France Rotar (1933-2001). Nature's Nuclei. Overview exhibition of drawings, prints and sculptures
Overview exhibition of sculptures as well as less well-known drawings, prints, and tempera works produced by the artist between 1966 and 2001.
Curated by Miloš Bašin
Nature´s NucleiCurated by Miloš Bašin
Most of France Rotar’s artistic output was marked by the shape of the circle or the sphere.
First, there were rounded, shell-like sculptures of biomorphic shapes, already characteristically hollow (Dead Bird, 1963, Siren, 1963). 1963 saw the emergence of ovals in Rotar’s sculptures, in the form of rounded shells with inner spaces and voids. Creating such inner spaces in sculptures became one of the constants in the artist’s work. In his production from 1965 through 2001, most of the works were spherical sculptures with a core.
Between 1963 and 1965 he made series of sculptures entitled Helmet, Shell, and Shield. The Shield series already included a sculpture containing spherical cores (Shield I, 1965). The next series was entitled Sphere. These sculptures combine a spherical hollow form with incisions and vertical apertures on a pyramid-like bottom part (Sphere I, 1966). The Core in a Shell I, made in 1967, is the first indication of the motif of a sphere with a core. The sculpture Cores from 1968 contains a composition of spheres in its interior. Dating from 1968 and 1969, the series of sculptures entitled Growth features orb-like shapes stacked one on top of the other, tending to the vertical, to growth.
This was followed by a series entitled Spheres in a Block, spanning a decade between 1973 and 1983. Sculptures with a sphere split in half first appeared in 1973 (Core I, 1973, Core in a Split Sphere I, 1978), to be followed by spheres dissected into five or more parts (1975–1980). Sculptures with an outpouring comprise two series of works with spheres and blocks, produced between 1980 and 1986.
The present exhibition at the Bežigrad Gallery 2 features a selection of these works as well as less well-known drawings, prints, and tempera works produced by the artist between 1966 and 2001.
Despite their apparently essentially geometric shapes, France Rotar’s sculptures never lost their biomorphic appearance.
Miloš Bašin
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