Collection strategy
The Collection's interest extends from the Baltic area to the Black Sea, with particular emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe. The collector's strategy is directed towards systematic exploration, research, and promotion of Avant-Garde practices that have been marginalized, forbidden, and at times completely rejected, due to historical, social and political circumstances. In this respect, the Collection is, in relation to already existing European art collections, regionally cohesive, and presents an inexhaustible resource for the research of Avant-Garde art and a dynamic platform for the exchange of knowledge on the phenomenon of Avant-Garde. This can be seen in numerous topical and retrospective exhibitions, organised events, followed by connected detailed publications or studies, articles in professional journals, some published in the framework of research projects and collaborations with numerous important institutions, experts, theoreticians, art historians, and artists from the entire world.Museum of Avant-Garde
The Virtual Museum of Avant-Garde, based on the Marinko Sudac Collection, was created in 2009. It presents the digital database of the Collection through which you can see the overview of Avant-Garde art in the countries of former Yugoslavia structured according to authors, artworks, time periods, and geographical areas, as well as links and influences of the artists with cultural happenings and artistic centers in the region and the world. The website, beside the high-quality digitized artworks, contains biographies and bibliographies, alongside the connection of the artists with other artists, art institutions and cultural forums, as well as selected publications. The online database show only a small part of the Collection. Speedy digitization of the material is crucial to accomplish the Museum's main aim, which is to make it a centre for information on the regional Avant-Garde practices. The Virtual Museum of Avant-Garde is a free online platform to research all forms of Avant-Garde art of Eastern and Central Europe, to show connection with the rest of the world, to be a place for free thought and presenting the relevant cultural phenomena of Avant-Garde thought and artistic doing, to be a space for creating and publishing expert materials and research on the phenomena of the Avant-Garde. In its work, the Virtual Museum of Avant-Garde managed to become a meeting point of experts and intellectuals from the region and the artists, as well as interested public who can, in one place, find many information on the Avant-Garde movement in this area.Artists in the Marinko Sudac Collection
Former Yugoslavia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Russia
United States
United Kingdom
Romania
Ukraine
Turkey
The Netherlands
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Bulgaria
France
Denmark
Austria
Finland
Japan
Projects
Since its beginning, the Marinko Sudac Collection has been open to collaboration with various institutions. Through the years, the works from the Collection have been exhibited both locally and internationally. The collection has been recognised as a good partner and the growing interest in different types of collaborations (exhibitions, conferences, projects, movies, publications) shows the quality of the Collections and its open character.List of independently organised projects
* ''The Legacy of the OHO Group - Marko Pogačnik, Portal of Peace; David Nez, Zoology of Absence'', Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, 2023 * ''Gorgona. The Solitude of Thought. On the Concept of an Experimental Re-examination of the Arts'', Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, 2023 * ''The Freedom of My Mind. Avant-garde Women Artists from the Marinko Sudac Collection'', Vršilnica, Zaprešić, Croatia, 2023 * ''62nd Poreč Annale: New Fundamental Tendencies'', Istrian Assembly Hall; Small Gallery, Poreč, Croatia, 2022 * ''Stano Filko. Marinko Sudac Collection'', Zuccato Gallery, Poreč, Croatia, 2022 * ''Bosch+Bosch Group. Marinko Sudac Collection'', Museum of Art Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2022 * ''Lucia di Luciano, Giovanni Pizzo - Programmed Art, 1964 - 1967 , Marinko Sudac Collection'', Varaždin City Museum, Exhibition Salon of the Sermage Palace, 2022 * ''Lucia di Luciano & Giovanni Pizzo "Programmed Art" , Marinko Sudac Collectio''n, "Josip Račić" Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 2022 * ''Boris Demur – Analytical Works. Marinko Sudac Collection,'' Zuccato Gallery, Poreč, Croatia, 2021 *''Commemorating the 100 years of the "Zenit" magazine'', National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 2021 *''Bosch + Bosch. Hungarian Art Movement in Vojvodina'', Hungarian Cultural Institute, Brussels, Belgium, 2020 *''Boris Demur. Analytical workd , Art Photo Budapest presentation'', Millenáris park, Budapest, Hungary / virtual, 2020 *''ICDHS 12 Conference'', online project, Zagreb, Croatia, 2020 *''Bogdanka Poznanović (1930. – 2013.), Marinko Sudac Collection'', Zuccato Gallery, Poreč, Croatia, 2020 *''Gorgona. Works from the Marinko Sudac Collection'', Profile Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, 2019 * ''Philip Corner – No Notes Nonce , Other Aspects'', Holland House, Sisak, Croatia, 2019 * ''Radoslav Putar and Miljenko Horvat. A Retrospective, Varaždin City Museum'', Varaždin, Croatia, 2019 * ''Gorgona 1959 – 1968. Independent Artistic Practices in Zagreb. Retrospective Exhibition from the Marinko Sudac Collection'', Kassák Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 2019 * ''Bosch+Bosch Group and the Vojvodina Neo-Avantgarde MovementT'', Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 2019 * ''The Oho Group, 1962 – 1971, Marinko Sudac Collection'', Zuccato Gallery, Poreč, Croatia, 2019 * ''"Artist on Vacation 2018" by Valamar'', Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 2019 *''Autopsia Archive 1979 – 1989'', City Gallery Striegl, Sisak, Croatia, 2019 *''Paralelni narativi. Galerija umjetnina / Kolekcija Marinko Sudac,'' Gallery of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia, 2019 *''Andrzej Lachowicz – A Form of Consciousness,'' Zuccato Gallery, Poreč, Croatia, 2018 *''"Artist on Vacation 2017" by Valamar'', Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 2018 *''"In Memoriam" – Josip Vaništa'', Šira Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, 2018 *List of collaborations with institutions (loans of works from the Marinko Sudac Collection)
*''Valoch & Valoch: Archeologie a konceptuální umění'', Pražákův palác, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022 *''ART CONTACT - Networking of Artistic Ideas'', Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 2021 *''Poetry and Performance. The Eastern-European Perspective'', Kultura Medialna, Dnipro, Ukraine, 2021 *''Our Other Us – Art Encounters Biennial'', Art Encounters Foundation Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania, 2021 *''THE ANTINOMIES OF ∞ AUTONOMY'', "Cvijeta Zuzorić" Art Pavilion, Belgrade, Serbia, 2021 *''51st Annale: Wasting Life Away,'' Istrian Assembly Hall, Poreč, Croatia, 2021 *''Ivan Kožarić: A Retrospective – One of the 100 Possible Ones'', Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia *''Költészet és performansz – a kelet-európai perspektíva'', Kassák Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 2021 *''Ivan Kožarić. To Fly into the Ether or Stay on Earth'', Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia, 2021 *''Pre-contemporary Action – Postmodern Reaction'', National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 2021 *''Poetry and Performance. Eastern-European Perspective'', Oblastní galerie Liberec, Liberec, The Czech Republic, 2020 *''1. otvorený ateliér 1970 – 2020'', Galéria 19, Bratislava, Slovakia * ''The Analogical Mirrors,'' Yamanaka Suplex, Otsu-city, Shiga, Japan, 2020 * ''Portraits and the Sky: Yugoslav Experimental Films, 1960s–1990s'', Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkley, California, USA, 2020 *''Praksa teorije: Matko Meštrović i dizajn'', Croatian Designers Association, Zagreb, Croatia, 2020 *''Wiek półcienia. Sztuka w czasach planetarnej zmiany'', Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland, 2020 *''Teresa Tyszkiewicz: dzień po dniu'', Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Łódź, Poland, 2020 *''Poetry and Performance. The Eastern European Perspective'', Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, Poland, 2020 *''The Penumbral Age. Art in the Time of Planetary Change'', Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland, 2020 *''Teresa Tyszkiewicz: Day After Day'', Museum of Art in Łódź, Łódź, Poland, 2020 *''Vlado Martek Exhibition with Many Titles'', City Art Gallery of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2020 *''City Visions – City Iconography II (1950 – 2000+)'', Modern Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, 2019 * ''Years of Disarray 1908 – 1928. Avant-gardes in Central Europe'', Jannus Pannonius Museum, Pécs, Hungary, 2019 * ''Vertigo. Op Art and a History of Optical Illusion 1520 -1970'', Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, 2019 * ''See You after the Revolution! 