Živi Atelje DK gallery is pleased to host WE ARE ALL MOEBIUS by illustrator Danijel Drakulić on Friday, 12 May at 19h.
Please click here to view photos by Igor Nobilo and the event announcement.
About the exhibition:
“…This self-imposed project has great significance in that, finally, the author himself does not hide his fascination towards comics. He chose to cite his comic book hero that he admires from childhood. However, this fascination has deeper meaning. It denotes some landmarks for life or, rather, defines some permanent guidelines through life. So, these (exhibited works) are not just objects of worship. The 12 paintings-illustrations exhibit no restrictions of artistic freedom of thought. Before you, are 12 fascinating visual quotes presented in painting technique of a focused approach, without Danijel’s usual preference for spontaneous deviation that embraces stroke errors. The artist definitely remains true to himself in this series as he realizes the possibility to create, to love and to exist. Why? Well, he again offers his own perspective which annuls any potential question: copy or a quote?…” —Marko Škobalj
About the artist:
Danijel Drakulić was born on August 8, 1974 in Celje. He spent his childhood and educational years in Zagreb. In 1989 he enrolled in the School for Applied Arts and Design, the painting department. That same year he had his first solo exhibition in the Trikulim-Oktogon Gallery. During high school he began to work with music as well, founding the group Spleen in 1994. That same year he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. During his studies he exhibited his paintings at the first Zagorje Art Salon and at the 25th anniversary or Žilika in Karlovac. In his free time he draws comics, publishes several works and exhibits at the Croatian comic book exhibition in Vinkovci and Pula. In 1996 he opened his first recording studio, adding sound recording to music (Svadbas, Ruiz, Ramirez, Vatra…) and music production (Gloft, Mahatma, Subway Dogs, Ivan Kapec Trio, Lucas, Cota G4…). He graduated in 1999 from the painting department under prof. Vasilij Jordan. After his studies he exhibited at a dozen group exhibition, individually in KIC, the Roland Planet gallery, Jillys gallery, and Oblok gallery. He worked several years as a high school art teacher.
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U petak 12. svibnja u 19 sati u galeriji Živi Atelje DK otvara se izložba SVI SMO MI MOEBIUS autora DANIJELA DRAKULIĆA.
o izložbi:
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Zbog svega toga i ovaj citatni samonametnuti projekt ima veliku važnost jer konačno sam autor ne skriva svoju fascinaciju prema stripu te je odabrao baš citirati svog strip heroja kojem se od malena divi, no ta fascinacija ima dublje značenje jer označava neke odrednice kojima autor oduvijek teži, pa čak i koje mu stvaraju trajnu vodilju kroz život. Dakle, ovdje nije riječ o pukim predmetima obožavanja jer u prisutnih 12 slika-ilustracija nema ograničavanja slobode umjetničkog promišljanja već je pred vama 12 fascinantnih ilustrativnih citata izvedenih slikarskom tehnikom znatno fokusiranijeg pristupa, i bez Danijelu uobičajenih sklonosti prepuštanju spontanim izletima dozvoljenih pogrešaka poteza. Naime, autor je u ovoj seriji svakako ostao svoj, a opet ostvario mogućnost da stvara, da voli i da postoji. Zašto? Jer je ponovno ponudio svoju perspektivu čime poništava svako možebitno pitanje: kopiranje ili citiranje?
…” —Marko Škobalj
o autoru:
Danijel Drakulić rođen je 16.8.1974. u Celju. Djetinjstvo je proveo i školovao se u Zagrebu. 1989. godine upisuje školu za Primijenjenu umjetnost i dizajn, slikarski odjel u Zagrebu. Te iste godine imao je prvu samostalnu izložbu u Galeriji Trikulium-Oktogon. Još za vrijeme srednje škole počeo se baviti i glazbom, a 1994. godine osniva grupu Spleen. Iste godine upisao je Akademiju likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu. Tijekom studija izlaže svoje slike na prvom Zagorskom likovnom salonu, te na 25 godina Žilika u Karlovcu.
U slobodno vrijeme bavi se crtanjem stripova, nekolicinu radova je objavio i izlagao na izložbi hrvatskog stripa u Vinkovcima i Puli.
1996. godine otvara svoj prvi tonski studio, te se uz glazbu počinje baviti tonskim snimanjem (Svadbas, Ruiz, Ramirez, Vatra,…) i glazbenom produkcijom( Gloft, Mahatma, Subway Dogs, Ivan Kapec trio, Lucas, Cota G4,…). Diplomirao je 1999. godine na slikarskom odjelu u klasi prof. Vasilija Jordana. Nakon studija izlagao je na desetak skupnih izložbi, samostalno u KIC-u, galeriji Roland Planet, galeriji Jillys, galeriji Oblok. Nekoliko godina radio je kao profesor crtanja u srednjoj školi.