Paulina Jazvić. selected works 00/07. Contact.

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1 Paulina Jazvić selected works 00/07 Contact

2 Little menu, 2007 Little menu, 2007 installation view Instalation Exhibited at Modern Gallery & Studio Josip Račić, Zagreb, Croatia (January 12 - February 04, 2007) The new spatial installation Little Menu is a relational work, of personal and markedly auto-referential properties with a typical self-depreciating post-modern narrative impulse, loquacity and free flow of association, while the artist has explained her attitude towards her work and perception of reality as follows: It is important to me that in what I do there is a story, for me to state my viewpoint about what set me off on the given work, I look around me, I walk and observe things; I often collect them to be able to use them in pulling off some installation I have imagined. This collecting component is present, o an obsessive extent perhaps, in this work too. We will across the familiar materials - Perspex, glass, plastic, fabric and diverse objects such as plates, nails and man s shirt with nails, bowls with water, transparent trays, lace, cigarettes, rent painter s canvas, fashion labels carefully served up on a white table with eight 02_paulina jazvić_selected works

3 Little menu, 2007 installation view, detail chairs. There would be too much chance of arbitrariness in going in to the symbolism of eight, but what we can certainly see is the empty chairs on which no one sitting, with no one enjoying the meal, instead of the communal event of sharing food, while the repast served is anyway of a symbolic nature, sometimes with overtones of cannibalism. The attitude to the ready-made is different from what is was in the historical avant-garde. Paulina Jazvić, with her gift for collecting and trough the change in the context of use-objects, i.e., via the serving cold and uncommon and in fact morbidly surrealist fare knits up her relational stories, which, with great irony but without cynicism, probe this author s role in everyday life: woman, mother, artist, university lecturer, her relation to man, women, maternity, tradition, painting and art, trademarks and smoking/cigarettes - all segmented forms of her persona - from which number of other relations and structures can be derived; these structures cannot be changed, only survived. Trough the change in context, the artist changes the content and the visual situation. By arrangement of these inorganic things in the context of ingredients that are usually edible, but which are anything of the selected material and its polysemic code. Željko Marciuš selected works_paulina jazvić_03

4 Fashion talks, 2005 Fashion talks, 2005 installation view Instalation Exhibited at MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia (November 4 - November 5, 2005) Petero umjetnika problematizira pitanje tijela, odijevanja i umjetnosti, te njihove međusobne odnose... Umjetnici se bave pitanjima visoke i niske, elitne i popularne kulture, a poseban je naglasak na pristupu tretiranja tijela i podvrgavanju represivnim mjerama modnog diktata. Paulina Jazvić pokušava ugurati idealno žensko tijelo, kakvim je smatrano tijelo lutke Barbie, unutar bijelog IKEA okvira. Barbie pruža otpor, pa ju se ukalupljuje lomeći joj noge i vrat. Upotrijebljene cipele uz tekstualne poruke, stvaraju pak instalaciju dnevničkog karaktera. 04_paulina jazvić_selected works

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8 Things I think about in my bathroom, 2003 exhibition view Things I think about in my bathroom, 2003 installation Exhibited at Gallery Galženica, Velika Gorica, Croatia (April 23 - May 14, 2003) Paulina is exhibiting her past, which has bean represented into the subconscious. Memories immersed in water. She drowned her Little Shop of Horrors published by Matica Hrvatska, along with some everyday notes and a series of personal belongings. Everything is left to float in the sandbags filled with water. In time, memories fade away and water dissolves the objects. We easily get more relaxed if we are immerged in water. We float in slow motion. We surrender our thoughts, but water is powerful. Water slows down the time and erases distances. 08_paulina jazvić_selected works

9 Things I think about in my bathroom, 2003 installation view Self-control becomes futile. We surrender to the mass of water, which takes over us. We surrender to it, and it just like falling asleep. We fall into water just like we fall asleep. Dreams are our connection to the subconscious. Daniel Tomičić selected works_paulina jazvić_09

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12 Housewife of Croatia, 2003 I. part of installation Housewife of Croatia, 3003 Instalation in two parts (diptych) plexiglass, glass, objects ø 90 cm, 40 cm depth 12_paulina jazvić_selected works

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14 Housewife of Croatia, 2003 II. part of installation, details Paulina Jazvić combines the impoverished aesthetics of suburban grocers shops and the elite Prada boutiques, using them solely as cultural phenomena whose absurd new contextualization within a work of art evokes neither the production relations of capitalism nor the metaphysics of their possible absolution. ( ) Although the articles used - pins, perfumes, nail varnish, juice extractor, children s dolls, Apaurin, etc., all stored away into preserve jars for winter food stores, on into plastic bags filled with water - suggest an anchor being cast into the very heart of conflict, the final objectification of a work of art subjects all those artistic ordinariness of an object-withoutmeaning they may have and which could still, perhaps, have maintained the illusion of a link to authentic pop-culture. Krešimir Purgar 14_paulina jazvić_selected works

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16 Bibliobus art, 2003 Bibliobus art, 2003 installation view, detail installation Exhibited in Bibliobus of Fran Galović Library, Koprivnica, Croatia 16_paulina jazvić_selected works

17 Bibliobus art, 2003 installation view, detail Buvljak u bibliobusu Paulina Jazvić dosad je izlagala slike, ambijente i instalacije koje su po svojem sadržaju i formi bile maštovita nakupina najrazličitijih stvari, uglavnom iz inventara osobne mitologije. Tu je praksu nastavila i u ovome projektu: na poticaj mlade kritičarke Ane Tuk, Paulina je lokalni isluženi bibliobus nakratko učinila odlagalištem svakodnevnih predmeta koji više nemaju funkciju ili su nezanimljivi kao uporabne stvari Neposredni povod za instaliranje ambijenta Bibliobus Art mlade zagrebačke autorice Pauline Jazvić prestanak je rada bibliobusa koprivničke Gradske knjižnice i čitaonice. Budući da je riječ o odlasku putujuće knjižnice u mirovinu, a ne o nekoj incidentalnoj, društveno uvjetovanoj situaciji, intervencija u bibliobusni prostor nije znak protesta, nego poentiranje njegove (odumirajuće) kulturne, prostorne i semantičke kvalitete. Ta se akcija, dakle, referira na one vrijednosti koje je isluženi bibliobus imao kao putujuća institucija, kao kulturalna metafora i kao stvarni fizički prostor, ali tek u sretnom preklapanju s tematskim, idejnim i oblikovnim postupcima koje je autorica već prije definirala zaštitnim znakom svoga umjetničkog djelovanja. selected works_paulina jazvić_17

18 Bibliobus art, 2003 installation view, detail Ljepota tričarija Paulina Jazvić dosad je izlagala slike, ambijente i instalacije koje su po svojem sadržaju i formi bile maštovita nakupina najrazličitijih stvari, uglavnom iz inventara osobne mitologije. Tu je praksu nastavila i u ovome projektu: na poticaj mlade kritičarke Ane Tuk, Paulina je lokalni isluženi bibliobus nakratko učinila odlagalištem svakodnevnih predmeta koji više nemaju funkciju ili su nezanimljivi kao uporabne stvari. Uzeti u doslovnom značenju, predmeti iz njezina ambijenta čine se kao kaotični skup odbačenih, još samo eventualno na buvljaku važnih tričarija, poput igračaka, starih fotografija, okvira, bočica, ambalaže i slično. U osmišljenoj umjetničkoj akciji i u vrlo pažljivo aranžiranoj instalaciji ti predmeti, kao samostalne cjeline i, posebno, u međusobnim odnosima, izazivaju mnoštvo asocijacija: od postupaka koji upućuju na morbidnosti suvremene civilizacije, preko podsjećanja na prenatrpanost predmetima u modernim shopping-centrima i ekoloških stavova o svijetu kao velikom skladištu do izravno konotirane ideje o (ne)značenju knjige u današnjem društvu. Autorica, naime, na police putujuće knjižnice i u slobodni prostor postavlja i knjige, koje u programiranoj zbrci jedva da odvajamo od tričarija, a kao poentu nameće i eksplicitno odvagivanje knjige kao duhovne vrijednosti i (makete) automobila kao fetiša potrošačke kulture. 18_paulina jazvić_selected works

19 Bibliobus art, 2003 installation view, detail Curenje vremena... Ipak, najveći razlog za instalaciju u bibliobusu nalazimo u asociranju ideje prolaznosti i trošnosti. U prostorni okvir istrošenoga putujućeg busa za knjige Paulina Jazvić instalira predmete koji svojom funkcijom, postavom, vrijednošću i semantičkim svojstvima izravno upućuju na temporalna određenja: curenje vremena pretvara predmete u ropotarnicu (ili, u najboljem slučaju, u skladište uspomena), vremenski tijek zaustavlja kulturni mehanizam kojem je pokret bio najvažnije svojstvo. Akcija u bibliobusu još se na jednoj razini dotiče prijašnjih autoričinih radova i temeljnih određenja njezine umjetničke strategije. Njezin interes vezan je, naime, i uz pitanja recepcije umjetnosti danas i uz traženje boljih i komunikativnijih tipova izlagačke politike. Izlaganje u bibliobusu, odnosno preobrazba njegova sadržaja u prostor umjetničke akcije, korespondira tako s njezinom praksom izlaganja u frekventnim prostorima omladinskih klubova, čitaonica i banaka. Stoga boljeg umjetnika i smislenije akcije za otpraćanje staroga koprivničkog bibliobusa u mirovinu teško da bi se moglo naći. Marijan Špoljar selected works_paulina jazvić_19

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22 Little Shop of Horrors II, 2002 Little Shop of Horrors II, 2002 installation view, detail Instalation Exhibited at Močvara, Zagreb, Croatia (March 21 - March 22, 2002) 22_paulina jazvić_selected works

