• Stipan Tadić - In the City

    September 16 - October 7, 2021

     

     
  • Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present In the City, an online solo exhibition by NYC-based Croatian artist Stipan Tadić...

    Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present In the City, an online solo exhibition by NYC-based Croatian artist Stipan Tadić opening virtually on September 16, 2021.

     

  • Stipan Tadic B. 1986, Zagreb, Croatia Lives and works in NYC Stipan Tadić finished his MFA at Columbia University, School...

    Stipan Tadic

    B. 1986, Zagreb, Croatia

    Lives and works in NYC

     

    Stipan Tadić finished his MFA at Columbia University, School of the Arts, Visual Arts program in 2020, and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2011. His first solo show was in 2009 and from then on he has had numerous solo and group exhibitions. He has been doing murals in public spaces from 2012 around Europe. In 2014, he published his first comic book titled Parisian Nightmares and has participated in independent comic zines since then. He is the co-organizer of the Biennial exhibition of Antisalon, founded in 2012. He is the recipient of the Best Young Artist Award from HDLU, Zagreb (2013), 1st Award at the International Comic Book Festival in Lodz, Poland, and several others, domestic and international.



    • This new body of watercolours and oil paintings by Stipan Tadić documents the artist's everyday life in NYC and explores feelings of isolation and loneliness usually related to big city life. Stipan frequently paints cityscapes using different perspectives to narrate multiple stories in one image and all locations featured in his works come from his daily routine.

    • Stipan's paintings are a commentary on the way memories can connect to specific places. This online show presents classic NYC sceneries mixed with symbols, letters, and ideas about Croatia and Stipan's own personal history. This way, Stipan investigates the relationship between the world visible to the eye in contrast to his inner world and on how these two can influence one another.

       

       

    • Different painting styles are usually combined to create a new image, referring to influential art historical movements and periods, such as Northern Renaissance painting, Japanese prints, Medieval art, German expressionism, as well as imagery taken from videogames, underground comics, and cell animation.

  • A night scene from downtown Brooklyn with a view of the fast food restaurant Shake Shack. In the upper right...

    A night scene from downtown Brooklyn with a view of the fast food restaurant Shake Shack. In the upper right corner is the result of a soccer game from the 2021 European championship and on the left side is the Croatian soccer player Luka Modric crying.

  • A scene of me and my Croatian friends eating at a Polish restaurant -a comment on the Eastern European diaspora...

    A scene of me and my Croatian friends eating at a Polish restaurant -a comment on the Eastern European diaspora in New York, connected through cuisine, but divided by language.

  • Works

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    FOR STIPAN TADIC'S CV PLEASE CLICK HERE