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Sanda Črnelč (b. 1997, Zagreb) graduated in 2023 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia, majoring in Art Education in the class of assistant professor doc. art. Marko Tadić. She is an active member of the art community both in Croatia and abroad, having multiple solo shows (Experiment of resistance, Gallery Kiosk, 2023, Experiment on How Much My Hands Can Take, Gallery Karas, 2023, Experiment on How Much a Gallery Space Can Take, Gallery Polica, 2022. etc.) and participated in many group projects both in Croatia and abroad. She is the winner of the Rector's award for group artistic work, ac. year 2017/2018 at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb and Chinese Government Scholarship for ac. year 2019/2020 within the stipend IMFA program, as part of which she spends a year at the China Academy of Art. Through procedural artistic practice, she penetrates into the intricate intersection of matter and concept, asking fundamental questions about human experiences. Encouraged to explore the delicate interplay between the beginning of an idea and its execution, she gradually implements the same methodology within her own practice.

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1.-2. Eksperiment of resillience, Kiosk, 2023 (photo: Karlo Vilić); 3.-4. Experiment on How Much My Hands Can Take, Gallery Karas, 2023 (photo: Juraj Vuglač); 5.-6. Experiment on How Much My Hands Can Take, 2023; 7. Nulta točka, DA! Festival, 2021; 8. Dimenzije zida; 9. Rudnik-rudar, 2023; 10. Rudnik-rudar, izložba Percepcije, Gradska galerija Labin, 2023
Artist statement

Increasingly, I’m interested in the question of the artist's relationship with spaces in general, and especially those that we consider "artistic", referring mainly to galleries and studios. Thus, for an artist, the studio must be a safe space within which we can allow ourselves to simply be stupid. Can we consider the existence of a work of art in an exhibition space as banal? Or, as William Kentridge states, "galleries are completely non-creative spaces". He highlights the moment of "stupidity" within the workspace, which should be crucial for encouraging a creative approach when exhibiting art. These statements prompted me to deepen the need for questioning the concept of “bricking” the spaces I consume in the context of art expression, therefore to deeply question the notion of engagement (or lack of it) with my community. The brick itself looks like a simple and functional object, and although it is far from attractive, for me it represents the basis of testing conceptual art in a broader sense. It is true - anyone can put a brick in a gallery, however the point is not to observe the brick within its purpose, but to test one's own perception of how far the meaning of an object can go. In this sense, if someone's interpretation of the brick as an art object within the exhibition space is prevented by their own assumption that it truly is just a brick, then it is certainly not up to me (or anyone else) to change that opinion. On the other hand, if someone in this naivety sees an opportunity for a deeper examination of the meaning of the object inside the exhibition space even though he concluded that it really is just a brick, then it is an excellent opportunity for a 10-minute reflection on the purpose of collective learning about the importance of art within any community. Regardless of whether the attitude towards the brick inside the gallery is positive or negative, it is certainly valuable that the moment for, as Kentridge states, creative “stupidity” is being fully fulfilled.

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