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| Dejan Krsic Journalist, editor and graphic designer (Sarajevo) April 25 - May 24, 2007 |
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Dejan Krsic gave a talk at apexart on May 9, 2007 |
Dejan Krsic was born in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 1961. He graduated art history and ethnology from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. He has exhibited in several solo shows (in Zagreb, Ljubljana, Rijeka, Belgrade) 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. In the 1990's he was one of the founders and later editor-in-chief of Arkzin biweekly newspaper/magazine and publishing project. He translated to Croatian and published essays by many distinguished theorists and writers such as Slavoj Zizek, Renata Salecl, Darian Leader, Brian Holmes. He is currently preparing (writing, editing and designing) a monograph for Croatian publishing house AGM about the work of Mirko Ilic, designer and illustrator who from 1976-1986 worked in Zagreb and subsequently moved to New York. He created graphic design for numerous respectable exhibition catalogues and. Additionally, his design works have been published in many design magazines: Eye (UK), Print (USA), AIGA journal (USA), Kak (Russia); and books: Mirko Ilic & Steven Heller: “Genius Moves - 100 Icons of Graphic Design” (North Light Books, 2001), "Two Colour Graphic" (Rockport, 2004), Milton Glaser & Mirko Ilic: “Design of Dissent” (Rockport, 2005), Timoty Samara: “Publication Design Workbook” (Rockport, 2005); Rick Poynor: “Designing Pornotopia: Travels in Visual Culture" (Laurence King, 2006). Since 2000, Dejan has been collaborating on many projects. As a graphic designer and writer Dejan Krsic has been collaborating on WHW projects: “What, how and for Whom - on the occasions of the 152nd Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto” (Zagreb 2000, Vienna 2001); “Broadcasting Project, dedicated to Nikola Tesla” (Zagreb 2001/2002); “Collective Creativity” (Kassel 2005). Since 2003 he has been designing all visual materials for Gallery Nova, including the gallery newspaper. The interdisciplinary focus of Dejan's work is putting the visual art practice and art theory in a creative dialogue with graphic design and curatorial strategies. | |
His
residency is supported in part by the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
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