Name: Green Quedo

Author: Ante Šabić

Country: Croatia

Year: 2022

Technique: Combined technique, graphic and markers on paper

Size (W-H): 70 × 100 cm

Price: 640,00

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Green Quedo is a unique graphic print from the Quafari linocut collection, created through a special printing process that uses a lighter pressure to leave a thinner layer of ink on the paper. After printing, green markers are used to manually fill in the gaps, achieving a special effect. The artwork is unique (1/1) and framed

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Quafari is the name of a system and method of depicting animals, manifested in the form of art, fashion, and industrial design. These animals are portrayed as stylized animal forms compressed into a square frame, resulting in a design. The name Quafari is a play on words, representing a safari in a square (pronounced "kvafari"). The first syllable of the Croatian word for square ("kvadrat") and the English word "square" are phonetically similar (kv and kv). Accordingly, each design name is derived from its Croatian term, prefixed with "Qu" (e.g., Son - Quon). The choice of the name and naming system is a comment on the dominance of English over the Croatian language, its "cultural victory," and the assimilation of Croatia into Western culture, where English and American politics dominate. Originally created as miniature line sketches, the designs later evolved into large-format linocuts. Quafari is a tribute to video games, specifically the way game designers solved the problem of designing menus within video games. Often, these menus are reduced to basic icons to save screen space. These icons represent certain actions, sometimes quite complex ones, and therefore need to be legible and specific in order to differentiate the menu, especially in the heat of the game. Accordingly, the design of Quafari is simple and legible, and by transitioning from small to large, it has gained a monumental quality. Quafari is the artist's comment on the domination of humans over the animal world. The square (a human creation) symbolizes captivity, habitat destruction, and the extinction of species due to human actions. And just like the animals in a world dominated by humans, Quafari has become something that is exploited. Linocuts have moved from art into design, being endlessly reproduced and applied in various design spheres, whether fashion or industrial

Ante Šabić (30) was born in Split, and grew up in Zagreb, Croatia. Seeking an answer to the eternal question of what makes a person happy, Ante finds meaning in art education, where he combines his love for creation, his desire to be in the spotlight, and his passion for explaining. He decides to become an art teacher in elementary school. In 2019, Ante enrolled in the study of art culture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he is currently writing his thesis in his final year

2024. – „Plati i nosti“ Bačva gallery, Meštrović paviljon, Trg Žrtava Fašizma 16, Zagreb.
2024. – „19. Cash and Carry – Open doors day“ Academy of fine arts, Lastovska st. 23, Zagreb.
2023. – „18. Cash and Carry – Open doors day“ Academy of fine arts, Jabukovac 10, Zagreb.
2022. – „Projekt Ilica: Q'art Flower Power“ Ilica, Zagreb.
2022. – „17. Cash and Carry – Open doors day“ Academy of fine arts, Jabukovac 10, Zagreb.
2020. – „16. Cash and Carry Open doors day“ Academy of fine arts, Jabukovac 10, Zagreb.

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