Nineteen artists and creatives from the Šibenik area gathered (in smaller groups, of course) at the Azimut Club gallery to carry out a unique artistic action – a Christmas exhibition that you are not allowed to visit.
Originally, the event was conceived as a Christmas art & craft sales exhibition of artworks and unique handmade items where the people of Šibenik could find original gifts for their loved ones. However, since the Grinch devised an effective plan to steal Christmas this year, all Christmas events, exhibitions, fairs, and public gatherings were canceled. Well, not quite all of them.
“If we have learned anything this year, it is that art cannot be canceled. Just like water, it always finds its way to the well of the soul. Despite the closure of the Azimut Club gallery, all nineteen artists delivered their works to Šibenik’s wells. The exhibition will be installed and immediately thereafter officially closed until January 8 next year.”
The artists exhibiting their works in the closed gallery include Zvonimir Vila, Danijel Hrg (Deni Design), Miranda and Mario Juras (Lulas Art), Branka Grubić, Denis Jakovljević, PriXsa, Lana Martinović Čala, Dolores Bujas, Adrijana Diklić, Julijana Mašina, Ivana Antić Stošić, Zrinka Magazin, Branka Telenta, Vedran Baus, Nives Jakovljević, Silvija Sunara, Anita Franin Pećarica, Nino Šolić, and joining the local artists is Koraljko Greben from the Neretva Valley.
The gallery has been decorated in the style of a warm Christmas living room, featuring exactly 167 unique exhibits – paintings, photographs, installations, lamps, furniture, jewelry, and various handmade functional and decorative items. The space is adorned with thousands of lights, a Christmas tree, a fireplace, and even a flying Santa Claus.
“Christmas Living Room” – the exhibition you are not allowed to visit – runs from December 11 to January 8.
The gallery will be closed on weekdays and Saturdays, and it will not operate on Sundays. You cannot come, and you cannot see it. But you will know it is there.
Thanks to modern technology, part of the atmosphere will still reach your homes. You can view the artworks, meet the artists, contact them, and who knows – perhaps one of the creations may somehow end up under your Christmas tree after all.
