Art magazin - Zlatko Vasić

Autor: Zlatko Vasić
Osnovna delatnost: slikar
Adresa: Nobelvägen 94B, 212 15 Malmö, Sweden
Telefon: 46-40-29 38 26
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Web: www.svenskakonstnarer.se/galleri/zlatko

Rreprodukcije

Novi Svet, 1996. Olovka B4, 70 x 50 cm	Izbavljenje, 1998. Meki pastel, 100 x 70 cm	Delirium za dvoje, 1996. Olovka B4, 70 x 50 cm
Telesna klaustrofobija, 1998. Olovka B4, 60 x 50 cm	Upišite šifru, 1994. Olovka B4, 70 x 50 cm	Metamorfoza, 1998. Olovka B4, 70 x 50 cm
Delirium za dvoje II, 1996. Olovka B4, 70 x 50 cm	Metamorfoza I , 1998. crtež/kolaž, 70 x 50 cm	Adam i Eva, 1998. Olovka B4, 70 x 50 cm

Biografija

Zlatko Vasic was born in Tuzla, former Yugoslavia, 1963. From early days Vasic was interested to explore and study art techniques. 1978 he participated in the Groharjev Art Colony,Colony of Yugoslav Young Talents, and got the second prize. His first separate exhibition was opened by the famous Yugoslav artist Dragisa Trifkovic in 1981, Tuzla. Some of Vasics art works were donated to build the monument of Branislav Nusic, Yugoslav writer, in Belgrade. By the art exhibitions Vasic has made illustrations for novels of Radoje Domanovic, Behdzer Barsom, Lawrence F. Farrar, Maryana Pinchuk, etc.

In 1991 he moved to Sweden where he continues to work and make exhibitions with his American friends Jim Pollock, Jim Mackay, Coco Gordon, etc.

New Masters Exhibition was one of Vasic success in New York, World Fine Art Gallery 1998. Art Magazine Diaspora wrote: "The human body still represents an unexplored secret for the scientific world, making it an exciting challenge for Vasic, entagled bodies, grotesque gestures and impossible positions, life’s filth seasoned with people’s abstract thoughts leading nowhere, the sterility of a right-thinking society which produces everyday robots, the unavoidable disappearance of our own individuality a claustrophobic feeling despite open environment are only a bit of what Zlatko Vasic exploits in his art. Vasics art is a sensible message a methodical way to inspect artistic variety and examine the question of how far we we may go in art and how long art will prevail."

"In 2000, artist Jim Pollock, wrote in American News and The Gallery Channel about exhibiton The Last Waltz. The Last Waltz, River of Art, is unique because the exhibit itself is the work of art. According to one of the artists and organizers, Zlatko Vasic, the exhibit becomes the art, the independent artists organizing and participating become the media. As the exhibit flows from place to place and pieces are sold, new pieces and new artists are added."

John T.Spike, art historian and critic
Director of Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contamporanea, Città di Firenze, Italia

Selected reviews, articles, cataloques:

Art Cataloque- Cartoonists Rights Network
Art Catalogue- Artistic Flags Festival, Novi Sad,SCG
Art Catalogue- Biennale Internationale d'Art Miniature, Ville-Marie
Art Catalogue- The Sixth International Biennial of Miniature Arts
Art Catalogue- MAC21 Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Marbella
Art Catalogue- The World Festival of Art on Paper
Art Catalogue- International Biennale for Contemporary Art, Florence
Art Catalogue- The International World Art Exhibition, The Last Waltz, Stockholm

George Washington University-Art Review,Shanon Darby, USA; DirectArtMagazine; NewYork, USA, ArtNews, New York, ArtNewEngland Magazine-USA; AmericanNews-USA; ASA-Australia; ArtsAlive-USA; TheGalleryChannel-England; Centro di Informazione-Italy, Elena Conti; Art Scope-USA, Joe Matuzak, Judy Malloy; Arts for All-USA, Anne M.Carley; PrairiePioneer-USA; Capital Journal-USA; KCCR News-USA; Sioux-USA; People-USA; Pergament-Sweden; Diaspora- Sweden; Sydsvenska Dagbladet-Sweden; Kulturkalendern-Sweden; Skanska Dagbladet-Sweden; Arbetet-Sweden; När&Var-Sweden; Staffanstorps Aktuellt-Sweden; TV4-Sweden, TV-SydNytt-Sweden; Politika-Yugoslavia; Front Slobode-Yugoslavia; Malmöguiden-Sweden, Patrick Lion; LommaBladet-Sweden; ÖsterlenMagasinet-Sweden; StadsdeltidningenKirseberg-Sweden; Tiker News-Yugoslavia; Euro-News; Stickman Review; Art Rom; Blic-Europa, Vecernje Novosti, Glas Javnosti, RTB, RTS, TV ART, Belgrade Mystic Horizon Press.

