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OPENING: Saturday, December 12th 2020 at 20:00 NMG@PRAKTIKA, Klub KOCKA Dom mladih Split, Ulica slobode 28 Exhibition is opened untill Friday, December 18th, you can see it by calling 0955627223 ABOUT THE WORK The deterioration of large industrial complexes and the socioeconomic phenomenon of transition in our corner of the world are issues we have previously addressed multiple times within the scope of the NMG@PRAKTIKA exhibition cycle. Starting with Matija Debeljuh’s experimental documentary Steel City – Memories of Childhood, focusing on the city of Zenica, which we featured in 2014, followed by Macedonian artist Darko Aleksovski and his project Factories in 2016, a project even elementary school students took part in, dealing with the desolation of the entire industrial city of Veles, Macedonia; In 2017, there was the Borovo Combine’s research project titled Who Needs the Enterprise? and finally in 2018 a photography project which hit closest to home, literally and emotionally – Dalmatinka by Nada Maleš. In his work Myth, Embroidery and Vuteks, Željko Beljan takes us to his own hometown and through his memories of growing up in yet another industrial city – Vukovar. Numerous artists and scholars have in various ways and through different approaches dealt with this “case study” of a city – a city which undeniably tells a tragic tale of the decline of urban life and the atrocities of war. Beljan’s work, however, in contrast to the usual pathos that accompanies stories of Vukovar, brings a playful and notably humorous approach to the matter. In effect, Beljan attempts to outline the myth behind the decline of the Vuteks textile and knitwear factory, which in its heyday employed around 1500 locals, but following a series of changes in the 90s eventually completely ceased functioning in 2000. In his statement, the artist emphasizes that he did not wish to contribute to the oft-told story of decline that has by now become almost a part of Slavonian folklore and is applicable to any branch of the economy. Rather, he attempted to forge a myth centered on the decline of industry particularly as it pertains to the Vuteks plant. In his work, comprising 25 white canvas embroideries in varying formats and arranged freely in the exhibition space, Beljan has deconstructed nearly everything: his personal mythology, autobiographical elements, classic scenes typical of kitchen embroideries, the cult of food and the tame landscape of the plains, his family history, and a fictitious (fantastical) imaginarium. His seemingly unrefined embroideries (a skill taught to him by his mother) exhibit a plethora of characters and settings typical of his homeland, such as the unbounded Slavonian and Danube valley landscapes, comic book-style depictions of ducks, flying pigs, imagined dolphins, and the indispensable rakija (schnapps) cauldron. All this is subtly interspersed with clothing treatment symbols, of the kind you would find on any textile product. The entire composition is unmistakably reminiscent of old-fashioned embroideries with adages describing “the good housewife” – embroideries which in times gone by could be found in any household, right next to the hearth or stove. Today, one might find them in the collections of ethnographic museums in the area. Given that the artist normally works with illustrations, comics, and poster design, and despite all three of these mediums leaving a mark on Myth, Embroidery and Vuteks, it is interesting to note that the artist opted for this long-forgotten form of handicraft in order to convey a personal memory and a trauma, as well as a different kind of reminiscence about a city and its history, but in a highly unique, distinct and nontraumatic manner. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Željko Beljan was born in 1984, in Vukovar. He has been a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, department of Animated Film and New Media, since 2016. He has worked with illustration, comics, and poster design since 2010. He had his first solo exhibition in Osijek, in 2016. He has authored numerous posters for various clubs in Zagreb, as well as other art initiatives and musical bands that he is either part of or works with. IMPRESSUM AUTOR: Željko Beljan CURATOR: Natasha Kadin NMG PROGRAMME CURATORS: Natasha Kadin, Tina Vukasović Đaković DESIGN: Nikola Križanac EXHIBITION LAYOUT AND DOCUMENTATION: Tihana Mandušić TRANSLATION: Ivan Berecka DONORS: Ministarstvo kulture RH, Grad Split MAVENA SUPPORTED BY: Nacionalna zaklada za razvoj civilnog društva, Zaklada Kultura nova ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KUM, PDM, MKC https://www.culturenet.hr/default.aspx?id=101519