100 years of Bauhaus'', Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, Poland, 2019 * ''Through a Forest Wilderness – Aktionen im Wald. Performance, Konzeptkunst, Events. 1960 – ∞'', Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven + Neuenburger Holz, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 2019 * The Years of Disarray 1908–1928. Avantgardes in Central Europe, Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2019 * Vertigo Op Art and a History of Deception 1520–1970, mumok – museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien, Vienna, Austria, 2019 * Vlado Martek: Exhibition with Many Titles, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia, 2019 *''Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective'', Motorenhalle. Projektzentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden Germany, 2019 *''Il Soggetto Imprevisto. 1978 Arte e Femminismo in Italia'', FM Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy, 2019 *''Czas przełomu. Sztuka awangardy w Europie Środkowej 1908–1928, International Cultural Centre, Krakow, Poland, 2019'' *''Goran Trbuljak: nikada do sada viđen rad neviđenog umjetnika, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia'' *''Projekcije: Motika, Brakhage, Srnec Antun Motika i nasljeđe eksperimenta, Municipal Gallery Pula, Pula, Croatia'' *''Recordings – New Artistic Practices from Yugoslavia'', Fundacja Profile, Warsaw, Polan, 2018 *''Okruženju usprkos'', HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia, 2018 *''Ilija Šoškić – Akcione forme'', Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2018 *''Through a Forest Wilderness – Actions in the Forest. Performance, Conceptual Art, Events. 1960 – ∞'', Nikolskoer Landpartie, Berlin, Germany, 2018 *''Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective'', Shedhalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 2018 *''Marijan Molnar – Inventura'', Gallery of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia, 2018 *''Years of Disarray / Between Anxiety and Delight: the Birth of the Modern Central European Citizen 1908–1928'', Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2018 *''The Other Trans-Atlantic: Kinetic and Op Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America 1950s – 1970s'', SESC Pinheiros – São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018 *''Farewell to Spring , 1968 in the Eastern Block, Galeria Centralis'', Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives, Budapest, Hungary, 2018 *''Marko Pogačnik – Tretja umetnost'', Galerija Prešernovih nagrajencev Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia, 2018 *''CUT / REZ – Examples of collage in artistic practices in Central and Eastern Europe from the Avant-garde until today'', Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 2018 *Collaborations on documentaries
*HRT show ''Jedno djelo'' – episodes "Josip Vaništa, Beskonački štap / U čast Manetu", "Miljenko Horvat – Gorgonska polja", "Antun Motika – Eksperimenti" *''Pumpkin on the Hot Roof of the World – Poetry and the Eternal Life of Tomaž Šalamun'', directors: Nejc Saje, Jeffrey Young; production: Viva Videnović (Strup) *''The Other Line'', documentary film, director and writer: Nenad Milošević * ''Artist on Vacation'', documentary film, directors: Sandra Bastašić, Damian Nenadić * ''Gorgona'', documentary film, director and editor Ana Marija HabjanPublications
As part of its activities, the interconnected institutions of the Museum of Avant-Garde, Marinko Sudac Collection, and the Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde publish various types of publications – artist monographs, exhibition catalogues etc. The aim of these publishing projects is to present relevant artists, artist groups, artistic movements and developments of the former Yugoslavia region, as well as of Eastern and Central Europe. By presenting them through publications, the aim is to provide them with better international recognition and valorisations, so they could be placed in their rightful position in the global art scene.Artist monographs
* Ješa Denegri, "Gorgona", Agroinova d.o.o, edition: ArtInova, Zagreb, () * Ješa Denegri, Feđa Vukić, Hrvoje Turković – Aleksandar Srnec () * Miško Šuvaković, "Bogdanka i Dejan Poznanović : umetnost, mediji i aktivizam na kraju moderne" () * Želimir Koščević, Vladimir Gudac, "Budić : između geste i programa" ()Exhibition catalogues
