artisti - artists
Margareta Lekic
2008
PAPER AIRPLANES

For eastern countries travelling by airplane is prestigious. Consequently, airplanes are idealised as a symbol of the West because they are used so casually there. I offer a different presentation. My airplanes are made out of paper and trapped under glass, which disables them.
This is a disillusionment of the Western ideal.

Three different models of white paper airplanes are pressed under three glass panes and arranged into a horizontal row. The size of each airplane varies and the glass panes are 70x100 cm.

paper airplane, #1 - (2008) paper airplane, #2 - (2008) paper airplane, #2 - (2008)
PAPER CUBES (2005-2008)

Paper cubes, set in a white walkthrough space, melt with the surroundings and seem unnoticeable. Upon entering the space, visitors are faced with the choice of walking on exhibited work. Parts of the cubes will be deformed while visitors walk from one space to another. The visitor’s destructive role in the work is contrary to the usual expectations of behavior in a gallery. The visitor has a role of reshaping the work. With that he becomes a physical participant in the work. The paper cubes are made of thin white paper. The size of each cube is 5x5 cm. The number of the cubes depends on the size of the gallery space. The cubes will fill the entire surface of the floor.

Installation at the:  

 
paper cubes - (2005-2008)    
2007
ASSEMBLE SCULPTURE
This sculpture can be assembled and dissembled, allowing for multiple possibilities of shape and size. Each element of the work is identical: a rectangle with sections cut out that can attach and reattach to itself ad infinitum. The pieces of the work fit together perfectly and rely on friction instead of glue, regardless of the configuration. Assemble Sculpture deals with exact measures and firm static energy. The end product is a playful and stable sculpture.
assemble sculpture - (2007)    
KUGLE/SPHERES

Spheres of variable shape and diameter will be arranged in a specific space. The number and positioning of the spheres will depend on the nature of that space. Each sphere is carved from wood and has a diameter from 10 to 25 cm. Each sphere has a natural crack which I have filled with poured pewter. The form of each sphere is apparently the same, but there are slight variations. Each is handmade so the form is never perfect; always slightly elliptical within millimeters. Each crack is unique, thus also the metal that fills it. The spheres will be fixed to the ground to achieve permanence. Their flexibility and dynamics come to full expression when a certain number of them form a group. The implied possibility of movement entices the viewer to interact with them. A game is offered: to move among them, to touch them, to complete the experience.

 
spheres - (2007)    

2006

GLASS OF TEARS

Attached to a simple, white pedastal will be a glass filled with my own tears. The work will be placed in the open space. Since the glass is open, weather conditions can affect the tears in the glass, i.e. vaporizing them, mixing them with the rain, etc.Tears are tangible evidence of emotions. They are liquid that I give back to nature.

   
glass of tears - (2006)    
GLASS CUBE

The construction of the cube is made by four metal supports which contain a network of nineteen glass panes layered diagonally and horizontally. The diagonal panes lean on the supports and the floor. The horizontal panes lean on the supports and the diagonally set glass panes. There are no other joints; everything is based on static energy.The glass cube absorbes the light from other resources and reflects it. Light passes through the cube and alters its environment by casting abstract and geometric shapes.

 
glass cube - (2006)    

2005

KRUG/CIRCLE

A simplified act of creation, from the idea to realization of the idea. My hands express the formation and deformation of the perfect circle, serving as the tool and material of the work. Circle equates the simplicity of genesis with the simplicity of deconstruction. The video is conditionally endless, repeating the act of creation and destruction.

   
video - (2005)    
PLAY WITH ME

16 wood cubes make one synthesized image. It is a childhood game (puzzle) where you get images by putting cubes in different positions. There are 6 images (digital photo) of me crying. By playing the game people are able to play with my emotions through the images.

 
play with me - (2005)    

 

MARGARETA LEKIC

Born 09/06/1982

 

 

EDUCATION
1996-2000
II. Gimnazija, Osijek, Croatia
2002-2007 Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
2004 Ceepus scholarship, summer comic workshop "Balaton", Balaton, Hungary
2005 2005 Ceepus scholarship, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, SAD
   

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005 "Problem deconstructed" performance, Miller Gallery, Indiana, PA, SAD
2007 "12x12x12", Gallery Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, Croatia
2007 "Cardboard boxes", Gallery Waldinger, Osijek, Croatia
2007 "Paper cubes", Gallery VN, Zagreb, Croatia
   
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 "Pasionska bastina" Gallery Kristof Stankovic, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 "Pasionska bastina" Gallery Kristof Stankovic, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 "Nova osjecka likovna scena", gallery Kazamat, Osijek, Croatia
2005 "Nova osječka likovna scena", gallery MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia
2005 Essl Award- finale, gallery gALUrija, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 "Pasionska bastina" Gallery Kristof Stankovic, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 "Inter(Aktiv)", gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 Frankfurt Luminale 2006, "Glass cube", Mainz, Germany
2006 20. Slavonski biennale, Galerija likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek, Croatia
2007 42. zagrebacki salon, Dom HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
2007 (im)mortal love, international biennial, LETO Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2008 “Open Space Under 35”, ARTEcontemporaneamodernaROMA, Rome, Italy
2008 2008 “New Far West”, galerija Factory-Art Contemporanea, Trieste, Italy
   
PUBLIC WORK
2003 cup and medal for University regatta, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 sculpture "Kokot", Hvar, Croatia
2006 grand prix design for One Take Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
   
AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS
2003 honour from Council of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
2003 realization of cup and medal for University regatta, Zagreb, Croatia
2004 honour from Council of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 honour from Council of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 nominee for the Essl Award, Wiena, Austria
2006 2. award "Pasionska bastina", Zagreb, Croatia
2006 special rectors award for project Jelsa- Punta 2005, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 winner of the contest for design of grand prix for One Take Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 honour from Council of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
2007 Rectors Award, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
   
WORKSHOPS AND FESTIVALS
2004 Summer comics workshop Balaton, Balaton, Hungary
2004 Ceramics colony "Hinko Juhn", Nasice, Croatia
2005 Sculpture workshop "Punta", Hvar, Croatia
2006 workshop of contemporaly art " Inter(Aktiv)", Zagreb, Croatia
2006 festival of light "Light pontoon Art", Mainz, Germany
   
STAGE DESIGN
2008 Kauboji, Teatar Exit, Zagreb, Croatia