Guided tour of ISKRA DELTA: 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts with curator Tjaša Pogačar
Thursday, 28 October
17.00, @ Tivoli Mansion
The guided tour will proceed as follows: Tivoli Mansion, MGLC Švicarija.
The guided tour of the Biennale exhibition venues in Tivoli Park will be conducted by the curator of the Biennale, Tjaša Pogačar. Works that are part of ISKRA DELTA are also exhibited at the TR3 Gallery and Ajdovščina Underpass, while the ZVKDS Gallery hosts the exhibition of the recipient of Hamja Ahsan, the Grand Prize of the 33rd Biennial.
Viewing of the exhibition is only possible with a ticket for the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts and the guided tour is free of charge.
Bookings to trgovina@mglc-lj.si.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
In from the margins
Five printmaking studios across Europe are inviting applications from artists to undertake a 1-month long printmaking residency as part of the European residency programme In from the Margins, funded by Creative Europe.
Deadline for applying: Friday, 19th November 2021.
The Millennials in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, conversation
Tuesday, 26. 10.
18.00 @ MGLC Švicarija
Meet the writers of The Millennial Files who contemplate the open possibilities offered by the new technological revolution from the perspective of Ljubljana's millennials.
The conversation is led by Muanis Sinanović
Visitors to the conversation will receive a free copy of The Millennial Files.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Perennial Biennial is searching for local biennial discourse for upcoming publication
The Perennial Biennial is currently working on a new publication engaging with the biennial format as it is encountered, engaged with, and critiqued in its local context. They are reaching out to biennials, artists, collaborators and others for existing texts written in response to biennials in their local context, and specifically published outside of the international biennial discourse.
You can find more information about the open call on this link.
Deadline is 24 October 2021 at midnight (UTC+2).
The Audience Award
Vote for the best artist of ISKRA DELTA: The 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. Voting will take place from 10 September to 14 November, the results will be announced at the end of the Biennale.
Vote here.
34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
10 September till 21 November
If you thought that the Slovenian/Yugoslavian computer company, which many saw as having the potential to become a global technological power, went dark after 1989, you are mistaken. Iskra Delta, a technology conglomerate, has been summoned from the future to present its covert production at the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. Against a backdrop of social and environmental unrest, deep in the pandemic, the story of Iskra Delta and the spectres of the “lost futures” that haunt it provide a spark for imagining and constructing possible alternative presents.
More.
Flash the City: Invader's Street Art (Walking Tour)
Sunday, 15. 8., 15.00, locations around the city and exhibition at Grad Tivoli
1-hour walking tour where you will join us in a real life video game, exploring Invader's pixelated urban art and other forms of street art. The tour is followed by a guided visit to the exhibition Invader: Graphics on Paper. The walking tour begins at Sax Pub and ends in the courtyard of Grad Tivoli next to Invader's Point of Invasion monument.
More.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Most recent acquisition in the Biennial Prize Winners Collection
Eduardo Chillida
Gezna IV, 1969, etching
Chillida was a Spanish Basque sculptor best known for his monumental abstract works. In printmaking, he worked mainly in etching and aquatint. In 1971, he received the International Jury Prize at the 9th International Biennial of Graphic Arts for his etchings from the Gezna series. This is also where our most recent acquisition is from, obtained from a private collection.
More.
Summer in Tivoli '21
We have successfully completed another season of Summer in Tivoli. Many thanks to all the visitors who spent pleasant summer evenings in our company and to all who participated in creating a great program. We look forward to next summer!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Invader's prints Alert 2020 are sold out
In just one day, we sold out Invader's prints entitled Alert 2020 in five color versions. The prints were printed by the renowned French artist as part of the Prints on Paper exhibition, which was on view at the MGLC until 15 August.
Thank you to everyone who purchased Invader's graphics. As a tip for those of you who haven't got your copy, follow the artist’s website where a few more copies will be available.
Invader: Alert 2020 (special)
ATTENTION!!! Invader's Alert 2020 prints are on sale at MGLC!!!
From 15 July at the MGLC location in Grad Tivoli
Starting today, those interested in Invader's work can become owners of one of his prints. As part of the exhibition Prints on Paper at MGLC, the renowned French artist has printed a series of silkscreen prints in five colour variations entitled Alert 2020 at the MGLC Print Studio. The prints are available only at the MGLC location in Grad Tivoli. Purchases of the prints are limited to one person each.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Invader’s Street Art Tour
Sunday, 27 June, Meeting place: Tabor Park, by the fountain.
With the Invader’s Street Art Tour you will join us in a real life video game, exploring Ljubljana’s pixelated urban art and other forms of street art. Together with Katja Pavlič, we will visit the city’s largest gallery – the streets of Ljubljana, where we will get acquainted with the details of local street production. In the process, we will get to know the world-famous street artist Invader.
Summer in Tivoli '21
July, Grad Tivoli and Švicarija
For the eleventh year in a row, Tivoli Park, the surroundings of Grad Tivoli and Švicarija transform themselves into the biggest green and fresh cultural venue in the city for the summer. Concerts, film screenings, puppet shows, exhibitions and guided tours, creative workshops – a diverse art programme from all over the world that infuses the summertime evenings in the midst of nature with a refreshing and unforgettable feel.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac
Workshop: Mosaic prints, stencil prints and pixelated mosaics
Thursday, 1 July, 18.00–20.00
Grad Tivoli, free of charge
In the creative workshop inspired by the recent visit from street artist Invader, you will gain new mosaic-making skills. Under experienced mentorship, you will learn how to create your own pixelated mosaic.
The workshop is conducted by Miha Perne.
Admission free (limited bookings).
Bookings: trgovina@mglc-lj.si
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Riko Debenjak. Relentless Faith in Light and Matter
The book Riko Debenjak. Relentless Faith in Light and Matter has been published. It is by far the most comprehensive publication on his life and work, offering rich visual material and in-depth analysis and reflection on various areas of his art practice: printmaking, painting, illustration, as well as caricature and artworks dedicated to the public space.
The work of Riko Debenjak belongs to the most important achievements of Slovenian modernist art and is one of the pillars of the canon of 20th-century art in Slovenia.
The book is in Slovene and English language and is already on sale in our online store.
Museum Summer Night
Saturday, 19 June, 18.00 - 24.00
Museum Summer Night is a unique opportunity to visit the exhibitions and other events of the International Centre of Graphic Arts during the evening and night hours. We have prepared a guided tour of the exhibition Invader, Prints on Paper with Krešimir Golubić, a visit to the exhibition by Mladen Stropnik and Small but danger entitled DOBROJUTRO and Color white graphics: F, R, E, Š., the pop-up presentation by Danilo Milovanović, Direct Effects, while we also invite you to the Stojan Batič Memorial Studio at Švicarija.
All welcome!
The Computer History Museum at MGLC
RETRO GAMING EVENT
Tuesday–Sunday, 1–6 June, 10.00–18.00, Tivoli Mansion, Lecture Hall, free of charge
During the lecture, we will also open an exhibition that will provide a retro gaming experience using the exhibits of the Computer History Museum. Here we can get up close and personal with the games of our and your youth, and explore the pixelated aesthetics of gaming stories from the pivotal time when the digital was not yet all-encompassing.
Photo: Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Archive.
DOBROJUTRO and Color white graphics: F, R, E, Š.
DOBROJUTRO and Color white graphics: F, R, E, Š.
Mladen Stropnik and Small but Dangers
Until Sunday 15 August
The exhibition presents two print portfolios created in the MGLC Print Studio this year.
The first, entitled DOBROJUTRO, was conceived by Mladen Stropnik and contains eight screenprints. The portfolio, entitled Color white graphics: F, R, E, Š. was conceived by the artist duo Small but Dangers and contains four screenprints.
The exhibition was curated by Božidar Zrinski.
A warm welcome!
Mladen Stropnik in MGLC Print Studio.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Small but dangers in MGLC Print Studio.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Pixels: From High Technology to Street Art
RETRO GAMING EVENT
Tuesday, 1 June, at 20.00,
Tivoli Mansion courtyard, free of charge
The exhibition Invader, Prints on Paper is on view until 8 pm that day.
Lecture, conducted by Borut Kumperščak, Computer History Museum
Pixels have been one of the most visible harbingers of the rise of digital technology over the past 50 year.
Invader: Hello My Game is (2009, screen print).
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Selfie and animation workshop to accompany the exhibition Sonja Vulpes, Limbo
Selfie and animation workshop to accompany the exhibition Sonja Vulpes, Limbo
Monday, 31 May, 15.00–19.00, MGLC Švicarija
In collaboration with the SLON Society
The workshop is free of charge, suitable for young people 15+, girls have priority in participation!
Registration required
Sonja Vulpes presents herself in the exhibition Limbo with a series of self-portraits that reflect the fears and insecurities of our seemingly beautiful and bright society. Personal profile photos on social media usually reflect happy people. But some happy faces – selfies – are just masks, hiding other emotions that are anything but.
In this workshop, we will try to talk honestly about our feelings through selfies. The first part of the workshop will focus on making selfies in an artistic and performative way, and the second part, on transferring and merging them into the form of an animated film.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
INVADER’S STREET ART TOUR, GUIDED WALK THROUGH THE STREET ART OF LJUBLJANA
Sunday, 30 May, at 3 pm, Park Tabor, at the fountain
Join us for a guided tour on bikes as we explore Ljubljana's street art and look for Invader's mosaics and other forms of street art.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
INVADER animation workshop: Space Invasion
Saturday, 29 May, 11.00–13.00,
Tivoli Mansion
Free of charge
Suitable for primary school children between the ages of 8 to 12 (registration required)
In collaboration with the SLON Society
While walking around Ljubljana, have you perhaps noticed the vibrant, curious mosaics that resemble the characters in video games? Perhaps you have also seen the exhibition of the anonymous French artist Invader at Tivoli Mansion. His works, which refer to old video games, pixels, famous paintings and movies, the famous Rubik's Cube and even outer space, are a great starting point for a short and cheerful animated film!
After viewing the exhibition and the film showing how Invader travels into outer space and back, there will be an animation workshop using the stop-motion collage technique. We will be making our own Invader who travels into outer space and has a journey full of ... adventure!
Invader on the streets of Ljubljana.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
BRANE ZORMAN: THE SPIRIT OF THE TREES | TOUCH
REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF LIVE SOUND EVENT
Registration required: cona@cona.si
Thursday, 3 June, at 8 pm, courtyard in front of Švicarija
Brane Zorman will once again perform a reworked version of his composition The Spirit of the Trees | Touch, which took two years to develop in all its stages and intensities.
The concert event will be implemented in spatial ambisonic technology with silent disco equipment (FM transmitter and receivers in the headphones). Ambisonic technology provides visitors with a particularly intense sonic experience of being immersed and surrounded by sound in space. It allows the artist to freely move and manipulate the sounds in the composition in a spherical 360-degree space, while transmitting them to listeners through ordinary stereo headphones.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
INVADER, PRINTS ON PAPER
Until Sunday 15 August
Invader's exhibition Prints on Paper offers viewers the opportunity to discover a lesser-known aspect of the artist's work – printmaking. The retrospective exhibition presents everything from screenprints to lithographs, from woodcuts to four-colour prints, and from invading maps to guides. The more than one hundred works on paper were created from 2001 to 2020, and the exhibition is complemented by Invader's selection of original short films. The artist also prepared the sculpture Point of Invasion especially for the exhibition, which addresses walkers in the park from its pedestal in front of Tivoli Mansion.
Invader: Point of Invasion (2020).
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Workshop: Collagraphy
12-hour printmaking workshop, led by artist Sonja Vulpes
MGLC Print Studio, Friday–Sunday, 4–6 June 2021
Participation fee: 90 EUR, discount for members of the Friends of the Biennale Club, students and unemployed persons.
Only a few places left!
Before the start of the workshop, we invite you to join us for a public guided tour and a collagraphy presentation (for the general public).
Friday, 4. 6.: 17.00–18.00
Description
The printmaking workshop provides an introduction to the printmaking technique of collagraphy, which can behave like intaglio or relief printing. Collagraphy allows for many visual possibilities and artistic explorations with simple materials such as cardboard, glue, sand, plaster, etc. and is also known for its expressive power. With guidance, participants produce their own matrix using the above materials and print it themselves.
You can see Sonja Vulpes' creative method in a short film. Link
A warm welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
International Museum Day at MGLC
TODAY
Tuesday, 18 May, 10.00-21.00
free of charge
You are invited to view and join in the following exhibitions and events!
Invader, Prints on Paper
10.00–18.00
The exhibition is on view at Tivoli Mansion
EVENT
17.00–18.00
Guided tour of the exhibition: Prints on Paper, conducted by Mitja Velikonja, PhD
To take part in the guided tour, bookings must be made at: trgovina@mglc-lj.si
Sonja Vulpes, Limbo
10.00–18.00
The exhibition is on view at Tivoli Mansion
ONLINE
We have prepared a short film about the artist's creative process.
The Stojan Batič Memorial Studio
10.00–18.00
Permanent display at Švicarija
EVENT
Brane Zorman: The Spirit of the Trees | Touch
20.00
In front of Švicarija
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
INVADER’S STREET ART TOUR, GUIDED WALK THROUGH THE STREET ART OF LJUBLJANA
Sunday, 9 May, at 3 pm, Park Tabor, at the fountain
Join us for a guided tour on bikes as we explore Ljubljana's street art and look for Invader's mosaics and other forms of street art.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Arhive.
You are invited to view the film "Am I a manager? Yes, I am."
Živa Škodlar Vujić, a long-time curator of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, and Mitja Rotovnik, the first director of Cankarjev dom, who professionally and personally followed the efforts of his friend Zoran Kržišnik, shared their views and memories in a short documentary about the international involvement of the Slovenian art scene. Their account takes us through the extremely dynamic period of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, when Ljubljana became a cosmopolitan cultural centre. These events are illuminated from a cultural and historical perspective by Aleš Gabrič, who talks in the film about, among other things, the development of the managerial mentality in Slovenia and the importance of international cultural events, which distinguish cultural goings-on in Slovenia to this day.
WELCOME TO TIVOLI MANSION AND ŠVICARIJA
We are also open during the May Day holidays (Tuesday, 27 April, Saturday, 1 May, Sunday, 2 May).
You are cordially invited to brighten up your holidays with the sensual prints by the young artist Sonja Vulpes and the extensive exhibition of prints and short films by the French artist Invader.
In Švicarija, you can also view the Memorial Studio of the sculptor Stojan Batič
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Welcome to Tivoli Mansion and Švicarija
On Tuesday, 13 April, Tivoli Mansion and Švicarija will once again open their doors wide. We kindly invite you to visit the exhibitions: Invader, Prints on Paper and Sonja Vulpes, Limbo.
And in Švicarija, you can view the Memorial Studio of the sculptor Stojan Batič.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
From the MGLC Collection
Jo-ey Tang, The Manual
(Morava Books 14, 2012)
Collection of Art Publications
An FBI manual becomes a book of poetry, together with original microscopic and infrared images. The sculpted text is a meditation of surface and the infinitesimal space above and beneath the surface in the search for evidence.
Jo-ey Tang enacts the circulation and absence of images and objects, as well as the life cycle of ideas. The work takes on various forms of photography, video, sculpture, painting, sound, text and “self-assigned tasks”, spans over many exhibitions and is often seen as both the same and new work, in a constant process of building up and cancelling out. The publication was awarded first prize in the ROOKIE competition (June 2012, www.r-o-o-k-i-e.com), organised by City Gallery Arsenal, Poznań and Morava Publishing House.
The booklet comes in a hardback cover with 64 unpaginated pages and is offset printed in a circulation of 350 copies.
