Jasenko Rasol

Born in Zagreb, 1969.
Graduated Film and TV recording at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb.
Studied in 1991 at: 'Glasgow University - Photographic dept.' - Glasgow/Scotland/UK
Lives and works in Zagreb, as an independent cameraman and photographer.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions (selection):

• 2009. Dijači 1989. - 2003. - Kula Lotršćak, Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
• 2009. Arena - Galerija Forum, Zagreb
• 2008. Foto suveniri - Vijećnica Višnjan
• 2008. Europski mislioci u Goethe-Institutu - Goethe-Institut, Zagreb
• 2007. Irma - Rdeča Galerija - Ateljeja 2050, Ljubljana
• 2006. Vrtovi - Galerija Meandar, Zagreb
• 2006. Murali - Galelrija Prozori -knjižnice grada Zagreba
• 2006. Fotomorgana (Rasol, Kuduz, Opalić) - Galerija SC, Zagreb
• 2005. Iz arhiva Oscara H. - Galerija KIC, Zagreb
• 2005. Ništa o ničemu - Kula Lotršćak, Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
• 2004. Album br.18 - Galerija Karas, Zagreb
• 2003. Irma - Glass Art Galery Simone, Bratislava
• 2003. Azija 2000 - Galerija umjetnina Split
• 2002. Pokriveno - Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb
• 2002. Vijetnam 2000 - Galerija Križić-Roban, Zagreb
• 2002. Reparim bicikletash - Galerija SC-a, Zagreb
• 2001. Irma - Studio Muzeja suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
• 2001. Artist as a young man – Knjižnica Dubrava, Zagreb
• 2001. Irma i Jasenko u fotomatu – Foto-galerija LIKUM, Zagreb
• 2000. Thong Bao – Galerija Permanenta, Zagreb
• 1999. Vive La Peinture – Institut Francais de Zagreb
• 1999. Silba, kolovoz 1994 – Galerija MIK, Silba
• 1999. Irma i Jasenko – Foto galerija LIKUM, Zagreb
• 1998. Paris Ouvertures - Institut Francais de Zagreb
• 1998. Brazil – Galerija Gradska, Zagreb
• 1996. Portreti, Paris, IX 1994 - Galerija Kovačka 3, ARL Dubrovnik
• 1995. Silba, kolovoz 1994 – Galerija PM, Zagreb
• 1994. Silba-Paris-Zagreb - Galerija KIC, Zagreb
• 1991. Visiting Glasgow - Street Level Photography Galery & Workshop, Glasgow

 

Group Exhibitions (selection):

• 2009. Museum within Museum - Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany
• 2009. Nouvel batiment du Musee d’art contemporian de Zagreb 2004-2009, Association Le Pont Neuf”; Paris
• 2008. Odbrojavanjem do otvaranja nove zgrade - Magazzini del Sale, Venecija
• 2007. Iz arhiva Oskara H. - 42 Zagrebački salon, Dom HDLU-a, Zagreb
• 2007. Volimo li gledati druge ljude – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 2006. Fotomorgana - 40 Zagrebački salon: Sinergije, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb
• 2006. Akt u hrvatskoj fotografiji – Machalsky dvor, Bratislava, Slovačka
• 2006. Do You Celebrate Christmas? – Galerija Prozori, Zagreb
• 2006. Povratak u budućnost – 40 godina galerije SC-a, SC, Zagreb
• 2005. Photodistorzija – 2 Biennale, Poreč
• 2005. Punta arta – muzej na otoku - Galerija Arsenal, Zlarin
• 2005. Preko 7 mora i 7 gora – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 2005. Museokeskus Vapriikki – Untouchable Things – Covered, Backlight 05 - 7'th Int. Phot. Triennial Tampere, Finland
• 2005. Umjetnost je medij - 39. Zagrebački salon, Dom HDLU-a, Zagreb
• 2004. U prvom licu – Dom HDLU-a, Zagreb
• 2003. Ljetne slike – Galerija Lang, Samobor
• 2000. Bloody_Body_Value_Nobody - Galerija Marino Cettina, Umag
• 1999. Panorama – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 1997. Hrvatska fotografija '97 – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 1995. Checkpoint – Moderna galerija, Zagreb
• 1991. Photography - Town Museum, Kirckintiloch

 

Fotomonografije:

• SILBA, kolovoz 1994 - tekst: Robert Perišić, 1995. (izdavač: autor).
• IRMA - tekst: Marina Viculin, 2003. (izdavač: Meandar»).
• POKRIVENO - tekst: Leonida Kovač, 2004. (izdavač: «Meandar/Scaner Studio»).
• PHOTO SOUVENIRS - tekst: Sandra Križić-Roban, 2009. (izdavač: Meandar Media d.o.o.)

 

Actions:

• Sedam berača -  4.10.-19.10.2002.
• Postavljanje transparenta na pročelje Doma HDLU-u, Trg žrtava fašizma bb.

 

Artist statement

ON THE WINTER GARDEN SERIES 2006-2010

Gardens which I photograph are created on a type of no-mans land, in so called non-urban zones, the empty spaces of the city, and always next to large residential settlements.
In order to create them, you need a large piece of land, absence of private property, and residet of neighborng buildings. This is the constellation which creates this curious space of suburban gardens.

I photograph the gardens in the winter, out of season, and without people.
This is when they are out of function, and they become even more non-defined, and as such, gain new meaning.
Due to their temporary nature, the gardens are spaces where the function of things is reassigned.
What dominates is the process of recycling, improvisation, formal mess, and accidental ecology.
The gardens function as contemplative playgrounds for adults,
or as sanctuary for citizens who carry nostalgia for the rural,
or a potential refuge for the socially endangered.
The gardens are a reflection of the need for context, which surpasses the basic function of the street.
These are symbolic points which are left out of the city's urban zone, because they are outside the reach of primary architecture.
The gardens are places of superstructure, as squares and parks always used to be.

However, the gardens are spaces without a future; these are locations of future shopping malls, and other commercial-residential eventualities. Today’s state of formal neglect is probably more advanced than what is planned to be made through urbanization in the process of transition. The garden spaces are the opposite or everything they appear to be, and in comparison to the future, they represent to elite spot in the spayed city architecture.

In Zagreb, winter of 2006

P.S. 4 years later, I went to photograph the gardens again. A large part of what I recorded doesn’t exist anymore. To be expected. The city spreads and eats the meadows which were left behind. It seems that even the three points mentioned in the text above have disappeared, the remaining gardens show that the socially endangered – are their only visitors.

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