Sculpture

Sculptures from Found Objects

Eugen Varzić is best known as a figurative painter, but his artistic language has long surpassed the boundaries of the canvas. Fascinated by the idea of transformation, Varzić incorporates discarded objects and found materials into his sculptures — creating three-dimensional forms that carry the same charge and the same poetry as his portraits.

Art critic Gorka Ostojić Cvajner described this series precisely: an arrangement of bottles forming an imposing sculptural form of organic-abstract poetry and expressive language, diagonally bound structures of floor-based and freestanding sculptures, and outstanding reliefs suited for integral coverage of wall surfaces. In these works, Varzić does not build — he transforms, finding sculpture where others see only waste.

Public Mosaic Sculptures — Trosjed and Konfin in Poreč

Eugen Varzić is the author of two public sculptures created in mosaic technique — Trosjed and Konfin — installed in Poreč. These are not decorative urban elements, but fully realized sculptural works clad in mosaic that gives them visual permanence and resistance to the elements.

The sculptures were created in collaboration with Travisanutto Mosaici from Spilimbergo — one of the most acclaimed mosaic workshops in the world — affirming Varzić’s commitment to excellence and quality of craft.

A Broader Legacy of Public Mosaics in Croatia

Varzić’s public works include:

• Sacred mosaic on the façade of the Church of St. Anthony in Korčula
• Monumental mosaic on the façade of Hotel Poreč
• Mosaic sculptures — Konfin and Trosjed in Poreč

Sculpture as an Extension of Painterly Thinking

Through sculpture, installation and printmaking, Varzić embraces themes of iconographic synthesis in figurative representation — across canvases and other surfaces. His sculptural practice is not a separate branch of his work: it is a continuation of the same inner question he poses in painting — how far can the boundary between material and meaning, between form and feeling, be pushed.

For Varzić, sculpture is not an escape from the brush. It is simply another way of breathing.