The Marinko Sudac Collection, based in Zagreb, Croatia, has been created with a clear collecting strategy based on the region of Central and Eastern Europe, additionally spanning from the Baltic area to the Black Sea. The guiding principle of the Collection is systematic exploration, researching, and promotion of the Avant-Garde practices which have been marginalized, forbidden, and at times completely negated due to the historical, social and political circumstances. In this context, the Marinko Sudac Collection gives the most complete and comprehensive overview on the art of this region. The Collection starts at 1909, and it show the continuity from the first Avant-Gardes, through Neo-Avant-Garde and New Artistic Practices, ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The global uniqueness of the Marinko Sudac Collection is also seen in the kind of media it contains. It contains not only traditional artworks, such as paintings, sculptures, and photographs, but it gives equal importance to documentary and archival material. Great importance is put on these almost forgotten media, which enable research of specific phenomena, artists and the socio-political situation which affected this type of art. The Collection contains a great number of museological units, and it treats the documentary and archival material on the same level as traditional artworks. By examining the units contained in the Marinko Sudac Collection, one can read not only the art scene or the art production of a certain artist, but the full status of the society, the socio-political atmosphere of the region in which this art was created in.
Contents
- Collection strategy
- Museum of Avantgarde
- Projects
- Publications
- Arstist monographs
- Exhibition catalogues
- Other publications
- Institute for the Research of the Avant Garde
- Artist on Vacation
- Participants
- Artist on Vacation Documentary
- References
This Collection is not merely a process of gathering artworks, but a contextualisation of the art of region in the global history of art and an effort of putting it on its deserved place in history. The aim of the Marinko Sudac Collection is to preserve the cultural heritage of the Central and Eastern European region from globalisation, by maintaining it in a contextual unity. The end goal is to place the Collection in an architectural, physical building of the Museum of Avant-Garde, in which this art will be valorised, museologically processed, open to researchers and experts, and presented to the public. A part of the works from the Marinko Sudac Collection is available in digital form on an innovative platform of the Virtual Museum of Avant-Garde (www.avantgarde-museum.com/en), which unites the work of the Virtual Museum of the Avant-Garde, the Marinko Sudac Collection, and the Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde, with a goal to form a central database for the researching of the phenomena of the Avant-Garde.
Alongside more than 80 already accomplished successful collaborations with museum institutions and independently organized exhibition in great museum centres such as Tate Modern, London; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Haus der Kunst, München; ZKM, Karlsruhe, Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb,... or exhibition of the Collection in unofficial places such as Marshall Josip Broz Tito's boat Seagull (At Standstill exhibition, Rijeka, 2011), Marinko Sudac is also an editor of numerous publications - art monographs, exhibition catalogues and collections of texts, and an author of a successful artist residence project Artist on Vacation, held annually since 2012, which hosted over 50 of the leading world artists which continue the tradition of the Avant-Garde.
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, organized 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 Avantgarde
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 centres 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 making realisations on 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.
The international Board is made up of leading theoreticians and art historians: Lutz Becker, Jerko Denegri, Živko Grozdanić, Matko Meštrović, Želimir Koščević, Irina Subotić, Feđa Vukić, and Laszlo Beke. The director is Branko Franceschi.
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 projects
Non-Aligned Modernity, Eastern-European Art from the Marinko Sudac Collection, FM Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italija, 2016.
Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945 – 1965, Haus der Kunst , Munchen, Njemačka, 2016.
Art in Europe 1945–1968 - Facing the Future, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Njemačka, 2016.
Notes from the Underground, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poljska, 2016.
Ivo Gattin, Rovinj, Hrvatska 2016.
Jiří Valoch - Moć nemoćnih, Galerija Zuccato, Poreč, Hrvatska, 2016.
Politiche della Natura, Fondazione Zimei, Pescara, Italija, 2016.
Druga linija, dokumentarni film, redatelj i scenarist: Nenad Milošević, pobjednik Beldocs 2016., 2016.
ecologEAST. Arte e Natura al di là del Muro, PAV Parco Arte Vivente, Torino, Italija, 2016.
NEO DADA: GORGONA | Absurd Freedom, Gallery Thalberg, Zürich, Švicarska, 2016.
Monuments Should Not Be Trusted, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 2016.
Ludwig Goes Pop, Ludwig Muzeum, Budimpešta, Mađarska , 2015.
