ISPRAŽNJENI PROSTORI
MEŠTROVIĆEV PAVILJON U GOSTOVANJU
GALERIJA ART&CERZE, 2. — 26. 4. 2025.
Očuvane u staklenoj membrani poput kakvih živih tkiva, fotomontaže vizualne umjetnice Petre Šabić bilježe gotovo pleneristički osvijetljene fotografske kompozicije uhvaćene tijekom svakodnevnih transfera kroz umjetnici bliske prostore. Svaka od izloženih fotografija nastajala je u periodu od pet godina u kojima je umjetnica objektivom zamrznula vizualno pročišćena mjesta boravka i prolaska koji su je podsjećali na prostorne crteže s dinamičnim odnosima linije i plohe. Okupljene na jednom mjestu, fotografije su iskaz patine vremena i prostora koji su u sadašnjosti potpuno izmijenjeni i čiji obrisi vizura sada leže duboko zakopani u memoriji autorice. Želeći ponovno oživjeti i interpretirati te minule uspomene, autorica nadopunjava poroznost svojih sjećanja na uhvaćene kadrove pomoću tehnike kolaža i kolorističkih intervencija koji kroz modifikacije umjetnice postaju osebujne, preobražene topografije uspomena. Svakom tretiranom površinom fotografije, kroz intuitivnu i asocijativnu akciju kolažem i bojom, u autorici iznova navire bujica emocija koja ostaje zapečaćena u nepropusnim staklenim okvirima, koji ujedno služe i kao svojevrsne intimne spomen-ploče. Koncept popunjavanja praznina u sjećanju ogleda se i u procesu cijanotipije koji Šabić naprasno prekida ne bi li usred preslika na papir svjesno ovjekovječila nastajanje krhotine traga prošlosti. Usprkos tomu što rad kontinuirano evocira zaboravljene točke autoričinog pamćenja, on se u jednakoj mjeri bavi i današnjicom iz koje umjetnica preispituje svoj odnos prema fotografiranim krajolicima i prethodnim verzijama sebe koje su instinktivno zabilježile te pejzaže. Primjerice, nasumičnim biranjem izrezanih dijelova novinskih članaka, Šabić u dadaističkoj maniri manipulira fotografijama kako bi, kroz ponekad apsurdne i humorističke momente, utisnula drugačije kontekste prostorima u kojima, uz fosile emocija, koegzistiraju i kroz kolaže opredmećene
perspektive sadašnjice. Tako i sliv amorfnih, obojenih površina nije ništa osim dopisivanja svježih značenja koje u trenutačnoj životnoj fazi Šabić projicira na fotomontaže. Nemalu ulogu u radu poprima i uvijek promjenjiv ambijent izložbenog prostora koji različitim gradbenim strukturama neprestance omogućuje nove doživljajne prizme koje promatračima mogu, iz nebrojenih kutova gledanja, spontano izbijati poput blagih bljesaka nostalgije.
EMPTY SPACES
MEŠTROVIĆ PAVILION VISITING PROGRAM
ART&CERZE GALLERY, 2 — 26 APRIL 2025
Preserved within a glass membrane, like living tissue, the photomontages of visual artist Petra Šabić capture photographic compositions in almost plein-air lighting, recorded during her daily transits through familiar spaces. Each exhibited photograph was created over a period of five years, during which the artist’s lens froze visually purified places of residence and passage that reminded her of spatial drawings with dynamic interactions between line and surface. Gathered in one place, the photographs bear witness to the patina of time in spaces that have since been entirely transformed, their outlines now buried deep within the artist’s memory. Seeking to revive and reinterpret these past recollections, the artist fills the porous gaps in her memories of these captured frames using collage techniques and chromatic interventions. Through these modifications, they become distinctive, transformed topographies of memory. With each treated photographic surface, through an intuitive and associative interplay of collage and colour, the artist experiences a flood of emotions that remain sealed within the impermeable glass frames, which also serve as intimate memorial plaques. The concept of filling in the gaps in memory is also reflected in the cyanotype process, which Šabić abruptly interrupts mid-transfer onto paper to consciously immortalise the fragmentary trace of the past. Even though the work continuously evokes forgotten moments from the artist’s memory, it also engages with the present from which the artist re-examines her relationship to the photographed landscapes and the previous versions of herself who instinctively recorded them. For instance, by randomly selecting cut-out excerpts from newspaper articles, Šabić manipulates the photographs in a Dadaist manner to imprint different contexts onto spaces where, alongside emotional fossils, materialised perspectives
of the present coexist through collage—at times evoking moments of absurdity and humour. Similarly, the confluence of amorphous, coloured surfaces is nothing more than the inscribing of fresh meanings that Šabić projects onto photomontages in her current life phase. The ever-changing environment of the exhibition space also plays a significant role in the work, which, with its various structural elements, continuously offers new experiential prisms that can spontaneously emerge for observers from countless angles like gentle flashes of nostalgia.
