The Group of Six Artists ( hr, Grupa šestorice autora) was an

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founded in 1975 by the Croatian artists

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, Sven Stilinović, Fedor Vučemilović,

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and

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. In defiance of restrictions set by local art institutions, they performed their pieces in open air spaces using objects such as sun loungers and urban projectors (projecting images onto buildings). They also exhibited in city squares. The "exhibition-actions" were shown in Croatia and abroad, including the municipal bath on the

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in the Upper Town Zagreb centre, in Sopot in New Zagreb in the main square in Zagreb (1975), on the beach in Mošćenička Draga (1976), in Venice (1978) and in Belgrade (1976-1978). These exhibitions would usually last a day and were often meant to provoke. Between 1975 and 1979, the Group of Six Artists performed and documented more than 20 pieces. The Group of Six Artists were influenced by their predecessors, the Gorgona Group. Overall, their aim was to provide a different perspective on life and art, expressing themselves freely. In addition to their exhibition-actions, the Group of Six Artists launched the self-published magazine ''MAJ/75'', printed in the studio of Vlasta Delimar and

. Eighteen issues of the magazine were printed between 1978 and 1984, and the publication became an additional alternative exhibition space for the Group of Six Artists and other eastern European creatives, including Vlasta Delimar, Tomislav Gotovac, Sanja Iveković, Mangelos, Balint Szombathy, Raša Todosijević and Goran Trbuljak.

Exhibition and actions

The group exhibited regularly in Croatia. *1979: former Republic Square, Zagreb, Croatia (together with RZU Podrum) *1979: Faculty of Economy, Zagreb, Croatia *1979: Studentski centar, Zagreb, Croatia (with RZU Podrum) *1978: Life Art, Galerija SKC, Belgrade, Serbia *1978: Voćarska 5, Zagreb, Croatia *1978: former Republic Square, Zagreb, Croatia *1977: Studentski centar, Zagreb, Croatia *1977:

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passage, Zagreb, Croatia *1977: Galerija SKC, Belgrade, Serbia *1975–77: Contemporary Art Gallery (Cefft), Zagreb, Croatia *1977:

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, Belgrade, Serbia *1977:

, Zagreb, Croatia *1976: beach in

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, Croatia *1976: strolling through Zagreb, Croatia *1976: 5 April Meetings, Belgrade, Serbia *1975: the public baths on the river Sava, Zagreb, Croatia *1975:

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, Zagreb, Croatia *1975: Jesuit Square, Zagreb, Croatia

References

External links

MAJ/75 Covers

Documentary Film ''G6-Grupa šestorice autora''
Directed by Gordana Brzović
Procesualnost, događajnost, relacionalnost i otvorenost
{{in lang, hr Croatian art 1970s in Croatia Arts organizations established in 1975 Croatian artist groups and collectives