A centre of focus for street art in Zagreb.
On the walls of a room there are tools of their trade – brushes, sprays with paint, palette knifes, tape. In the other room, there are their finished works – paintings, painted hydrants, skate boards and walls. That is how the interior of the first Zagreb street art studio looks like. Its name is “Lapo Lapo” and has been opened by artists Boris Bare and Miroslav Petković. Their intention is for studio to be their work space, but also a place where other artists will be able to exhibit their own works, reports Vecernji List on December 24, 2015.
“Until now, each of us had his own studio. After a few successful joint projects we figured it would be best to open a joint studio”, explains Boris Bare, a painter who likes to create his works on all surfaces which can be painted on. He is known for his Pimp My Pump project, which turned hydrants in Zagreb into cartoon characters, music legends and film giants…
“We will continue to work on the streets, but it is important that we have a space that will bring together various street artists”, Miroslav Petković says. Known as Modul, he is a veteran of the Zagreb street art scene who has become famous in the last 20 years throughout the region with his murals. He says that he has always been interested in graffiti art, and eventually started working with calligraphy as well.
Their art space at 50 Ilica St. is much more than a studio. It has been created as a platform for independent and innovative art. “We will exhibit works from all those who think ‘outside the box’. We wanted to create a space which will allow street art artists to present themselves to the public”, Boris Bare and Miroslav Petković explain. When asked if it was hard to present street art in just one room, they admit that the task was challenging, but say they are pleased with the final result.
The studio presents works by more than 30 artists from Croatia and wider region who now finally have a place to exhibit their works. Lonac, Stipan Tadic, Lunar, Djuvedj, Nikola Zorotović and Marko Zubak are just some of them, while Boris Bare and Miroslav Petković say that exhibited authors will be constantly changing. There will be new works appearing every day, just like on the streets.
