Aleksandar Srnec
Aleksandar Srnec | |
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 Aleksandar Srnec in 2001 | |
| Born | 30 July 1924 |
| Died | 27 March 2010(aged 85) Zagreb, Croatia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Known for | Painting,graphic design,sculpture |
| Movement | New media art,Op art |
Aleksandar Srnec(30 July 1924 – 27 March 2010) was aCroatianartist. He is mainly known for hisavant-gardedesigns andkineticandlumino kinetic art.
Srnec was one of the founding members of the Exat 51 group whose active members between 1950 and 1956 were the architectsVjenceslav Richter,Bernardo Bernardi, Zdravko Bregovac,Božidar Rašicaand Vladimir Zaharović and the painters Vlado Kristl andIvan Picelj.He made abstract art based on the use of geometric shapes. In 1953, he designed his first kinetic objects entitled,Space Modulator,while in 1956, he began his experiments with moving sculptures and reliefs.[1]
In the 1960s, Srnec participated in theNew Tendenciesexhibitions. From 1962, he became involved with luminal-kinetic experiments, for exampleLuminoplastic I,and from 1968, he began making "ambience art". His work entitledLuminoplastic Ambience,exhibited in 1967, in Gallery SC, (Student Centre Gallery) in Zagreb, was the first luminal-kinetic object/ambience in Croatian art. He collaborated with theZagreb School of Animated Filmsand made sets for three puppet films. He also made the animated filmA Man and His Shadowtogether with Dragutin Vunak.[2]
In the period from 1974 to 1977, he returned to making kinetic sculptures in highly polished metals. He also began experimenting with light. He exhibited at many shows in Croatia and abroad: Zagreb (1953, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1992), Belgrade (1953, 1956, 1968, 1971), Banja Luka (1972), Paris (1959), London (1960, 1961) and Mannheim (1971). His retrospective exhibitionPresent Absencewas held in two cities: at the Gallery of Old and Contemporary Masters and at Varteks facilities in Varaždin, (2008) and at theMuseum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb,(2010). He received many awards, including theVladimir Nazor Awardfor life achievement (1999) and the Croatian Association of Artists Life Achievement Award (2008).[3]
References
[edit]- ^In Memoriam: Aleksandar Srnec, otac hrvatske avangarde,Slobodna Dalmacija, (29/03/2010), accessed 18/02/2011.
- ^Jendrić, DoroteaU Zagrebu umro avangardni umjetnik Aleksandar Srnec,Večernji,(27/03/2010), accessed 18/02/2011.
- ^"Naslovna".
Further reading
[edit]- Denegri, Jerko; Turković, Hrvoje; and Vukić, Feđa,Aleksandar Srnec, Present AbsenceSudac Edition, Zagreb, (2008).
External links
[edit]- Aleksandar Srnecbiography
- Aleksandar Srnecat theSudac Collectionwebsite(in Croatian)
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