Gorgona Group

The Gorgona Group (named after the mythological creature of Gorgon), was a Croatian avant-garde art group which consisted of artists and art historians: Dimitrije Bašičević-Mangelos, Miljenko Horvat, Marijan Jevšovar, Julije Knifer, Ivan Kožarić, Matko Meštrović, Radoslav Putar, Đuro Seder, Josip Vaništa, operated along the lines of anti-art in Zagreb between 1959 and 1966. Beside individual works linked to traditional techniques, the members proposed different concepts and forms of artistic communication, ran a gallery and published the anti-magazine Gorgona. Works by the Gorgona Group are widely represented in a number of institutions in Croatia including, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, the Filip Trade Collection and the Sudac Collection.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions and participations of the group (selection): 1977 "Gorgona", Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Municipal Museum, Mönchengladbach; Gallery ·KUC, Belgrade. 1981 Biennial of São Paulo. 1986 Gallery ·KUC, Belgrade. 1989 "Gorgona", FRAC Bourgogne, Art Plus University, Dijon. 1993 "The Horse who Sings - Radical Art from Croatia", Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. 1997 "Gorgona, Gorgonesco, Gorgonico", Biennial of Venice

External links

• Mangelos
• Mangelos 2
• Julije Knifer
• Gorgona-Sudac Collection