Orlando Mohorović (born 1950 in
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n artist. He is one of the original members of a group of artists called ''Labinski atelieri''.
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Mohorović came to Düsseldorf in 1969 and met
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there. The Admission Board of the department ''Free art'' at the
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
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admitted him as a student to Beuys' courses of . Orlando Mohorović was studying painting and sculpture from 1970 to 1974. At that time
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, sketches, small drawings and aquarelle as a pattern for
installations were developed.
In 1970 he had his first exhibition in the room 20 and in the hallway.
On 5 February 1974 he was appointed master student of the Beuys class. Mohorović belonged to the group of Beuys-students, like many other renowned German artists (
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Katharina Sieverding
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Anselm Kiefer
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Blinky Palermo
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Sigmar Polke
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Exhibitions
List of some important independent and group exhibitions:
*1970 "Düsseldorf art academy", room 20 and hallway
*1972 Labin "Galerie Orlando", dedicated to an accidentally passing by person Nino Bateli
*1973 Düsseldorf hall of art "Between 7 – Yes sir, that’s my baby" and London Gallery House – Goethe institute London "Some 260 miles from here..."
*1974 Pazin "ethnographic Museum of Istria"
*1977 Zagreb "Dubrava Gallery" (conceptual art)
*1994 Split "Biannual festival of small format paintings and sculptures"
*2001 Karlovac "Triannual festival Croatian aquarelle"
*2001 Florence " Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea
*2003 Ravenna "XIV Biennale Internazionale Dantesca"
*2004 Buzet "Heritage Museum" 1+1 Mohorović – Gerić
*2006 Sarajevo "Roman Petrovic Gallery"
*2008 Pula "Museum of Contemporary Art" Netz installation
*2010 Rijeka "Gallery Juraj Klović" O.Mohorović – A.Floričić
*2011 New York "Gallery MC" Inter Imago
*2012 New York "Gallery MC" Inter Imago Armory
Collections
Buzet "Homeland Museum"; Labin "Folk museum";
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Exhibition by Orlando Mohorović in Labin
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References
External links
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Orlando Mohorović personal websiteDijalog Mohorović – Floričić, Multimedia portal ''MojaRijeka.hr'' (Žmirić, Zoran, ed.), City of Rijeka, 2010-03-26Inter Imago 2 exhibition – Invitations, Art agency ''Petielement.hr'', 2011-02-11
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Basis-Wien Documentary center, archive and most comprehensive database on contemporary art in and from Austria in national and international context.
Annual Exhibition of paintings, Croatian Association of Artists ''Hdlu.hr'' (Višnja Slavica Gabout), , Rijeka, 2007
List of conceptual artists ''preissuche.biz'' (Rigo 1963), 2011-02-03
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