IT'S ALL IN THE EYE, photographic exhibition from March 26 to April 11, 2010

The exhibition 'It's all in the Eye' opened at the Mali Salon in Rijeka on March 26, 2010. The exhibition was organized in conjunction with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka. The curators were: Nataša Ivančević and Helena Srakočić.

Excerpts from the exhibition catalogue:

Nataša Ivančević, Senior Curator Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Zagreb - It’s All In the Eye
Helena Srakočić - Aerial Photography

Photographs from the opening (click to enlarge):

You can see the video on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYwsnGlK6kg

Excerpts from the media coverage:

An article in the Novi List, dated March 25, 2010 entitled 'The Unseen Perspective of Iceland' – subtitled: 'The quality of Poldan's photography surprises curators at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art'. You can read the article.

Jutarnji List, on March 26, 2010 brings out an article 'It's All in the Eye' subtitled: 'Images of landscapes interest him as an aesthetic phenomenon'. You can read the article.

Novi List dated March 27, 2010 brings out an article 'Numerous Public Came to See Surreal Landscapes of Iceland' with a subtitle: 'Poldan managed to transplant the real motifs into totally abstract images'. You can read the article.

Jutarnji List on April 1, 2010 publishes an article 'A view from Above' with a subtitle: 'With a painterly charge, abstract motifs ooze colour and formal strength'. You can read the article.

The LIVINGSTONE magazine in its 41st issue brings out an article with photographs and information about Sasa Poldan and it also announces the exhibition ' It's All in the Eye'. In the magazine's regular Photosafari, apart from the text there are eleven pages with fourteen photographs of Iceland. Download preview (.pdf, 2.73Mb)

RiTV shows a special feature which you can see on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssYd2FvL-YE

What two prominent Croatian photographers Mario Romulić and Dražen Stojčić said about the exhibition and the photographs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycwedYH9KUM

Further articles and features that appeared in the media and web pages of Vjesnik; Radio Rijeka; Kanal Ri, RiTV and others: www.mojarijeka.hr, www.novilist.hr, www.culturanet.hr, www.kamo.hr, www.fotografija.hr,  www.slavoljubpenkala.hr, www.mmsu.hr, www.fot-o-grafiti.hr, www.tportal.hr, www.rijeka.hr, www.mdc.hr, www.korzo.net, www.fotogard.com, www.rijeka051.com, www.refoto.rs, www.galerijapero.com.

I wish to thank all the media and websites who followed the exhibitions.

Exhibition opening

Exhibition “It's All in The Eye” will be placed in Mali Salon in Rijeka, Korzo 24 starting from March 26th till April 20th 2010. Opening of the exhibition is set for March 26th 2010 at 7 pm.
The exhibition consists of 40 aerial photos of Iceland taken in June 2009 and is carried out in cooperation with the Museum of modern and contemporary art in Rijeka. Curators: Nataša Ivančević and Helena Srakočić.

An extract from Museum’s of modern and contemporary art announcement:
“It’s All In The Eye” photography exhibition of Saša Poldan organized be Museum of modern and contemporary art will be presented in Mali salon.  40 aerial photographs of Iceland will be exhibited. These photos were taken in June 2009 when Saša Poldan flew for four days over the south, southwest and central parts of the island. A landscape known for its captivating and unique natural beauties: glaciers, snow-capped mountains, geysers and ricer channels, and also for its emerald green grassy surfaces, turns to abstract arabesques in Poldan’s photographs. While one group of photos distinguishes itself by affirming visual aesthetics through the abstraction of reality and the deconstruction of motifs the other group of photos affirms beauty, expressiveness and diversity of Iceland’s landscapes.

The most frequent topics of Saša Poldan’s photographic explorations are landscapes and macro photography. Images of landscapes interest him as an aesthetic phenomenon, and his aerial photographs of Iceland served as his initiation into this exciting field of photography. With them, he opened a new chapter, one he wishes to expand by exploring new realms from the air.
Saša Poldan has been intensively involved with photography since 2001 (www.sasapoldan.com), even though it is not his life’s calling. Those that know him as a successful lawyer will probably be surprised by his passion and devotion to the medium. However, if we take into consideration that, in order to pursue a successful career, one needs to combine talent, devotion, intelligence, knowledge, perseverance and passion, then the analogy between a successful lawyer and a successful photographer no longer seems impossible. An artistic sensibility, curiosity and an adventurous spirit are additional qualities and complement his profile as a photographer.
The exhibition is followed by very prolific bilingual catalogue which texts are undersigned by Nataša Ivančević and Helena Srakočić. Publisher: Astoria d.o.o. Rijeka.
Exhibition’s catalogue is also available in electronic form on this website.

Izložba "Sve je u pogledu" biti će postavljena u Malom salonu u Rijeci, Korzo 24 u trajanju od 26. ožujka do 20. travnja 2010. godine. Otvorenje izložbe je 26. ožujka 2010. godine u 19,00 sati.
Biti će izloženo 40 zračnih fotografija Islanda snimljenih u srpnju 2009. godine. Izložba je realizirana u suradnji sa Muzejom moderne i suvremene umjetnosti u Rijeci. Kustosice izložbe: Nataša Ivančević i Helena Srakočić.

Iz priopćenja Muzeja moderne i suvremne umjetnosti:
"U Malom salonu u organizaciji Muzeja moderne i suvremene umjetnosti predstavit će se izložbu fotografija Saše Poldana, Sve je u pogledu. Biti će izloženo 40 kolor fotografija Islanda koje su snimljene iz zraka u srpnju 2009. godine, kada je Saša Poldan tijekom četiri dana preletio južni, jugozapadni i centralni dio otoka. Krajolik koji je poznat po zadivljujućim i jedinstvenim prirodnim ljepotama: glečerima, snježnim planinskim vrhovima, gejzirima i riječnim tjesnacima, kao i travnatim površinama smaragdno zelene boje, na Poldanovim se slikama pretvara u apstraktne arabeske. Pored fotografija koje se odlikuju afirmiranjem vizualne estetike apstrahiranjem zbilje i dekonstrukcijom motiva, druga skupina fotografija prenosi ljepotu, izražajnost i raznovrsnost krajobraza Islanda.

Najčešće teme koje Saša Poldan istražuje fotografskom kamerom su pejzaž i makrofotografija. Slike krajolika zanimaju ga kao estetski fenomen, a zračne fotografije Islanda, Poldanova su inicijacija u ovu uzbudljivu fotografsku temu. Njima otvara novo poglavlje koje želi proširiti istraživanjem novih prostranstava iz zraka.
Saša Poldan intenzivno se bavi fotografijom od 2001. godine (www.sasapoldan.com) iako mu ona nije životni poziv. One koji ga poznaju kao uspješnog odvjetnika, vjerojatno će iznenaditi njegova predanost i strast za fotografijom. Ali ako znamo da je za uspješno obavljanje životne profesije potrebno udružiti talent, predanost, inteligenciju, znanje, upornost i strast, onda nam se analogija uspješan odvjetnik i uspješan fotograf ne čini više nemogućom. Umjetnički senzibilitet, znatiželja i avanturistički duh dodatne su odlike koje nadopunjuju njegov fotografski profil. 
Izložbu prati bogato izdanje dvojezičnog kataloga u kojem tekstove potpisuju Nataša Ivančević i Helena Srakočić. Izdavač kataloga: Astoria d.o.o. Rijeka.
Katalog izložbe dostupan je i u elektronskom obliku.

Saša Poldan Photosafari

Livingstone magazine (www.livingstone-magazine.com) in its 41st issue publishes an article about photographs and author Saša Poldan and is announcing exhibition “IT'S ALL IN THE EYE“ which will be placed in Mali salon of Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka.
Wording about the author and fourteen aerial photographs of Iceland are published on eleven pages in magazine's permanent heading called “Photosafari”. Magazine will be available on-line ten days after publication.

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Časopis LIVINGSTONE (www.livingstone-magazine.com) u svom 41. broju objavljuje članak o  fotografijama i autoru Saši Poldanu te najavljuje izložbu „Sve je u pogledu“ koja će se održati u Malom salonu, Muzeja moderne i suvremene umjetnosti, Rijeka u periodu od 26. ožujka do 11.travnja 2010. godine.
U stalnoj rubrici Photosafari, pored teksta o autoru, objavljeno je 14 zračnih fotografija Islanda na 11 stranica časopisa. Časopis će za desetak dana od dana objavljivanja biti dostupan i online izdanju na označenoj web adresi.