TARWUK

Working as a single person, TARWUK [Bruno Pogačnik Tremow (b. 1981, Zagreb, Croatia) and Ivana Vukšić (b. 1981, Dubrovnik, Croatia)], form part of a generation who came of age during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Now living and working in New York, US, the artist’s practice can be understood within the context of the aspirations, struggles and eventual dissolution of the former Yugoslavian state and its elusive avant-garde. Combining disparate artistic languages and painterly styles to make subtle historical connections, TARWUK deploys numerous visible and invisible references to create elaborate micro-worlds, a dynamic site of trans-historical collaboration and exchange. A sense of escaping the specifics of time characterises TARWUK’s paintings, which reference, among other things, the metaphorical language of late 19th-century Symbolism, the expressive modernism of early 20th-century artists such as Edvard Munch and the post-Impressionist group, Les Nabis.

TARWUK’s work is included in several public collections such as The Al Thani Collection, Paris, France; The Bunker, West Palm Beach, Miami, Florida US; Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy; Fredriksen Family Art Collection / National Museum of Norway, Oslo, Norway; He Art Museum, Foshan, China K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, China; Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California, US; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia; TANK Shanghai, China; Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US; Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China and Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom.