White Cube opens the first UK exhibition by artist duo TARWUK
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Sunday, November 10, 2024


White Cube opens the first UK exhibition by artist duo TARWUK
TARWUK, MRTISKLAAH_stserof_eht_evoba_pihs_dnuob_nevaeH, 2022. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 124.5 x 205.6 x 7 cm | 49 x 80 15/16 x 2 3/4 in. © TARWUK. Photo © White Cube (David Westwood).



LONDON.- White Cube Mason’s Yard is presenting ‘Posadila sam kost u zimskom vrtu’, the first UK exhibition by artist duo TARWUK (Bruno Pogačnik Tremow and Ivana Vukšić, both born 1981). Working as a single entity, TARWUK have created an installation comprising a new group of sculptures, paintings and works on paper. The exhibition’s title, which loosely translates to ‘I planted a bone in the winter garden’, is a poetic statement that reflects the artists’ point of departure: the dichotomy of nature in its unbridled state, and the cultivation of an ordered ‘garden’. In taking the garden as a symbol of man’s labour and innate struggle – as object and ornament, enclosure and stage – the gardener, or artist, becomes caretaker of a subconscious terrain.

TARWUK form part of a generation who came of age during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Though now living and working in New York, the artists’ practice can be understood within the context of the aspirations, struggles and eventual dissolution of the former Yugoslavian state, and its elusive artistic avant-garde. Combining disparate visual languages and painterly styles to make subtle historical connections, TARWUK deploy numerous visible and invisible references to create multi-disciplinary micro-worlds, a dynamic site of collaboration and exchange.

A new group of sculptures find their place among large-scale figurative paintings, becoming part of tenebrous, carnivalesque and theatrical mise-en-scènes. Considered by the artists to be ‘architectural models of organic growth’, where living is understood as a performative act played out on a cosmic stage, TARWUK construct a vision that is kaleidoscopic and illusive. Two of these mise-en-scènes make use of a red platform – a reference to the infamous art intervention of 1968, where the artist collective ‘Red Peristyle’ painted the main court of the Roman emperor Diocletian’s Palace in Split, Croatia, blood red.

A sense of escaping the specifics of time continues in TARWUK’s paintings, which freely reference, among other things, the language of late 19th-century Symbolism, and the expressive modernism of early 20th-century artists such as Edvard Munch and post-Impressionist group, Les Nabis. In their paintings, TARWUK depict languid figures within an abundance of decorative detailing rendered in a palette of gold, earth tones, blood red and ethereal grey-silver on dark, layered panels. Heightening the phantasmagorical quality of the work, the spectral figures are variously depicted amidst esoteric symbols suggestive of the Byzantine period; flowers and foliage reminiscent of the Art Nouveau style; dreamy passages of floating circles invoking planetary systems; and delicate, reflective pools of water. A selection of works on paper lend further insight into the myriad ideas and forms that shape TARWUK’s manifold practice.

Constructing a ‘mental lineage’ which, ‘starting from the memory of the Greek statuary, walks it backward to a memory of an undefined pre-consciousness’, TARWUK’s practice returns to the idea of the garden as the arena of man’s striving, a potent metaphor eliciting the transformation of material and of form itself.

TARWUK (Bruno Pogačnik Tremow and Ivana Vukšić) were born in 1981 in Zagreb and Dubrovnik, Croatia, respectively, and live and work in New York. They have exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy (2021); Matthew Brown, New York (2021); Museum of Fine Art, Osijek, Croatia (2017). Their work has been included in numerous group exhibitions such as Frye Art Museum, Seattle (2022); Kunsthalle Wichita, KS (2021) and the Drava Art Biennale, Osijek, Croatia (2020).










Today's News

February 8, 2023

Georgia Museum of Art presents highlights from Princeton University Art Museum collection

Eli Wilner & Company completes hand-carved replica of the Resolute Desk

Lucy Lacoste Gallery exhibits a very special suite of five porcelain sculptures by Dimitri Hadzi

The Met receives gift of Francesco Salviati's painting of Bindo Altoviti

Nationalmuseum acquires three French garden views

Florence Arquin Collection to be presented at Hindman

Court upholds charges against ex-Louvre chief in art trafficking case

Getty Museum presents 'Connections: Asia'

Chequers attic sale at Bonhams

Hauser & Wirth shows Gunther Förg's final series made between 2005-2010

Roberts Projects announces Amoako Boafo book release

Historic New England acquires a jewelry design collection

White Cube opens the first UK exhibition by artist duo TARWUK

Hermès Foundation opens the first solo exhibition in Belgium by French artist Marion Verboom

The Warhol announces staff appointments

In Russian plays, don't mention the war

Jesse Tyler Ferguson tips his cap to 'Take Me Out'

Unique UK-wide tour lifts mental health

New photo book 'Empire Roller Disco' by Patrick Pagnano to be released April 2023

Sharjah Art Foundation brings together over 150 artists and collectives for Sharjah Biennial 15

This new app will rehome your art & get your favorite artists paid more

Star Wars figures 100% sold, baseball card 'brick' sells for $873,300 at Morphy's $3.1M auction

7 tips for starting an event planning career with no experience

How Many Hits Does an Esco Bar Have?

Delta-10 Products: How Are They Used Effectively?

Smart project portfolio management for overall company success

How Businesses Can Save With Energy Comparison

Don't have time to visit the grocery store? Don't worry. Try Ocado...

Payday Deals That You Cannot Miss Out On From Mobilephonesdirect!




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful