The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts - Artist Talks
The Artist Talks series presents some of the participating artists of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts. The series aims to introduce the art practice of a particular artist to the broader public, as well as to encourage a dialogue between the artist and the local cultural protagonists. The setting of the Artist Talks invites informal discussion on the presented art practice, but also ways of making connections between the visiting artists and the local context.
ARTIST TALK WITH CARLOS MONROY
Tuesday, 25 April, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (MGLC ground floor)
His work is mainly based on performance, within which he explores the potential of the body that turns into a political and aesthetic tool at the moment it becomes conscious of its own revolutionary potential to criticize, praise and reveal the ways in which the state, capital and violence, as well as social pressure, affect our lives. Carlos Monroy develops work in various mediums with these notions in mind. He lives and works torn between Bogotá and São Paolo.
Photos/ Carlos Monroy: Latino Love 2, Sabedoria. Courtesy of the artist.
ARTIST TALK WITH ALEJANDRO PAZ
Wednesday, 5 April, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (ground floor)
Alejandro Paz, one of the visiting artists of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts, will present his art practice as part of the programme. Because of the open structure of this year's Biennial, Alejandro Paz is currently in Ljubljana exploring the context within which he will position his work for the Biennial.
Alejandro Paz is an artist and architect who lives and works in Guatemala. He has carried out projects within the field of architecture and design in the United States, Guatemala and Central America. His art practice deals with the political and social aspects of constructing individual and collective identities. He often expresses himself through socially sensitive performances and installations, carried out in the public space. For his performance Guardaespaldas (April 2002), he hired a bodyguard to protect a tramp during his "work day" on the streets of Guatemala City. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, at the Biennial in Havana and São Paulo. Alejandro Paz was chosen to participate in the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts by Regina Jose Galindo, winner of the 29th Biennial of Graphic Arts.
Photos: Alejandro Paz: Guardaespaldas (2002). Courtesy of the artist.
Summer in Tivoli
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Sunday guided tour of the exhibition
Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature in English and Slovenian, conducted by Matic Ferlan
Sunday, July 29, at 3 pm
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature project, by which the Švicarija Creative Centre is being introduced into the cultural life of the capital, derives from three basic elements that have marked the history of the building: community, art and nature. The project consists of an exhibition and supplementary exhibition programme inspired by the building that actualises the history of Švicarija, in such a way providing the guidelines for its activities in the future.
The multifaceted exhibition consists of four sections: History, The Stojan Batič Memorial Studio, Architecture and Art. The exhibition takes us through the history and social life of the building, it presents us with activities of the artists in it and highlights its recent renovation. These sections are connected by the artwork
Photo: Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Archive.
YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US IN THE CHILDREN'S STUDIO IN THE ŠVICARIJA CREATIVE CENTRE!
Creative workshops, animations and guided tours of the building are held for children every Friday. The studio operates free of charge every Friday from May to October, from 10 am to 1 pm. The activities are led by the gallery mentors Petra Derganc, Tina Boc, Petja Kolenko and Katja Kovše.
You may like to book your visit by writing to the following e-mail: petra.derganc@mglc-lj.si.
SUMMER IN TIVOLI
In July at MGLC and the Švicarija Creative Centre
We have taken care to pamper the body and spirit in the city park this year too, given that the Summer in Tivoli traditionally fills the warm and carefree summer evenings with a rich array of cultural events. Visit us on Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday.
Tuesday, 17. July: International Centre of Graphic Arts
19.00–20.00: Public guided tour of the exhibition David Lynch, Fire on Stage in English and Slovenian
18.00–21.00: Extended viewing of the exhibition David Lynch, Fire on Stage and STOP AND GO, The Art of Animated GIFS exhibition
20.00–21.00: concert Vladimir Kuzman
Tuesday, 24. July: International Centre of Graphic Arts
19.00–20.00: Public guided tour of the exhibition David Lynch, Fire on Stage in English and Slovenian
18.00–21.00: Extended viewing of the exhibition David Lynch, Fire on Stage and STOP AND GO, The Art of Animated GIFS exhibition
20.00–21.00: concert Jakob Kobal
Thursday, 19 July, Švicarija Creative Centre
20.00–21.00: Public guided tour of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature in English and Slovenian
21.00–22.00: Concert of contemporary electronic and hybrid music: Futurski
Thursday, 26 July, Švicarija Creative Centre
20.00–21.00: Public guided tour of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature in English and Slovenian
21.00–22.00: Concert of contemporary electronic and hybrid music: Kukushai
Sunday, 15 July, Platform of the Švicarija Creative Centre
Film cycle on Sundays: Films in the Woods, 21.00–23.00 +
21.00: Film aperitif: 'КУКЛА' (Kukla)
21.30–23.00: Wild roses, 2017, Polish
Sunday, 22 July, Platform of the Švicarija Creative Centre
Film cycle on Sundays: Films in the Woods, 21.00–23.00 +
21.00: Film aperitif: Federmaister
21.30–23.00: Twilight Portrait, 2011, Russian
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
Tuesday guided tours of the exhibition
Tuesday, July 17 and 24, at 7 pm
Every Tuesday in July at 7 pm.
Guided tours in Slovenian and English, conducted by Museum Information Officer, Gregor Dražil.
Admission payable.
Occasionally also guided tours by curators and guests; please follow www.mglc-lj.si.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
CONCLUDING EVENT TO THE EXHIBITION
Friday, 20 July, 19.00–21.00
Admission to the exhibition (5, 2.5 EUR for both events)
19.00 David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation, presentation,
conducted by dr. Andrej Rus, teacher of transcendental meditation
20.00 Miroslav Karić: Under the surface ... Lynch as a Visual Artist. Interweaving of pictorial and film motifs, lecture of the exhibition Fire on Stage. (The lecture is in the Serbian language.)
RABBITS
puppet show
Friday, 29 June, 21.00
The gallery is open till 9 pm on that day.
Admission 5 EUR (ticket for the exhibition)
Rabbits are a conceptual puppet interpretation of Lynch's comedy-horror-sitcom internet TV series Rabbits (David Lynch, 2002).
Author: Patricija Šošter
Puppets: Barbara Stupica
Set: Marko Turkuš
Directed by: Mirt Komel
Animation: LG Patana
Sound: Samo Pavlica - Linč
Voices: Marija Glavaš, Mirt Komel, Ana Šega
Photo: Patricija Šoštar.
EXHIBITION: BLUE VELVET REVISITED
The photographs from the film Blue Velvet are back on view at Kinodvor from 1 June.
To accompany the exhibition
David Lynch: Fire on Stage you are invited to the Kinodvor Gallery, where the photographs from the shooting of the film Blue Velvet taken by Peter Braatz will be on view again.
Photo: Peter Braatz.
