Minus the World

Dimitri Vinck, known as Finch Tattoo, gave artists the opportunity to start drawing a tower and the freedom to continue it in their own way. The Antwerp-based artist thus launched “Minus the World”, a joint exhibition of 25 tattoo artists from Croatia and the region. They all worked by hand, without digital tools, and the various authorial manuscripts come together in an exhibition whose prints are being sold to help disabled basketball players from Kostrena. Opening • 19:00 Opening of the exhibition on November 16 at the SKC Gallery. • After the opening, the gathering continues at the Palach Club. Exhibition concept • The starting motif of the tower belongs to Finch’s authorial series “Vanitas”, which contrasts the transience, emptiness and worthlessness of earthly possessions with the infinity of the immaterial. • The series connects freehand paintings, abstractions created through the work process and repetitive patterns. Lines and contrasts are created through deliberate, quick strokes and automatic drawing, with the idea that infinity is in the palm of your hand. • The participants built on the motif intuitively, without set rules or expectations. The joint exhibition connects their opposing or intertwined approaches, while preserving individual expression. Charity sale • The entire amount from the sale of prints of the exhibited works is donated to the Basketball Club for People with Disabilities Kostrena (KKOI Kostrena). • Prints can be purchased during the…