals with the phenomenon of city studios: a conglomeration of creative spaces of artists who, having received space for their work, use its full potential and the creative synergy that is created in such a place. Our goal is to present rarely-seen results of the work of masters who have shaped trends on the Croatian art scene in the last 50 years.

The studios in Medulićeva 12 have been a place of creation since 1969, and to this day many different artists have worked in these spaces – our exhibition is grounded in the idea of the uniqueness of each individual artist. Each room of this exhibition is special: a mirror of the artist represented there. At this exhibition, we will exhibit the works of Josip Zlatko Biffel, Jure Labaš, Francina Dolenec, Miljenko Bosanac, Tomislav Ostoja, Stanko Jančić, Marija Ujević Galetović, Ljubomir Stahov, Ivan Kožarić, Stipe Sikirica, Mila Kumbatović, Nataša Cetinić, Šime Vulas, Dora Kovačević, and Zlatko Šimunović. These artists are usually not sufficiently represented in the permanent exhibitions of our museums and galleries, but have been creating in the center of the Croatian capital for years! Some of them are established and widely known, such as Ivan Kožarić, while others are lesser-known artists who enjoyed success in African Guinea, such as Stanko Jančić.

The artistic production found its source in the work and coexistence of the Medulićeva 12 courtyard, where the artists socialized and spent their free time, as we will see in the rare documentary photographs scattered throughout our exhibition. Today, we are thankful for the numerous works of art that have been produced at Medulićeva 12 Street and the courtyard that literally and metaphorically connected generations of Croatian artists. We are giving them yet another space, at Jezuitski Square no. 4.

Marija Ujević Galetović, Cat Woman, 2001