A new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb is bringing renewed attention to the experimental work of Croatian artist Edita Schubert. The show, titled "Edita Schubert: The Logic of Disappearance," presents a comprehensive survey of her pioneering use of photography, film, and installation from the 1970s onward, highlighting her exploration of identity, memory, and the body.
This exhibition matters because it rescues a significant but under-recognized figure from the margins of art history. Schubert's work, created under the political constraints of socialist Yugoslavia, offers a crucial feminist perspective and demonstrates a sophisticated engagement with conceptual and media-based practices that paralleled developments in Western art. Her rediscovery prompts a necessary re-evaluation of post-war Central and Eastern European art narratives.