Since the early 1990ies Igor Grubić started as a multimediaartist in Zagreb, mainly working with photography, video and site specific interventions. His art is socially and politically engaged and deals with the changes of a society living in transition from state socialism to liberal democracy, from a planned economy to a free market economy.
One of Grubić' s most famous performances/ interactions was Black Peristyle in 1998. He clandestinely painted a black circle in the middle of the peristyle of Diocletian's palace in Split, one of the major touristic attractions in Croatia. It was an hommage to an action that took place 30 years ago, in 1968, where a group of artists painted the peristyle in red. As in 1969, Grubić' s intervention in 1998 was classified as an act of vandalism againt a historical monument by the public authorities.
His works were shown internationally at Manifesta 4 (Frankfurt, 2002); Manifesta 9 (Genk, 2012); 11. Istanbul Biennial (2009); Gwangju Biennale (2014); Zero Tolerance, and MOMA PS1 (New York 2014). In 2019 he represented Crotia at the 58th Venice Biennale. The exhibition was the result of a 13 years ongoing documetation on the transformation in habitation, public space and industrial landscape. It was titled 'Traces of Disappearing' and consisted of three photographical essays 'Wild House', 'Filigree Sidewalk', 'Deconstruction of Factory' and a short-film 'How the Steel was Tempered'.
*1949 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, now Croatia. Lives and works in Zagreb.
Work: Women's House (Sunglasses)
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*1986 in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, now Croatia. Lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.
Work: KYKLOP I – V
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Initiated in 2016 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Work: EQUALS – FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF DIVERSITY
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*1951 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, now Croatia. Lives and works in Zagreb.
Work: Art Has No Alternative
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*1979 in Sisak, Yugoslavia, now Croatia. Lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.
Work: Until a Breath of Air
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