Drago Julius Prelog
Unglaubliche Entdeckung (Unbelievable Discovery, 1970)

Dates
20.9.2024–16.2.2025

Location
Neue Galerie Graz, Graz

Part of
Horror Patriae: Exhibition

Drago Julius Prelog (1939, Celje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia–2020, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian artist of Slovenian descent born in a contested border zone. He used the technique of collage in his paintings, drawings, and prints. Many of them, such as Unglaubliche Entdeckung, seem to represent fictitious geographical maps, while others resemble plans of imaginary cities.

In some works, the cities and countries explode and form bizarre flame shapes, dominating the image as a “supranation” of sorts. The flames seem to reach into the space like a hand and illustrate the power and arbitrariness associated with the occupation of land and the establishment of borders. Prelog thus reveals the violence behind the map of Europe, redrawn many times during the artist’s lifetime.

Link

https://2024.steirischerherbst.at/en/program/artists/6486/drago-julius-prelog

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