Drago Julius Prelog

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Dra­go Julius PRELOG was born in 1939 in Cel­je, Slove­nia, as Karl Julius Prel­og. In 1944 the fam­i­ly moved to Upper Styr­ia. From 1954 to 1958 he grad­u­at­ed from the Bun­des­gewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Graz (Depart­ment of Dec­o­ra­tive Paint­ing). From 1958 to 1962 he attend­ed the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na (Prof. A.P. Güter­sloh). Since 1958 the artist used the artist name Dra­go J. Prel­og. From 1969 to 1979 fol­lowed numer­ous teach­ing assign­ments for paint­ing, from 1974 to 1997 for let­ter­ing and let­ter­ing design at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na. Since the 1950s Dra­go J. Prel­og has tak­en part in numer­ous exhi­bi­tions, par­tic­i­pa­tions in exhi­bi­tions and art fairs at home and abroad. “In the ear­ly works (1959) Prel­ogs, dis­solv­ing clus­ters of lines push from the cen­ter to the edge of the pic­ture (CENTRAL FORMATIONS). In the SKRIPTURAL works that fol­lowed, the pic­to­r­i­al action spread out over the entire sur­face; any focal points of com­po­si­tion were replaced by struc­ture and rhythm. In the UMLAUFBILDERN, begun in the 1970s, the action is con­cen­trat­ed along the edge of the pic­ture. In the SKIN and BULL PICTURES the paint crusts pro­trude towards the view­er. Inter­me­di­ate sec­tions of the work, such as the MOUNTAIN, “STEFFL” and PROFILE PICTURES, are by no means to be under­stood as con­ven­tion­al images, but rather as pic­tograms. The rela­tion­ship of the pic­to­r­i­al event to the edge of the pic­ture, rit­u­al ele­ments and a dis­tinct­ly pic­to­graph­ic con­cep­tion of the pic­ture deter­mine Prelog’s work. The many years of deal­ing with the sub­ject of writ­ing as a result of his teach­ing activ­i­ties final­ly led to the devel­op­ment of the “PERSONAL ALPHABET” as a pic­to­r­i­al theme. In 1986 Prel­og devel­oped his own print­mak­ing tech­nique, prel­og­ra­phy.” https://www.prelog.at/biographie/ Dra­go J. Prel­og has received numer­ous hon­ours, awards and dis­tinc­tions. His works are rep­re­sent­ed in muse­ums and col­lec­tions at home and abroad. The artist dies unex­pect­ed­ly on 11 March 2020 in Vien­na. 2021 — first exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz.

Dra­go Julius PRELOG was born in 1939 in Cel­je, Slove­nia, as Karl Julius Prel­og. In 1944 the fam­i­ly moved to Upper Styr­ia. From 1954 to 1958 he grad­u­at­ed from the Bun­des­gewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Graz (Depart­ment of Dec­o­ra­tive Paint­ing). From 1958 to 1962 he attend­ed the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na (Prof. A.P. Güter­sloh). Since 1958 the artist used the artist name Dra­go J. Prel­og. From 1969 to 1979 fol­lowed numer­ous teach­ing assign­ments for paint­ing, from 1974 to 1997 for let­ter­ing and let­ter­ing design at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na. Since the 1950s Dra­go J. Prel­og has tak­en part in numer­ous exhi­bi­tions, par­tic­i­pa­tions in exhi­bi­tions and art fairs at home and abroad. “In the ear­ly works (1959) Prel­ogs, dis­solv­ing clus­ters of lines push from the cen­ter to the edge of the pic­ture (CENTRAL FORMATIONS). In the SKRIPTURAL works that fol­lowed, the pic­to­r­i­al action spread out over the entire sur­face; any focal points of com­po­si­tion were replaced by struc­ture and rhythm. In the UMLAUFBILDERN, begun in the 1970s, the action is con­cen­trat­ed along the edge of the pic­ture. In the SKIN and BULL PICTURES the paint crusts pro­trude towards the view­er. Inter­me­di­ate sec­tions of the work, such as the MOUNTAIN, “STEFFL” and PROFILE PICTURES, are by no means to be under­stood as con­ven­tion­al images, but rather as pic­tograms. The rela­tion­ship of the pic­to­r­i­al event to the edge of the pic­ture, rit­u­al ele­ments and a dis­tinct­ly pic­to­graph­ic con­cep­tion of the pic­ture deter­mine Prelog’s work. The many years of deal­ing with the sub­ject of writ­ing as a result of his teach­ing activ­i­ties final­ly led to the devel­op­ment of the “PERSONAL ALPHABET” as a pic­to­r­i­al theme. In 1986 Prel­og devel­oped his own print­mak­ing tech­nique, prel­og­ra­phy.” https://www.prelog.at/biographie/ Dra­go J. Prel­og has received numer­ous hon­ours, awards and dis­tinc­tions. His works are rep­re­sent­ed in muse­ums and col­lec­tions at home and abroad. The artist dies unex­pect­ed­ly on 11 March 2020 in Vien­na. 2021 — first exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz.

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