Text – Igor Grubic

Gestures of Activation

Antonela — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:08:13 +0000

Gestures of Activation, published on the occasion of Igor Grubić: Gestures of Activation – Works in Public Space, a retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (2024). The publication encompasses 30 years of engaged action in public space and includes texts by Branka Benčić and Kora Girin. Available in both Croatian and English.

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Adriana Rispoli: Another Green World

Antonela — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 10:18:31 +0000

A text by Adriana Rispoli, part of Zuper Fanzin Project curated by Giulia Cotterli, Danilo Sciorilli, and Tiziana Pers. Published in the art magazine ZUPER #10 in November 2024.

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Katerina Gregos: All That Is Solid Melts Into Smoke

Antonela — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:05:21 +0000

A text by Katerina Gregos, from Igor Grubić: Traces of Disappearing (In Three Acts) on the occasion of the Croatian Pavilion representation at the 58th Venice Biennale. Published by Sternberg Press in 2019.

Available at: https://www.sternberg-press.com/product/traces-of-disappearing-in-three-acts/

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Miško Šuvaković: Igor Grubić – Visibility of New Political Modalities

Antonela — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:41:14 +0000

A text by Miško Šuvaković, published in AM Journal of Art and Media Studies, No. 25, in 2021.

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WHW: Stain On The Soul

Antonela — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:08:59 +0000

A text by WHW/What, How and for Whom, from Igor Grubić: Traces of Disappearing (In Three Acts) on the occasion of the Croatian Pavilion representation at the 58th Venice Biennale. Published by Sternberg Press in 2019.

Available at: https://www.sternberg-press.com/product/traces-of-disappearing-in-three-acts/

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Responsibility in Everything We Do – Interview with Igor Grubić

Antonela — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:22:05 +0000

Interview with Igor Grubić written by Maja Gujinović, Jasna Jakšić, and Srđan Laterza. Part of From Consideration to Commitment: Art in Critical Confrontation to Society (Belgrade, Ljubljana, Skopje, Zagreb: 1990 – 2010), a publication realized in the framework of the project Let’s Talk Critic Arts. Published by SEEcult.org in cooperation with ForumSkopje Kurziv – Platform for Matters of Culture, Media and Society SCCA, Center for Contemporary Arts – Ljubljana, Artservis The Association of NGOs Clubture in April 2011.

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366 Liberation Rituals

Antonela — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:37:03 +0000

366 Liberation Rituals publication with texts by Ivana Bago, Antonia Majača, Sezgin Boynik, and Igor Grubić. Published by KUD-INA / Galerija Miroslav Kraljević & DeLVe | Institut za trajanje mjesto i varijable / Institute for Duration, Location and Variables. Edited by Ivana Bago and Antonia Majača in 2009.

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Ingo Clauss: Flags in Art

Antonela — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:34:38 +0000

A text by Ingo Clauss, on the occasion of What is the Proper Way to Display a Flag? exhibition at Weserburg | Museum of Modern Art. Published in 2022.

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Dejan Sretenović: The Figuration of Resistance

Antonela — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:14:23 +0000

A text by Dejan Sretenović about the East Side Story by Igor Grubić. From the catalog on the occasion of Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade in 2008.

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Dragana Modrić: Workers’ Strikes in the Art of Igor Grubić

Antonela — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:24:30 +0000

Text by Dragana Modrić, as part of Art History as an Open Project: Concepts, Projects, and Ways of Interpreting Fine and Visual Arts – Proceedings of the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, published ... Read more »

Boris Greiner: Can an Artistic Act Change Society? / Boris Greiner: Može li umjetnički čin mijenjati društvo?

Antonela — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:04:10 +0000

An article by Boris Greiner, published in Kontura Art Magazine (Issue 165, 2024), reflecting on the retrospective exhibition Igor Grubić: Gestures of Activation – Works in Public Space at MMSU Rijeka.

Available in Croatian language only.

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The Book and Society 22% / Knjiga i društvo 22%

Antonela — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:59:31 +0000

A publication on the occasion of the one day protest, multimedia manifestation that took place on the 10 July 1998, against a 22% taxes (VAT) on books. In comparison with some other European countries, the books in Croatia were too expensive even without the new tax (VAT), which government decided to introduce in 1998. At the same time in our country was big economically crises. The statistics had shown a huge decrease in the sale of books during the first half of the year.

About 30 contemporary artists from different generations took part in the project. Performances were held in the city centre and installations were put in the streets, sqares, bookshops and libraries. Some works were printed in the magazines and daily press, some were put on the net. A popular independent radio station was used, video and film were shown in multimedia centre. Leaflets were handed out all around the Zagreb. Protest caused writers and publishers reaction and lot of discussions in the media. They spoke in support of the action. After 1 year the tax (VAT) on books was withdraw.

Available in Croatian language only.

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Concrete: A Conversation With Igor Grubić by Robert Shumoail-Albazi

Antonela — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:23:39 +0000

The interview written by Robert Shumoail-Albazi on the occasion of the Concrete exhibition at MUMA, published in 2014.

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Luiza Bialasiewicz and Lora Sariaslan: Textures of urban fears: The affective geopolitics of the oriental rug

Antonela — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:18:58 +0000

A chapter by Luiza Bialasiewicz and Lora Sariaslan, from the European Memory in Populism: Representations of Self and Other book, edited by Chiara De Cesari and Ayhan Kaya. Published in 2019.

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