1965, Germany
Blue Connection 2, 2020
Mixed media on wood, 20 x 20 x 2 cm
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 05199
1965, Eschenbach, Germany
Greta, 2021
Photography, collage, 29,6 x 21,3 cm
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference: 05298
1965, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Down There Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2), 1995 – ongoing
Series of 3 photographs, 30 x 42 cm
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference: 05275 (2)
Nihad Nino Pušija is a photographer now based in Berlin. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1965, he studied journalism at the city’s university. Subsequently he worked as a trainee photojournalist and photo illustrator for the Bosnian independent daily newspaper Oslobodjenje in Sarajevo. Before moving to Berlin in 1992, he worked on photo projects and studied in England, Belgium, Italy and the United States. In 1994 he was at the helm for the project ‘Zyklop foto fabrik’ (Cyclops Photo Factory) in Germany, which involved a group of young artists who were forced to abandon their studies because of the Yugoslavian war. In the project, which was supported by Kunstamt Kreuzberg and NGBK (New Society of Fine Art), they explored the themes of Bosnia, refugees, conflict resolution, integration and Roma in Europe. Pušija attended Marina Abramović’s classes at the Academy of Arts in Braunschweig in 2001, and exhibited in Paradise Lost, the 1st Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007.
He chose to live and work in Berlin because he found there was no other metropolis in the world in which two divided halves were trying to grow back together. Trying to capture both the division and merging of the Eastern and Western Blocs, he explores Berlin as a microcosm of streets, food stands and park benches – as change is in progress steadily. In this context, the faces inhabiting the pictures become projections of events. He considers photography to be a medium for (re)gaining one’s identity and self-image, both for himself as an artist and for his subjects.
Aiming to communicate his own experiences as part of a whole, his portraits of Roma people make them and their unique personal stories the focus of attention. These photographs of individuals become defining documentaries for whole groups of people. Pušija’s artistic goal is to seek out microcosms where he lives and works, so that the resulting photographs defy the vague generalisations of his surroundings and daily life.
Source: romarchive.eu/en/collection/p/nihad-nino-pusija-1/
1937, Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany
Hommage to Gustav Mahler, Poplar, Aspen, Hazel, Clemantisa, Grass, 1973/1974
Photo-lithography, 70 х 100 cm
Edition: 75/110; inscription b.l. 75/110; b.m. Hommage a Gustav Mahler, Pappeln, Eshen, Hasel, Waldrebe, Gras; b.r. Nils-Udo 73/74
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference: 03099
Biography
Nils-Udo (born 1937) is a German artist from Bavaria who has been creating environmental art since the 1960s when he moved away from painting and the studio and began to work with, and in, nature.
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1936, Hagen, Germany
Space of Memories, 1981
Lithography on paper, 60 х 80 см
Edition: a.p.; inscription b.l. w.c. (fis Museum Skopje); b.c. Erinnerungsraum; b.r. Rolf Escher 1981
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 03485
1961, Bamberg, Germany
Abandoned Landscapes, 1995
Metal, perforated photograph, glass jar, 100 х 150 х 15 см. (х 4)
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference: 03951
1934, Domzale, Slovenia
Print X, 1968
Mixed media on paper, 77 x 45 cm
Edition: 2/10; inscription b.l.: 1968 2/10; b.m.: “X”
Acquisition: Gift by the artist
Reference: 01707
1935, Dusseldorf, Germany – 2023, Dusseldorf, Germany
Tongs – from the Lurking cycle, 1977/1980
Etching on paper, 24,5 х 34cm
Insignia: b.r. Klapheck
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 02841
Biography
Konrad Klapheck (10 February 1935 – 30 July 2023) was a German painter and graphic artist whose style of painting combined features of Surrealism and Pop art.
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1909, Rot an der Rot, Germany – 1981, Eningen, Germany
Centaurs, 1962
Woodcut on paper, 65 х 84 cm
Edition: inscription b.l. (vertically) Haap haber
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 00199
Biography
Helmut Andreas Paul Grieshaber or HAP Grieshaber (15 February 1909 – 12 May 1981) was a German artist. His preferred medium was large format woodcuts.
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1901, Leipzig, Germany – 1985, Antibes, France
Т – 1962 – P III, 1962
Oil on canvas, 58 x 250 cm
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 00583
Hans Hartung and his wife, Ana Eva Bergman, are one of the most generous donоrs who have donated 26 artworks.
Hartung’s works are received on the occasion of the personal visit of Boris Petkovski – the first Director of the Museum – to Hans’s Atelier and through the recommendation of Zoran Mušić. One of the artworks that was supposed to be donated – which appeared to be the painting T-1962-RT – was both a choice of Hartung and Petkovski. The painting was part of many museum’s exhibitions, and his graphics were exhibited in separate shows: first along with Ana Eva Bergman’s series of prints in 1966 in and in 1993.
Biography
Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the Legion d’honneur.
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