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26 Pinky room, 2002 Pinky room, 2002 installation view, detail Instalation Exhibited at Gliptoteka HAZU Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (September 10 - September 25, 2002) In her installations fashioned from various materials and found objects, shown lately at the Gallery of Matica Hrvatska, Močvara Club and Gallery VN she points out the element of collecting. By the author s intervention the objects of everyday use are transferred to the domain of art, thus creating a new atmosphere full of strong coloristic charge and taking on a new meaning contrary to stereotypes. Janka Vukmir 26_paulina jazvić_selected works

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30 Anyone has own Angel, 2001 Anyone has own Angel, 2001 exhibition view Instalation Exhibited at Kula Lotrščak, Zagreb, Croatia (November 15 - November 29, 2001) Angels are good. One should have one s own angel. ( ) He will guard, protect and save you. It is important to know how to chose the right angel. One can choose them by meters. They are on display and there is little difference between them at first glance. ( ) You will see various pictures in your prayer. You will muse about your identity as transvestites do. This is deep question which could make you feel sad, but your guardian angel will show you the beauty in natural balance. ( ) Daniel Tomičić You contact him trough prayer. While you are praying you have to concentrate on thoughts and exclude the world around you. ( ) 30_paulina jazvić_selected works

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32 Anyone has own Angel, 2001 installation view, detail 32_paulina jazvić_selected works

33 Anyone has own Angel (Angels on centimeters), 2001 installation view, detail selected works_paulina jazvić_33

34 Little Shop of Horrors I, 2001 Little Shop of Horrors I, 2001 installation view, detail Instalation Exhibited at Matica hrvatska Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (December 20, January 4, 2002) Soba sitnih čudesa Izrovan, pun zapreka i pomalo stravičan, hodnik koji vodi u galeriju Matice hrvatske u Zagrebu - to je odgovarajući uvod u ambijent koji se upravo tamo može i pogledati - rad umjetnice Pauline Jazvić, koja je uz dizajn odjeće i tekstila ove godine završila Likovnu akademiju u Zagrebu, što se odražava u njezinu radu. Suprotno trenutnom raspoloženju zvončića i Djeda Mraza, njezina izložba naslovom, ali ne i elementima, od toga odudara. Nazvana je naime»mala prodavaonica užasa«. Paulina Jazvić je uza zidove cijele jedne galerijske prostorije postavila mnoštvo kartonskih kutija različitih veličina omotanih u raznobojne papire koji izgledaju kao pokloni, a služe kao police za raznovrsne malene predmete. I sa stropa vise raznoliki predmeti. Neke od objekata nalazimo u svakoj kući: lutke, kutijice za kreme i od čajeva, cipele, knjižice. Neke baš i ne u svakoj kući: obješene osušene miševe. No, svi objekti su prenamijenjeni. Lutkina je odvojena glava završila u staklenoj posudi s tekući- 34_paulina jazvić_selected works

35 Little Shop of Horrors I, 2001 installation view, detail nom te izgleda kao nasmiješena beba u formalinu. Druga glava je otvorena i dobila još jednu unutra, a treća se nalazi u šalici na gramofonu. Uz nabrojeno tu su predmeti kojima se koristila u svome dizajnerskom poslu kao krojačka lutka ili koje je sama napravila kao lutke od platna, jastuci i slike, a svi zajedno čine nebrojeno minijaturnih instalacija koje su često popraćene duhovitim natpisima. Ništa u ovoj prodavaonici nije stravično. Lutke koje izgledaju kao u formalinu ne asociraju na organe i degenerirane pojave kakve nalazimo na patologiji, već su smiješne. Kao i u većini prodavaonica i ovdje na izlasku možete donirati za hrvatske umjetnike, kako vam kaže natpis, koji nije tragičan, već ironičan. Osim toga, prostor nije u polutami, ne djeluje kao neki mističan stari dućan, već u djelu sudjelujemo pod jakim osvjetljenjem uz muziku. U toj prodavaonici-igraoni- selected works_paulina jazvić_35

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38 Little Shop of Horrors I, 2001 installation view, details ci možemo proučavati, čeprkati po bezbrojnim interesantnim stvarčicama koje u potpunosti zaokupe našu pažnju. Ta mogućnost da se udubimo u malena istraživanja i virenja tuđih predmeta je jedan od zanimljivijih aspekata izložbe. Tako smo uvučeni u prostor neestetiziranih predmeta koji nisu»lijepo«upakirani niti masovno dostupni, te prostor koji ne sliči niti jednoj prodavaonici potrošačkog društva. Pulina Jazvić, perspektivna mlada umjetnica, postavila je tako pretrpan ambijent koji je istodobno dječja soba, intimni alkemičarski laboratorij i soba luđaka, a podsjeća na manirističke sobe čudesa s fetusima i patuljcima. No, umjesto kemikalijama tamo se eksperimentira s istrošenim predmetima koji postaju raznolike duhovite, bizarne, ironične ili samo vesele, vedre i zabavne instalacije. Sunčica Ostoić 38_paulina jazvić_selected works

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