GORAN TRBULJAK
b. 1948, CroatiaZagreb-based artist Goran Trbuljak has been active since the late 1960s, in the context of conceptual art and the so-called New Art Practice. While searching from the very beginning for alternative means of production and representation of the artwork, Trbuljak has redefined the status of artistic context, asking radical questions about the autonomy of the system of museums and galleries and about the mechanism by which something is accepted as art. He tested the accidental as the key moment of creating work mechanism, organising exhibitions in streets and hallways. For the artist a simple gesture could function as a critique of the artistic and social system. Still, there are typical traces of humour and self-irony in Trbuljak’s oeuvre.
His work was presented in many international art spaces and institutions as Villa delle Rose - MAMbo, Bologna, IT (2019); Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, FR (2018); Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, HR (2018, 1994and 1986); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US (2017); Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, RS (2016, 1981, 1979, 1973 and 1971); Carré d’art, Nîmes, FR (2014); New Museum, New York, US (2014); Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, DE (2013); Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, DE (2013); MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, US (2011); Museion, Bolzano, IT (2011); MMSU - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Rijeka, HR (2011); Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR (2010); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE (2009); La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, IT (2005 and 1995); Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, HR (1996); Galleria Civica, Modena, IT (1977); Musée dArt Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, FR (1973); Musée dÁrtModerne, Paris,FR(1971)among others.
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