*62nd Poreč Annale: New Fundamental Tendencies () *Transition and Transition () * Circles of Interference () * At Standstill () * Rubne posebnosti : avangardna umjetnost u regiji : Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti, Rijeka, 9. III.-15. IV. 2007. ( ) * Avangardna umjetnost u regiji od 1915–1989 : kolekcija Marinko Sudac Galerijski Centar Varaždin (OCLC: 192137801) * Rubne posebnosti : avangardna umetnost ex-Jugoslavije 1914–1989, katalog izložbe, Muzej savremene umjetnosti Vojvodine, Novi Sad * Dobar izbor! Primjeri komercijalne komunikacije iz 50-ih i 60-ih : Kolekcija Marinko Sudac () * Od futurizma do Fontane, 2002Expert publications
* Ješa Denegri – "Prilozi za drugu liniju 3" () * Ješa Denegri – "Razlozi za drugu liniju : za novu umetnost sedamdesetih" () *eds. Feđa Vukić, Iva Kostešić – "Lessons to Learn? Past Design Experiences and Contemporary Design Practice",Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the History of Design and Design Studies, 2021.Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde editions / Druga linija , The Other Line
* Radoslav Putar and Miljenko Horvat. A Retrospective (, ) *Ješa Denegri – "Prilozi za drugu liniju 4", 2020Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde
The Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde was founded in 2010, as part of the project with the aim to study, preserve, present, and popularize the regional Avant-Garde art through exhibitions, projects, and publications. Since its foundation, the Institute started or collaborated on over 130 projects, including: the organisation of the central event to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, which was the exhibition and the international conference "The First World War and Avant-garde Art: Deconstruction-Construction", participation in the international project of exhibitions "Years of Disarray" supported by the European Union, organisation or participation on exhibitions in over 15 countries and publishing activity. The institute is the holder of the "Artist on Vacation" project which has annually been hosting, since 2012, numerous notable artists of the neo-avant-garde and radical artistic practices.Artist on Vacation
Since 2012, the Artist on Vacation project has gathered, hosted and presented to the public a number of internationally prestigious artists who belong to the period of historical Avant-gardes, as well as artists who continue the practice of radical art and further develop its aesthetics. In the summer months, Poreč becomes a vacation spot for international artists. In collaboration with Valamar Riviera d.d., the Institute for the Research of Avant-Garde and Marinko Sudac Collection invite artists to spend a week at an exclusive hotel and vacation on the beautiful Istrian peninsula. The project was created by Marinko Sudac as an extension of the activities of the Museum of Avant-Garde, the Institute for the Research of Avant-Garde and Marinko Sudac Collection. It complements the collection's mission, and gives affirmation to the artists in the social, cultural and artistic contexts. The mission of the Artists on Vacation project is to show the various legacies of the original Avant-Garde movement that have developed in different countries and contexts. The driving force behind the project is to present the participating artists to the Croatian public. The project is an effort to connect all the activities that aim to bring together the historical avant-gardes and present them to the public in a direct way, outside of an institutional environment. Artists get an opportunity to meet other artists, but also theorists, art historians, and museum professionals. This exchange of ideas and influences brings about personal and artistic developments and paves way to new collaborations and projects. Every year, there is an exclusive one day exhibition organized during the Project. Each year, at the end of the project, an exhibition of works created during the Artist on Vacation project, as well as a presentation of the participating artists is organized at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb. A catalogue of a year's project is produced. The catalogue contains all the information about the project, the participating artists, their stay at Poreč, their works etc. Every year, there is an exclusive one day exhibition organized during the project. * 2022 – "Stano Filko. Marinko Sudac Collection", Zuccato Gallery, Poreč * 2019 – "OHO Group, 1962 – 1971. Marinko Sudac Collection", Zuccato Gallery, Poreč *2018 – "Andrzej Lachowicz – A Form of Consciousness", Zuccato Gallery, Poreč *2017 – "Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan – Paintings, 2009 – 2012", Zuccato Gallery, Poreč; "Živko Grozdanić Gera – Allegories", Zuccato Gallery, Poreč * 2016 – "Jiří Valoch – The Power of the Powerless", Zuccato Gallery, Poreč * 2015 – "Gorgona", Villa Polesini, Poreč * 2014 – "Bucan Art" – Boris Bućan, Villa Polesini, Poreč * 2013 – "Transition" – Vaništa, Kulik, Blue Noses, Villa Polesini, Poreč * 2012 – "Ivan Kožarić", Novi Spa & Resort, Novi VinodolskiParticipants
