galerie frank elbaz, Dallas, is pleased to present Investigating the Limits of Painting. On view through October 28. Opening Reception on September 9, from 5-8 p.m.
Curated by Dr. Ivana Bašičević Antić, the exhibition explores the work of Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos and Julije Knifer.
Created in post-war Croatia, their art presents an attempt to resolve the problem of the ‘death of painting’ and could be described as a part of the neo-avant-garde and proto-conceptual practices in Europe. Julije Knifer dedicated his life and career to create “anti-painting,” reducing form down to its simplest iteration, and holding himself to a principle of repetition, while Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos was negating art creating his antipeinture series, turning ready-made objects, like school tables or globes, into works of art. His approach was deeply rooted in philosophy and aimed to investigate the destiny of painting after the experience of wartime death and devastation. The result of his quest was a unique form of anti-art which the author himself named “no-art,” made at the edge of image and text.
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