Arts at CERN

Tomo Savić-Gecan is an artist who almost as rule exhibits ‘nothing’

Conceived in the manner of tabula rasa, the author’s projects function as empty sites filled with various charges, concealed tensions, references and interlinkings. By intervening in space, the basic ‘material’ of his work, the artist initiates marginal, uncommon interactions between the space, viewer and the non-existent object of exhibition. Dematerialization, absence and emptiness are the consequences of the specific treatment of gallery space.

Savić-Gecan has exhibited in numerous Croatian and international galleries and museums such as Kunsthalle Basel, PS1 New York, Kunsthalle Fridericianum (Kassel), De Appel (Amsterdam), Apexart (New York), Witte de With (Rotterdam), Jeu de Paume (Paris), Kunsthalle Bergen and has participated in major international events including Manifesta, the Venice Biennale and the Taipei Biennale.

In 2017, he completed a one-month residency at CERN as the winner of Accelerate Croatia, a programme organised between Arts at CERN, KONTEJNER and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia.