| Anita Kontrec uses the biographical facts about Ruža and her connection to Ivan Meštrović only as an “armature” for the iconographic evaluation of the complexity of this relationship in its personal, intimate and general cultural level. Using the interpolation of objects, assembly, installation and facsimiles of manuscripts, Anita Kontrec has built an (ir)rational construction, creating a series of objects and associations that border on the real and the speculative, the illustrative and the symbolic, the decorative and the provocative. mehr...
Thus she has created a new environment, characterised by meaningful segments and layers in the act of interpreting given themes ranging from the subtly poetic (everyday objects, fashion accessories) with which she creates atmosphere and reincarnates the spirit of another time and place, to multi-levelled accents of forceful expression (barbed wire, installation entitled Ruža’s children), all of which are linked to the intimate drama of the protagonists.
The most challenging task for Anita Kontrec is creating a dialogue between Meštrović’s traditional sculptures and the connotations emanating from them by the contraposition of various poetics and “tools”. By introducing new artistic media, materials and methodology, Anita Kontrec provides a contemporary interpretation, adding her own individual, creative embroidery to the “preserved” fabric of the museum. With her strong sense for proportion and sculptural sensitivity, she adapts to the museum space, commemorating it as a place of memories.
Danica Plazibat
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