1 50 1 http://moremuseum.org/omeka/files/original/575536c016fbb8f38a5a7f59e31d8ce1.jpg 178ec5c3a40f5f29519315aed9847a93 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Knifer cm 30 x 42.jpg Description An account of the resource Scan of the artwork realized in Brunnenburg, made by Archivio F. Conz. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource file jpg, 121,497 x 168, 487 cm, 72 dpi Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Julije Knifer Description An account of the resource Julije Knifer (1924-2004) was a Croatian artist, who was born in Osijek and died in Paris, where he had lived since 1994. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts of Zagreb in 1956, by the late '50s he developed his research starting from the geometrical pattern of the "meander", which he reproduced in different formats and with different techniques, eventually introducing a practice of conceptual matrix imprinted on seriality and formal reductionism. His first production, influenced by Russian Suprematism and serial music, was characterized by the repetition of the meander's pattern in black and white paintings; from the late 60s he introduced other colors and adopted large sizes and even murals. The "meanders" were displayed for the first time in the exhibition "New Tendencies" at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Zagreb in 1961, and later in “New Tendencies 2” in 1963, “New Tendencies 4” in 1969 and “New Tendencies 5" in 1973. He also participated in major international exhibitions such as the Art Abstrait Constructif International at the Denise René Gallery of Paris (1961-1962), Konstruktivisten at the Städtisches Museum in Leverkusen (1962), the VI International Art Biennale of San Marino “Beyond the Informal” (1963); he participated twice in the Venice Biennale (1976, 2001), and three times in the Sao Paulo Biennale (1973, 1979, 1981). His works are also included in major museum collections such as the MoMA in New York and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Knifer was among the founders of the group Gorgona, active in Zagreb between 1959 and 1966. The group also included Josip Vaništa, the sculptor Ivan Kozaric, critics Radoslav Putar, Matko Meštrović, Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos and architect Miljenko Horvat. Every one of the artists of Gorgona maintained, developed and enjoyed full creative autonomy. Gorgona has supported various unconventional forms of artistic activity, mainly divided into three sections: the exhibitions at the Studio G (1961-1963, Schira Salon, Zagreb, Croatia), the publication of the anti-magazine "Gorgona" (1961-1966 each edition was a work of art in itself), and the creation of concepts, projects and various forms of artistic communication. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Knifer, Julije Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Knifer, Julije Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Scotti, Marco Zinelli, Anna Description An account of the resource In March 1991 the collector and publisher Francesco Conz, in collaboration with the <a href="http://www.msu.hr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti - MSU Zagreb</a>, invited a few artists who had been part of Gorgona, the Croatian avant-garde group active between 1959 and 1966, to an artistic residency at the castle of Brunnenburg in Merano, Italy. This residency should have resulted in a publication linked to the monumental project Conz dedicated to Ezra Pound - <a href="http://www.patriziopeterlini.it/conz/lalivre.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">La Livre, </a>which was never completed.<br />During their residency, the five artists created thirteen works of art as well as fifteen hand-made copies of each work. All of which were created on the same size of paper. These works should have been part of a box, an art edition that initially should have included large-scale reproductions of seven of the group's old works, printed on canvas in Como, in addition to en eight obtained by merging the former in a continuous strip to create sort of a "collective work" - together with photographs documenting the residency, historical photographs and video interviews filmed in Brunnenburg. Conz died in 2010 but the box was never finished, although all of its components had been created, except for the folder that was supposed to contain them. The works of the artists have since remained in F. Conz's Archive. <br />At Brunnenburg, Knifer proposed his classic "meander" theme, a geometric structure characterized by the contrasts between black and white, which he introduced at the end of 1959 as a form of "anti-painting". Nena Dimitrijević identified it as a synonym of his "artistic identity" and claimed that he, inspired by Primary Painting and Hard Edge aesthetics, adopted a form of conceptualization of the artistic practice which identifies with a single pictorial solution, a symbol that is the sublimation of radical will. <br /><a href="https://www.repository.unipr.it/bitstream/1889/2662/1/Knifer_untitled.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read more.</a> Relation A related resource DSpace: <a href="http://dspace-unipr.cineca.it/handle/1889/2662" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://dspace-unipr.cineca.it/handle/1889/2662</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Language A language of the resource English Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Julije Knifer MoRE Museum Ideological reasons Logistical reasons