Out of History

„In medium and small formats, using the combined technique of acrylic paint, oil on canvas, collage and watercolour on canvas (and paper), Marija Koruga creates portraits of eleven female artists, historical figures born at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, of different class and educational backgrounds. …Of these eleven artists that Marija Koruga places into focus, only one has been thoroughly evaluated by the profession without avoiding the sociopolitical context and the systematic repression of her work (and private life) - Nasta Rojc. The other artists have either only recently been „discovered“ by our scholars, such as Otti Berger and Vera Dajht-Kralj or have been dealt with fragmentarily, much too conservatively or not at all: Sofija (Baba) Penavuša, Branka Hegedušić, Vera Fischer, Anica Blažević, Marija Braut, Slava Raškaj…“

From the foreword by Ivana Hanaček, Ana Kutleša, Vesna Vuković