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Milton Glaser, Dylan (1966, offset)
Collection of Art Publications
The story of this poster, which was an insert on Dylan's 1967 album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, goes as follows. After suffering serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in 1966, the singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was bedridden and rumoured to be dead. To generate positive publicity for his forthcoming album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, CBS Records commissioned Milton Glaser to design a special poster to be included with the album. Glaser depicted the singer in profile, with his abundant curly hair rendered in saturated colours that stand out from the background. The intense, almost psychedelic colours can also be seen as the spirit of the time and the flower power generation from the second half of the 1960s.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF MGLC AND ŠVICARIJA
The International Centre of Graphic Arts and MGLC Švicarija will be closed to visitors from 1 to 11 April 2021, in line with measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections. This provisional measure is being taken to ensure the health of visitors and museum workers. The upcoming programme will be adapted to the situation and recommendations on an ongoing basis.
We invite you to drop by on the MGLC social media sites: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Slovenian Printmakers in Italy
25 March–30 April
Zuccato Gallery, Poreč
Lojze Spacal: The Dark Bora of the Karst, silkscreen, 1995. MGLC Archive.
The exhibition of printmakers of Slovenian descent from Italy is an overview of the graphic work of artists who either come from Italy or have worked there. Works from the MGLC collection are also presented since most of the participating printmakers collaborated with the International Centre of Graphic Arts. The selection of artists from Italy, which is limited only to those of Slovenian descent, is complemented by a number of artists, including younger ones, who are prominent printmakers in the region.
Participating artists: Avgust Černigoj, Bogdan Grom, Matjaž Hmeljak, Zora Koren Skerk, Marjan Kravos, Anton Zoran Mušič, Klavdij Palčič, Claudia Raza, Jan Sedmak, Lojze Spacal, Franc Vecchiet, Edvard Zajec and Ivan Žerjal.
Curator: Denis Volk
The exhibition was produced in cooperation with MGLC and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Zagreb, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the Government Office for Slovenians Abroad and the KONS Art Association, Trieste.
Forward to the Past
"Am I a manager? Yes, I am."
Online event on the MGLC website and on the MGLC Ljubljana Facebook profile
Friday, 26 March, at 12 noon
Following the recent publication of the book "Am I a manager? Yes, I am.", whose author is Gregor Dražil, MGLC curator, we are preparing an online video presentation highlighting interesting facts from the life and work of art historian and promoter of contemporary Slovenian art Zoran Kržišnik.
You are welcome to take a look!
Forward to the Past is an online campaign of the Slovenian Museum Association, which was taking place between 22 and 28 March.
Open door week of galleries and museums for students
23 to 28 March
from Tuesday to Sunday
You are kindly invited to visit MGLC and see the freshly opened exhibition Limbo by Sonja Vulpes and the ever-relevant Invader at the exhibition Prints on Paper.
Free admission for all students who present a valid student card.
Sonja Vulpes, Limbo
19. 3.–18. 5. 2021
The title of the exhibition Limbo is a carefully chosen word that can aptly and directly describe the artistic and mental expression of the self-portraits in the latest series of prints by Sonja Vulpes, in which uncertainty, disunity and a sense of being trapped in a state of helplessness prevail, the only solution to which seems to be that this will simply pass. She speaks about it sincerely, without shame and without regard to being judged.
The exhibition was curated by Božidar Zrinski.
Sonja Vulpes, HA HA HA, collograph, 1/1, 2020.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Mosaic Prints
Workshop for primary and secondary school pupils (ages 10 and up)
Saturday, 27 March, 10.00–12.00, admission free
The workshop is part of the accompanying programme to the exhibition Invader, Prints on Paper, in cooperation with Alternative Ljubljana.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Arhiv MGLC.
The creative workshop teaches the crafting skills of pixelated mosaic and also includes a brief presentation on the historical background of mosaic art. Under the expert guidance of the mosaicist Vasily Gogov, we will use stencil prints to create a composition suitable for any wall at home.
The catalogue Prints on Paper, Catalogue raisonné 2001–2020
Available from today in the MGLC Museum Shop exclusively to visitors of the exhibition Invader, Prints on Paper.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The catalogue is published by Control P Editions. It is in English, has 224 pages and was printed in a circulation of 4000 copies. The introductory text entitled Repetition, Variation, Evolution was written by the curator of the exhibition, Božidar Zrinski.
A special place in the artist's oeuvre is occupied by original art books in which Invader presents and explains his work in detail. The catalogue Prints on Paper is such a book, offering a visual presentation of the artist's works on paper and a comprehensive account of them.
INVADER’S STREET ART TOUR, GUIDED WALK THROUGH THE STREET ART OF LJUBLJANA
Sunday, 28 February, at 3 pm, Park Tabor, at the fountain
Join us for a guided tour on bikes as we explore Ljubljana's street art and look for Invader's mosaics and other forms of street art.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
LET'S EXPLORE MGLC
Would you like to meet Squirlion, our master caretaker, and learn more about what goes on at MGLC?
In the booklet Let's Explore MGLC, Squirlion introduces, explains and comments on our activities, history, park and gallery, graphic arts biennial, gives us a tour of the printing studios, and much more! Otherwise, Squirlion is a mischievous squirrel teen who is really into rap.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Authors
Text and editing: Lili Šturm, proofreading: Jure Engelsberger, design: Mina Fina, Ee.
The booklet is free of charge and is aimed at primary school children, teachers, educators and families. You can find it at the Info Point at Tivoli Mansion.
Announcing the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts: Iskra Delta
18. 6.–17. 10. 2021
Iskra Delta, a technology conglomerate, has been summoned from the future to present its covert production at the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts.
In the more than sixty years of its existence, the Ljubljana Biennale that was founded in 1955 in the midst of the Cold War, has tirelessly responded to the ever-changing sociopolitical context while rearticulating its own identity and strategies. From the very beginning, it sought to transcend geopolitical polarities, reflecting Yugoslavia's determination to choose its own path.
The Biennale continues to draw from its history and context, taking a specific local case of technological development and its unrealised potentials as the impetus for its 34th edition. Against a backdrop of social and environmental unrest, deep in the pandemic that has fixed our bodies in place and our eyes on screens, the story of Iskra Delta and the spectres of the "lost futures" that haunt it provide a spark for imagining and constructing possible alternative presents.
Curators:
Tjaša Pogačar, Muanis Sinanović, Nevenka Šivavec
Biennale project group:
Kukla Kešerović, Aljaž Košir,
Tjaša Pogačar, Muanis Sinanović,
Nevenka Šivavec, Andrej Škufca
RUBIK-LUDIZEM, ONLINE CABARET
Sunday, 21 February, at 6 pm
Livestream on
Nik Škrlec’s YouTube channel
With Rubicubism, Invader tore the Rubik's Cube out of its established frameworks and created a movement within which the cubes have become a means of expression. What can a theatre actor, who is otherwise an avid Rubik’s Cube player, do with them?
In Rubik-Ludizem, Nik Škrlec transfers Rubik's Cubes to the theatre and the Internet, using them as props, puppets, characters and protagonists of an online cabaret.
The event is part of the accompanying programme to the exhibition
Invader, Prints on Paper.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
SLOVENIAN CULTURAL HOLIDAY AT MGLC
TODAY
Live, online and in the Tivoli Park
February 8, 10.00–18.00, free of charge
Grad Tivoli in Švicarija
A diverse programme to accompany the exhibitions Invader, Prints on Paper and Leon Zuodar, The Noodle.
A visit to the Memorial Studio of the sculptor Stojan Batič.
A stroll through Tivoli Park with the booklet The Secret Life of Sculptures and discovering the park’s artistic heritage.
Goodbye to artist Drago Hrvacki
(1936–2021)
Drago Hrvacki is one of the main representatives of the Slovenian neo-constructivist tendencies. After studying Painting from 1958 to 1964 at the Fine Arts in Ljubljana under professors Marij Preglej, Nikolaj Omersa, Slavko Pengov and Maksim Sedej, he continued his specialist postgraduate studies in Printmaking in the class of Božidar Jakac and Riko Debenjak. After completing his studies, he undertook further study in Italy. Already in the late 1960s, he most radically, and later most consistently, developed many aspects of geometrism in painting, printmaking and sculpture. The graphic oeuvre of Drago Hrvacki is only a part of the whole neo-constructivist picture of his artistic world. He participated in many graphic art biennials. In 1994, he presented himself together with Danilo Jejčič in a retrospective exhibition at the International Centre of Graphic Arts. Several of his works are kept in the MGLC collection. He has received many accolades for his work.
Drago Hrvacki: 003/C (colour serigraph, 1973, from the catalogue Drago Hrvacki/Danilo Jejčič, MGLC 1994).
The doors of Tivoli Mansion and Švicarija remain open!
We invite you to the MGLC gallery to view the exhibitions, Invader Prints on Paper and Leon Zuodar, The Noodle.
In Švicarija, on the other hand, you can enjoy a visit to the Stojan Batič Memorial Studio.
Visit us from Tuesday to Sunday between 10 am and 6 pm.
Tickets can be purchased
untill 5:30 pm.
We are aware that the curent situation only allows for the local population to visit the exhibition and we hope to have some better news about this soon.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
WE ARE OPENING THE DOORS OF TIVOLI MANSION AND ŠVICARIJA
As of Saturday, 23 January, we are with you again.
Visit us between 10 am and 6 pm.
Tickets can be purchased
untill 5:30 pm.
On disply are two exhibitions:
Invader, Prints on Paper
Leon Zuodar, The Noodle
You are cordially invited to visit us at Tivoli Mansion and Švicarija!
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Closing auction of the exhibition Menažerija: 37 Days of Christmas
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 17.00, will run for 45 minutes.
The auction is conducted by the improviser Peter Frankl.
Live on the MGLC FB profile.
The new year brings new resolutions. Let's promise ourselves this year to buy at least one artwork created in the MGLC Print Studios and presented at the exhibition Menažerija: 37 Days of Christmas.
The exhibition is conceived as a large Advent calendar with artworks presented to the public one by one from 1 December until Christmas Eve, 24 December, with a new piece of art taken from the wrapping paper each day. The unwrapped artworks are on display until at least 12 January in the Lecture Room of Tivoli Mansion, taking into account all the preventive recommendations of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ).
A great opportunity to purchase a work of art is to visit the auction of Menažerija's works, which you can follow on the MGLC Facebook profile.
The auctioneer Peter Frankl, also known as the actor in the TV show Osvežilna fronta [Refreshing Front], will present 8 artworks and their asking prices at the auction.
The auction will take place via Zoom It will begin at exactly 5 pm and last 45 minutes.
Registration for the event is not required. We invite attendees to select the artwork they wish to bid on by posting a comment below the video.
Purchased artwork can be picked up by appointment after the auction ends; payment will be made by cash or card upon receipt. Legal entities can pay by invoice.
The list of works for auction will be posted on our website one day before the auction, on Saturday, 16 January.
NEW YEARS HOLIDAYS WORKING HOURS
Grad Tivoli and Švicarija will be open until 2 pm on Thursday, 31 December 2020, and closed on Friday, 1 January 2021.
We invite you again to view the exhibitions on Saturday, 2 January 2021, between 10 am and 6 pm.
Join us for the festive season in the graphic-coloured MGLC Museum Shop and drop by the shop in Švicarija, where you will find some original art gifts.
We wish you a happy new year 2021!
Photo: Matevž Paternoster. MGLC Archive.
WELCOME TO THE BIENNIAL ARCHIVE WEBSITE
The new website of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts has been conceived as an overview of Biennial events from 1955 to the present day. It presents one of the oldest international art events that began with the desire to show a graphic map of the world in Ljubljana. With the introduction of the curatorial approach after 2001, the limitations to a single medium were dispelled and it began to develop into a museum and out-of-museum entity reflecting contemporary art and curatorial practice. The website presents the structural features of each Biennial with lists of artists, prize winners and jurors. The artistic credo of the Biennial is brought closer through the photo galleries and descriptions of the Biennial's main exhibitions, the traditional exhibitions of the prize winners and the accompanying exhibitions. A special section is dedicated to Biennial publications. The Biennial Archive website is conceived as a growing document of a diverse segment of cultural heritage. It is upgraded with the research findings on the history of the Biennial of Graphic Arts as well as topical news to keep you informed about related current events.
The English website is under construction.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS WORKING HOURS
Grad Tivoli and Švicarija will be open until 2 pm on Thursday, 24 December, and closed on Friday, 25 December.
We invite you again to view the exhibitions on Saturday, 26 December, between 10 am and 6 pm.
Join us for the festive season in the graphic-coloured MGLC Museum Shop and drop by the shop in Švicarija, where you will find some original art gifts.
We wish you pleasant holidays and a happy new year 2021!
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK “AM I A MANAGER? YES, I AM.”
“This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Zoran Kržišnik, one of the founders and the longtime leader of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts. As the end of the year approaches, we are pleased to announce the publication "Am I a manager? Yes, I am.", which provides an insight into the international work of this ambitious visionary.
The booklet by the author, MGLC curator, Gregor Dražil, is available in the museum shop in Grad Tivoli and in the online shop.
You can view the book on the link:
“Am I a manager? Yes, I am.”
NOTICE OF CLOSURE OF MGLC AND ŠVICARIJA
In accordance with the government decree, the International Centre of Graphic Arts and Švicarija are temporarily closing their doors to visitors, from Saturday 9 January, until Friday 15 January.
Until the reopening, we remain with you virtualy. For more information, follows us on the links below:
Invader, Prints on Paper
Leon Zuodar, The Noodle
Photo Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Archive.
Menažerija: 37 Days of Christmas
On 1 December, we opened the biggest Art Advent Calendar in Slovenia, which will take us through the December festive period!
The exhibition Menažerija: 37 Days of Christmas will surprise us every day with a new unwrapped piece of art, which will be available to view on the MGLC social networks from 1 to 24 December with just a single click. The unwrapped exhibition with all the works will be on display from 25 December up till 6 January 2021, when the Christmas tree is usually also tidied up at home.
Photo: Matej Tomažin. Menažerija ARCHVS.
MGLC's contribution to This Happy Day of Culture
The first act of the exhibition: the setting up of Invader's sculpture Point of Invasion on the pedestal in front of Tivoli Mansion!
The enigmatic artist Invader surprises us again with his installation in the public space. This time, he speaks to the strollers of Tivoli Park, who are greeted by a new piece on the eminent pedestal, produced especially for the Ljubljana exhibition.
We look forward to the opening of the exhibition as soon as the situation permits. Until then, stay with us on the MGLC social networks!"
Invader: Point of Invasion.
Photo: Tadej Vaukman. MGLC Archive.
In the animation The MGLC Noodle 5, Leon Zuodar also brings us closer to his simply conceived but intricate stories, supported by aesthetics and effective narration!
We invite you to come and see his playful works when the situation permits. Until then, we will be keeping you amused in virtual ways together with Leon!
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
SOON
Three new exhibitions are coming up at MGLC in December:
Invader: Alert, 2020, silkscreen.
Leon Zuodar, The Noodle
Menažerija: 37 days of Christmas
1. 12. 2020–6. 1. 2021
On the MGLC social media channels.
From the MGLC Collection
Honza Zamojski, Vis à Vis en Face
(J'ai quinze ans), Morava Books 12, 2012, Collection of Art Publications
Vis-à-vis en Face (J'ai quinze ans) is the 12th publication of the Morava Publishing House. The portraits collected in the book (previously drawn with a finger on the screen of a smartphone) are a free interpretation of the works in the collection of The ING Polish Art Foundation. The artist's drawing was added to the Foundation's collection in 2010 and catalogued under the number 0108. Two years later, Zamojski created more than 60 portraits, which were identified in the collection by page number, drawing number and catalogue number. He developed a closed and newly structured catalogue of The ING Polish Art Foundation.
