SMILJKA FRANJIĆ, Croatia
After Everything
In the work After Everything Smiljka Franjić presents a series of metal forms created as sketches for the first Deconstruction Biennial. Spheres and circles attached to a black base – meander, form new compositions of bent segments and geometric bodies, arising from the deconstruction of the circle.
Material: aluminium, fabric, lath
Technique: cutting, bending, gluing
Smiljka Franjić was born in 1963 in Zagreb. In 1984, she graduated from the Faculty of Arts, University of Zagreb, Department of Pedagogy, and became a primary school teacher. In 2001 she attended the Author Painting School “Agora”, under the mentorship of academic painter Zoltan Novak, and in 2007 she completed a course in silver design at the Open Studio Lumezi. She is a member of ULUPUH – Section for the Design of Precious Metals and Contemporary Jewelry – and of HZSU. She has participated in approximately forty group and several solo exhibitions, as well as fashion shows. She lives and works in Zagreb.
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