{"id":32191,"title":"The famous Berlin gallery Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 is setting up an exhibition in Zagreb","excerpt":"From October 6 to 11, the esteemed Berlin gallery Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 is coming to Zagreb for the first time","content":"

The Croatian cultural scene is not asleep, moreover, very exciting exhibitions are taking place. Thus, the esteemed Berlin gallery Soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/a> is coming to Zagreb for the first time from October 6 to 10, with the aim of introducing the Croatian art scene to the work of the gallery and the artists who work under its auspices. His first presentation to the Croatian audience will be with works by world-renowned artists, Trisha Bag, Peter Cortright, Kaspar M\u00fcller, Jeanette Mundt, Bunny Rogers, Timur Si-Qin, Ned Vena, Lu Yang. The exhibition will consist of 12 carefully selected works by these artists, and this somewhat romantic collection that exudes personality will fit perfectly into the intimate ambience of De\u017emanova ulica 1. After the opening of the pop up gallery Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Zagreb, on Tuesday 6.10. in the evening, the exhibition will be on view every day from 12 noon to 10 pm.<\/p>\r\n

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The Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Gallery is one of the most progressive names in the world of contemporary art<\/h3>\r\n

The Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Gallery opened in 2008 and in the meantime has become one of the most progressive names in the world of contemporary art, participating in Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel Hong Kong, Frieze in London, Frieze in New York, Independent in New York, Independent in Brussels, Art Cologne, Art Brussels, Gallery Weekend Berlin, abc Berlin and many other locations. Most gallery artists had their first solo exhibition in the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9, and since then they have been seen in galleries and museums such as the New Museum NY, Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art NY, Pirelli Hangar Bicocca Milan, Hamburger Bohnhof Berlin, Mus\u00e9e d'Art Moderne Paris, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin and many others.<\/p>\r\n

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In their works, artists from the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 touch on the relationship between cultural production and consumption, the circulation of information, identity and cultural history in an era highly networked with technology. This framework has become widespread in the field of contemporary art and gallery artists who offer important perspectives on these issues - are gaining increasing attention from international audiences and institutions.<\/p>\r\n

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Gallery Publishing Initiative - Edition Soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/h3>\r\n

Soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/a> also tests the limitations of what a gallery can produce and with whom. The gallery's publishing initiative - Edition Soci\u00e9t\u00e9, in collaboration with writer and editor John Beeson, has collaborated and established with established graphic designers on the books of many acclaimed artists, including Kaspar M\u00fcller's \"Sch\u00e4tze der Erinnerung\", which won The Most Beautiful Swiss Books in 2016 and \"The Great Pam\", by Trishe Baga, whose review you could read in the April 2015 issue of Artforum.<\/p>\r\n

\"Galerija<\/p>\r\n

In addition, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 is very active in the music industry, producing 12 LPs by several contemporary musicians under the musical direction of Nico Xedro, and presented Cory Arcangels' \"Dances For The Electric Piano\" at the Berlin Philharmonic.<\/p>\r\n

At the Frieze International Fair in New York in 2016, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 exclusively presented gallery artist Sean Crucifix, in collaboration with American brand Soylent and Berlin fashion designer Nhu Duong.<\/p>\r\n

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About the artists who will be presented in the pop up gallery Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Zagreb:<\/h3>\r\n

Trisha Baga<\/strong> (born 1985 in Venice) lives and works in New York City.<\/p>\r\n

She has had solo exhibitions in galleries: Pirelli Hangar Bicocca in Milan, CCC, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard College, Cambridge, Zabludowicz Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art in London and New York.<\/p>\r\n

Baga has also exhibited at several group exhibitions including the Kunsthalle Wien, the Biennale f\u00fcr aktuelle Fotografie, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, PS1, the New York Center d\u2019Art Ceontemporain, the European Biennale of Contemporary Art (Geneva), Julia Stoschek Collection Zurich and ZKM D\u00fcsseorf.<\/p>\r\n

Petra Cotright<\/strong> lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She studied applied arts at the Parsons School of Design, The New School (New York, 2008) and at the California Colled of the Art (San Francisco, California, 2004).<\/p>\r\n

Her works are part of the permanent exhibition of the following museums; Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Perez Museum (Miami), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Modern Musset (Stocholm), MOTI (Breda) in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) MCA Chicago, Kadist Foundation (San Francisco), BAMPFA (Berkeley, CA), The Sun Jose Museum of Art (San Jose, CA), Rhizome\u2019s Net Art Anthology, and MOCA (LA).<\/p>\r\n

Kaspar M\u00fcller<\/strong> (born 1983 in Schaffhausen) lives and works in Berlin and Zurich.<\/p>\r\n

M\u00fcller has had solo exhibitions at: Vleeshal (Middelburg), Hunsthalle Bern, Museum Im Bellpark (Krienc), Hunsthalle Z\u00fcrich and Center d\u2019Art Ceontemporain Luasanne.<\/p>\r\n

He has participated in group exhibitions at: Swiss Institute (New York), Istituto Svizzero di Roma (Rome), MAMCO (Geneve) and Aachener Kunstverein (Aachen)<\/p>\r\n

Timur Si-Qin<\/strong> (born 1984 in Germany) lives and works in New York City.<\/p>\r\n

His work has been presented at exhibitions in Schirn (Frankfurt), High Line (New York), Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Moderne (Paris), KV Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin), Hunsthalle Wien.<\/p>\r\n

He has also participated in major international exhibitions such as the 9th Berlin Biennale (2016) and the Taipei Biennial (2014).<\/p>\r\n

Jeanette Mundt<\/strong> (born 1982 in the US) lives and works in New York City.<\/p>\r\n

She has had solo and group exhibitions in many international galleries and museums including: The New Museum (New York), G2 Hunsthalle (Leipzig), Westf\u00e4lischer Kunstverein (M\u00fcnster) and Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Conteporain (Bordeaux).<\/p>\r\n

Mundt also participated in The Whitney Biennial (2019)<\/p>","post_date":"2020-10-06 13:23:53","post_modified":"2020-10-08 15:47:42","featured_image":"https:\/\/divan.fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/societe_zagreb-1.jpg","post_author":"Matina Ten\u017eera","categories":[{"name":"Izlo\u017ebe","slug":"izlozbe"}]}