{"title":"THE CONCEPTUAL USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE ARTWORK OF ANTUN MARAČIĆ","authors":"Rozana Vojvoda","doi":"10.17234/sec.34.4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Based on selected works, the article analyzes the conceptual use of photography in the work of multimedia artist Antun Maračić, from his first use of analog black-and-white photography in the mid-seventies to a number of photography series from his “Dubrovnik period” that lasted from 2000 to 2012. While the artist uses photography as a necessary tool for recording the ideas of his work with strong existential connotations during the mid-seventies, the series of war photographs published in Emptied Frames / Vanished Contents (1991 – 1994) uses photographs in a self-sufficient and symbolic manner, and the conceptual fabric is woven into the scene itself. The conceptual framework of Maračić's photography series from 2000 onwards is mainly centered around following motifs over a long period of time in the liminal space between life and art and the subsequent introduction of photographs into the context of art. This paper is open access and may be further distributed in accordance with the provisions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 HR licence.","PeriodicalId":40920,"journal":{"name":"Studia Ethnologica Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Studia Ethnologica Croatica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17234/sec.34.4","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ANTHROPOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Based on selected works, the article analyzes the conceptual use of photography in the work of multimedia artist Antun Maračić, from his first use of analog black-and-white photography in the mid-seventies to a number of photography series from his “Dubrovnik period” that lasted from 2000 to 2012. While the artist uses photography as a necessary tool for recording the ideas of his work with strong existential connotations during the mid-seventies, the series of war photographs published in Emptied Frames / Vanished Contents (1991 – 1994) uses photographs in a self-sufficient and symbolic manner, and the conceptual fabric is woven into the scene itself. The conceptual framework of Maračić's photography series from 2000 onwards is mainly centered around following motifs over a long period of time in the liminal space between life and art and the subsequent introduction of photographs into the context of art. This paper is open access and may be further distributed in accordance with the provisions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 HR licence.
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Studia ethnologica Croatica is an annual periodical which publishes peer reviewed articles that contribute to the development of empirical, methodological and theoretical insights and findings in the field of ethnology and cultural anthropology. Articles in related disciplines, as well as those with interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary scope focusing on cultural phenomena and processes, are also welcomed. The journal is primarily focused on the area of Central and Southeast Europe, but it has a much wider outlook thus bringing together scientists of various and differing views, standpoints and approaches, those who come from the mentioned regions as well as those whose research focuses on them. The journal promotes studies based on ethnography, innovative approach to theoretical concepts and creative cultural criticism, grasping at the same time local reflections of the global processes, particularly cultural transformations and continuities in contemporary societies. Occasionally, a part of the journal is devoted to a particular topic related to certain actual issues or perspectives in various specific subdisciplines of ethnology and cultural anthropology. The journal also publishes book reviews.