Exhibitions

Dancing, Resisting, (Un)working – Aspects of Dance as Cultural, Political, and Art Work in Yugoslavia and After

20.11.2024. - 23.02.2025. / MSU, 1. kat povremenih izložbi

This exhibition represents long-term research on the development of a digital archive of contemporary dance and performing arts of the post-Yugoslavian region. As that is an ongoing process, we do not think of this manifestation as a final act or actualization of the material, but as a step towards sharing the relations we are building with the materials. We are showing it as a(n) (un)working material, as a research space that is in its potentiality, not being there yet, or finished.

Divided Time: Cries and Whispers / The Imitation of Life Studio 1987–1991

07.11.2024. - 12.01.2025. / MSU, Black Box

Thirty-three years following the end of their collaboration, the artistic duo Darko Fritz and Željko Serdarević present themselves with the exhibition Divided Time at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, which brings together their joint artistic production consisting of fine artworks, the documentation of installations in public space, and music and stage performances.

MARKO TADIĆ : THE KITCHEN

12.09.2024. - 24.11.2024. / 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.  

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.