2nd BIENNIAL OF QUADRILATERAL   BQ_2
(Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia)

Culture Hero

15.10. – 15. 12. 2007. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Dolac 1/II, Croatia
Opening: 15 October, 8 pm
Curators: Rita Kálmán (Hungary), Sabina Salamon (Croatia), Nevenka Šivavec (Slovenia) i Vittorio Urbani (Italy).

After a success of 1st Biennial of Quadrilateral, its second edition aims to bring together exciting artworks, artists and art professionals in order to shed a light, scrutinize, envisage and portray the contemporary culture hero.

Based on a diplomatic initiative of Quadrilateral, the Biennial presents artists from Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia as selected by a curator from each respective country after reaching consent on a biennial’s theme. After the decision of the BQ_2 curatorial team: Rita Kálmán (Hungary), Sabina Salamon (Croatia), Nevenka Sivavec (Slovenia) and Vittorio Urbani (Italy), the second edition will address a contemporary discourse on a forgotten concept of the culture hero.

• Božo Biskupić, Minister of Culture
• Branko Franceschi, MMSU director
• Vittorio Urbani, curator, Italia
• Rita Kálmán, curator, Hungary
• Nevenka Šivavec, curator, Slovenia
• Sabina Salamon, curator, Croatia

Antonio Riello, Walk of Fame, 2007

BQ_2, Opening, 15. 10. 2007.