The Latest Works by Boris Bućan

Between March 16th and April 30th the Klovićevi Dvori gallery will feature an exhibition of the latest works by renowned Croatian painter and designer, Boris Bućan. The exhibition entitled “Woman on the Moon” will consist of some one hundred works of oil as well as acrylic on canvas.

The great Croatian painter and designer, Boris Bućan, will be exhibiting his latest works at the Klovićevi Dvori gallery from March 16th until the end of April. Displayed in a thousand square meter gallery, the exhibition entitled “Woman on the Moon” represents the artist’s latest opus – a collection of oils as well as acrylics on canvas. The exhibition thematically unites works that, from a technical and conceptual media standpoint, examine numerous questions of conventional guidelines for contemporary art. Many of the hundred plus works intriguingly reveal the actual state of art in our everyday lives, bringing its meaning into question.

Boris Bućan was born in Zagreb in 1947; in 1972, he gained a painting degree from the Academy of Fine Arts. However, more than just painting, he has been primarily concerned with graphic design, a field in which he has created multiply-awarded works. The Croatian Designer Association recently gave him the lifetime achievement award, and his most famous work is the 1982 poster for Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “The Firebird”. The poster is featured on the cover of the catalogue of “The Power of Poster” exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, which features an overview of the poster shaping history, as well as approximately 250 reproduced examples that were created between 1870 and present day.

In his career, Boris Bućan has held more than 70 independent exhibitions, and participated in more than 160 group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad. His works are also featured in the world’s most prominent museums and galleries, including the MOMA and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York; the Staatliches Museum für angewandte Kunst in Munich; the Deutsches Plakat Museum in Essen; and the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, etc.