At first glance, the book may seem like a parody of the achievements of other artists. It can also be associated with the game of a child who persistently writes on the screen of a smartphone with amazing results. Using a simple aesthetic, Zamojski refers to the idea of a direct and intense gaze, while on the cover, we see a grid, a stable structure, because of which the subject can come as a surprise to the viewer/reader. The book comes in a paperback and is saddle-stitched. The 76 pages with pagination include the front and back cover. It was published in an edition of 350 copies.
David Horvitz, My Grandma’s Recipes, Morava Books, 2011, Collection of Art Publications
The artist’s book My Grandma’s Recipes is a collection of 35 recipes that the artist’s grandmother collected throughout her life. She was born in Northern California to Japanese Immigrants and spent time in the Amache Internment Camp during the Second World War. Kay Maruyama’s (Horvitz’s grandmother) collection of recipes reflect the second and third generation culture of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast.
Most of the recipes come out of sharing, similar to how digital information is shared today. Some are clipped out of newspapers, others given by friends or family, and some typed or handwritten by Horvitz’s grandmother. The recipes were stored in a small box in his grandmother’s kitchen, in Los Angeles, California, where she lived most of her life. Horvitz remembers many of these recipes being eaten at family events and holidays.
On the 35 printed cards, stored in an ornate cardboard box reminiscent of a gingham kitchen cloth, we find recipes for fruit salad, Chinese chicken salad, Dutch apple and raisin pie, asparagus sauce and miso paste, quiche, strawberry cheesecake, chilli, tofu salad, banana bread with walnuts and more. A colophon in English is printed on the back of the box. The book was published by Morava Books in an edition of 200.
The Kitch’n Megazine FOR SCHOOL KIDS
In March, when quarantine began because of the COVID-19 virus, MGLC issued a public call for submissions to schools to participate in the campaign Kitch’n Megazine for School Kids. Aware of the fact that difficult living conditions have never been an obstacle to creativity and that such a moment can also be an opportunity for the collective spirit and art, we invited primary, secondary and grammar schools throughout Slovenia to create an art zine. The invitation applied to the class as a whole, but the participation of individuals also counted.
We upgraded the popular creative concept of do it yourself to do it together. Participants submitted their contributions as files of pdf or jpg format and A4 size. Each participating class (or individual) received one copy of the publication, three of which are stored in the MGLC archive. All those who have joined the campaign are also entitled to a free ticket to visit MGLC in the 2020/2021 school year.
16 schools and 47 classes responded to the call and a total of 368 contributions were made.
NOTICE OF CLOSURE OF MGLC AND ŠVICARIJA
The International Centre of Graphic Arts and MGLC Švicarija will be closed to the public from October 24 in line with the official guidelines of the National Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia (NIJZ) and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia in order to prevent the spreading of coronavirus (Covid-19). This provisional measure is being taken to ensure the health of visitors and museum workers.
You are welcome to drop by on the MGLC social media sites:
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!
Photo: Katja Goljat. MGLC Archive.
ARCHITECTURE OF DREAMS
21 October – 20 November
Right Atrium, Ljubljana Town Hall
Tivoli Park
International Centre of Graphic Arts
As part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Muzeum’s activities, the three-part exhibition project presents the spatial installation Boat in the right atrium of the Town Hall, the exhibits Chair and Book in Tivoli Park, and a piece by guest artist Silvia Mariotti, who is, on the occasion of the Muzeum Institute’s jubilee, presenting herself at the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
Chair, Lo scrittore. Photo: Egon Kaše. Muzeum Archive.
Publicn guided tour on the exhibition eto ti na
Tuesday, 13. 10., at 17.00, Grad Tivoli
Public guided tour on the exhibition Nora Turato, eto ti na with Vladimir Vidmar, the curator of the exhibition.
The number of participants in the guided tour is limited to a maximum of 10 people.
Bookings must be made by writing to:
trgovina@mglc-lj.si
Admission payable, guided tour free of charge.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Through Play to Heritage
5–11 October
Slovenia’s museums and galleries have also teamed up this year for the campaign Through Play to Heritage, which is being run during Children’s Week, from 5 to 11 October. We have prepared a number of free programmes and events throughout Slovenia. Take advantage of this exceptional opportunity and spend some quality free time with your children.
At MGLC, we have organised a performance workshop for you, which is entitled I’m not a kid anymore, give me power and is conducted by actress, mover and performer Katarina Stegnar.
Saturday, 10 October, 10.00–16.00, MGLC Švicarija
After the introductory discussion on performance as a form of expression, we will determine the topic of the workshop, which stems from its title, and link the contents to personal experience. We will proceed by diving headfirst into the water, that is, onto the stage, and try to pour our ideas into the performance. The workshop is intended for young people 12+ and families.
The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 15 people. Advance booking to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Free of charge.
PRINTING IN CLAY II
Sculpture and printmaking workshop (36 hours)
Mentor: Veljko Zejak, sculptor
When: Fridays, from 16.00 to 19.00
Where: The Stojan Batič Memorial Studio, MGLC Švicarija
Start of workshop: 6 November 2020
The Printing in Clay II workshop is the continuation of the workshop Printing in Clay, which was conducted at Švicarija two years ago.
Its mentor Veljko Zejak works in the expanded media of sculpture, which also include printing in clay. The technique is his invention and combines ceramics, sculpture and printmaking. It is all about improvising and experimenting with the materials and knowledge available in various media. Ceramics is the base, which is part of the process as well as the final product.
The workshop is intended for participants with skills and knowledge in the art of sculpture and printmaking. The group is limited to a maximum of 6 people. The workshop should be attended from beginning to end. The workshop will be conducted in accordance with the instructions of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). MGLC reserves the right to change or cancel the programme.
Workshop partner: RogLab
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Participation fee: 180 EUR
The participation fee includes value-added tax. Basic materials are included.
Members of the FRIENDS OF THE BIENNIAL CLUB receive a 15% discount on enrolment, while students, pensioners and the unemployed have a 10% discount on the participation fee.
Applications must be made on the appropriate application form outlining relevant experience or by submitting a portfolio. Applications taken up till the available quota at lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Lecture: Digital Natives and the Universe of Information
Tuesday, 6. 10., 18.00,
MGLC, Grad Tivoli
Lecture by Ajda Pretnar, computational anthropologist
American lecturer, writer and educator Marc Prensky has called the generations growing up with all-pervasive technologies and global Internet digital natives. Skilled in the swift handling of any kind of technological innovation, as digital natives we sovereignly navigate the world of social networks, web browsers and applications, while being accustomed to having all the information at our fingertips. Despite the fact that global knowledge is served on a platter by way of various Wikipedias, we are facing an increase in misinformation, conspiracy theories and so-called instant experts.
There are limited places available, bookings must be made by writing to: trgovina@mglc-lj.si
Free of charge.
In collaboration with the City of Women festival
The lecture is part of the programme accompanying Nora Turato’s exhibition eto ti na.
Photo: Aljaž Ferenček.
NEW WAVE FRENCH COMICS
Lecture and presentation of the Tinta comics festival programme
Tuesday, 29 September, at 7 pm, MGLC Švicarija
Free of charge
France, the so-called Mecca of European comics, has declared 2020 as the year of comics. The Tinta Ljubljana Comics Festival has also joined in the celebration.
A short lecture by Izar Lunaček will acquaint you with the new wave in French comics – a phenomenon that flooded and shook the Gallic comics scene at the turn of the millennium, giving rise to the key authors of the recent decades: Joann Sfar, Kerascoet, Manu Larcenet, David B, and of course Lewis Trondheim, who will be hosted on Skype this year, in a book, and through a display of original works at MSUM.
The pre-festival gathering will present the highlights of this year’s festival – promising exhibitions, talks and workshops, as well as prominent authors, including the French guests Fanny Dalle Rive and Anne Baraou.
The lecture and presentation will take place in the courtyard in front of Švicarija, and in Švicarija’s Great Hall in the case of rain.
The event is organised following the recommendations of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) and visitors are asked to respect them. To participate, please give us advance notice of your attendance by writing to: stripolislovenija@gmail.com
Welcome!
Moved by Voice
The event has been cancelled.
Thursday, 22 October, 17.00–20.00, MGLC Švicarija
Executed by Irena Tomažin, singer, dancer and performer.
The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 15 people. Bookings must be made by writing to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
The participation fee for the workshop is a paid ticket for the exhibition.
Photo: Jani Peternelj.
European Heritage Days
Uncovering the Sculptural Heritage of Tivoli Park
Sunday, 27 September, at 10.30 am,
in front of Moderna galerija
A new leaflet will be presented, providing visitors with a personal experience of uncovering the sculptural image of Tivoli, along with the many details of the park’s art heritage. The visible, but often overlooked or even invisible sculptures (disappeared or relocated), which, in addition to their aesthetic note, also illustrate the social history of this famous park area.
On the guided stroll, the authors of the leaflet – Gojko Zupan (author of the list and descriptions of the individual sculptures), Tadej Vaukman (author of the photographs) and Yasmín Martín Vodopivec (author of the conceptual draft) – will acquaint you with some interesting facts about the sculptural depictions in Tivoli Park that echo the community, art and nature ethos, which is the foundation of the mission of the cultural heritage programme at Švicarija.
Photo: Tadej Vaukman. MGLC Archive.
Švicarija Doors Open Day
Saturday, 19 September, 12.00–18.00
free of charge
The Doors Open Day offers visitors an insight into the working environment of the artists who have their studios in Švicarija. There is an opportunity twice a year to meet the artists and take a closer look at their current art production.
Studios doors open and socialising with the artists, Švicarija studio users – Švicarija open studios
12.00–18.00
Participating artists: Anja Jerčič Jakob, Damijan Kracina, Danilo Milovanović, Silvester Plotajs Sicoe, Tanja Pak, Marija Mojca Pungerčar, Ana Sluga, Zora Stančič, Martina Štirn Fukuhara, Miha Štrukelj, Veljko Zejak
It is mandatory to wear a mask and disinfect hands on the premises of Švicarija. The number of visitors to a studio is limited to two due to the current global situation.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
On foot and with dogs in tow to see exhibitions!
EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK AT THE NORA TURATO, ETO TI NA EXHIBITION
Sunday, 20 September, 10.00–18.00
free of charge
10.00–18.00, Grad Tivoli
Free-of-charge viewing of the exhibition Nora Turato, eto ti na.
10.00–12.00, in front of Grad Tivoli
Creative workshop of printing, drawing and painting for dogs and their owners. The workshop is cancelled if it rains.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
In September, we traditionally join the European Mobility Week initiative, which promotes awareness of the importance of well-organised transport, environmentally friendly vehicles and well-maintained routes. On this occasion, our museum is also holding a Doors Open Day.
Come and see us – on foot, by bike or by public transport. Your four-legged friends are also welcome.
Nora Turato, eto ti na
11. 9.– 8. 11. 2020
Installation view of the exhibition Nora Turato, eto ti na at MGLC.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
eto ti na is the first Slovenian presentation by the Amsterdam-based artist Nora Turato. The title is a Croatian catchphrase – a frequently used standard saying without any special meaning – that sums up Turato’s specific attitude towards language. Her performances, books, murals, posters and videos ruminate on the sentences torn from different contexts, fusing them into eclectic pastiches. The linguistic fragments taken from popular and high culture, advertising and science, have more sound to them than meaning, they vibrate in Nora’s loud performative executions, colourful murals and the energetic typographies of her spatial layouts without any nostalgia over their lost context. The experience of Nora Turato’s exhibition and performance therefore comes close to consuming language in the digital age: the immersion in a multitude of stimuli that concern us more than they address us.
Curator is Vladimir Vidmar.
COURSES IN PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES
There are some spaces left.
We are starting with a new season of printmaking courses in the autumn. We will be learning about classical printmaking techniques in the MGLC studios and will also be creating some prints of our own in selected intaglio printmaking techniques. More information to come soon. Contact: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Foto: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Upocoming exhibition
Nora Turato: eto ti na
Grad Tivoli
11. 9.–8. 11. 2020
Nora Turato standing on a pile of pools.
Courtesy Nora Turato.
OPENING WEEKEND OF THE EXHIBITION
Nora Turato will execute her performance wow this huge wooden horse is great three times.
Friday, 11. 9., 18.00 and 20.00, MGLC, Grad Tivoli
Nora Turato: wow this huge wooden horse is great, performance
The exhibition is on view from 18.30 to 20.00 as well as from 20.30 to 22.00.
It is not possible to view the exhibition during the performance.
Saturday, 12. 9., 12.00 and 18.00, MGLC, Grad Tivoli
At 12.00, conversation with Nora Turato, led by Vladimir Vidmar, the curator of the exhibition.
At 18.00, Nora Turato: wow this huge wooden horse is great, performance.
There are limited places available for the performances and conversation; bookings must be made by writing to: trgovina@mglc-lj.si. Free of charge.
Nora Turato: pool 4.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION eto ti na
eto ti na is the first Slovenian presentation by the Amsterdam-based artist Nora Turato. The title is a Croatian catchphrase – a frequently used standard saying without any special meaning – that sums up Turato’s specific attitude towards language. Her performances, books, murals, posters and videos ruminate on the sentences torn from different contexts, fusing them into eclectic pastiches. The linguistic fragments taken from popular and high culture, advertising and science, have more sound to them than meaning, they vibrate in Nora’s loud performative executions, colourful murals and the energetic typographies of her spatial layouts without any nostalgia over their lost context. The experience of Nora Turato’s exhibition and performance therefore comes close to consuming language in the digital age: the immersion in a multitude of stimuli that concern us more than they address us.
Curator is Vladimir Vidmar.
Kitchn Megazin
The Kitchn Megazine public call for submissions has closed
On 27 March 2020, a public call to take part in the Kitchn Megazine campaign was posted, addressing all interested individuals, artists and other creative enthusiasts in isolation due to Covid-19. We invited them to team up with us to create a collective document of the time, and the unexpected situation that shocked and shook the entire world, and to collaborate in the making of the Megazine – a collective zine. We upgraded the popular creative concept of do it yourself to do it together. Participants submitted their contributions as pdf or jpg files in an A4 format. 40 individuals responded and contributed a total of 54 contributions. Megazine will be exhibited at Grad Tivoli. At the same time, a call for submissions was made to pupils and students. More than 310 pupils and students from 13 primary and secondary schools submitted more than 300 contributions.
The Crack Up – Crack Down exhibition presents itself in Poland
Opening: Friday, 19 June 2020
19. 6.–11. 10. 2020
Ujazdowski Castle
Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Exhibition view of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Crack up –Crack Down. Honza Zamojski: The Gathering and The Meeting (2019). Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The Crack Up – Crack Down exhibition, curated by the Slavs and Tatars art collective and first presented as the central exhibition of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts in 2019, is on view as a travelling exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Poland. In Ljubljana, the exhibition presented 37 artists, but this time, this global overview of satire as a graphic genre has been expanded to also include Polish artists. The curators present a broad spectrum of works by artists from Slovenia, Ukraine, Georgia, Bulgaria, but also China, Iran, UK and the US.
Bitter jokes, teasing drawings, activist interventions, ironic memes. How has humour evolved in recent decades? The Crack Up – Crack Down exhibition by the Slavs and Tatars art collective is about satire: its strengths and its weaknesses.
Satire is equally moralising as it is critical: rampage and subversion are in its nature. It can mock but also terrorise. Humour of course changes with political shifts and technological development. Comedic expression is known to bloom particularly under authoritarian regimes – as was the case with the rich tradition of communist humour in Central and Eastern Europe, or the many examples from the Middle East. Satire can also be a tool of ideology even if it is well-fitted to unmask the mechanisms of authority. In these times of post-truth, it becomes a litmus paper of the public mood.
