The exhibition at Kunstverein Graz is an inseparable part of the ongoing process of reestablishing the broken continuities. It is the first extensive international presentation of Bakić’s work since the time of his strong presence on the international art scene in the 50s and 60s, but it is not meant to be a retrospective and it does not seek to present all of his work.

While the Zagreb exhibition in 2007 touched upon some problems of local art institutions and their lack of functionality, of the tense relationship between national culture and its international options, and of the problematic attitude towards history, thus conceptually invoking the original significance of the term “problem” [to throw something before someone], the exhibition in Graz has consciously taken a different direction. 

Read more in the exhibition publication.