Annet Gelink Gallery proudly presents its second solo exhibition of David Maljkovic (Croatia, 1973). Maljkovic has received ample attention over the past years with international solo exhibitions, including in P.S. 1 in New York, Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, Kunstverein Hamburg and CAPC Bordeaux (all 2007). In addition, his work was presented at group exhibitions, such as the acquisition exhibition 'Eyes Wide Open' in Stedelijk Museum CS, and he is currently participating in the well received Berlin Biennial.
'Lost Memories From These Days' (2006) consists of a video installation and collages. The gallery is cleft in half by an architectural construction, which forms the basis for the presentation. In the middle of the gallery the video 'Lost Memories From These Days' will be projected, which could be interpreted as a sequel to his earlier work 'These Days' (2005). The installation with the ten collages takes the spectator along from the front to the back room. With this construction, Maljkovic poses his own view regarding the exhibition space.
The video 'Lost Memories From These Days' shows Maljkovic' vision on the recent cultural history of Croatia. The Italian pavilion of the Zagreb Fair, designed by Giuseppe Sambito in 1961, makes up the background of an absurdist spectacle. Just as at presentations of the latest car models young women are posing at attentively positioned cars. But in this picture the models seem extremely bored. Almost in a trance they are hanging listlessly against the dated cars. Raising their head or even standing upright seems to be an impossible task. The young women are symbols of the new generation of Croats, alienated from their cultural heritage. The narrative and fragmented style is characteristic for Maljkovic' oeuvre. That image fragmentation returns in the collages. The architectural installation touches Maljkovic' interest in the megalomaniac architecture of the sixties and seventies.