The exhibition showcases both historical and contemporary works, including artistic interventions, satirical magazines and academic elaborations. Slavs and Tatars have not reduced graphic art to the mere role of a “medium” but have granted it agency.
From the MGLC Collection
Andy Warhol: Andy Warhol’s Index (Book)
Collection of Art Publications
Today, this early artist’s book by Warhol is an expensive rarity and at the same time a fascinating piece of art history. It was printed by Random House in New York in 1967. It includes photos, quotes and a range of things that communicate with us. It contains pop-ups, folds and even a 45 RPM record with an audio recording. Eight pop-ups and cut-outs feature a medieval castle inhabited by Warhol’s superstars above the inscription “We’re attacked constantly”, an accordion, a plane, Hunt’s Tomato Paste can, a folded geodesic dome on a string, a paper disc that says “The Chelsea Girls”, a vinyl record by Lou Reed (Velvet Underground), an illustration of a nose with two coloured overlays on a double page, a perforated sheet of stamps and a gold balloon melted and fused onto two pages. The text in English originates from the rather monosyllabic interview with Warhol. It appears as varied and random in design and only acts as an addition to all the other elements of the artist’s book. The book was printed in a limited edition on 74 pages, each copy numbered. The first copy of the book was also equipped with an original printed cellophane bag.
John Baldessari: Falling Star
1989/90, colour etching and aquatint, photogravure on Somerset Satin paper, 164.1 × 58.4 cm, edition of 45
Biennial Prize Winners Collection
This is MGLC’s latest acquisition for the Biennial Prize Winners Collection. Baldessari was one of America’s most influential contemporary artists. Characteristic of his conceptual works is his attitude towards the written word, while also making use of a wide range of media, most notably photography. Using existing text in combination with existing photography, Baldesari’s works question the semantics of the art world and the role of the artist within society. Baldessari identifies his own artistic lineage with a typically witty statement: “I would prefer to go to the source with Duchamp rather than credit Warhol as an influence.”
We have seen Baldessari’s works at the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts on three occasions (1989, 1997 and 2001). In 1997, he was awarded the Prize of Honour by the jury for his contribution to contemporary printmaking.
The Falling Star piece represents his typical approach to art also in the graphic medium, in combining techniques, as well as in the appropriation and processing of already existing photographs.
Jean-Michel Alberola: Instructions Aux Domestiques
Collection of Art Publications
In 1990, a laboratory in Charlotte, North Carolina, discovered that Perrier water contained traces of benzene. Although it was later proven that the traces of benzene present were not the result of a human filtering error, the company never recovered its credibility in the US. The size and scope of the hysteria surrounding the discovery was so great that it caused some to wonder who organised the analysis of Perrier in the first place. Who told the press?
Guillaume Dasquié, the author of a book on the subject of secret corporate practices, claimed that between 1980 and 1989, the economic growth of Perrier threatened the American superpower Coca-Cola. Alberola rests on this claim and construes his own plot from Atlanta in his book, with the intent of getting rid of the European competition. The book is full of citations from people “on the inside” and biting humour, which make for a convincing case. That the author based his artistic address on Jonathan Swift’s book Directions to Servants is evident from the title of the artist’s book.
The book was published in 2002 by Onestar Press in Paris, in French and limited to an edition of 250 copies.
Christian Boltanski: Le Club Mickey
Collection of the Institut français Slovénie
The artist’s book presents a series of newspaper photos of children from the Mickey Mouse Club in moments depicting their most vulnerable periods. By cataloguing these faces as well as the membership numbers of the Mickey Mouse Club members, Boltanski reveals his own fascination with historical memory and the way in which we construct the past.
The work of French conceptual artist Christian Boltanski explores the nature of classification and inventory-making and how these relate to our need to construct the past. Death is used by the artist as a metaphor to communicate his doubts, while at the same time managing to transcend the categories of morbidity and despondency tied to it.
The book was published by Imschoot, Uitgevers in Ghent. The first edition of 400 copies was published in 1990 and the second edition, in a circulation of 600 copies, in 1991. The book has 32 pages and 148 illustrations.
COURSES IN PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES
We are starting with a new season of printmaking courses in the autumn. We will be learning about classical printmaking techniques in the MGLC studios and will also be creating some prints of our own in selected intaglio printmaking techniques. More information to come soon. Contact: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Foto: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Summer in Tivoli is coming to an end
After many events in July and August, our summer programme is coming to an end. Thanks to everyone who has come to see us so far and do stop by in Tivoli again!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
PERENNIAL BIENNIAL
Europe witnesses significant political and cultural changes regularly putting the cohesion of European countries and actors at risk. This unrest has brought about an urgency and desire for closer collaboration in the arts. The Perennial Biennial is a partnership of five European Contemporary Art Biennials working together to develop and explore sustainable models for perennial practices in the biennial field.
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INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
The museums around the world are celebrating on 18 May!
Slovenian museums and galleries invite you to view the digital booklet of posters marking this year's International Museum Day, which is on this occasion dedicated to the subject of Museums and Equality: Diversity and Inclusion.
The International Center of Graphic Arts has prepared a poster created by the artist Iris Pokovec. She has portrayed the fists of fairy-tale creatures, symbolically rising to a fight for equal opportunities and overcoming stereotypes.
At the same time, we invite you to join us on 18 May 2020, at 11 am, for a webinar organised by ICOM Slovenia on this year’s theme. Access to the free webinar:
via the link:
https:
//us02web.zoom.us/j/82843329180
by entering MMD ID in Zoom: 828 4332 9180.
NEW ACQUISITIONS
Ed Ruscha: Babycakes with Weights
Collection of Art Publications, inv. no. 5565
What is a “babycake”? Ruscha had a good idea and provided some good examples in this classic artist’s book of photographs of various kinds of cakes, bound in light blue paper and a pink ribbon. In fact, this is a unique book among Ruscha’s books in terms of content. With flocking on the cover, this extremely rare bookwork moves beyond Ruscha’s romance with Los Angeles architecture and into uncharted waters.
The artist’s book, published in 1970 by Multiples INC., New York, has a paperback cover, 52 pages with 22 offset reproductions of black and white photographs of a baby with 21 cakes (whole and cut), 1 cover page, 1 copyright page, 1 photo credits page, 27 blank pages. The book is in English. It is bound with pink satin ribbon through two drilled holes, tied in a bow on the front cover. 1200 copies are unsigned and unnumbered.
Chuck Close: A Flipbook
Collection of Artists’ Books
Flipbooks are those little books that show a movie or animation in your hands when you flip the pages with your thumb. People of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities are fascinated by flipbooks. They are fun, creative, affordable and have a universal appeal that is timeless. When people see a flipbook, they always get excited.
Chuck Close’s book is at least three times larger than the standard flipbook format. It is made in such a way that a self-portrait of the artist produced in 2000 appears to the viewer as he flips to the last page. The artist’s unique work can be viewed close-up, in detail, and also as a whole. Close is known for his hyper-realistic, large-format portraits and self-portraits, which he paints in a distinctive and recognisable manner. The elements of the painting are seen as separate abstract markings when viewed from close-up, while at the same time, the artist maintains the illusion of a realistic portrait with the pixel-like way of constructing the image when viewed from afar. The artist wants to provide the viewer with the same experience of looking at his work also in his flipbook.
The book was published in 2005 by Fliptomania Inc. Berkeley, Canada. It has 90 colour pages and a colour cover.
Robert Filliou: Livre étalon
Collection of Art Publications
Robert Filliou was a member of Fluxus, a community of artists that carried out experimental performances in the 1960s, which emphasised the artistic process over the finished product. Filliou believed that there is no need for art to be expressed in the form of an object. For him, art was a game that could take the appearance of an unrealised notion.
His mostly ephemeral works, usually made of rope, card and wood, present different but witty and partly poetic ideas and images. Filliou’s ephemeral works undermine established notions of what art is or should be. The book before us is also an ephemeral piece that cannot be understood with any clear explanation. In this case, the artist states: “All literature – past, present and future – can be objectively evaluated at last, thanks to the STANDARD-BOOK (Livre étalon), which alone ensures the faultless measurement and impartial assessment of printed matter(s).”
The book was published in 1981 by Dieter Roth in the form of a 4 x 80 cm concertina booklet.
NEW ACQUISITIONS
Alfredo Jaar:
Let There be Light: The Rwanda Project
Collection of Art Publications
In his longstanding art career, Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar has consistently explored the politics of the image, the problematics of representation and various human rights issues. A significant part of his oeuvre focuses on the African continent. His pioneering project in this field was The Rwanda Project 1994–1998. In a masterful and subtle style, the work addresses the question of how it is possible to engender empathy and affect, in a world saturated with images of violence and suffering. For the artist, the focus of this project is the issue of human rights and the problem of representation: the dichotomy between photography and violence, suffering and pain.
The Rwanda Project generated a number of conflicting reactions. The artist’s book is its summary. It deals with the systematic murder of African Tutsi men, women and children by the Hutu ethnic group in 1994. The artist travelled to Rwanda in August 1994 to see what happened and took thousands of photographs, focusing on the survivors. In this presentation, he singled out one in particular, Gutete Emerita, a young woman who witnessed the killing of her husband and two sons and who, with her daughter, miraculously escaped, hiding in a swamp for three weeks. The Rwanda Project attempts to counter and transform the conventions of photojournalism, which frequently objectifies violence through unmediated images of victimisation. Alternatively, Jaar reverses the lens’ eye to focus on the eyes of the witnesses and the hauntingly beautiful landscape in which this massacre was enacted as a means of eliciting an emotional response from the viewer. The artist’s book is merely one element of the project, while the remaining are original photographs and films.
As the world wants to forget, Alfredo Jaar, one of the greatest moralists of our times, reminds us of the horrors of the Rwandan genocide with his images.
The book was published in 1998 by Actar Publishers, New York and has 200 pages.
Elisabetta Benassi:
Storyboard, (You'll never walk alone)
Collection of Art Publications
In this book, the artist has taken two separate stories and interwoven them. The photographs in the book are actually a collection of stories from two of the artist’s videos, You’ll never walk alone and Timecode. The common thread is Pier Paolo Pasolini.
The main protagonists of the first story are Bettagol, who is the artist’s alter ego, and a young man, strikingly similar to Pier Paolo Pasolini, riding a motorcycle. In a parallel to this story, as a comment or a video soundtrack, images appear of the old Totò and the young Ninetto, the main characters from Uccellacci e uccellini, the film where Pasolini poetically transposed the theme of the end of ideologies. Pasolini seen from the artist’s eyes, without nostalgia and with the intensity of real experience, is brought into her present. This imaginative twist offers no conclusion, giving the reader/viewer the opportunity to fill the gaps in it himself.
The book was published in 2002 by Onestar Press in Paris. It has 150 pages printed in black and white offset, it comes in a paperback with a colour cover, and was published in an edition of 250.
Damien Hirst:
I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now…
Collection of Art Publications
This dynamic and provocative collection of Hirst’s ideas and obsessions is a powerful combination of text and visuals. It contains visual narratives based on drawings, words, photography, typography, pop-ups, special inserts as well as other special effects, which make this book unlike any other.
This extensive publication – Hirst’s first – contains the artist’s statements and words along with his selection and arrangement of images. It is a dazzling collection of the artist’s ideas and obsessions about life and art. The book encompasses the full range of Hirst’s paintings, sculptures and installations that have been produced up to the date of publication – and which continue to provoke both scorn and admiration among critics and viewers. An essay by cult novelist Gordon Burn looks at Hirst’s work and the breadth of its impact.
The book, which has more than 700 colour illustrations, was designed by Jonathan Barnbrook. This is a landmark publication that has redefined the fine art monograph. The book was published in 1998 by Booth-Clibborn Editions, London, in English, on 330 pages. It comes in a hardback, with stitch binding and an illustrated cover.
INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY AT MGLC AND ŠVICARIJA
Monday, 18 May, 10.00–18.00
free of charge
At Švicarija, you can view the ambiental and experimental video installation Agnes Momirski siXren (Verbum Medicinae).
And there is a 10% discount waiting for you at the Museum Shop in the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
Kitch'n Megazine
All creatives, artists and other enthusiasts in isolation – let’s get together and cook something up!
The call for submissions is open till 18 May.
MGLC extends an invitation to create a collective document of the time and the unexpected situation that has shocked and shaken the world over. Let’s stay at home and devote our time, which suddenly seems to be overly plentiful, to the pleasurable sides of life. Get a piece of paper ready and use the power of the recipe that you have been keeping under wraps for so long – paint, write, glue, cut, roll, rub off, fix the texture … All contributions sent in will be printed and compiled into a booklet – a zine, received by every single participant.
Learn more about our campaign!
New acquisitions
Jan Dibbets: Roodborst territorium/Sculptuur 1969
Collection of Art Publications,
inv. no. 4329
Robin Redbreast’s Territory is a book documenting an installation, which Jan Dibbets set up in an Amsterdam park in 1969. The artist observed and recorded the movements of the Robin Redbreast bird in nature with his camera. The book, published in 1970, is the artist’s only bookwork and is one of the more important works of the time.
While reading several books about the Robin Redbreast bird, the artist learnt about its habits and decided to expand its territory by placing poles on which the bird would perch, thus establishing new boundaries. In this way, the bird participated in the artist’s work.
The left side of the slim volume features photographs and topographic studies besides the artist’s handwritten notes in three languages (English, French and German) on the right.
Jan Dibbets abandoned painting in 1967 and began to create ephemeral installations in nature, which he then also photographed. The act is not an end in itself for the artist: he is most interested in maintaining the meaning of the work as he believes that in the end, it is not the reality of the installation that matters, but the idea that inspired it.
Dibbets’ idea was to use his new understanding of the habits of the Robin Redbreast bird for the concept of drawing in space and the desire to visualise ecosystems. He realised that he could not share his idea with others until he discovered the artist’s book format, which he recognised as the right means for spreading his idea. In this sense, the book is not merely a form of documenting the installation but its physical conclusion.
A. L. Steiner: STOP
Collection of Art Publications,
inv. no. 1235
STOP, a bookwork by photographer A. L. Steiner, is a poetic visual document of the paper industry. The book is divided into three chapters. It begins with a silent lament carved into a tree trunk: Help me! This is followed by the photographs – “portraits” of isolated trees in the landscape, further followed by documentation of their fate. From page to page, we observe how trees are felled, stacked, loaded and eventually left in giant factories. The book concludes with an inventory of disposable paper products: paper rolls, cardboard boxes, newspapers, paper cups, paper bags and, self-critically, the pages of the book itself. STOP draws attention to the physical history of the paper bound into each copy of the book and points to the viewer’s involvement in the consumer production process. The awareness of this complicity, which does usually not come to the fore during reading, is the subtext of the book. Steiner’s perspective is broad and introspective. The sharp, yet lyrical images in the book draw attention to the mass destruction of the environment in order to sustain our consumer culture.
The book was published in 2003 by Onestar Press in Paris, limited to an edition of 250 copies. It has 186 unpaginated pages printed in black and white offset. It is glue-bound and comes in a colour paperback cover.
Roni Horn: You are the Weather
Collection of Art Publications,
inv. no. 1894
American artist Roni Horn has been travelling to Iceland regularly for many years, where she stays for extended periods of time. This is where the ideas for her installations and books with drawings and photographs are born.
