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TROTOAR is pleased to present Tulip Hysteria, a new series of paintings by Croatia-based artist Bojan Šumonja. In his first exhibition with the gallery, Šumonja fuses a classical, painterly approach with contemporary iconography, placing figures from Western pop culture—Donald Duck, the Purple Smurf, plastic flamingos, and more—into eerie, dystopian Istrian landscapes strewn with wild garbage dumps. His rich, expressive brushstrokes and luminous surfaces evoke a classical sensibility, while delicate, intricate strokes in this series create a sense of dematerialization, conjuring the ethereal, dreamy presence of a forest.
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Tulip Hysteria Co-ordinating is the title of one of fifteen works from a new series of paintings by the Pula artist Bojan Šumonja exhibited at the Trotoar Gallery. To some extent, the works refer to his previous painting cycle The Great Observer from 2024. The heroes of the paintings are...More
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TROTOAR is pleased to present Tulip Hysteria, a new series of paintings by Croatia-based artist Bojan Šumonja. In his first exhibition with the gallery, Šumonja fuses a classical, painterly approach with contemporary iconography, placing figures from Western pop culture—Donald Duck, the Purple Smurf, plastic flamingos, and more—into eerie, dystopian Istrian landscapes strewn with wild garbage dumps. His rich, expressive brushstrokes and luminous surfaces evoke a classical sensibility, while delicate, intricate strokes in this series create a sense of dematerialization, conjuring the ethereal, dreamy presence of a forest.
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Tulip Hysteria Co-ordinating is the title of one of fifteen works from a new series of paintings by the Pula artist Bojan Šumonja exhibited at the Trotoar Gallery. To some extent, the works refer to his previous painting cycle The Great Observer from 2024. The heroes of the paintings are...More
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