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OTVARANJE: subota, 12. prosinca 2020. u 20:00 NMG@PRAKTIKA, Klub KOCKA Dom mladih Split, Ulica slobode 28 Izložba je otvorena do petka, 18. prosinca, a pogledati je možete pozivom na broj 0955627223 Galerija Kluba Kocka prima 14 posjetitelja istovremeno na 58m2 prostora. Nošenje maske je obavezno, dezinficijens je dostupan ispred galerije. O RADU Temama propadanja velikih tvorničkih kompleksa i tranzicijom kao društveno-ekonomskim fenomenom na našim prostorima u okviru ciklusa NMG@PRAKTIKA bavili smo se već nekoliko puta. Počevši od dokumentarno – eksperimentalnog filma Matije Debeljuha Grad od čelika – sjećanje na djetinjstvo, koji za temu uzima grad Zenicu, a predstavili smo ga 2014. godine, zatim Tvornice makedonskog umjetnika Darka Aleksovskog, projekt u kojem su sudjelovali i splitski osnovnoškolci, a koji problematizira propadanje cijelog industrijskog grada Velesa u Makedoniji, koji smo predstavili 2016. godine, zatim istraživački projekt Grupe Borovo Kome treba poduzeće? 2017. i, nama najbliskiji, ujedno i najintimniji, fotografski projekt Nade Maleš Dalmatinka 2018. godine. Umjetnički rad Mit, vez i Vuteks Željka Beljana također nas vodi u njegov rodni grad i sjećanje na djetinstvo odrastanja u još jednom industrijskom gradu – Vukovaru. Mnogi su se umjetnici i znanstvenici na različite načine i putem raznih pristupa bavili ovim „gradom slučajem“ koji je zaista doživio tragičnu priču propadanja urbaniteta i sve strahote rata, ali Beljanov rad nam, za razliku od patosa koji uvijek prati priču o Vukovaru, donosi jedan razigran i poprilično humorističan pristup. Naime, Beljan pokušava iscrtati mit o propasti tvornice tekstila i trikotaže Vuteks, koja je u svojim najboljim danima zapošljavala oko 1500 Vukovaraca, a nakon mnogih promjena u 90-tima potpuno je propala 2000. godine. Umjetnik u svome statementu navodi kako je htio izbjeći stalno ponavljanje priče o propasti koja je na području Slavonije već gotovo postala dio folklora te se može primijeniti na bilo koju granu industrije, već je pokušao napisati mit o samom uništenju industrije na primjeru tvornice Vuteks. Beljan je u svom radu, koji se sastoji od 25 vezova na bijelim platnima različitih formata slobodno postavljenih u prostor dekonstruirao gotovo sve; osobnu mitologiju, autobiografske elemente, klasične prizore kuhinjskih vezova, kult hrane i pitomog – ravničarskog krajobraza, obiteljsku povijest i fiktivni (fantastični) imaginarij. Tako na njegovim naizgled nevještim vezovima (a vezenju ga je naučila majka) nalazimo cijelu paletu likova i prizora klasičnih za ondašnje krajeve, kao što su beskrajni slavonski i podunavski krajolici, stripovski kadrovi pataka, letećih svinja i izmaštanih dupina, neizbježni kotao za rakiju te suptilno povremeno postavljeni znakovi za tretiranje odjeće koji postoje na svakom tekstilnom proizvodu, a sve zajedno ne može izbjeći usporedbi sa starinskim vezovima s natpisima o “dobroj domačici” koje je svaka kuća tada imala uz ognjište, a danas ih možemo naći u postavima etnografskih muzeja tih krajeva. Obzirom da se umjetnik u svom radu bavi ilustracijom, stripom i izradom plakata, iako naznake svakog od ova tri medija vidimo kroz rad Mit, vez i Vuteks, zanimljivo je da je umjetnik posegao baš za ovim davno zaboravljenim ručnim radom, kako bi na vrlo jedinstven, specifičan i netraumatičan način ispričao osobnu priču i traumu, ali i sasvim drugačiju uspomenu na jedan grad i njegovu povijest. O AUTORU Željko Beljan rođen je 1984. godine u Vukovaru. Godine studira na Odsjeku za animirani film i nove medije Akademije likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu. Ilustracijom, stripom i izradom plakata bavi se od 2010. Prvu samostalnu izložbu imao je 2016. godine u Osijeku. Autor je brojnih plakata za razne zagrebačke klubove i druge umjetničke inicijative i bendove kojima je član ili suradnik. IMPRESSUM AUTOR: Željko Beljan KUSTOSICA: Natasha Kadin KUSTOSICE PROGRAMA NMG: Natasha Kadin, Tina Vukasović Đaković DIZAJN / DESIGN: Nikola Križanac POSTAV I DOKUMENTACIJA IZLOŽBE: Tihana Mandušić PRIJEVOD: Ivan Berecka DONATORI: Ministarstvo kulture RH, Grad Split MAVENU PODRŽAVA: Nacionalna zaklada za razvoj civilnog društva, Zaklada Kultura nova ZAHVALE: KUM, PDM, MKC https://www.culturenet.hr/default.aspx?id=101519