Smashing the Myth: Croatian Performance Art in Naples
On November 23, 2018, the event Smashing the Myth took place in Naples, curated by Adriana Rispoli and Zvonimir Dobrovic. The exhibition spanned three venues: Museo Hermann Nitsch, Scala Filangieri, and Quartiere Intelligente. It aimed to explore the Croatian performance art scene, featuring six artists: Igor Grubic, Bruno Isakovic, Sanja Ivekovic, Sinisa Labrovic, Alen Sinkauz – Nenad Sinkauz, and Sandra Sterle. The presentation described the event as celebrating destruction as a semantic act for building new realities, overcoming limits and categorizations, and breaking down physical and identity boundaries. It portrayed a segment of contemporary Croatian art as iconoclastic and provocative, reflecting a strong and combative generation that proudly affirms its roots while demanding art free from economic and capital dominance.
Key facts
- Event held on November 23, 2018 in Naples.
- Curated by Adriana Rispoli and Zvonimir Dobrovic.
- Three venues: Museo Hermann Nitsch, Scala Filangieri, Quartiere Intelligente.
- Six Croatian artists participated: Igor Grubic, Bruno Isakovic, Sanja Ivekovic, Sinisa Labrovic, Alen Sinkauz – Nenad Sinkauz, Sandra Sterle.
- Theme: destruction as semantic act for building new realities.
- Aimed to present iconoclastic and provocative Croatian contemporary art.
- Artists assert roots while demanding art free from economic and capital dominance.
Entities
Artists
- Igor Grubic
- Bruno Isakovic
- Sanja Ivekovic
- Sinisa Labrovic
- Alen Sinkauz
- Nenad Sinkauz
- Sandra Sterle
- Adriana Rispoli
- Zvonimir Dobrovic
Institutions
- Museo Hermann Nitsch
- Scala Filangieri
- Quartiere Intelligente
- Artribune
Locations
- Naples
- Italy