Gorgona Group

The Gorgona Group was active in Zagreb between 1959 and 1966. Conjoined by a search for intellectual and artistic freedom, members included Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos, Miljenko Horvat, Marijan Jevšovar, Julije Knifer, Ivan Kožarić, Matko Meštrović, Radoslav Putar, Đuro Seder, Josip Vaništa. Influenced by oriental philosophy, Yves Klein’s transcendental monochromes, the music of John Cage and the Fluxus movement, the group embraced the absurd and used monotony and emptiness as aesthetic strategies. Activities included exhibitions at Studio G, Zagreb, the anti-magazine Gorgona, and projects such as arranged walks, discussions and intellectual games.