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ART LIFE IN SPLIT, 1919-1941

CHAPTER 2: IN THE SHADOW OF A DICTATORSHIP

Curators: Božo Majstorović, Iris Slade

Having presented a reconstruction of the First Dalmatian Art Exhibition (1908) in 2010, Museum of Fine Arts Split has decided to take a step further in time and focus, in a kind of exhibition diptych, on the interwar art scene in Split. In the Shadow of a Dictatorship is the second part of the exhibition project Art Life in Split, 1919-1941, and covers the time from the erection of a monument to Gregory of Nin on the Peristyle in 1929 until the outbreak of World War II in 1941. The exhibition will feature over 300 artworks (paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures) by 93 authors from the Museum’s holdings. The first exhibition, entitled In the Gap Between Myth and Reality, realized in 2016, presented the first interwar decade.

The first solo show in Split of one of the most intriguing artists of the Croatian new wave of figurative painting, presents selection of works created during 2015 – 2019 period.

Installation A possible landscape (Split version) is a part of the project Exhibition continues which focused on Aballi's work of the past fifteen years and presented journey through his aesthetic preferences in contemplating the conventional systems of production of the work of art.