Tina Gverovic, Sea of People

<div>The portfolio encompasses several international exhibitions addressing contemporary issues related to migration and displacement in large-scale installations. The work references reoccurring motifs of water and body parts in temporary environments of precarious stability: Gverović juxtaposes found and bespoke elements in complex multi-media exhibition displays. Each exhibition is site-specific to the historic and political context of its venue: The Museum of Modern Art in Dubrovnik facing the Adriatic Sea, the French Pavilion in Zagreb as a trade centre and a collection point during WW2, Suzhou as a silk route city, the Arsenale in Venice as a boat and ammunition depot. </div><div><br></div><div>Across six rooms of the Museum of Modern Art in Dubrovnik, the solo exhibition <i>Sea of People</i> (2016) is concerned with the implications of displacement, particularly at sea. The exhibition is composed of <i>At First Sight I-lll</i> (2007), a series of paintings presented on a large-scale raft; <i>Without Delay </i>(2015), a projection of text on the wall; <i>Testing the Waves l</i> (2015), a projection of video with sound ; <i>Limbo</i> (2017), a series of blue Risograph prints and <i>Inventory</i> (2017), an installation of hand-dyed items of clothing.</div>