You are the Weather is an extremely beautiful artist's book, which is minimalist and complex at the same time. It confronts us with the mysterious surface of the face of one woman. The book is an intimate and erotic artwork without ever being sexual or explicit. The book cannot be viewed in the usual passive way. We find ourselves in front of the open face of an unknown woman while experiencing her beauty, depth and mystery. The woman's face anchors our gaze but does not return it. So before us, we have an artist's book that is as challenging and enigmatic as it is beautiful and intimate.
Roni Horn about the book: “... it concentrates exclusively on this one woman, on close-ups of her face. I photograph this woman, Margrét, in the water. This was very important, as water is a true key phenomenon in Iceland. It was quite an easy relation. I did not say anything about what she had to do. She simply got into the water and I began to take photographs. In sunlight or under a stormy, cloudy sky – the water surrounded her, her hair was sometimes wet and sometimes tousled by the wind. You can not look at this woman in the traditional manner of nude photography. You look at a woman, who is also looking at you. Through her relation to the water, the light, the wind and the weather, she takes on these different personalities.”
From the MGLC Collection
NOISE magazine
1985–1994, Ed. Maeght, Paris
In 2018, 11 volumes of NOISE magazine were acquired for the Collection of Art Publications. The NOISE contemporary art magazine was published by the Ed. Maeght publishing house in Paris between 1985 and 1994. The 17 volumes of the magazine featured the original works by contemporary visual artists face to face with the unpublished texts by poets, writers and philosophers. The magazine was printed in French, with the original versions of the translated texts at the end of each volume. It was published in an edition of 2000 copies. An additional 120 copies, numbered and signed, were printed on Arches paper. The illustrations were both in black and white and colour. The editors of the magazine were curator Didier Ottinger, painter Pierre Antoniucci, and writer, publicist and critic Roger Salloch, whereas the artistic director was the Paris-resident Japanese painter Aki Kuroda, who also produced eight of the magazine’s covers. The authors of the other covers were David Diao, Sam Francis, Walter Dahn, David Tremlett, Jochen Gerz, Hélène Delprat and Sean Scully. Here we should also mention some of the other artists that published work in NOISE magazine: Karel Appel, Christian Boltanski, Sophie Calle, André Derain, Jean Genet, Gilbert&George, Stéphan Mallarmé among others.
François Morellet: La Chute des Angles #2 (Fallen Angles #2)
Collection of Art Publications,
inv. no. 1224
After describing his love for the right angle in a short introduction in French, the artist explains how he created the images that follow. He laid a series of 155 right angles out of white paper on a piece of black paper at 33 degrees. The gradual erasure of the black background with the unmanageable collection of organised shapes is actually what the book is all about.
The book was published by the Onestar Press publishing house in Paris in 2002. It is unpaginated, in black and white, written in French. Published in an edition of 250 copies.
François Morellet was a conceptual French painter, sculptor and light artist, known for his intricate geometric shapes and patterns. He was interested in line, light and movement. He also combined all this in his artist’s books in his own unique way.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: Park-plan d'évasion
Collection of Art Publications,
inv. no. 1290
The book is packed with photographs of parks and collective public spaces intended for relaxation or recreation taken from all over the world. Grass areas, mowed swirly shapes, public markets with festival lighting, coastal cafés all offer the possibility of retreat and escape, and show the artist's wish to combine physical and sensual reality with the immediacy and emotional charge of the image.
The artist's book was published in 2002 as a project for Documenta 11 by the Imschoot, uitgevers publisher from Gent in English and French in a limited edition of 1030 copies. Of these, 30 copies are signed and numbered.
Gonzales-Foerster is a French artist known for her work in video, photography, space installations and artists’ books. She has also worked in the field of design, writing and landscape design. Her projects could be seen in Ljubljana at the Biennial in 2003 and 2007.
Notice of closure of MGLC and Švicarija
The International Centre of Graphic Arts and MGLC Švicarija will be closed to the public in line with the official guidelines of the National Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia (NIJZ) and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia in order to prevent the spreading of coronavirus (Covid-19). This provisional measure is being taken to ensure the health of visitors and museum workers. The forthcoming programme will be adapted to the situation and the recommendations of the NIJZ as they arrive.
You are welcome to drop by on the MGLC social media sites: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!
Photo: Katja Goljat. MGLC Archive.
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Slovenian Printmaking in Italy / L'arte grafica degli Sloveni in Italia
Group exhibition
4–31 December 2020
Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre
Gorizia, Italy
Artists: Avgust Černigoj, Bogdan Grom, Matjaž Hmeljak, Zora Koren Skerk, Marjan Kravos, Anton Zoran Mušič, Klavdij Palčič, Claudia Raza, Jan Sedmak, Lojze Spacal, Franco Vecchiet, Edvard Zajec, Boris Zulian, Ivan Žerjal
Curator: Denis Volk
Video presentations of the exhibition will be available to view on YouTube via the website
The exhibition will be available to view in the exhibition space if circumstances permit.
Admission free.
Lojze Spacal: Temna burja na Krasu, 1995, silkscreen.
The exhibition provides an overview of Slovenian printmaking by artists who either come from or have worked in the borderland or wider region of Italy. Certainly, not all artists are included, but only those who regularly worked in printmaking and whose work influenced the creative ideas of other artists. The works in the exhibition date back to the interwar period.
Works from the MGLC collection are also presented since most of the participating printmakers collaborated with the International Centre of Graphic Arts. They were participants and prize winners of the International Biennial of Graphic Arts, many of them also made work in the MGLC Print Studios.
The exhibition was produced in collaboration with MGLC and the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia in Trieste.
Upcoming exhibition
ANDREJ ŠKUFCA, BLACK MARKET
20. 3.–24. 5. 2020
The opening of the exhibition and the evening event are cancelled in line with the official guidelines of the National Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia (NIJZ) and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia. The exhibition can be viewed from Friday, 20 March, from 1 pm.
Opening:
Friday, 20 March, at 1 pm, Grad Tivoli
A guided tour by the exhibition curator Àngels Miralda and the artist Andrej Škufca will accompany the event.
At 8 pm, you are invited to join us for a live experimental DJ set spun by DJ Final Form at MGLC Švicarija.
On 20 March, the exhibition is available to view from 1 to 8 pm. The opening guided tour and evening event are both free of charge.
Andrej Škufca: synthetic zero, 2019, 750 x 320 x 110 cm, acrylic, polyester, polyurethane, aluminium. Photo: Lara Žitko.
Important Notice
Given the current state of health alert and in line with the official guidelines of the National Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia (NIJZ) and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, we inform you that all events in the programme of the International Centre of Graphic Arts and Švicarija are cancelled until further notice. The forthcoming programme will be adapted to the situation and the recommendations of the NIJZ as they arrive.
THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ANDREJ ŠKUFCA, BLACK MARKET IS RESCHEDULED TO APRIL.
Andrej Škufca: synthetic zero, 2019, 750 x 320 x 110 cm, acrylic, polyester, polyurethane, aluminium. Photo: Lara Žitko.
Black Market by Andrej Škufca is a multitude of variables. It adopts the changing shape of oil pipelines, ocean fibre optic cables, eels, exoskeletons and the earliest forms of tubular multicellular micro-organisms. It embodies the theories of modular design and self-assembly, described as "spatial software" by Keller Easterling. The sculptures represent a substance that is transformed into endless combinations. These are rooted in science-fiction narratives while embodying the biotechnical corpus of the latest speculative design and theory. The theory and the sculpture, presented together, merge into a practice for a daunting but open future. Andrej Škufca's work presents itself as a complex system characterised by technological design, industrial production processes and synthetic materials. He does not merely combine technological and fictional elements in his installations, but also shapes immersive and seemingly animated environments in which human agents no longer play a central role. The curator of the exhibition is Àngels Miralda, a curator and publicist from Barcelona.
The exhibition catalogue is out ...
The catalogue has been edited by Gregor Dražil, with essays authored by Gregor Dražil, Giuseppe Marchiori (reprint of an article from Sinteza magazine commenting on participating in the juries of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts in 1970), Nevenka Šivavec and Breda Škrjanec. The catalogue is published in a bilingual (English–Slovenian) edition, with 200 pages and over 60 colour reproductions. It was designed by Ivian Kan Mujezinović. Price: 10 EUR..
The catalogue presents the juries that have been involved in the awarding of the prizes since 1955. Both the professional profiles of the participants and the patterns observed in the ideological, political and national formations, have been put under the spotlight. The three comprehensive texts with a diversified slant offer a reflection on the prize winners of the Biennial of Graphic Arts in the three periods from 1955 to the present. The publication is rounded off by a look into the past and present of the MGLC museum collection. As the organizer of the Biennial of Graphic Arts, the museum takes care of the preservation and exploration of the heritage of this event, which also includes the systematic collection and presentation of the prize winners' works.
From the Studio / M1.3
Danilo Milovanović: Docu.city #1
film projection
Friday, 28 February, at 19.30
Studio M1.3, MGLC Švicarija
Docu.city is the title of a series of one-night gatherings with video screenings, which will be hosted in 2020 by Danilo Milovanović in studio M1.3. The basic idea of the events is to reflect on the urban dynamics and issues of the public domain through examples of documentary films and video documentation of artistic interventions into the public space alongside lectures and discussions.
The theme of the first meeting will be the collision of the urban vision of the city and the private interests of unplanned construction. At the first meeting, we will watch the documentary Split, između plana i kaosa (Split, Between Plan and Chaos), an urban study of a city in transition, undersigned by young Croatian director Saša Ban. The documentary confronts the urban perspective of the city as a space of coexistence, which the active local community strives for by following the trend of privatising space that leads to the wild construction and degradation of the idea of the city as a living, functional whole.
Please be aware: The documentary is only available in Croatian, with no subtitles.
The screening will continue with examples of conceptual, urban and artistic interventions in which artists respond to the dynamics described using gestural language.
A spontaneous debate and socialising will follow.
This is an open event, intended for the exchange of experience and knowledge within the field of urban issues.
Concluding guided tour of the exhibition From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon
Celebrating International Women's Day
Sunday, March 8, 10.00–12.00
10.00: Concluding guided tour of the exhibition From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon, the guided tour of the exhibition will be conducted by its authors: Nevenka Šivavec, Breda Škrjanec and Gregor Dražil. Part of the Breakfast with Art programme (the price of € 6).
11:00: Presentation of the exhibition catalogue entitled Shifts in the Canon: The Nature and Significance of the Prizes Awarded by the International Juries of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Lecture Room (ground floor of Tivoli Mansion). Free of charge.
Photo: Katja Goljat. MGLC Archive.
After every Biennial of Graphic Arts, when the hundreds of exhibited prints disappeared from the halls and what remained was only their trace in the form of an exhibition catalogue, a handful of selected works and artists, the winners of the most prominent, international jury, were inscribed into the history of the Biennial in capital letters. The exhibition From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon is made up of the works by the prize winners held in the collection of the International Centre of Graphic Arts. On this occasion particularly those works that have been acquired by the museum through purchase and donation in the recent period, and works that have not been specifically exposed, will be on display The exhibition shows the breaks and continuities in the canon of art in the second half of the 20th century while opening up to a reflection on the challenges involved in adding to the prize winners collection in the future.
About the catalogue Shifts in the Canon: The Nature and Significance of the Prizes Awarded by the International Juries of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts
The catalogue has been edited by Gregor Dražil, with essays authored by Gregor Dražil, Giuseppe Marchiori (reprint of an article from Sinteza magazine commenting on participating in the juries of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts in 1970), Nevenka Šivavec and Breda Škrjanec. The catalogue is published in a bilingual (English–Slovenian) edition, with 200 pages and over 60 colour reproductions. It was designed by Ivian Kan Mujezinović.
OPEN CALL!, CRITIC IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMME 2020
MGLC Švicarija in collaboration with the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory, both based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, invites art critics or cultural journalists to apply for a fully-funded, one-month residency in Ljubljana in October 2020.
Deadline for applications: 17 February 2020
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Arhive.
Guided tour and demonstration of the artist's printmaking method
Thursday, February 27., 17.00–19.00
entrance fee for the exhibition,
free for members of the Biennale Club Friend
The event begins with an hour-long guided tour of the exhibition with the curator Božidar Zrinski and the artist Helena Tahir. Continuing in the MGLC Print Studio, Helena Tahir presents her creative process and attitude towards the technique and the graphic print through a demonstration of frottage and hand printing with a spoon on felt.
Warmly wellcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Helena Tahir, Somewhere Near
31. 1.–8. 3. 2020
Helena Tahir represents the youngest generation of artists to deliberately explore the properties of classic printmaking techniques both in terms of form and content, hence actively co-creating the image of contemporary graphic creativity on the Slovenian art scene. The exhibition presents drawings and prints made over the recent years, some of which are here presented to the public for the first time. Helena Tahir’s graphic prints are characterised by the loquacious interweaving of various images stemming from the imagination, brimming with meaningful associations and historical references that must be carefully observed in order to make them easier to understand.
OPENNING OF THE EXHIBITION
Agnes Momirski, siXren (Verbum Medicinae)
Friday, February 21, at 6 pm, MGLC Švicarija
The opening will include a performans by Agnes Momirski, siXren (Verbum Medicinae).
Agnes Momirski is a multimedia artist, who is currently making new work as part of the residency programme at MGLC Švicarija. The artist, who has been based in Rotterdam over the past several years, explores the voice and language through a posthumanist lens in her art practice. She uses the two to explore the various methods of secret, ancient and healing rituals. These phenomena are processed by the artist in multimedia performative actions, music performances and videos.
siXren (Verbum Medicinae) has two different materialisations; it is a music performance that will premiere at MGLC Švicarija, and it is an ambient and experimental video installation. The piece was made in collaboration with beepblip (sound) and Brina Vidic (visual and costume design).
Curator: Miha Colner.
SLOVENIAN CULTURAL HOLIDAY AT MGLC AND MGLC ŠVICARIJA DOORS OPEN DAY
Free admission to view the exhibitions, studio visits in MGLC Švicarija and a diverse all-day programme.
MGLC, 10.00–19.00
10.00–13.00: FAMILY PROGRAMME AT MGLC AND MGLC ŠVICARIJA
15.00: GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION FROM THE BIENNIAL PRIZE WINNERS COLLECTION: SHIFTS IN THE CANON
MGLC Švicarija, 13.00–19.00
13.00–19.00: DOORS OPEN DAY/ŠVICARIJA OPEN STUDIOS
14.00: CONCLUDING GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION SUB PERSONA
16.00, ART WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN IN THE STUDIO OF MARIJA MOJCA PUNGERČAR
17.00: LIVE COMIC STRIPS: RED ALERT BY TOMAŽ LAVRIČ, 80 min
19.00: BRENCL BANDA CONCERT
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Centenary of the Birth of Zoran Kržišnik
A hundred years have passed since the birth of Zoran Kržišnik, the initiator and longtime director of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts and the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
Zoran Kržišnik has left an indelible mark on Slovenian post-war art, especially in the field of printmaking.
The openning of the 17th International Biennial of Graphic Arts, 19 June 1987.
Moderna galerija Ljubljana Archive.
He was born on 26 January 1920 in Žirovnica in the Gorenjska region. After completing his studies in Art History at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, he became the first warden of the Museum of Modern Art in 1947. In 1957, he became director of the Museum of Modern Art and held the position until 1986. Kržišnik was one of the initiators and the longtime director of the International Biennial of Graphic Arts, which functioned under the auspices of the Museum of Modern Art between 1955 and 1986. In 1986, the organisation of the Biennial of Graphic Arts was taken on by the International Centre of Graphic Arts, which was established upon the initiative of Zoran Kržišnik and the Biennial Secretariat, receiving its spaces in Tivoli Mansion. Kržišnik was the director of the International Centre of Graphic Arts from its foundation until his retirement in 2000.
