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object Branko Lepen, "Roofs" Branko Lepen (1957) became present at the art scene in the late 70s and early 80s, but unlike the transavantgarde tradition, which worked in both artistic and non-artistic fields (Irwin, NSK, NEP), Lepen turned to the complex and unsteady phenomenon of postmodern sculpture. Expounding its modernist syntax, he always establishes temporary units, sculptural texts, affirming their dependence on the dominant social and cultural forms. The three nearly identical, gigantic sculptures displayed in Galženica expands Lepen's field of work to the ambient aspect of sculpture. Branko Lepen graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Zagreb in 1983. His sculptures can be found in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Glyptotheque in Zagreb and Modriaanhuis Collestion in Amersort (the Netherlands). He has been exhibiting since 1981 and has received several prizes for his work, including those at the 18th and 19th Youth Salons (1986, 1987) and at the 6th Triennal of Croatian Sculpture. Three of his sculptures are displayed publicly: at the sports center Mladost, Glyptotheque in Zagreb and Civil Engineering high school in Čakovec. Daniel Kovač Referring to the film “Logan’s Vehicles”, Kovač attributed meaning to his sculptures which transcends the narrow modernistic problems of the medium of sculpture and enters the field of popular culture. From this perspective, his sculptures, i.e. ungainly vehicles for escape – as the author calls the exhibited sculptures in the preface of the catalog – can be viewed as a kind of ironic comment on the social transition which Croatia is experiencing, in which the knowledge of different and more successful societies generated a specific form of real or mental immigrant workers. The exhibited sculptures, despite their raw, temporary treatment, also point to Kovač’s favored field of automobile design, which he calls the sculpture of the highest order. Daniel Kovač was born in 1966 in Subotica. He works as an assistant at the department of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He has exhibited his works since 1991. He won the award at the 5th triennial of Croatian sculpture in 1994 and the Croatian Association of Artists’ Award in 1997. Ante Jakšić Ante Jakšić
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popularna kultura Daniel Kovač Referirajući se na film "Logan's Vehicles", Kovač je svojim skulpturama pridodao značenje, koje nadilazi uske modernističke probleme kiparskog medija i ulazi na područje popularne kulture. Iz te perspektive njegove skulpture, odnosno nezgrapna vozila za bijeg - kako sam naziva izložene skulpture u predgovoru kataloga - možemo gledati i kao neku vrstu ironičnog komentara društvene tranzicije kroz koju Hrvatska prolazi, u kojoj je svijest o drugačijim i uspješnijim društvima generirala specifični oblik stvarnog ili mentalnog gastarbajterstva. Izložene skulpture, bez obzira na svoju sirovu, privremenu obradu, također upućuju na Kovaču omiljeno područje automobilskog dizajna, kojeg naziva vrhunskim kiparstvom. Daniel Kovač rođen je 1966. u Subotici. Na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu radi kao asistent na kiparskom odsjeku. Izlaže od 1991. Dobitnik je Nagrade na 5. trijenalu hrvatskog kiparstva 1994. i Nagrade ALU iz Zagreba 1997.