KULTUMUSEUM
Zlatko Kopljar
AUSLÖSCHUNG
Exhibition
Zlatko Kopljar, K17 (2012), video still, courtesy of the artist
Dates
28.9.2024–11.1.2025
Location
KULTUMUSEUM, Graz
Part of
Partner Program
Production specifics
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ʼ24
Zlatko Kopljar’s work draws on the collective and personal memory of the great traumas of the 20th century—fascism, extermination, the Yugoslav Wars, postsocialism, postcapitalism—and explores their aftereffects. In a time of deeply felt crises and new wars, Kopljar’s work stands for an ethical and aesthetic (re)orientation.
The fundamental questions of ethics, guilt, and sacrifice are a recurring motif in Kopljar’s work. Over almost four decades, he has explored practically all forms of artistic expression, from performance, photography, film, and sculpture to (memorial) art. In his twenty-two Ks (Constructions), he gradually develops the figure of a man in a reflective suit: the protagonist of his video works, a persona like a lightning rod for human longing. Four years ago, Kopljar decided to paint for the first time–and only paint henceforth. He consistently avoids any obvious message in these “stripe paintings.”
Curated by Johannes Rauchenberger
Retrospective
Retrospective