He is the co-founder of the Grupa 69 art group. He is also credited with the globally accepted term of the Ljubljana school of graphic arts. For many years, he was a member of various international juries in reputable institutions, commissions and committees around the world. He also published extensively, wrote numerous pieces on contemporary art and presented Slovenian artists in comprehensive monographs and exhibition catalogues. He made a huge contribution to the promotion of Slovenian and Yugoslav printmaking across the world. He received numerous national and international accolades for his work, including the Valvasor Award, the Silver Honorary Badge of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia and the French Legion of Honour. Zoran Kržišnik died on 2 July 2008 in Ljubljana. In 2011, a memorial sculpture dedicated to the life and work of Zoran Kržišnik by academy-trained sculptor Matjaž Počivavšek was unveiled in front of the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
Openning of the exhibition
Friday, 31 January, at 1 pm, MGLC
The opening will include a guided tour by the artist Helena Tahir and the exhibition curator Božidar Zrinski.
Helena Tahir: Print (4),
from the series In the Whirl
(90 x 65 cm, linocut, 2017).
Helena Tahir represents the youngest generation of artists to deliberately explore the properties of classic printmaking techniques both in terms of form and content, hence actively co-creating the image of contemporary graphic creativity on the Slovenian art scene. The exhibition presents drawings and prints made over the recent years, some of which are here presented to the public for the first time. Helena Tahir’s graphic prints are characterised by the loquacious interweaving of various images stemming from the imagination, brimming with meaningful associations and historical references that must be carefully observed in order to make them easier to understand.
WORKSHOP: MOKULITO – WOOD LITHOGRAPHY
Print workshop, conducted by artist Tihana Karlović
The event is postponed until the situation is revoked.
Friday–Sunday, 3–5 April 2020 (12 hours)
The mokulito technique is an alternative form of the classical printmaking technique of wood lithography and comes from Japan.
Photo. Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The 2-hour workshop takes place in the Print Studio at MGLC:
Friday, 3. 4.: 17.00–20.00
Saturday, 4. 4.: 10.00–18.00
Sunday, 5. 4.: 10.00–12.00
The workshop is conducted by artist Tihana Karlović (Rijeka, Croatia) and is intended for participants with some knowledge of the graphic arts. The group is limited to a maximum of 8 people. Participants should attend the workshop from beginning to end. Participation fee: 90 EUR.
We offer a 15% discount for members of the Friends of the Biennial Club and a 10% discount for students and the unemployed.
Applications must be made using the appropriate application form outlining relevant experience and/or by submitting a portfolio.
Applications taken up till the available quota at lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
CONTACT AS THE FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVITY, EXPERIENTIAL GESTALT THERAPY WORKSHOP WITH TOMAŽ FLAJS
The event is postponed until the situation is revoked.
Thursday, 2 April, 14.00–21.00
The workshop is conceived on the experiential learning method and based on the phenomenological principles of Gestalt therapy. Contact, as the basic concept of the workshop, is understood as a sensor-motor interaction between man and his environment, which enables the survival and growth of the human organism as well as the development of a sense of one’s own identity and awareness of otherness. This will be explored through experiential exercises and experiments. One of the main attributes of human contact as a process of formation and decomposition of perceptual and motor entities (gestalts) is precisely creativity, which can be awoken when one is ready to face a new situation with openness and uncertainty. The goal of the workshop is to explore how exactly something, which may seem like a blockage and interruption in creatively adapting to a situation, can become the foundation for our creativity if we manage to find a support for turning anxiety into excitement.
The workshop is conducted by Tomaž Flajs, educator and supervisor of Gestalt therapy.
The workshop is taking place at MGLC and includes a half-an-hour break. Drinks and refreshments will be provided (water, tea, biscuits, fruit). Attendance is required for the whole duration of the workshop. The number of participants is limited to a maximum of twelve. Admission is 5 EUR (ticket to view the exhibition at MGLC).
Advance bookings using the application form (enclosed) until the available quota should be made by writing to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Warmly wellcome!
THE CRACK UP – CRACK DOWN PUBLICATION IS OUT
The extensive MGLC book collection has just been supplemented with the Crack Up – Crack Down essayistic reflection of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts of the same title.
Crack Up – Crack Down, a collection of original writing and visual essays edited by Slavs and Tatars (curators of the main exhibition Crack Up – Crack Down) and Melissa Constantine (a contemporary art researcher), expands the Biennial’s discursive focus on the graphic and satire. It has been co-published in English by MGLC and Mousse Publishing. In addition to the introductory texts on the Biennial and satire, it contains essays by Emily Apter on the micropolitics of the meme, David Crowley on punk as a platform for pretence in Poland and Hungary, Melissa Constantine on the affective infrastructure of satire, and Vid Simoniti on the cult Bosnian satire Top lista nadrealista and other Balkan predecessors. Top lista nadrealista and its communicative power is also covered in the insightful dictionary entry by Goran Vojnović. A special feature of the book is the contributions made by the individual artists of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts: Crack Up – Crack Down. These include Hamja Ahsan (the recipient of the Grand Prize of the 33rd Biennial of Graphic Arts), Metahaven, Alenka Pirman & KULA, Mohammad Salemy, Arthur Fournier & Raphael König and Augustin Maurs.
Before you is a visually diverse odyssey through the reflections on contemporary social and cultural phenomena, art, and the close alliance between social criticism and satire.
The book was designed by Stan de Natris (Slavs and Tatars) and the illustrations were contributed by the designer of the corporate image of the 33rd Biennial Crack Up – Crack Down, Nejc Prah. He received the Brumen Award for the latter in October 2019 together with his design team and the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
The 12th Bobri Ljubljana Festival of Culture and Art Education programme in MGLC
Experimental print workshops accompanying the exhibition From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon. Suitable for organised groups of children from kindergarten and the first three-year age range of primary school. In cooperation with the Department of Art Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana.
Monday to Friday, 20.–24. January and
27.–30. January, 10.00–12.00, MGLC
Bookings to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
How do we cure a sick artwork? The workshop on basic restorative technology is suitable for organised groups of children from the first and second three-year age range of primary school. Conducted by mag. Boge Dimovski.
Tuesday, 21. January, 10.00–11.00, MGLC Švicarija
Bookings to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
FAMILY FOLD’R THE SECRET LIFE
OF ART
We have again prepared a Family Fold’r for you, which you receive free of charge when you purchase a family ticket to view the exhibition From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon.
You are invited to join us for a graphic adventure discovering the interesting stories as told by the works in the exhibition. And you won’t get lost, there is a pencil and a map of the gallery rooms to help you along.
Current exhibitions
From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon
7. 11. 2019–8. 3. 2020, MGLC
Every review of the history of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts is also informed by the stories inscribed by the prize winners of this exhibition. The exhibition consists of a selection of those works of the awardees that we have received in the recent period for the MGLC collection through donations and donations, or have not been particularly exposed so far.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
25. 10. 2019–9. 2. 2020,
MGLC Švicarija
PLATEAURESIDUE duo (Aljaž Celarc & Eva Pavlič Seifert) presenting their new Sub Persona research and exhibition project. The artists, whose practice usually interlaces ecology and art, this time examine the state of forest ecosystems and the human impact on them due to past and present forest management.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Hyperemployment
7. 11. 2019–19. 1. 2020, MGLC
Hyperemployment – a word borrowed from media theorist Ian Bogost, describing “the Exhausting Work of the Technology User”– is a group show curated by Domenico Quaranta meant to explore these and other dimensions of what labour has become through the works of eight international artists who have focused their research on the topics of automation and gig economy, the end of free time and the rise of social media fatigue and self-improvement apps, among others.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
FESTIVE OPENING TIMES MGLC and Švicarija
Tuesday, 24 December and Tuesday, 31 December 2019, open until 2 pm.
Closed: Wednesday, 25 December 2019 and Wednesday, 1 January 2020.
THE MUSEUM SHOP IN DECEMBER
The shop with the unique ideas!
You are kindly invited to drop by the MGLC Museum Shop during these festive days, where the prices of fine art graphic prints and publications issued by MGLC have been reduced for the month of December.
Various special offers await you.
❇ Free catalogue The History of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts when you buy the book Mnemosyne, The Time of Ljubljana’s Biennial of Graphic Arts
❇ 20% discount on catalogues and guides of the past editions of the Biennial of Graphic Arts
❇ 30% discount on T-shirts and backpacks with the motifs of the 32nd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
You are also invited to visit our shop at MGLC Švicarija, where you can find plenty of original artistic gifts.
Wishing you a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year 2020!
Exhibition Impressions: Animated Film Workshop
In collaboration with the Slon Society.
Saturday, 14 September, 10.00–16.00
Where: Meeting point at the MGLC reception – Tivoli Mansion (Tivoli Park) at 10.00
The workshop is suitable for young people aged 9+ and is free of charge.
The number of participants is limited, advance booking is required.
What are all the things that art can tell us in an exhibition?
We will listen to some interesting stories about sea dwellers, dark cities and the Mediterranean, why we love ice cream and comfortable armchairs, what a mobile print is and what a book that is not a book looks like, what it means to be socially responsible and what the music of a birch tree sounds like. Tina Boc will take us around the exhibition From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon.
The tour will be followed by a stop-motion animation workshop (filming image by image).
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Archive: MGLC.
ART EXCURSION: BELGRADE AND MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
17–19 January 2020
A retrospective exhibition by performance icon Marina Abramović is on view at the Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art (MSU). The show entitled The Cleaner is the artist’s first major exhibition in her hometown after 44 years. More than 120 works are on display, ranging from photographs, films, paintings, objects and installations, to a unique collection of performance pieces. The exhibition follows all the stages of Marina Abramović’s art oeuvre chronologically, from her early works, joint performances with Ulay, her partner in art and life at the time, to her solo performances. The artist is the only one of the generation of radical performers from the 1970s to be still engaged in performance art. For her, this is the art of transformation, the art of “purification”, which brings the possibility of change. We will also take a look at Belgrade and its major cultural institutions, including the exhibition The Nineties: A Dictionary of Migration at the Museum of Yugoslavia.
The 2019 Turner Prize
This year’s winners of The 2019 Turner Prize include the artists Oscar Murillo and Lawrence Abu Hamdan, who participated in the 31st Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts (Over you/you, 2015, curated by Nicola Lees) and the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial ( 2019, curated by Slavs and Tatars). In addition to Murillo and Hamdan, artists Helen Cammock and Tai Shani also received the award. During a time of global political crisis, the artists decided to take up a stance of solidarity and set up a collective, with the prize being shared among them. This is how their decision was stated:
“At a time of political division in Britain and conflict in much of the world, the artists wanted to use the occasion of the Turner Prize to make a strong statement of community and solidarity and have formed themselves into a collective.”
Congratulations!
Oscar Murilo: De marcha, ¿una rumba?... no, solo un desfile
con ética y estética (2015).
31st Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, installation view at Moderna galerija.
Photo: Jaka Babnik.
Lawrence Abu Hamdan:
The All-Hearing (digital video, 2014).
33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana, installation view at MGLC.
Photo: Jaka Babnik.
Talk with the residents!
Agnes Momirski & Georgia Kareola
Tuesday, 21 January, at 6 pm
MGLC Švicarija
Talk with artist Agnes Momirski, the current participant in the resident programme at MGLC Švicarija, and special guest Georgia Kareola. The talk, hosted by publicist and curator Paola Paleari, will focus on the analysis of the art practice of Agnes Momirski, on the making of new artwork during the course of the residency, and the collaboration with Georgia Kareola under the auspices of the Specter platform.
Agnes Momirski: siXren.
In her art practice, Agnes Momirski focuses on the relationship between man and technology, as well as ancient ritual and astrological occurrences, which she executes within the framework of her performative actions, music performances and videos. She is currently developing a new project as part of the residency programme at MGLC Švicarija but will also be presenting a set of her older works at the end of her temporary residence and work in Ljubljana. Together with her close associate Georgia Kareola she is the founder of Specter, a platform where the two are engaged in curatorial projects, public debates and performances of participatory artistic interventions on the subject of human improvement. The talk will be moderated by Paola Paleari, an independent curator and publicist who is a participant in the month-long critic-in-residence programme at MGLC and will be crisscrossing the Ljubljana art scene during this time.
The exhibition by Agnes Momirski entitled siXren will be opened at MGLC Švicarija on 21 February 2020.
New studio user at
MGLC Švicarija
The Committee for the Selection of Users for the 2020 Residency Programme awarded the studio residence to artist Adrijan Praznik, who works actively in the field of visual art as a painter, illustrator and curator.
The committee considers that awarding Adrijan Praznik with the art residency will contribute to the development of his art practice as well as to the development of the community of the Švicarija.
Adrijan Praznik: Anything you can do, you can do better (2019, iPad keyboard, oil on canvas, ca. 31 x 21 x 25 cm). Photo: Klemen Ilovar /
© Adrijan Praznik.
Pre-festive workshop making New Year greeting cards
Thursday, 12 December, from 5 pm to 8 pm
Do you already have an idea for a New Year greeting card to which you just need to add your very own good wishes with the upcoming end to the year? At the International Centre of Graphic Arts, we are getting ready to make some unique festive greeting cards in December and share some time in a pleasant pre-holiday atmosphere. Participants will first make a sketch of a festive motif, which will then be printed in the screen-printing technique. Printmaking master Slavko Pavlin will be on hand to help. All participants are advised to plan the motif that they would like to create before the workshop so that more time can be spent on the actual making during the workshop.
The workshop is suitable for all generations and no prior knowledge is required.
It will take place at the MGLC Print Studio.
Advance bookings must be made by writing to marketing@mglc-lj.si or calling +386 1 241 38 08.
The workshop is free for the members of the Friends of the Biennial Club. The number of places is limited.
Warmly invited!
This Happy Day of Culture at MGLC and MGLC – Švicarija
This Happy Day of Culture at MGLC and MGLC – Švicarija
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
On the occasion of the birthday of France Prešeren, museums and galleries will traditionally open their doors with a variety of events for all visitors!
Programme
Viewing of the exhibitions
10.00–20.00: From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon
On view are the works of the Biennial prize winners from the MGLC collection, dating from the first graphic arts exhibition in 1955 to the present. The exhibition considers the message conveyed by the awards of the Biennial of Graphic Arts within the context of the canon of post-war fine art and offers an insight into the collecting policy of MGLC, an institution based precisely on the heritage of the Biennial.
MGLC
10.00–20.00: Hyperemployment
In cooperation with the Aksioma Institute.
International artists focus on topics such as automation and gig economy, the end of free time and self-improvement apps, social media fatigue and quantification.
MGLC
10.00–20.00: Sub Persona
The PLATEAURESIDUE artist duo (Aljaž Celarc and Eva Pavlič Seifert) usually mix ecology and art in their practice, whereas the Sub Persona exhibition focusing on the state of forest ecosystems and man’s impact on them.
MGLC – Švicarija
Public guided tour
17.00: From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon; conducted by the authors of the exhibition Nevenka Šivavec, Breda Škrjanec and Gregor Dražil
MGLC
Discussion
18.00: Independent Journalism Now; with the participation of Anže Boh Voštic, Arne Zupančič and Matej Zwitter, moderated by Miha Turk
The guests will present their views on the work of journalists. They will discuss the eternal aspiration to be independent within the journalistic profession, point out the challenges posed by constant technological change and try to answer the relentless question of journalistic objectivity.
MGLC – Švicarija
Both events are in Slovenian.
Admission to MGLC and MGLC – Švicarija is free on This Happy Day of Culture.
A happy time will also be had in the MGLC museum shop with a 10% discount awaiting visitors on Doors Open Day (discounts cannot be added up).
