CHANGES / MAREE

ON THE ROVINJ FINE ARTS CIRCLE FROM THE HOLDINGS OF THE ROVINJ HERITAGE MUSEUM
sul circolo artistico rovignese dalle collezioni del Museo della Città di Rovigno

Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria / Museo d’arte contemporanea dell’Istria
Svetog Ivana 1

28 May – 31 July 2021
Opening hours: June 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. // July 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
The exhibition is open every day, excluding Mondays and holidays.

The exhibition MIJENE – ON THE ROVINJ ART CIRCLE, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROVINJ HERITAGE MUSEUM is a result of cooperation among museums with the joint goal of exploring, evaluating, illuminating, and presenting the uniquely significant chapter of art that has left a deep mark on the overall history of art of the Istrian peninsula, going beyond the regional, and even the national context. The exhibition shows for the first time how Rovinj became an ‘artistic colony’ of sorts after World War II, and presents 61 authors and their works from the collection of Rovinj Heritage Museum. This is the first phase of critical reflection of the significance of Rovinj in the artistic life of Istria, Croatia, and Yugoslavia in the second half of the 20th century, and provides the correct historical and art history context. The exhibition encompasses 150 objects, art pieces (various mediums, formats, thematic and stylistic designations), and abundant documentary material (catalogues, invitations, posters, photographs, et.) from 1946 to 2010. Along with many interesting exhibits, visitors can see the catalogue of the first, and at the same time the last exhibition by the Valdibora Group (Bruno Mascarelli, Zora Matić, Žarko Naunović, and Marčelo Brajnović), held in 1953 at the building of the County Court in Pula as part of the side programme of the First Pula Festival, as well as valuable archive material.

Other than the Rovinj Heritage Museum, material was also provided by:

Mascarelli family, Croatian Radiotelevision, Croatian State Archives / Cinematheques, Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria, Museum of the Poreč Territory, Kovačić-Mihočinec Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria

AUTHORS

Danica Antić, Stojan Aralica, Zdenka Balić, Biserka Baretić, Quintino Bassani, Marčelo Brajnović, Petar Brajnović, Tomislav Brajnović, Vjekoslav Brešić, Boris Bućan, Egidio Budicin, Bogumil Car, Francesco Cesco Dessanti, Milan Cmelić, Dragica Cvek Jordan, Jadviga Četić, Milan Četić, Fatima Dedić Rajković, Ante Despot, Dušica Đorđević Idis, Miodrag Đorđević – fotograf, Miodrag Đorđević – slikar, Aleksandar Garbin, Milan Gašparović, Virgilio Giuricin, Predrag Goll, Zvonimir Golob, Zdenko Gradiš, Nela Gruden, Živko Haramija, Zvjezdana Hegedušić Brajnović, Željko Hegedušić, Ljubo Ivančić, Nina Ivančić, Olga Olja Ivanjicki, Vida Jocić, Vasilije Josip Jordan, Mira Jurišić, Krunoslav Kern, Marijan Kocković, Momčilo Krković, Milena Lah, Antonio Toni Macchi, Bruno Mascarelli, Zora Matić, Goran Petercol, Miodrag Mića Popović, Stipo Pranjko, Branko Ružić, Hanibal Salvaro, Lidia Salvaro, Miljenko Stančić, Vilko Šeferov, Ljubo Škrnjug, Jasenka Tućan, Dženet Tumpić, Živojin Turinski, Nadežda Nada Vitorović, Slobodan Vuličević, Dragutin Vunak, Đurđena Zaluški Haramija

Curators:

Argeo Curto, Elizabeta Rogović, Ketrin Milićević Mijošek, Tajana Ujčić

Organisers:

Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Istre / Museo d’arte contemporanea dell’Istria, Pula – Pola, Muzej Grada Rovinja – Rovigno / Museo della Città di Rovinj – Rovigno, Rovinj – Rovigno

The exhibition is supported by the Administrative Department for Culture of Istria County, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Rovinj, City of Pula, and sponsored by Croatia osiguranje.

Schedule

• Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria

  The exhibition has already started on May 28 (runs until July 31, 2021)