The EY exhibition – World Goes Pop, galerija Tate Modern, London, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 2015.
Radical Practices from Marinko Sudac Collection, gostujuća izložba sajma Art Market Budapest 2015, Budimpešta, Mađarska , 2015.
Julius Koller U. F. O. – naut J. K.?, Photo Art Budapest, Art Market Budapest 2015, Budimpešta, Mađarska, 2015.
Gorgona, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2015.
Umjetnik na odmoru, dokumentarni film, redatelji: Sandra Bastašić, Damian Nenadić, 2015
Umjetnik na odmoru 2015, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2015.
Gorgona, Villa Polesini, Poreč, Hrvatska, 2015.
Plavi nosovi – iz arhiva tranzicije, Galerija umjetnina Narodnog muzeja Zadar, Zadar, Hrvatska, 2015.
Flogiston, Galerija umjetnina, Split, Hrvatska, 2015.
Đuro Seder – retrospektiva 1953 – 2015, Moderna galerija, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2015.
Vlado Martek, Čitajte gledanje ciklus, Tiflološki muzej, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2015.
Osamdesete – slatka dekadencija postmoderne, HDLU, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2015.
Željko Kipke: "Grafički listovi, gramofoni i tonzure", Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2015.
Jiří Valoch – Riječ kao slika, Galerija umjetnina, Split, Hrvatska, 2015.
Bucan Art iz Kolekcije Marinko Sudac, Galerija umjetnina, Split, Hrvatska, 2015.
Art Has No Alternative (An Archive of Artists in Action), galerija tranzit.sk, Bratislava, Slovačka, 2015.
Transition and Transition – Oleg Kulig, Josip Vaništa, Blue Noses, Ludwig Muzeum, Budimpešta, Mađarska, 2014.
Umjetnik na odmoru 2014, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2014.
Bucan Art, Villa Polesini, Poreč, Hrvatska, 2014.
Prvi svjetski rat i avangardna umjetnost: Konstrukcija – dekonstrukcija, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2014.
Međunarodna konferencija Prvi svjetski rat i avangardna umjetnost: Konstrukcija – dekonstrukcija, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2014.
Conscious Hallucinations. Filmic Surrealism, Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Njemačka, 2014.
Željko Kipke: Grafike '77, galerija Grafički Kolektiv, Beograd, Srbija, 2014.
Personal Cuts*, Carré d’Art-Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes, Francuska, 2014.
"Dobar izbor - Primjeri komercijalne komunikacije iz 50ih i 60ih", Fuliranje, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2013.
Umjetnik na odmoru 2013, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2013.
Tranzicija – Oleg Kulig, Josip Vaništa, Plavi nosovi, Villa Polesini, Poreč, Hrvatska, 2013.
Ivan Kožarić. Freedom Is a Rare Bird, Haus der Kunst, München,Njemačka, 2013.
Tabula rasa: The Primary and Analytical in Croatian Art, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2013.
Love Towards Subversion, galerija Kazamat, Osijek, Hrvatska, 2013.
Love Towards Subversion, galerija dr. Vinko Perčić, Subotica, Srbija 2013.
Manifestacija spirale povodom Y. Kleina– Boris Demur, Damian Nenadić”, Foto galerija Lang, Samobor, Hrvatska, 2012.
Umjetnik na odmoru 2012, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2012.
Ivan Kožarić, Novi Spa & Resorts, Novi Vinodolski, Hrvatski, 2012.
Marinko Sudac Collection: Permanent Avant-Garde, KUAD Gallery, Istanbul, Turska, 2012.
Boris Demur Damjan Nenadić – Manifestacije spirale povodom Y. Kleina, Galerija Lang, Samobor, 2012.
Krugovi interferencije, Kassák muzej, Budimpešta, 2012.
Bauhaus Ivane Tomljenović Meller, Radnička galerija, Zagreb, 2012.
Umjetnik na odmoru, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 2012.
High times: Reflections of psychedelia in socialist Yugoslavia 1966 – 1976, Škuc galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenija, 2011.
Socijalizam i modernost, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2011.
Područje zastoja, na brodu Maršala Tita 'Galeb'. Rijeka, 2011.
Branimir Donat i vizualna poezija, Gliptoteka HAZU, 2011.
