Vinko Srhoj
Vinko Srhoj (1957.) is full professor at the Department of the History of Art, University of Zadar. He is also an art critic. He lectures on Croatian and world art of the 20th and 21st century, on the theory of art and on the art of the new media. The theme of his M.A. thesis on the art critic Kosta Stajnić and his dissertation on the Biafra Group reflect the scope of his interests, from the idea of early modernism and how it relates to the creation of a national style in art to the social and engaged art of the 1970ies. From the mid seventies of the past century, alongside his scholarly work, he is an active art critic whose work has appeared in almost all Croatian daily and periodical publications. He has published more than a thousand texts. He has organized and written texts for group and authorial exhibitions that have dealt with the contemporary art scene, particularly the contribution it has made to postmodern art. He participates in the exhibition projects: Salon mladih u Zadru, Salon mladih u Šibeniku, Splitski salon, Jadranski anale, Biennale malog formata u Splitu, Biennale mladih u Rijeci, Hvarski likovni susreti, Plavi salon u Zadru, Čovjek i more u Zadru, Triennale hrvatskog kiparstva u Zagrebu. Since 1990, he is the author of thematic exhibitions triennial of croatian painting Plavi salon: Corpus Alchymicum-Inovacije u slik. 80-ih g.; Strategija citata u umjetnosti 80-ih i 90-ih godina; Retroavangarda; Neomoderna ili još jedan prijelom stoljeća; U susret Plavom salonu-Umjetnik kao idealni lažljivac; Realizmi privatnosti, subjektivno u objektivnom u novom hrvatskom slikarstvu. He is the main researcher on the research project sponsored by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport (MZOŠ) entitled Likovna umjetnost i likovna kultura 19., 20. i 21. stoljeća u Dalmaciji. He was on the editorial board of the journal for litearture and art Glasje and is now a member of the editorial board of the journal of the Department of the History of Art in Zadar Ars Adriatica. He is a political columnist of the Zadar periodical Narodni list. He is a member of the Society of Croatian Art Historians, of the Croatian Museum Society and of AICA.