SupetART 01 – Deša Vlahutin
Once a sea captain’s residence, built on the walls of the old Epidaurus, the newly redesigned Hotel Supetar gathers a carefully curated art collection by local artists, just as captain families would generate over the years and proudly showcase on the walls.
Inviting our guests to fully immerse in the experience of the place, our people, and our culture we are extending our efforts further with the newly-formed “SupetART”, an Artist-in-residence program that provides a provide a platform for other local artists to showcase their work and interact with a broader audience.
Deša, who is building a successful career in London, brings her exceptional sculptures, from the series “The path of the squares” and “One of eight,” and introduces them to the local audience.
Basic geometric shapes purged of all metaphor. Accent on the materials. Equality and balance. Cold representation. Repetition. Less is more.
The works of Deša P. Vlahutin correspond to all these features mentioned above, characteristics of minimal art, well known in the 1960s and 1970s in Western culture. Deša P. Vlahutin is an authentic contemporary minimalist artist in these post-post-modern times, and she respects fatefully the rules and principles of minimalism in concept and formal approach. She works with classic and sometimes expensive materials without the evidence of the artist’s hand, for their aesthetic impact. She has an impressive vision for large sculptures destined for public spaces. There are no symbolic features behind the forms. They are exactly what they represent. Nothing more, nothing less.
The exhibition was opened formally opened last night in the hidden garden of Hotels Supetar Cavtat, and it can be can be viewed until August 28, every evening from 8 p.m. with prior notice by calling 020 479 833.
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