There are other benefits to be enjoyed from 1 December 2019 to 23 February 2020 alongside the exhibition From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon:
❇ Free catalogue The History of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts when you buy the book Mnemosyne, The Time of Ljubljana’s Biennial of Graphic Arts
❇ 20% discount on catalogues and guides of the past editions of the Biennial of Graphic Arts
❇ 30% discount on T-shirts and backpacks with the motifs of the 32nd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts
All welcome!
Kiki Febriyanti, invitation
LJUBLALALALA
Invitation to take part in the performance, on Saturday, 23 November at noon in the underpass in Tivoli park. The public action will be conducted by artist and filmmaker Kiki Febriyanti, current artist-in-residence at MGLC – Švicarija.
The event will be recorded on video.
Meeting place: underpass on the alley of Tivoli Park [podhod pri Jakopičevem sprehajališču].
Usually we see people gather in public spaces to do yoga, jogging, rave party, or protest but what if we gather in public space to release our emotions and thoughts?
Everyone shall bring their own smartphones and headphones. We will listen to the music together through our headphones and in the same time, everyone is free to tell anything what we feel, our thoughts, our fear, our happiness, our sadness, our complain to our boss that was never expressed, our love to our crushes that we always keep to ourselves, our tiredness from school, our anxiety to the society, anything…
The event will be recorded on a video but the audio will be removed for the editing. People are also free to bring drinks or snacks and can continue to hangout in the alley or in the park after the performance.
The International Centre of Graphic Arts has received the Brumen Award
The Brumen Award
The International Centre of Graphic Arts has received the Brumen Award
The International Centre of Graphic Arts has received the Brumen Award for Outstanding Slovenian Design at the 9th Brumen Biennial of Slovenian Design.
The international jury awarded the commissioning and design team for the image of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts.
Justification of the jury for the Brumen Award
A superbly made example of postmodernist design with a clear original voice. The set of basic motifs is used with humour – the recognisable illustrations and playful use of lettering elements combine in the exciting festival image.
List of Brumen Award winners
The 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts:
Client: International Centre of Graphic Arts
Klemen Ilovar, photography, Ansambel
Nejc Prah, project management, Ansambel
Dan Adlešič, production of 3D hedgehogs, Ansambel
Nejc Prah, design, Ansambel
From Prah's project description: “The theme of the 33rd Biennial of Graphic Arts was satire. Spikes, stings and pricks play an important role in how we talk about satire. One of the Slovenian words for a joke, if that joke is aimed at someone, is zbadljivka. It comes from the verb zbosti, which means to prick someone. The names of the early 20th century satirical newspapers in Slovenia include Osa (Wasp), Bodeča neža (Silver Thistle), Jež (Hedgehog), Rogač (Stag Beetle) ... They were all named after animals or plants that prick, sting or bite. A combination of whimsical hedgehogs was paired with photos of spikes and thorns. The goal was to show both the humorous aspects of satire, as well as its more serious and often political undertones.”
The Brumen Awards are the highest-ranking professional design awards in Slovenia. They are awarded by the Brumen Foundation, an organisation that has been committed to promoting quality visible messages and raising public awareness of their importance for 16 years.
The Foundation bears the name of Jože Brumen, the Slovenian pioneer of visual communication design. In 1963, he also designed the symbol for the Biennial of Graphic Arts, which was adopted by MGLC upon its foundation.
The Brumen Biennial is a two-year review of the highest quality of Slovenian production within visual communications. It consists of several events, the central of which is an international conference, a review exhibition of selected works and the Brumen Awards ceremony.
The Brumen Biennial was held for the ninth time this year. The review exhibition, which was opened at the National Gallery of Slovenia, on this occasion included the best projects as selected by the international jury, showcasing 124 of the 354 projects submitted. The applicants – both the designers and the clients that commissioned the design projects – operate in the spheres from business and public administration to culture, so the Biennial selection presents a wide range of design products. Hence, the following are represented in the exhibition: corporate identity, product packaging, posters and other communication materials, various publications, websites and apps, as well as exhibition set-ups, infographics and typographic products.
The members of the international jury also selected the best of the entries, the recipients of the Brumen Award for Outstanding Slovenian Design: the Brumen Grand Prize and another 31 awards in 7 categories.
Hyperemployment
Sebastian Schmieg, Hopes and Deliveries (Survival Creativity), 2017–2018
Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, presents:
Hyperemployment
An exhibition curated by Domenico Quaranta
Featuring works by Danilo Correale, Elisa Giardina Papa, Sanela Jahić, Silvio Lorusso, Jonas Lund, Michael Mandiberg, Sebastian Schmieg, Guido Segni
Production: Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2019
Co-production: MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts
Partner: Italian Cultural Institute, Ljubljana
MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts
Grad Tivoli, Pod turnom 3, Ljubljana
Exhibition opening: Thursday, 7 November 2019 at 6 pm
Open through: 19 January 2020
Labour – one of the defining aspects of our capitalistic societies – is also one of the sides of contemporary life that has been more affected by technological innovations and by the advent of post-Fordism. Although increasing automation has actually caused many forms of human labour to disappear, it has not – as many thinkers have predicted – brought an end to labour. Instead, it has led to – together with other innovations, such as the rise of device culture and social networks – its fragmentation into plenty of micro labours and its infiltration into every moment of life. In other words, today, no matter if we are unemployed, self-employed or working at a regular full-time job, as “technology users” we are always working.
Hyperemployment – a word borrowed from media theorist Ian Bogost, describing “the Exhausting Work of the Technology User”– is a group show curated by Domenico Quaranta meant to explore these and other dimensions of what labour has become through the works of eight international artists who have focused their research on the topics of automation and gig economy, the end of free time and the rise of social media fatigue and self-improvement apps, among others.
In Reverie, On the Liberation from Work (2017), Danilo Correale collaborates with a New York-based hypnotherapist in drafting two guided hypnosis scripts aimed at relaxing the body and mind in preparation for a post-work society. Elisa Giardina Papa’s Labor of Sleep (2017) consists of a series of short video clips humorously referencing self-improvement apps that illustrate how we use technologies to regulate human sleeping habits within the rhythms of a wider system – one that includes humans and non-humans. In The Labour of Making Labour Disappear (2018–2019) Slovenian artist Sanela Jahić presents an ambitious ongoing research based on the programming of a predictive algorithm meant to conceive artworks in her place. Shouldn’t You Be Working? (2016) by Silvio Lorusso, originally presented as a series of stickers to be placed in any leisurely environment, ironically summarises the schizophrenic attitude towards work and leisure of the “technology user”. Launched in 2017 as an online project, Jonas Lund’s Talk To Me was a chatbot, trained and modelled on online conversations by the artist himself to create a machine-learned version of the artist. The exhibition will present a book version designed by Federico Antonini that reveals a twist which makes the project even more meaningful. Quantified Self Portrait (One Year Performance) (2016–2017) is a video installation documenting a performance by Michael Mandiberg, who used self-tracking technology to capture screenshots and images every fifteen minutes – a technique used to monitor freelance labour – and for one year thus tracked the artist’s mental, physical and emotional states. In Hopes and Deliveries (Survival Creativity) (2017–2018) Sebastian Schmieg exploited Fiverr’s lax security and downloaded thousands of videos, produced by gig workers for their clients. The work addresses voyeurism on two levels: it makes visible the people ordering such videos, while also offering a glimpse into the world of the gig economy. And finally, Demand Full Laziness (2018–2023) is a five-year plan and a durational performance about art, labour, self-sustenance and laziness by the Italian artist Guido Segni.
This exhibition is part of the programme Hyperemployment, a year-long series of events focused on post-work, online labour, AI and automation, co-curated by Domenico Quaranta and Janez Janša.
From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon
Robert Jančovič, Rez I Nazenie-Pasca/, 1996, colour woodcut
Exhibition:
From the Biennial Prize Winners Collection: Shifts in the Canon
7 November 2019–23 February 2020
Every review of the history of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts is also informed by the stories inscribed by the prize winners of this exhibition. The selection made by the jury members – esteemed and influential art critics, curators, art dealers and other experts from all over the world – was, for many years, the only intervention into the seemingly multitudinous mass of exhibited artworks. The eagerly awaited and often critically-acclaimed decisions imparted the event with a touch of creative competition and were the driving force of the discourse that was generated by the exhibition in the professional and general public as well as the media. After every Biennial, when the hundreds of exhibited prints disappeared from the halls and what remained was only their trace in the form of an exhibition catalogue, a handful of selected works and artists – the winners chosen by the most prominent international jury – were inscribed into the history of the biennial in capital letters, and hence into the annals of worldwide printmaking.
In a sense, the exhibition of works by the prize winners from the collection of the MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts aims to get us thinking about the message of the awards of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts in the context of the canon of post-war art. Most often, the jury did not validate the Biennial’s basic guidelines regarding the quality of the artworks, nevertheless, their decisions spoke volumes in various other ways. The wavering between the need to consolidate already established directions and discover new, unknown ones can be noticed throughout.
On the other hand, the exhibition offers an insight into the collecting policy of MGLC, an institution based precisely on the heritage of the Biennial. Particularly those works that have been acquired by the museum through purchase and donation in the recent period and works that have not been especially exposed will be on display. They have been arranged chronologically into three main sections from the first exhibition of prints in 1955 to the present.
The shifts in the exhibited works from the first two periods, from 1955 to 1977, and from 1979 to 2001, can primarily be seen in the form and content of the graphic print. The prints demonstrate the emergence and consolidation of new artistic directions in the 1960s and 1970s, especially the distinct aesthetics of art informel, geometric abstraction and pop art. From the pool, not lacking in art celebrities of the older generation, the juries often awarded the most coveted prizes to young artists, the rising stars with highly innovative artistic insights.
The shifts in the printmaking of the late 1970s can also be seen in the award-winning works. With the era of popularity of the more contemporary printmaking techniques having subsided, classical ones, especially intaglio printing, came to the fore again, along with the greater popularity of smaller formats and more intimate subject matter. The award-winning works from the 1980s and 1990s do not bring about any essential artistic innovation, but rather exhibit an interlacement and diversification of established aesthetics and approaches.
With the new millennium, the Biennial experienced some radical shifts and breaks. The display of works in national pavilions was replaced by an original, curatorial approach, which has recently undergone attempts at inquiry and experimentation. At the same time, the range of artwork formats has gradually expanded. A leap from classical printmaking to the art of printing in a diversity of techniques occurred, whereas later the Biennial has also adopted performative as well as other contemporary practices. The two processes have, of course, also impacted the meaning of the prizes and the physical dimensions of the awarded works.
Authors of the exhibition: Nevenka Šivavec, Breda Škrjanec and Gregor Dražil
Pop-up exhibition: Ola Jonsrud & Miha Štrukelj
Ola Jonsrud: Ridder, 2013 (woodcut)
MGLC Ljubljana and NKD Dale invite you to the opening of the exhibition!
Ola Jonsrud & Miha Štrukelj
Opening: Thursday, 17 October, at 7 pm
MGLC – Švicarija / Studio M1.4
[2nd floor, Pod turnom 4, Ljubljana]
The two artists, Ola Jonsrud and Miha Štrukelj, who have attended the residency exchange between Norway and Slovenia, will present themselves in a joint exhibition as part of the inter-institutional cooperation between the Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale and the International Centre of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana.
The joint exhibition will showcase predominantly new works that have been produced as a direct result of temporary relocation and artistic creation in a new environment.
Ola Jonsrud (1982) is an artist whose practice extends into various mediums and techniques such as drawing, installation and printmaking, especially woodcut. He lives and works in Hønefoss, Norway.
Miha Štrukelj (1973) is an artist whose art practice is concerned particularly with the language of painting, which he uses to explore the manifestations of the contemporary landscape. He lives and works in Ljubljana.
MGLC recipient of the ŽIVA 2019 Award: Special Recognition for Attention to Visitors and Openness
MGLC – The International Centre of Graphic Arts (Ljubljana) received the Special Recognition for Attention to Visitors and Openness at the Živa Awards 2019 gala ceremony in Bar, Montenegro. MGLC put in a bid for the award on the basis of the newly acquired Švicarija and the 2018 year-long project entitled Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature, its multifaceted exhibitions and wide-ranging innovative programme for all target groups, which was co-funded by the City of Ljubljana.
Twenty-five finalists from the Slavic countries made their applications for the award, which were visited in the recent months by the 12-member international jury of experts from the European Museum Academy and the Forum of Slavic Cultures in order to decide on the winners.
The jury justified its decision as follows: The Institution is a lively and special museum, an international centre devoted to printed and contemporary art, which has been internationally acclaimed. The expansion of its work oriented to audience development and various forms of communication with creators and visitors is marked by its new recently renovated unit. The very nature of the institution plays a considerable and invaluable role in constantly redesigning and resituating its public activities in the light of the content and context of its both museum’s units.
The Živa Award is presented by the Forum of Slavic Cultures, an international organization established in 2004. The award, which has been presented since 2012, is named after the Slavic goddess of life, youth, beauty, vitality and fertility. The key selection criteria for the Živa Award also follow these values, which are: social responsibility, creativity, interpretation, communication, good use of resources, education, conservation and research. All type of museums – from technology to history, natural sciences to architecture, ethnography and art – can apply for the award. The most important criterion is the openness of the museum and the belief that knowledge and the exchange of experience are crucial for shaping a more influential role of museums in our society.
RogLab Open: Active Aging, exhibition of prototypes
Opening: 10 October 2019, at 7 pm
MGLC – Švicarija, Ljubljana
The exhibition, at the conclusion of the international project RogLab Open: Active Aging, will feature four award-winning prototypes from the proposals submitted that best addressed the problems of the elderly. The teens who triggered of Beatlemania and the hippies from the Woodstock era are now around seventy years old. RogLab points out precisely to their needs and presents solutions that allow them to live an active and independent life: an intergenerational playground toy by André Vanzolin (Brazil), a hydroponic garden for the physically disabled by Eamon Durey (Northern Ireland), additions for steps by Dušan Uršič (Slovenia) and classically tailored clothing for fashion-conscious seniors, developed by Ina Nathalie Bölsing, Kaja Čufer, Tajda Dražić and Katarina Ekart from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering under the mentorship of Alenka More (Slovenia). All these prototypes will be on view at Švicarija until 20 October 2019.
The exhibition was produced in collaboration between RogLab (MGML) and MGLC.
The project is supported by the City of Ljubljana.
Part of the partner network of the Center for Creativity, this project is co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Slovenia.
Dušan Uršič: additions for steps, prototypes
Open Studio Day at Švicarija and Festival Art Island
Photo: Jaka Babnik. Archive: MGLC.
Open Studio Day at Švicarija
5 October 2019, 13.00–19.00
MGLC – Švicarija
Open Studios’ Day enables public access to the work environment of artists who have their studios at Švicarija; furthermore there is also prolific accompanying programme.
13.00–19.00: Open Studio Day
16.00: performance by the Hupa Brajdič art collective
19.00: concert by Ana Kravanja & Samo Kutin
Festival Art Island
5-6 October 2019, MGLC – Švicarija
Pop-up festival which brings together series of artistic interventions and live events at Švicarija is primarily focused on the omnipresent questions on relationship between nature and culture. In case of Švicarija this fragile relationship is inevitably established as the building is situated on the very frontier between carefully maintained park of completely anthropogenic nature and the forest which is to great extent left to brute forces of nature. The festival offers series of in-situ interventions in the communal spaces as well as Open Studio Day on 5th October when between 1 and 7pm the studios of artists who live and/or work at Švicarija will be open for visitors.
