Vlado Martek
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S O L O S H O W S ( S E L E C T I O N )
2012
The Power of Support / Die Kraft des Untergrunds, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin
2011
Lisez Mallarmé, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris
2010
Poetry in Action, Galerie P – 74, Ljubljana & Gallery Kraljević, Zagreb
2008
Retrospective, Modern Gallery, Zagreb
2004
Small Exhibiton, Mala Galerija, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana
1998
Samizdats, City Library, Zagreb
1996
Troubles with the Content, Galerie Zvonimir, Zagreb
Troubles with Ethics, Š-O-U-Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana
1988
Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Ingird Dacić, Tübingen
1985
Vlado Martek - Hermafroditski bojevnik, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana
Vlado Martek, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana
1982
(Pre)poetry environment, Studio Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
1980
Book-Work (with Mladen Stilinovic), Galerie Studentskog centra, Zagreb
1979
Elementary processes in poetry, Podroom, Zagreb
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G R O U P S H O W S ( S E L E C T I O N )
2012
From the Age of the Poets, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin
You are kindly invited to attend, Open Systems - Zentrum für Kunstprojekte, Vienna
The Present and Presence, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
2011
MULTIPLIZIEREN IST MENSCHLICH, Edition Block, Berlin
KONTAKT COLLECTION, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
curated by_vienna 2011: EAST by SOUTH WEST, Georg Kargl Fine Arts & Georg Kargl Box, Vienna
Museo de las narrativas paralelas. En el marco de La Internacional, Museu d'Art Conemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona
Volume Collection, MMSU - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Rijeka
2010
You Are Kindly Invited To Attend, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin
Volume Collection, Fondazione Bevillacqua La Masa, Venice
Ground Floor America, Den Frei Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
Art Always Has Its Consequences, ms- Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Lodz
Quartet-Four Biennials Reflected in Prints, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana
2009
Gender Check, Museum Moderner Kunst SLW, Vienna
Who killed the Painting?, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen
2006
Kontakt... aus der Sammlung der Erste Bank-Gruppe, Museum Moderner Kunst SLW, Vienna
Art, Life and Confusion, October Salon, Belgrad
2005
Collective Creativity, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
2003
In den Schluchten des Balkan, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
2002
The Misfit, Art Moscow, Moscow
Imaginary Balkans, Site Gallery, Shefielld
In Search of Balkania, Neue Galerie, Graz
2001
Construction in Process, Bydgoszcz / Ostrowitze
2000
Chinese Whispers, Apex Art Gallery, New York
1999
Aspekte / Positionen, Museum Moderner Kunst SLW, Vienna
1993
The Horse who Sings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1990
Zeichen im Fluss, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna
1976
Confrontation, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
5th April Meeting, Gallery SKC, Belgrad
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Vlado Martek (*1951) lives and works in Zagreb (Croatia).
The »content« is the question (most often materialized) about the content and the snare of the metaphor, the story. Pre-poems require a commitment for or against; they do not precede poems, unless the artist’s commitment is something that precedes the work. The decision about art cannot be reached through language or content, it can be reached through absence from poetry as a system, through viewing from the outside.
Vlado Martek, Pre-poetry, 1982
Vlado Martek
Homo turisticus (2/2), 1976 at the exhibition-action, Moscenicka Draga
Poetry in Action
Vlado Martek
Homo turisticus (1/2), 1976 at the exhibition-action, Moscenicka Draga
Poetry in Action
Vlado Martek
Postavljanje antispomenika Andréu Bretonu - Erecting an anti-monument to André Breton, 1987, Zagreb, Maksimir Park
Poetry in Action
Vlado Martek
Spinoza / Hegel (1/2), 1996
2-parted work, photography, 12,5 x 17,5 cm each, edition 4/10 + 1 AP
Vlado Martek
Spinoza / Hegel (2/2), 1996
2-parted work, photography, 12,5 x 17,5 cm each, edition 4/10 + 1 AP
Vlado Martek
Abeceda s perforacijom (Alphabet with perforation), 2009
Pencil on found paper, staples, 29,7 x 21 cm
Vlado Martek
Odričem se metafore (I renounce the metaphor), 1978/2009
Pencil on paper, staples, 19 x 12,5 cm
Vlado Martek
Ogledalo u uglu (Mirror in the corner), 2002
Paper, mirror, 23,5 x 30,5 cm
Vlado Martek
Olovka i abeceda (Pen and Alphabet), 2002
Pencil on paper, pencil, 21 x 29,7 cm
Vlado Martek
Smiri se dušo (Calm down, darling), 2003
Pencil on golden cardboard, mirror, pencil, 29,7 x 21 cm
Vlado Martek
Sonet (Sonnet), 1978/2009
Cardboard, plastic foil, mirror, glass, paper, 34,5 x 23 cm
Vlado Martek
Ahilej, Martek (Achilles, Martek), 2000
Pencil and red pen on paper, mirror, 29,5 x 28,8 cm