(1995., Zagreb/Bjelovar)
Slikarica i vizualna umjetnica; aktivna u području umjetničkog stvaralaštva i rada u kulturnim i kreativnim produkcijama. Diplomirala je Likovnu kulturu i slikarstvo (Magna Cum Laude) na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu i završila je program obrazovanja Grafički dizajn pri Visokom učilištu Algebra. Dobitnica je nekoliko pohvala za uspješan rad tijekom studija i Rektorove nagrade Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Do sada je postavila 14 samostalnih izložbi, a sudjelovala je na brojnim skupnim izložbama (tridesetak), uključujući međunarodne izložbe u Indiji i Vijetnamu. Izradila je scenografije za koncerte, ilustracije za prvu inačicu ilustriranog Rječnika stranih riječi Bratoljuba Klaića, dobitnica je „Nagrade publike“ u sklopu izložbe Erste Fragmenti 17. i izradila je 14. likovno rješenje plakata na pročelju zgrade tvrtke CROZ na temu Sinestezija. Sudjelovala je u rezidencijalnom programu De/konstrukcija slike u Leipzigu. Članica je HDLU-a i HZSU-a.
Radila je kao vanjska suradnica MSU-a; kao urednica i stručna suradnica u području metodike i didaktike za predmete Likovna kultura i Likovna umjetnost u projektu Izrade scenarija poučavanja (Visoko učilište Algebra i CARNET); a trenutačno je koordinatorica projekta Erasmus+, Umjetnici za umjetničko obrazovanje (HDLU). Do sada je surađivala s brojnim institucijama, kulturnim centrima i udrugama u organizaciji i provedbi likovnih radionica, edukacija i drugih projekata u kulturi.
U svom radu istražuje povezanost kreativnog procesa i unutarnjeg kognitivnog prostora, ispituje uloge umjetnosti u oblikovanju unutarnjeg prostora uma.
Dokumentira svoja promišljanja i prevodi ih u vizualni jezik kroz mapiranje i asocijacije, a zatim ih ponovno upisuje u iluzornu dubinu unutarnjih prostora putem slojevitosti i reinterpretacije stvarajući prostore koji se umnožavaju, povezuju i razotkrivaju. U recentnom radu ispituje mogućnosti različitih medija – site-specific instalacija, tapiserije i tekstila, fotografskih objekata – i bilježi transverzalna značenja u svijetu kojim je okružena.
psabic1@gmail.com
Painter and visual artist; active in the field of artistic creation as well as cultural and creative productions. She graduated in Art Education and Painting (Magna Cum Laude) from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and completed the Graphic Design education program at Algebra University College. She has received several commendations for her academic work during and the Rector’s Award of the University of Zagreb. To date, she has had 14 solo exhibitions, and participated in numerous group exhibitions (about 30), including international exhibitions in India and Vietnam. She has designed stage sets for concerts, created illustrations for the first illustrated edition of Bratoljub Klaić’s Dictionary of Foreign Words, won the “Audience Award” at the Erste Fragments 17 exhibition, and created the 14th poster design on the façade of the CROZ company building on the theme of Synesthesia. She participated in the De/construction of a Painting residency programme in Leipzig. She is a member of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists (HDLU) and the Croatian Freelance Artists Association (HZSU).
She worked as an external associate for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MSU), as an editor and expert associate in methodology and didactics for Art Education and Fine Arts in the Teaching Scenario Development project (Algebra University College and CARNET), and is currently the project coordinator for the Erasmus+ Artists for Art Education programme (HDLU). She has collaborated with numerous institutions, cultural centers and associations in organising and implementing art workshops, educational programmes and other cultural projects.
In her work, she explores the connection between the creative process and the internal cognitive space, examining the role of art in shaping the inner mindscape. She documents her reflections and translates them into a visual language through mapping and associations, and then re-inscribes them into the illusory depth of internal spaces through layering and reinterpretation, creating spaces that multiply, connect and reveal themselves. In her recent work, she explores the possibilities of various media - site-specific installations, tapestries and textiles, photographic objects - and records transversal meanings in the world around her.
