Peruško Bogdanić, Parsifal, 1994

Peruško Bogdanić
Parsifal, 1994
stone, carving
176 x 35.5 x 30 cm
MG-6498

Peruško Bogdanić’s sculpture Parsifal, created in 1994, is composed of stacked pure geometric bodies. Following the form of a totem, Bogdanić stacks two elongated cubes one above the other, culminating with a sphere at the top. By condensing the form, he aligns himself with the late modernist primary, pure form characterized by a departure from narrativity.
Croatian sculptor Peruško Bogdanić (1949, Hvar) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1976. He worked as a full professor at the Academy from 1995 until 2007, and served as its dean from 2012 to 2014. Since 1996, he has been a mentor and, since 2002, the artistic director of the Montraker International Student School of Sculpture in Vrsar. Bogdanić joined the postmodernist movement and primarily created works in wood and stone. By combining a constructivist approach with associative, organic forms, he paved new paths in sculptural considerations at the end of the 20th century. He has staged numerous solo exhibitions in Hvar, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Minneapolis, Dubrovnik, Berlin, Detroit, Rovinj, Split, Vienna, Rijeka, Klanjec, and Skopje. He has also received numerous awards, including at the Youth Salon (Zagreb, 1982), the Triennial of Croatian Sculpture (Zagreb, 1991), the Biennial of Sculptural Drawing (Budapest, 1992), and the Croatian Drawing Triennial (Zagreb, 1996). He has created several public sculptures in Sisak, Zagreb, Labin, Edinburgh, and Poreč.

Text: Lorena Šimić, trainee curator of the National Museum of Modern Art © National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb
Translated by: Robertina Tomić © National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb
Photo: From the Artist's archives

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