Wednesday, May 9, 6:30 pm
Is it possible to be a great (and) Eastern European artist?
Current apexart resident Dejan Krsic
(Designer and artist, Sarajevo)
in dialogue with Gary Dufour
Theoretical movie No 7, 2000
By Transfer and Bastard movie production
Dejan Krsic was born in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 1961. He graduated in art history and ethnology from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, Croatia. He has exhibited in several solo shows and has participated in many collective exhibitions and video festivals. Since the mid 1980s he has been working for various magazines and newspapers as a journalist, editor and/or graphic designer. His design works have been published in many design magazines.
Gary Dufour is Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Previously he was Senior Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1988 to 1995. Recent projects include William Kentridge's Shadow Quartet; Edge of Desire recent art in India, Howard Taylor PHENOMENA and Rodney Glick and Lynnette Voevodin's 24Hr Panoramas. Gary is currently Curator in Residence at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York.
Dejan Krsic was recommended to apexart's program by Ana Devic, curator, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Dejan Krsic's residency is supported in part by the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
apexart's International Residency Program and Resident Lecture Series are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation and apexart supporters.