Exhibitions

MARKO TADIĆ : THE KITCHEN

12.09.2024. - 10.11.2024. / MSU, 2. kat

Marko Tadić’s exhibition, as part of the Kožarić Studio - Reviving Lab Cycle, is also part of the Triggers Cycle, in which artists, activists, communities or associations, each in their own way, interpret museum collections. 

The links between Marko Tadić and Ivan Kožarić are profound. Tadić, just like Kožarić, perceives his own work as a large abstract archive that speaks of itself mainly through the whole. Furthermore, he also underlines other components of Kožarić’s approach that meant a lot to him as an artist, namely, the overlapping of living and exhibition spaces, and treating the entire spectrum of material objects as art tools. Still, the deepest connection between them as artists is the constant urge to explore the world around them through play.  

Jonas Staal: PROPAGANDA STATION

05.09.2024. - 20.10.2024. / MSU, Black Box

Propaganda is often presented as a relic from the totalitarian past. Only in the case of contemporary dictatorships, such as those of Putin or Kim Jong-un, is the term still used. But as the project Propaganda Station by artist and propaganda researcher Jonas Staal shows, democracy is not free from propaganda either.

The exhibition “Futures”

04.04.2023. - 31.12.2024. / MSU, 2. kat

The two main views of the future are often mutually exclusive; the first is based on progressive advancement and growth, while the other one sees this advancement and growth as a threat to the planet and all living beings. Already from these different views, we can conclude that the future before us is not a single one; rather, there are several possible futures and hence, we do not speak of a “future,” but rather of the “futures.” 

Comradeship / Collection as a Verb

07.07.2022. - 31.12.2024. / MSU, 1. kat

'Comradeship' exhibition is the second in a series called Collection as a Verb, which we are doing as a team, to redefine the concept of a museum and the social context in which it is located. After the the first exhibition – 'Sad Songs of War', about war and violence, 'Comradeship' opens up the themes of solidarity and compassion, the role of art and museums in improving the world. The word 'camaraderie' has the same root as society, and comrades are connected by affection, cooperation, connection with an idea or work.

That's why 'Comradeship' presents works from the collections of Museum's art collectives, as well as works by artists realized in cooperation with various communities. Ranging from today's canonized neo-avant-garde to recent participatory research, 24 artists and art collectives show the innovative ways in which they can contribute to change, and even improvement, both for individuals and communities. 

Sad Songs of War / Collection as a Verb

05.04.2022. - 31.12.2024. / MSU, 1. kat

The first sequence of presenting works from the fundus of the Museum is conceived as an answer to the current situation. It is a desire to express solidarity and empathy with the country undergoing a tragedy similar to that which is still fresh in our memory. The exhibition was named after the sound work by the Lithuanian artist, Deimantas Narkevičius, produced in 2014 in the period of the first protests, unrests, and plights in The Ukraine, on the Independence Square in Kyiv.