Ivana Ognjanovac i Mare Šuljak multimedijalni su umjetnički dvojac iz Zagreba, koji aktivno surađuje od 2018. Upoznale su se 2001. godine na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu, na kojoj su obje magistrirale slikarstvo 2008. godine. Obje autorice rođene su 1983. godine, Ivana u Vukovaru, a Mare u Dubrovniku. Članice su Hrvatske zajednice samostalnih umjetnika i Hrvatskog društva likovnih umjetnika. Od 1999. izlažu na skupnim i samostalnim izložbama u zemlji i inozemstvu (Portugal, Grčka, Vijetnam, Francuska, Crna Gora, Srbija, Makedonija, Španjolska, Južna Korea) te sudjeluju na međunarodnim umjetničkim rezidencijama (Austrija, Litva, Norveška, Kirgistan, Španjolska, Belgija, Rumunjska, Makedonija) i filmskim festivalima (Njemačka, Austrija, Japan, Švicarska). Ivana je 2012. nagrađena prvom nagradom na 2. trijenalu autoportreta u Galeriji Prica. Mare je 2012. godine dobila nagradu za najbolju debitanticu na ’21. Danima hrvatskog filma’ za film ‘Site Selection’ s kojim je 2013. godine uvrštena u natjecateljsku konkurenciju Oberhausen film festivala. Obje umjetnice trenutačno žive i rade u Zagrebu.
Ivana Ognjanovac and Mare Šuljak are a multimedia artist duo from Zagreb who have been actively collaborating since 2018. They met in 2001 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagre, from which they both graduated with master’s degrees in painting in 2018. Both authors were born in 1983, Ivana in Vukovar and Mare in Dubrovnik. They are members of the Croatian Freelance Artists Association and the Croatian Association of Artists. Since 1999, they have exhibited in group and solo exhibition at home and abroad (Portugal, Greece, Vietnam, France, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Spain, South Korea) and participated in international art residencies (Austria, Lithuania, Norway, Kyrgyzstan, Spain) and film festivals (Germany, Austria, Japan, Switzerland). In 2012, Ivana was awarded the first prize at the 2nd Triennial of self-portraits at the Story Gallery. In 2012, Mare received the award for the best debutante at the 21st Days of Croatian Film for the film Site Selection with which she was included in the competition of the Oberhausen Film Festival in 2013. Both artists currently live and work in Zagreb.
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Ivana Ognjanovac / Mare Šuljak
Stara grbava crta je rekla: ”Ne ideš ti nikuda!“, 2019., kombinirana tehnika (digitalni print i vez vunom i koncem na platnu)
Old Uneven Line Said: “You aren’t going anywhere!”, 201, kmixed media (digital print and embroidery with wool and thread on canvas)
100 x 70 cm
U razdoblju samoizolacije zbog Covid-19, u kojemu smo nastavile djelovati po istom principu 'dodavanja' s radovima u svrhu naizmjenične produkcije, jedina promjena je bila što smo radove slale jedna drugoj taxijem. Rad „Stara, grbava crta je rekla: Ne ideš ti nikuda!“, koji govori o autocenzuri kroz samoizolaciju, nastao je krajem 2019., no tek u 2020., godini obilježenoj pandemijom Covid -19, koja je odgodila natječaje, rezidencije i izložbe, otkriva svoj puni smisao. Povlači paralelu između sasvim uobičajene samoizolacije umjetnika u kreativnom procesu i one neuobičajene, masovne, uvedene zbog sprečavanja širenja virusa.
(iz izjave umjetnica)
In the period of self-isolation due to Covid-19, in which we have continued to work on the same principle of "passing" the works for the purpose of production on a rotating basis, the only change was that we sent the works to each other by taxi. The work entitled Old Uneven Line Said: "You aren't going anywhere", which themetizes self-censorship through self-isolation, was created at the end of 2019. Yet, it reveals its full meaning only in 2020, the year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has postponed competitions, residencies and exhibitions. It draws a parallel between the quite common self-isolation of artists in the creative process and the unusual, mass one, introduced to prevent the spread of the virus.
(from the artists' statement)
