Edita Schubert (17 May 1947 – 27 July 2001) was a Croatian artist whose work includes painting, collage and installations.

Biography

Schubert was born in

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, in 1947. In 1971, she graduated in painting from the

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. After graduation, she started working at the Anatomy Department of the

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, drawing

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; she continued working there until her death. Her early works were entirely realistic, later transitioning into installations made of everyday materials combined with painted surfaces. In 1978 and in 1980, she received the Youth Salon Award. In the early 1980s, during the trend of the

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style, Schubert created a series of large-format works with an unusual painterly expression. In the mid-1980s, she shifted to a geometric phase. In these works, she used acrylic on paper with specific blue and red colors, along with black. She continued to create installations during the 1990s, and in 2001, exhibited web art. She received the

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Award in 2000. Schubert died in

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, Zagreb, in 2001.

Major Works

In 1991, Schubert created a series of collages, where over a canvas covered with newspaper, she placed black horizontal and vertical lines on pages displaying political commentary and photographs. For art historian Sandra Križić Roban, "The black striped elements in chubert'swork are not read as a negative opponent to the world in front of or behind. ... They are the remnants of a time of constructed feelings, apparent voids in which metaphysical fulfillment was felt. By giving them a more concrete form, Edita Schubert reveals this "void", deeply experienced." These works are part of the collection of the

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. The artist critiques the influence of censorship through these works. Her spatial installation called ''Ambience'' (1996) questions the position of humans in society. The work consists of six painted self-portraits mounted on photographic tripods.

Exhibitions

* 1982 Yugoslav Pavilion, Venice Biennale * 1985 ''Nina Ivančić and Edita Schubert'',

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* 1991 Edita Schubert, Prošireni mediji (Expanded Media Gallery) * 2013 ''Edita Schubert: Horizons'', Museum of Fine Arts,

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* 2015-2016 ''Retrospektiva'',

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; Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek * 2023 ''Edita Schubert. Self-Portrait Behind a Perforated Canvas'', Galerie Molitor, Berlin

Collections

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* City Museum, Virovitica

Legacy

In her hometown,

, there is a promenade named after Schubert. Her visual works inspired the decorations on the promenade.

References

External links

Schubert, Edita
''Croatian Encyclopedia''
Edita Schubert – Retrospective
Klovićevi dvori Gallery {{DEFAULTSORT:Schubert, Edita 1947 births 2001 deaths People from Virovitica 20th-century Croatian painters 20th-century Croatian women painters 21st-century Croatian painters 21st-century Croatian women painters Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni Collage artists Croatian political artists