In 2012: Attila Csernik (Serbia), Era Milivojević (Serbia), Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan (Italy), Ilija Šoškić (Italy), Ivan Kožarić (Croatia), János Sugár (Hungary), Vlado Martek (Croatia), Sándor Pinczehelyi (Hungary), Bálint Szombathy (Hungary), Romelo Pervolovici (Romania), Željko Kipke (Croatia). In 2013: Željko Kipke (Croatia), Dan Perjovschi (Romania), Rudolf Sikora (Slovakia), Zdzisław Sosnowski (Poland), Blue Noses – Alexandr Shaburov and Vyacheslav Mizin (Russia), Oleg Kulik (Russia), Eric Andersen (Denmark), Marko Pogačnik (Slovenia), Živko Grozdanić (Serbia), Bálint Szombathy (Hungary), Ben Patterson (USA). In 2014: Dragomir Ugren (Serbia), Gergelj Urkom (Serbia), Ulay (Germany), Era Milivojević (Serbia), Andraž Šalamun (Slovenia), David Nez (USA), Jiří Valoch (Czech Republic), Sven Stilinović (Croatia), Igor Grubić (Croatia). In 2015: Verbumprogram (Serbia), Autopsia (Czech Republic), Teresa Tyszkiewicz (France), Ewa Partum (Poland), Przemysław Kwiek (Poland), Guia Rigvava (Austria), Jan Steklik (Czech Republic), Michail Grobman (Israel), Vadim Fiskin (Slovenia), Deimantas Narkevičius (Lithuania), Miloš Šejn (Czech Republic), Srečo Dragan (Slovenia), Milan Adamčiak (Slovakia). In 2016: István Nádler (Hungary), Katalin Ladik (Hungary), Raša Todosijević (Serbia), Lev Nussberg (Russia), Philip Corner (USA), Rudolf Sikora (Slovakia), Slobodan Šijan (Serbia), Jarosław Kozłowski (Poland), Vladimir Gudac (Croatia) In 2017:Artist on Vacation Documentary
Documentary film "Artist on Vacation" follows the activities of 11 world-renowned artists who have gathered in a luxurious Adriatic resort for a one-month vacation. Documentary is a collage of recorded activities and accomplishments of artists in the given space, which is a vacation destination of mostly high classes of society. The artists which we are following are: Attila Csernik (Serbia), Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan (Serbia), Željko Kipke (Croatia), Ivan Kožarić (Croatia), Vlado Martek (Croatia), Era Milivojević (Serbia), Romelo Pervolovici (Romania), Pinczehely Sandor (Hungary), Balint Szombathy (Hungary), Janos Sugar (Hungary) and Ilija Šoškić (Montenegro). Directors: Sandra Bastašić, Damian Nenadić Producers: Oliver Sertić, Vanja Jambrović Co-producer and author of the concept: Marinko Sudac Cinematographer: Damian Nenadić Editor: Sandra Bastašić Additional camera: Aleš Sudac Production: Restart Laboratory and Marinko Sudac in cooperation with: the Institute for researching the Avant-garde and Melange production Duration: 30 min. Shooting Format: HDArtists Respond
''Artists Respond'' project was started by the Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde and the Marinko Sudac Collection. Addressing the 2020 coronavirus global pandemic, the project aims to virtually present the thoughts and attitudes of neo-avant-garde artists, their energy and the message they have for the present moment.This is the moment in which the world as we know it is on hold and the moment in which we need optimism and solidarity more than ever. We wish for the public to welcome the creative energy of these artists – artists who are ready to point out the state of things, to respond with art and creativity, as they have done in all difficult times in the past.Participating artists: Philip Corner (US/IT), Eulàlia Grau (ES), Bálint Szombathy (ex-YU/HU), Ilya & Emilia Kabakov (ex-USSR/US), Sándor Pinczehelyi (HU), Vasily Slonov (RU), David Nez (US), Michail Grobman (ex-USSR/IS), Eric Andersen (BE/DK), Igor Makarevich (ex-USSR/RU), Santiago Sierra (ES), Milan Knížák (CZ), Artur Barrio (PT/BR), Autopsia, Dan Perjevoschi (RO), Miloš Šejn (CZ), Deimantas Narkevičius (LT), Francisco Infante-Arana (ex-USSR/RU), Sérgio Leitão (PT), Damir Muratov (RU), Kirsten Justesen (DK), Babi Badalov (AZ/FR) ... (to be updated).
Marinko Sudac Foundation
The Marinko Sudac Foundation was established in 2022 with the general purpose of ensuring the conditions for permanent protection, preservation, scientific study, professional presentation and popularization of museological units and artists who are part of the Marinko Sudac Collection and other related artists, as well as those artists who act as a legacy of the practice of artists from the Marinko Sudac Collection.Interviews
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