A retrospective exhibition by Vasilije Jordan

A retrospective exhibition of artwork by Vasilije Jordan is open to the public at the Modern Gallery until January 9th of next year. The exhibition features more than a hundred works by this artist, which span five decades of his creative opus.

Until January 9th 2011, Zagreb’s Modern Gallery will feature a retrospective exhibition of artwork by Vasilije Jordan. The exhibition by this prolific painter, which encompasses fifty years of his artistic opus, features more than a hundred oils, pastels, aquarelles and drawings.

Vasilije Josip Jordan was born in 1934 in Zagreb, where he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. He has developed a unique and recognizable style that combines surrealism and tradition, which has produced a truly fascinating opus.

In 1961, he organized his first independent exhibition at Zagreb’s Gallery of Contemporary Art. Throughout his prolific career, he has partaken in three hundred joint exhibitions and held independent exhibitions in all of the significant European culture centres, including Paris, Brussels, Milan, Cologne, Rome, Lausanne, Stuttgart, Padua, Venice, Bologna, Dubrovnik, Split, Varaždin, etc. Vasilije Josip Jordan also won numerous painting awards; he had two monographs published, and had several short documentaries made about him.

Between 1978 and 2000 he worked at Zagreb’s Academy of Fine Arts, from where he subsequently retired. Since his professional career ended he has not stopped painting but, instead, he continues with active work, displaying his pieces in numerous independent exhibitions.