The Gardner Museum presented an exhibition of the original black and white ink drawings by Croatian-born artist Danijel Zezelj from in his graphic novel Stray Dogs. Zezelj began working on the concept for the book and these drawings while in residency at the museum in the spring of 2004. Stray Dogs takes form as the memoir of a woman journalist. Part illustrated biography, part dreamlike musing, Zezelj’s richly descriptive narrative-in-drawings is told through a visually eclectic mix of individuals and settings, from moody cityscapes to shadowed interiors. His story takes on themes of exile, solitude,illness, displacement, and growing old in America. Merging a quasi-documentary style with darkly poetic and musical sensibilities, Stray Dogs explores the meaning of place in human experience. Zezelj’s project is a boldly impressionistic representation of the world as he sees it.

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Saturday Talk
February 12, 2005, 1:30pm
Danijel Zezelj and Pieranna Cavalchini, Curator of Contemporary Art.

Exhibition Talks and Events
Wednesdays at 12:00 noon
Charles Simic: Poet and Author will give a reading of his work in the gallery (July 27). Pieranna Cavalchini: Curator of Contemporary Art will talk about the exhibition (August 17).

Stray Dogs Gallery Talks
An Introduction to the Exhibition Every Saturday, 12:00 noon

Stray Dogs

This Exhibition Archive Project was created shortly before Danijel Zezelj’s exhibition Stray Dogs came to a close. It captures the essence of the installation and serves as a record of the exhibition.