Tune in Screening: Psihodelične pokretne slike iz socijalističke Jugoslavije 1966. – 1976., Land of Tomorrow, Lexington, SAD, 2011.
Tune in Screening: Psihodelične pokretne slike iz socijalističke Jugoslavije 1966. – 1976., Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York, 2011.
From Art to Life: Hungarians at the Bauhaus, Janus Pannonius Museum, Pečuh, Mađarska, 2011.
OHO nakon OHO, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 2010.
Volume Collection, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa – Palazzetto Tito, Venecija, Italija, 2010.
Aleksandar Srnec 'Prisutna odsutnost', Museum Lapidarium i Galerija Rigo, Novigrad, 2010.
Aleksandar Srnec, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 2010.
Ivana Tomljenović Meller, fotografije i fotomontaže, Bauhaus, Dessau 1929. – 1930., Fotogalerija lang, Samobor, 2010.
Aleksandar Srnec, galerija Zuccato Gallery, Poreč, Hrvatska, 2008.
As soon as I open my eyes I see a film. Experiment in the art of Yugoslavia in the 60’s and 70s, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Varšava, Poljska, 2008.
Aleksandar Srnec, Galerija staruih i novih majstora, Varaždin, Hrvatska, 2007.
O nepoznatim radovima, Galerija Nova, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2006.
Rubne posebnosti – avangardna umjetnost u regiji 1915. – 1989., Muzej suvremene umjetnoti Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Srbija, 2006.
Rubne posebnosti – avangardna umjetnost u regiji 1915. – 1989., Galerijski centar Varaždin, Varaždin, Hrvatska, 2005.
Marijan Molnar, Vila Oršić, varaždin, 2004.
Vlado Martek, Vila Oršić, varaždin, 2004.
Od futurizma do Fontane, Galerija Apendemak, Zagreb, 2002.
Publications
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 monographies, 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.
Arstist monographs
Ješa Denegri, “Gorgona”, ArtInova, Zagreb,
Ješa Denegri, Feđa Vukić, Hrvoje Turković - Aleksandar Srnec (ISBN 9789539567819)
Miško Šuvaković, „Bogdanka i Dejan Poznanović : umetnost, mediji i aktivizam na kraju moderne“ (ISBN 9789535670612)
Želimir Koščević, Vladimir Gudac, “Budić : između geste i programa” (ISBN 9789539567802)
Exhibition catalogues
Transition and Transition (ISBN 9789639537408)
Circles of Interference (ISBN 9789638701466)
At Standstill (ISBN 9789535670605)
Rubne posebnosti : avangardna umjetnost u regiji : Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti, Rijeka, 9. III.-15. IV. 2007. (ISBN 9789536501519 )
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 (ISBN 978-953-579-000-6)
Od futurizma do Fontane, 2002
Other publications
ed. Marinko Sudac, “First World War and Avant-Garde Art”
Ješa Denegri – “Prilozi za drugu liniju 3” (ISBN 9789535867500)
Ješa Denegri - "Razlozi za drugu liniju : za novu umetnost sedamdesetih" (ISBN 978-868-4773-30-4)
Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde
The Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde was created in 2010 as part of the project which has as its goal to research, preserve, present and popularize regional historical Avant-Gardes. The Institute brings together the work of the Virtual Museum of Avant-Garde and the Marinko Sudac Collection. The Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde’s task is to create the work and development strategy of the Museum of Avant-Garde, make projects which promote Avant-Garde art and publish materials on the topic.
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 entire driving force behind our 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.
The Artist on Vacation is a unique project because it does not put any requirements on the artist. We give artists an opportunity to spend their vacation in some of the best and most beautiful environments on the Adriatic coast. There, the artists can rest, swim, eat local Croatian food, explore the city and the Croatian culture and recharge their creative energy. Being exposed to such lovely environment and having the time to relax is often inspiring to artists, and many of our participating artists had decided to turn Poreč into their unofficial studio and create new art.
Each year, at the end of the Project, a grand 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. The Artist on Vacation exhibition marks the start of a new exhibition season in Zagreb.
Also, 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. What is really interesting is that the catalogue is printed in over 100 000 copies. That makes our Artist on Vacation project catalogue the most printed museum catalogue in Croatia (and even the region).
Every year, there is an exclusive one day exhibition organized during the Project.
Participants
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)
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: HD