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Nina Ivančić
Nina Ivančić (born in 1953 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a contemporary Croatian artist working mainly in the mediums of painting and drawing. Background Nina Ivančić, daughter of Ljubo Ivančić, the famous Croatian painter and member of the artist group, "Group of 5", studied at the University of Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts under Professor Šime Perić. She is one of the key figures of the New Image painting movement which emerged during the 1981 Youth Salon which signalled a return to painting in the then Yugoslavian art. Key members of the New Image movement also include: Star Fio and Đuro Seder. Her works from the 1980s approach geometric abstraction and were made during her stay in New York (1986–1993). She is particularly known for her works from the 1990s where she used ships and airplanes as leitmotifs to explore the relationship of painting to art and technology in today's society which is reliant on modern medias.Medić, Ana - ''Nina Ivančić: 1980-2006'', p.17, (G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,086,528. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Šćitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851, Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's List of mayors of Zagreb, first mayor. Zagreb has special status as a Administrative divisions of Croatia, Croatian administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
