Orlando Mohorović Explained
Orlando Mohorović (born 1950 in Labin) is a Croatian artist.[1] He is one of the original members of a group of artists called Labinski atelieri.[2] Mohorović came to Düsseldorf in 1969 and met Joseph Beuys there. The Admission Board of the department Free art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf admitted him as a student to Beuys' courses of . Orlando Mohorović was studying painting and sculpture from 1970 to 1974.[3] At that time New Realism paintings, conceptual art, performance, sketches, small drawings and aquarelle as a pattern for installations were developed.
In 1970 he had his first exhibition in the room 20 and in the hallway.
On 5 February 1974 he was appointed master student of the Beuys class. Mohorović belonged to the group of Beuys-students, like many other renowned German artists (Jörg Immendorff, Katharina Sieverding, Anselm Kiefer, Blinky Palermo, Sigmar Polke) .[4] [5]
Exhibitions
List of some important independent and group exhibitions:[6]
- 1970 "Düsseldorf art academy", room 20 and hallway
- 1972 Labin "Galerie Orlando", dedicated to an accidentally passing by person Nino Bateli
- 1973 Düsseldorf hall of art "Between 7 – Yes sir, that’s my baby" and London Gallery House – Goethe institute London "Some 260 miles from here..."
- 1974 Pazin "ethnographic Museum of Istria"
- 1977 Zagreb "Dubrava Gallery" (conceptual art)
- 1994 Split "Biannual festival of small format paintings and sculptures"
- 2001 Karlovac "Triannual festival Croatian aquarelle"
- 2001 Florence " Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea[7]
- 2003 Ravenna "XIV Biennale Internazionale Dantesca"
- 2004 Buzet "Heritage Museum" 1+1 Mohorović – Gerić
- 2006 Sarajevo "Roman Petrovic Gallery"
- 2008 Pula "Museum of Contemporary Art" Netz installation
- 2010 Rijeka "Gallery Juraj Klović" O.Mohorović – A.Floričić
- 2011 New York "Gallery MC" Inter Imago
- 2012 New York "Gallery MC" Inter Imago Armory
Collections
Buzet "Homeland Museum";[8] Labin "Folk museum";[9] Pula "City art collection"; Labin "Council House" Belgrade "Open University Brother Stamenkovic"; Pazin "City museum"; Ozalj " Art Collection Slave Rackaj"; Ravenna " Art Collection Centro Dantesca"
External links
- Orlando Mohorović personal website
- Dijalog Mohorović – Floričić, Multimedia portal MojaRijeka.hr (Žmirić, Zoran, ed.), City of Rijeka, 2010-03-26
- Inter Imago 2 exhibition – Invitations, Art agency Petielement.hr, 2011-02-11
- Basis-Wien Documentary center, archive and most comprehensive database on contemporary art in and from Austria in national and international context.
- Annual Exhibition of paintings, Croatian Association of Artists Hdlu.hr (Višnja Slavica Gabout),, Rijeka, 2007
- List of conceptual artists preissuche.biz (Rigo 1963), 2011-02-03
Notes and References
- Mohorović, Orlando; Toman, Boris (2008.) Orlando Mohorović : izložba u Galeriji Juraj Klović Rijeka od 16. do 30. 8. 2008., Rijeka : Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika,
- Vorano, T. Labinski atelieri, Bertoša, Miroslav (ed.) Istarska enciklopedija, Zagreb : Leksikografski zavod Miroslava Krleže, 2005.,, Accessed: 2011-02-14
- Anton & Joseph K.Dusseldorf Art Academy: Tour 2009-1 // Kempis.nl : Dusseldorf Art Academy, Dusseldorf 2009-18-03, Accessed: 2011-02-14
- I[vana] P[odnar]. Dijalog – Orlando Mohorović & Alen Floričić // Culturenet.hr : Portal of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, 2010-03-24, ISSN 1334-3092, Accessed: 2011-02-14
- http://the-artists.org/artist/Orlando-Mohorovic Profile at the-artists.org
- Mohorović, Orlando; Zloić, Sandra (2010.) Orlando Mohorović Biography, Labin : Grad Labin,
List of exhibition participants
// International Biennial of contemporary art of Florence- admin. Art from the holdings of Buzet museum – Exhibition // Poubuzet.hr : Open University, City of Buzet 2011-02-06, Accessed: 2011-02-14
- marinap. Exhibition by Orlando Mohorović in Labin // Kulturistra.hr : Portal of culture of Istra, Croatia 2010-08-07, Accessed: 2011-02-14