Samostalne izložbe

2005. Gallery Yubin, Belgrade, SCG
2004. Gallery Svenshög, Lund, Sweden
2002. Gallery Melanie Smith, NC, USA
2001. Galeria d’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain
2000. Gallery S:t Gertrud, Malmö, Sweden
2000. Gallery Amos, Malmö, Sweden
2000. Gallery Well, Skanör, Sweden
2000. Gallery Benjamin, Bjärred, Sweden
1999. Greek Cultural Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
1999. Gallery Atelje 2000, Malmö, Sweden
1998. World Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA
1998. Gallery Af-Culture, Malmö, Sweden
1997. Latin Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
1996. Gallery Theaters Hall, Lund, Sweden
1995. City Hall, Lund, Sweden
1995. Gallery of the Folk University, Malmö, Sweden
1989. Galery Kuljevic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1985. Gallery Dom JNA, Tuzla, Yugoslavia

Grupne izložbe

2006. Cartoonists Rights Network (Ion Luca Caragiales ), Rumenien
2006. "The Phases of Eve", Augusto Fine Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2005. Artistic Flags Festival, Novi Sad, SCG
2004. Art Drawings, WIPArt Gallery, AZ, USA
2002. Feria Internacional de Arte Contamporáneo de Marbella, Spain
2002. Biennale Internationale d’Art Miniature-Ville Marie, Canada
2001. Swedish-Amerikan Museum, Chicago, USA
2001. International Biennale For Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy
2000. The Sixth International Biennial of Miniature Arts, G. Milanovac, Yugoslavia
2000. The World Festival of Art on Paper; Kranj, Slovenia
2000. The International Art festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
1978. Groharjevs Art Colony (for young talangs), S. Palanka, Yugoslavia

Kritike: James Langston

The Research of Vasic's Art Works published by artist James Langston in Florida, USA The art works of Zlatko Vasic are both stunning and shocking in their honesty. There is so much thought and energy flowing into and out of these works that seeing them is a conversation taking place in real time. Each of his unique works demands your attention. The surface images grab you and the messages is forced into your sub-conscious. Although these works are not abstract in the true sense, they remind me of what Marc Chagall said: "What I mean by "abstract" is something which comes to life spontaneously through a gamut of contrasts, plastic at the same time as psychic, and pervades both the picture and the eye of the spectator with conceptions of new and unfamiliar elements..." This well fits these art works. Plastic skin, plastic fabric and plastic objects fill these works. The message is not just a picture plane icon but each goes much deeper. I have watched as Vasic's works have progressed and his unique grasp of the human condition and reaction to daily life through his work still bring the same excitement as they did when I first saw them two years ago. The difference in Vasic’s works and that of many other contemporary artists is his attention to detail and the level of emotional energy that flows into each work. The experience of seeing Vasic’s works is similar to watching a horrible accident and walking away, knowing that you are safe and sound while such tragedy exists around you.The message stays with you. We struggle as a species and most times we survive to become stronger, and more resilient to withstand the next struggle. Vasic states that the goal of his artwork is, "a metamorphosis of the soul which enables us to change into what we are". This is achieved with great emphasis on changing who we are from the experiences we view in his work.

James Langston, artist

Kritike: Ingrid Alers

Le travail de l’artiste Zlatko Vasic peut être choquant et dérangeant. L’artiste propose une vision différente et multiple du corps qu’il déforme à volonté, lui faisant épousant d’improbables positions. Hors des limites plastiques conventionnelles, Zlatko Vasic nous donne à voir, au delà des traits puissant.

Ingrid Alers

Kritike: DIASPORA Magazine

The unreality of reality in the art of Zlatko Vasic
DIASPORA Magazine, Stockholm, Sweden

A few years ago Zlatko Vasic came to think about the possibility to break up artistic rules at the same time as trying to stick to the professional views over art forms and techniques. The only way out was to enter surrealism and create an unimaginable combination between social realism and anarcho liberalism.

The human body still represents an unexplored secret for the scientific world, making it an exciting challenge for Vasic. Entagled bodies, grotesque gestures and impossible positions, life´s filth seasoned with people´s abstract thoughts leading nowhere, the sterility of a right-thinking society which produces everyday idiots, the unavoidable disappearance of our own individuality, a claustrophobic feeling despite open environment are only a bit of what Zlatko Vasic exploits in his art end fix on paper with the help of his pencil; things that people do not see, or do not want to see, or do not dare to see come up in his conscience. The most important is the story Vasics´art tells, our past, a psychologically unstable situation within us that influences and directs the way we think and eventually a metamorphosis of the soul which enables us to change into what we are - The Unreality of Reality.

Vasics´art is not horror show, it is a sensible message, a methodical way to inspect artistic variety and examine the question of how far we may go in art and how long art will prevail.

Kritike: James Langston

The art works of Zlatko Vasic are both stunning and shocking in their honesty. There is so much thought and energy flowing into and out of these works that seeing them is a conversation taking place in real time. Each of his unique works demands your attention. The surface images grab you and the messages is forced into your sub-conscious. Although these works are not abstract in the true sense, they remind me of what Marc Chagall said:

"What I mean by "abstract" is something which comes to life spontaneously through a gamut of contrasts, plastic at the same time as psychic, and pervades both the picture and the eye of the spectator with conceptions of new and unfamiliar elements..."

This well fits these art works. Plastic skin, plastic fabric and plastic objects fill these works. The message is not just a picture plane icon but each goes much deeper.

I have watched as Vasic's works have progressed and his unique grasp of the human condition and reaction to daily life through his work still bring the same excitement as they did when I first saw them two years ago. The difference in Vasic’s works and that of many other contemporary artists is his attention to detail and the level of emotional energy that flows into each work. The experience of seeing Vasic’s works is similar to watching a horrible accident and walking away, knowing that you are safe and sound while such tragedy exists around you.The message stays with you. We struggle as a species and most times we survive to become stronger, and more resilient to withstand the next struggle. Vasic states that the goal of his artwork is, "a metamorphosis of the soul which enables us to change into what we are". This is achieved with great emphasis on changing who we are from the experiences we view in his work.

James Langston, artist