Ivan Rabuzin and Nature Symbolism in the Art of the 20th and the 21st Century
Public presentation of the proceedings Ivan Rabuzin and Nature Symbolism in the Art of the 20th and the 21st Century will be held in Croatian Museum of Naïve Art on 27th October 2023 at 12:00.
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In a co-publishing project, the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art and the Institute of Art History are releasing a volume of proceedings of the virtual symposium Ivan Rabuzin and Nature Symbolism in the Art of the 20th and the 21st Century, held to mark the centenary of the artist’s birth.
Ivan Rabuzin (Ključ, by Novi Marof, March 27, 1921 - Varaždin, December 18, 2008) is one of the greatest Croatian naïve artists. He is known world-wide for his pictures inspired by nature, by the landscapes of his native region, which he transformed into symbolic visions of cosmic harmony and divine order. The modernity of his artistic idiom is manifested in the particular stylisation and in the abstract treatment of forms, in other words, the reduction of the overall phenomenal world to geometrical forms, confirming that his oeuvre has a rightful place not only in the best achievements of the Naïve, but in modern art per se.
The volume of proceedings Ivan Rabuzin and Nature Symbolism in the Art of the 20th and the 21st Century contains thirteen papers by fifteen writers: Ivana Mance Cipek, Ivana Bašičević Antić, Igor Loinjak, Vinko Srhoj, Vesna Delić Gozze, Goran Đurđević and Suzana Marjanić, Petar Prelog, Snježana Pavičić, Mihaela Cik, Klara Macolić, Helena Kušenić, Svjetlana Sumpor and co-authors Vana Gović Marković and Ksenija Orelj. The papers offer new readings and interpretations of Rabuzin’s works, his themes, motifs, symbols and working procedures. They explore the links of the artist with the contemporary context, with other artists and with art historians.
The volume has been edited by Dr Svjetlana Sumpor, Dr Ivana Mance Cipek and Dr Petar Prelog. The volume has been reviewed by Dr Sandra Križić Roban and Dr Dalibor Prančević, while Mario Aničić is responsible for the graphic design. The volume is bilingual, with texts in Croatian and English (English translation by Graham McMaster), and has illustrations in colour.
The launch of the book will be held on Friday, October 27, 2023 at 12 noon in the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art, when the volume will be on sale at a promotional price.
More information on the volume of the proceedings here.