THE VISIBLE ONES @ MSU, Zagreb

May 18 – October 1, 2023
opening reception May 18
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

Artists: Marija Ančić, Milijana Babić, Lara Badurina, Gordana Bakić, Selma Banich, Maša Barišić, Breda Beban, Ana Bilankov, Duška Boban, Mara Bratoš, Sonja Briski Uzelac, Hrvoslava Brkušić, Josipa Bubaš, Jasenka Bulj, Nikolina Butorac, Branka Cvjetičanin, Tajči Čekada, Tanja Dabo, Vlasta Delimar, Tanja Deman, Ivana Dražić Selmani, Katerina Duda, Jadranka Fatur, Vera Fischer, Ivana Franke, Maja S. Franković, Sonja Gašperov, Martina Grlić, Tina Gverović, Nicole Hewitt, Vlatka Horvat, Ana Hušman, Dunja Ivanišević, Katarina Ivanišin – Kardum, Sanja Iveković, Helena Janečić, Paulina Jazvić, Ivana Jelavić, Jagoda Kaloper, Nina Kamenjarin, Nives Kavurić-Kurtović, Ivana Keser, Lana Ključarić, Nikolina Komljenović, Božena Končić Badurina, Jelena Kovačević, Martina Kramer, Ines Krasić, Andreja Kulunčić, Nina Kurtela, Mirna Kutleša, Ana Kuzmanić, Margareta Lekić, Kristina Leko, Dubravka Lošić, Luiza Margan, Kristina Marić, Ines Matijević Cakić, Martina Meštrović, Martina Mezak, Kata Mijatović, Hana Miletić, Alieta Monas Plejić, Petra Mrša, Ana Mušćet, Nadija Mustapić, Irma Omerzo, Ana Opalić, Magdalena Pederin, Ivana Pegan, Mariana Pende, Jelena Perić, Ana Petrović, Vesna Pokas, Renata Poljak, Ivana Popović, Vesna Popržan, Ana Požar Piplica, Sonja Pregrad, Nika Radić, Lala Raščić, Kristina Restović, Nika Rukavina, Neli Ružić, Edita Schubert, Nives Sertić, SofijaSilvia, Ana Sladetić Šabić, Marijana Stanić, Sandra Sterle, Lana Stojićević, Matea Šabić Sabljić, Jasna Šikanja, , Vlatka Škoro, Mia Štark, Sanja Švrljuga – Milić, Ksenija Turčić, Zrinka Užbinec, Celestina Vičević, Sandra Vitaljić, Ana Vivoda, Ivona Vlašić, Mirjana Vodopija, Zlata Vucelić, Tanja Vujasinović, Anabel Zanze, Vlasta Žanić, Darija Žmak Kunić

Curator: Martina Munivrana
Assicate curators: Jasminka Babić, Vilma Bartolić, Branka Benčić , Valentina Radoš, Rozana Vojvoda and Ana Škegro

Through thematic units, the exhibition presents contemporary artistic production of women artists who have positioned themselves highly on the art scene through their artistic activity, but not in the holdings of museum collections. The focus of this project’s research is the artistic production after the 1990s (by the so-called transitional generation), from the period when the change in the artistic paradigm was accompanied by a shift in ideology, transitions, and socio-political turmoil. The aforementioned social changes have greatly influenced the visibility of artistic productions by women authors who have actualised works of high artistic quality; however, the circumstances (war, geopolitical changes, migrations) have in a way placed their production on the margins of visibility, which also affected museum purchases, as well as their insufficient critical and theoretical visibility.

In the essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?, Linda Nochlin poses the eponymous question. She states that women should perceive themselves as potentially, if not truly equal subjects, and be willing to face all facts without self-pity, without circumlocution; simultaneously, as Nochlin highlights, we must approach our position with a good measure of emotional and intellectual dedication, which is necessary for creating a world in which equal accomplishments would be not only possible, but also encouraged by social institutions.

In order to gain more visibility for the project, the Museum of Contemporary Art collaborates with institutions which follow contemporary production in their programmatic determinants: Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Museum of Fine Arts Osijek, Museum of Fine Arts Split, and MMSU Rijeka.

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