Hrvoje Dumančić: Circle

The ticket grants you access to Circle, an exhibition by one of the most distinguished Croatian sculptors of his generation, Hrvoje Dumančić, in the historic Bokar Fortress. The exhibition is organised in collaboration with and supported by the Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Antiquities.

From his earliest student years, the horse has remained the central axis of his artistic practice. For Dumančić, the horse is not a depiction of an animal but a medium through which he reflects on his own life, emotions, memories, and humanity’s relationship with nature. His sculptures transcend traditional equestrian iconography, transforming the horse into a poetic vessel of personal and collective memory. In his recent cycle Circle, Dumančić expands his artistic language beyond the figurative representation of the horse towards archetypal symbols. The circle emerges as a sign of life, the sun, time and perpetual change, while the horse remains a lasting connection between personal experience and universal human memory. Through reliefs, sculptures and spatial interventions, he explores the relationship between transience and permanence, matter and light, creating works that belong simultaneously to the contemporary moment and to an ancient symbolic heritage.

The exhibition is open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Please note: We kindly ask all visitors to respect the space and the artworks. Food, drinks, large bags, pets, loud behaviour, and touching the artworks are not permitted. Children must be supervised at all times.

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Ova ulaznica omogućuje Vam pristup izložbi Krug jednog od najprepoznatljivijih hrvatskih kipara svoje generacije, Hrvoja Dumančića u tvrđavi Bokar. Izložba je organizirana u suradnji i uz potporu Društva prijatelja dubrovačke starine.

Od ranih studentskih dana konj ostaje stalnom osi Dumančićeva stvaralaštva. Za njega konj nije prikaz životinje, nego medij kroz koji promišlja vlastiti život, emocije, sjećanja i odnos čovjeka prema prirodi. Njegove skulpture nadilaze tradicionalnu konjaničku ikonografiju i konja pretvaraju u poetskog nositelja osobnog i kolektivnog pamćenja. U novijem ciklusu Krug Dumančić proširuje svoj likovni jezik izvan figuracije konja prema arhetipskim simbolima. Krug se pojavljuje kao znak života, sunca, vremena i neprekidne mijene, dok konj ostaje trajna poveznica između osobnog iskustva i univerzalnog ljudskog pamćenja. Kroz reljefe, skulpture i prostorne intervencije istražuje odnos prolaznosti i trajanja, materije i svjetla, stvarajući djela koja istodobno pripadaju suvremenom trenutku i drevnom simboličkom nasljeđu.

Izložba je otvorena svakim danom od 8 do 19 sati.

Napomena: Ljubazno molimo posjetitelje da poštuju prostor i umjetnička djela. Hrana, piće, velike torbe, kućni ljubimci, buka i dodirivanje izloženih radova nisu dopušteni. Djeca moraju biti pod stalnim nadzorom.