Participating artists: Anja Jerčič Jakob, Nadežda Kirćanski, Neža Knez, Damjan Kracina & Sašo Kalan, Danilo Milovanović, Ryts Monet, Tanja Pak, Silvester Plotajs Sicoe, Marija Mojca Pungerčar, Ana Sluga, Zora Stančič, Martina Štirn, Miha Štrukelj, Ana Zejak & Veljko Zejak.
Exhibition producer: Društvo Hibrid
Co-producer: MGLC
Marathon Guided Tour: Exhibitions are visited ON FOOT!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Archive: MGLC.
On Saturday, 21 September, for European Mobility Week, we have prepared the themed guided tour Exhibitions are visited ON FOOT!, whilst we also host the Biennial Doors Open Day.
You will be taken around the venues of this year's Biennial by Museum Information Officer, Gregor Dražil. The meeting point for the guided tour is in front of MGLC at 11.00, and in front of the National Gallery of Slovenia at 12.30.
The tour will be accompanied by impro interventions in collaboration with Impro liga, therefore get ready for one of the more exciting guided tours so far!
P. S.: Please wear appropriate footwear (our hedgehog has also put on his trainers).
Guided tour with Slavs and Tatars
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Archive: MGLC.
Friday, 27 September, 15.00–18.00, starting at Equrna Gallery:
Guided tour with Slavs and Tatars, curators of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts
Given the wealth of knowledge of the contemporary art scene, the Slavs and Tatars artist duo have been transformed into the curator of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, inviting artists from the territory east of the Berlin and west of the Chinese wall to take part in exhibitions in Ljubljana. Their joint gesture was the power of satire and humour today, which they expressed through various executions of the medium and highlighted subject matters, all of which were interlinked by a distinctly ironic note. The Biennial was seen as a reflection on the graphic as a way of acting in terms of clarity and multiplicity of meaning.
The guided tour will also include the announcement of the voting that took place during the course of the Biennial:
The Aspergistan Referendum
The secession referendum at the venues of the Ljubljana Biennial invited visitors to vote on joining the Aspergistan Federation. The original work by Hamja Ahsan, the recipient of the Grand Prize of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, further develops the idea from Ahsan's book Shy Radicals published in 2017, which is a kind of manifestation of introverted people with radical beliefs; it is an activist-artist platform about a federation that would be a homeland to shy, introverted and autistic people.
The Audience Award
The Audience Award for Best Artist was first awarded at the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts in 2013. Visitors were also able to vote for their favourite Biennial artist on the MGLC website this year.
The guided tour begins at Equrna Gallery (Gregorčičeva 3) and ends with a social gathering at MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts in Tivoli; in English.
If you book in advance, you receive a ticket to the exhibition and guided tour free of charge. Bookings can be made until 24 September by writing to info@mglc-lj.si. Tickets should be collected before the guided tour on 27 September at the Info Point at Equrna Gallery.
A note to visitors of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts: Crack Up – Crack Down
We notify you that the exhibition of work by Hinko Smrekar The Seven Deadly Sins was on view at the National Gallery of Slovenia until the end of August. The works were exhibited as part of the Biennial and announced a major retrospective of the artist's works next year.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. Archive: MGLC.
About Unserious Science in Serious Art
Thursday, 26 September 2019, at 6 pm in the Grand Hall of Švicarija
About Unserious Science in Serious Art
Round table organised by the Kula Slovenian Ethnological and Anthropological Association
Alenka Pirman, Blaž Bajič, Rajko Muršič and Miha Horvat will join in the discussion.
At least at first glance, it seems that ethnography and satire could not be more different: the first tends towards respectfully describing ways of life, understanding the world from the point of view of the "native", striving to produce new knowledge, etc., whereas the second, makes a protest against a person, group, habit or system through more or less frank foolery. Yet both can be defined as ways of describing or portraying reality and – more than that – it could be said that both grab the truth of the phenomena under consideration in the moments of fiction, inherent to the most factual of descriptions. And if an ethnographic turn has occurred in art, then no satirical turn has taken place in ethnography or anthropology as such. The naive question arises – why? Are the reasons epistemological in nature, are ethnography and satire conceptually incompatible? Has anthropology imposed a limitation on itself for ethical reasons? Or is ethnography perhaps not interested in satire, quietly rejecting it because of its implicit political stance? At the same time, another naive question arises – what, if anything, can we learn from satire, and what, if anything, can we do with satire in a world that seems beyond satire because it is already satire itself?
Alicja Rogalska: Citizens of Nowhere, Artist talk
25th International Festival of Contemporary Arts – City of Women
Friday, 13. 9.
18.00, Švicarija
Alicja Rogalska is this year’s City of Women’s artist-in-residence at Švicarija, commissioned by the curatorial duo osborn&møller. During the one-month residency programme, Rogalska will address the issue of The Erased, the around twenty thousand people, who were left without citizenship shortly after Slovenia declared independence in 1991. The newly founded state (Republic of Slovenia) stripped The Erased of a social existence, prompting the artist to question how this identity which was taken away could even begin to be represented. The artist will share some possible answers and performative actions that will ensue from the residency programme with audiences at the artist talk taking place at Švicarija (13 September), as well as in the screening and conversation at Škuc Gallery as part of the solo exhibition Kinds of Pressure (2–18 October).
Alicja Rogalska mostly works in specific contexts, making situations, performances, videos and installations in collaboration with other people to collectively search for emancipatory ideas for the future. She is currently artist-in-residence at the Stuart Hall Library/INIVA in London and is working on a commission for Art Exchange in collaboration with the Faculty of Social Sciences at Essex University and Focal Point Gallery. She has recently presented her work at Biennale Warszawa, Kyoto Art Centre, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka and MuseumsQuartier in Vienna.
Artist talk will be delivered in English!
Free entry!
Local research assistant: Olga Michalik; Alicja Rogalska assistant: Linnea Hansander; produced by: City of Women; co-produced by: MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Kunstencentrum Vooruit; supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City of Ljubljana.
Drop-in zine workshop with Hamja Ahsan
Saturday, 28 September, 10.00–18.00, DobraVaga
Hamja Ahsan – the recipient of the Grand Prize of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts – is an artist, activist and curator, who lives and works in London. He is the author of Shy Radicals: Antisystemic Politics of the Militant Introvert and the founder of the DIY Cultures festival of creative activism, fanzines and independent publishing. He is presenting himself at the Biennial with a referendum and inviting visitors to the venues of the Ljubljana Biennial to vote for these zones to join the seceded Aspergistan Federation. He will be conducting a drop-in (fan)zine workshop with visitors over the age of 18, which will reflect the message of the Biennial exhibition.
Advance bookings are appreciated, to be made to petra.derganc@mglc-lj.si.
Free of charge.
Foto: Urška Boljkovac. Archive: MGLC.
WE WISH YOU GOOD MORNING AT MULTIVISION!
As part of the Multivision project (www.multivizija.si), which explores the diversity of identities through multimedia creation, we are organising relaxed morning conversations with interesting dialogue partners to talk about identities, otherness as an experience of social exclusion, and socially engaged creation in response to the social challenges of contemporary society.
We invite you to join us for relaxed morning conversations with three interesting women over tea or coffee at Švicarja in Tivoli, in the inspiring ambience of the Batič Sculpture Studio, from 10.30 to 11.00.
On 7 August 2019, with singer-songwriter, researcher, mentor and publicist Katarina Juvančič, who will take us through the musical creation of stories about women.
On 21 August 2019, with researcher and scientist Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, PhD, who will introduce us to the concept of assembled identities.
On 4 September 2019, with writer, researcher and scientist Svetlana Slapšak, PhD, who will take us into the interweavings of science and art that talk about women, identities and love.
All welcome!
The event is part of the Multivision: Multimedia, Dance and Theatre Training for Vulnerable Groups project. The project is funded by the European Union from the European Social Fund and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
The event is organised by the APIS Institute in collaboration with the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
* The conversations will be recorded and subsequently posted on the web and the social networks.
TUESDAY GUIDED TOURS
6. 8.–27. 8. 2019 Multiple venues
Every Tuesday in August a guided tour of the galleries in the city centre will be held, starting at 18.30, meeting point at Equrna Gallery.
Guided tour with reflection on the Biennial
Tuesday, 17 September, 17.00
Guided tour starts at MGLC.
Admission payable, guided tour free of charge.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Arhiv: MGLC.
Mathieu Asselin, Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation
Lecture:
Mathieu Asselin, Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation
Wednesday, 4 September, at 6 pm
MGLC ̶ Švicarija
As part of the year-long programme at Švicarija, which pursues the motto of community, art and nature, whose focus in 2019 rests on the analysis of the state of independent journalism and the issue of the right of the public to information, the French researcher, photographer and artist Mathieu Asselin will present his long-term project Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation.
Mathieu Asselin has been continuously devoted to researching the activities of the multinational Monsanto Company over several years now, which produces, sells and patents seeds, and manufactures various types of pesticides. Both are extensively used in industrial agriculture. The artist therefore wishes to confront the public with the consequences of Monsanto’s operations, which has in the recent years become a synonym for a corporation that is monopolising the food industry, farming practices and introducing genetically modified seeds in the name of short-term profit. In the long term, however, the corporation is deliberately destroying small food producers through exclusive contracts and by supplying the market with generic products of questionable quality. Despite the company’s notorious reputation, mass media reports on its activities remain very scarce. Asselin’s long-term project uses investigative journalism to confront the principles of operation and the consequences of such a business model. He has collected information on Monsanto’s global lobbying on changes to legislation that would permit the use of genetically modified seeds and the use of pesticides. He has uncovered the history of the company, which, among other things, produced the Agent Orange warfare gas used in the Vietnam War, and he has documented the consequences of the corporation’s civilian operations on people and the environment.
The lecture will be delivered in English!
Mathieu Asselin (1973) is a photographer and artist whose work is mainly dedicated to long-term investigative documentary projects, such as his artist book Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation, which has received huge international acclaim. Asselin is a member of the Editorial Committee at Disclose, the first NGO dedicated to investigative journalism in France. He lives and works in Arles, France.
https://www.mathieuasselin.com/
METABOLIC MUSEUM-UNIVERSITY
25th July 2019–2nd August 2019
Various Venues
The Metabolic Museum-University offers an experimental educational program to all visitors of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, as well as visitors of participating museums in Ljubljana.
Over seven days, selected exhibitions are transformed into an unusual and ironic clash between a museum, a university and a body. Unique furniture based on a home-camping style provides visitors with the means to sit down, read, write, and take part in lectures, conversations, experiments, and exercises. Special metabolic chairs have their own table, light and mini-beamer enabling participants to spam the hang by projecting their own visuals into the gaps between artworks.
Each of the seven days corresponds to an Organ of the Week and is directed by a Faculty Member of the Metabolic Museum-University. In addition, innovative Stimuli prepared by guest artists and scientists interrupt the daily sessions with creative and intellectual impulses.
The Metabolic Museum takes place from Friday 26th July 2019 until Friday 2nd August 2019 between 14.00-18.00, except for Sunday 28th July when it runs all day from 11.00-13.00 and 14.00-18.00. On Monday 29th July 2019 there is no session.
The Metabolic Museum-University is open and free to all visitors with entry tickets to the Biennial venues and museums. It encourages participants to take part in all sessions for the full week if possible, but sporadic visits are also welcome. Sessions will be held in English.
Children’s Studio at Švicarija: Hedgehog draws, prints and rolls about!
Every Friday during the Biennial, 10.00–12.00, Švicarija, Tivoli Park
We carry out relief printing workshops for our youngest group of “hedgehogs” (4–12 years old), tell each other jokes and talk about large-scale exhibitions.
Free of charge.
For groups of three or more children please make an appointment: petra.derganc@mglc-lj.si.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Archive: MGLC.
TUESDAY GUIDED TOURS
Short guided tours in Slovene and English
Every Tuesday in July at 18.30: of MGLC and Švicarija (meeting point at MGLC).
Every Tuesday in August at 18.30: of the galleries in the city centre (meeting point at Equrna Gallery).
Guided tour with reflection on the Biennial
Tuesday, 17 September, 17.00
Guided tour starts at MGLC
Admission payable, guided tour free of charge
HOW TO BE AN ARTIST AND AN ENTREPRENEUR?
6. 7. 2019,10:00–14:30
We invite you to take part in a one-day workshop:
Business School for Artists: A Creative Approach to Business Planning
The workshop programme encompasses addressing business as a creative practice, being a step ahead of others, taking into account resources, time and costs, analysis of profitability, business plan as a narrative aid, as well as conclusion and questions. The workshop is led by Amy Whitaker, Assistant Professor at New York University. She completed her postgraduate studies in Management at Yale School of Management and postgraduate studies in Painting at the Slade School of Fine Art. She is the author of the books Museum Legs (2009) and Art of Thinking (2016).
Students and graduates of art schools and academies have priority in applying.
Participation fee: 35 EUR
Application form
Bookings: petra.derganc@mglc-lj.si
Amy Whitaker, Assistant Professor, Visual Arts Administration, NYU. Personal archive.
Summer in Tivoli
In July, every Tuesday and Thursday, at MGLC and Švicarija
Tuesday concerts at 20.00, MGLC courtyard:
9 July: Duo Ponte, world music that winds among the traditions of diverse cultures
16 July: Tony Rose, travel blues and folk music from Scotland
23 July: Grain Hunt, a contemporary singing-songwriting treat from Ireland
30 July: Klarisa Jovanović (feat. Igor Bezget), ethno music from the Mediterranean worlds
A public guided tour of the Biennial will be held before the concert, starting at 18.30 at MGLC, in Slovene and English.
In case of bad weather the concert will be held at the Caffe Bienale.
Thursday concerts at 21.00, Švicarija Great Hall:
4 July: Your Gay Thoughts, electronic music and audio-visual treats
11 July: Dubzilla, experimental dub fusion
18 July: BeatMyth, hybrid electro-punk and breakbeat
25 July: Bowrain, a cineastic fusion of electronic and acoustic music
Free admission to all events.
MGLC and Švicarija are open till 20.00 on Tuesdays.
RAINBOW PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP
RAINBOW PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP
Wednesday, 26 June 2019, at 4 pm, Švicarija
This time, we are inviting you to Švicarija for a rainbow-coloured printmaking workshop, since the Pride Parade takes place in June, when we join forces to support the LGBTQ+ community. The two-hour printmaking workshop will be held on Wednesday, 26 June, at 4 pm, at Švicarija.
We will get to know the basics of printmaking and the processes of printing. Using the collage technique, we will produce artworks, upgrading them by printing everyday objects, as well as those that one would not have thought suitable to be used for printing. The workshop will take us into the world of experimental printmaking, where almost anything goes.
The workshop is run in cooperation with ŠKUC – Q Cultural Centre, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. As you get creative, you will be taken on a brief tour through the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Slovenia.
We’re meeting in front of MGLC.
Warmly invited!
Summer Museum Night at MGLC
Summer Museum Night at MGLC!
Saturday, 15 June, 18.00–24.00
MGLC and Švicarija, Tivoli Park
PROGRAMME:
18.00–21.00: Children’s Studio, workshops for children, Švicarija
21.00–22.00: Guided tour of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, the tour starts at MGLC; led by Nevenka Šivavec, Director of MGLC
22.00–22.30: Stand-up performance, Jan Kreuzer, Švicarija
Admission free!
Illustration by Janja Kosi.
Opening of the 33rd Biennial of Graphic Arts
Satire is the main theme of this year’s 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts organised by the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC). The opening will take place on Friday, 7 June 2019, in Švicarija (Tivoli Park). The selection of participating artists is undersigned by the Slavs and Tatars art collective, while the Biennial that bears the title Crack Up – Crack Down will be on show at nine venues across Ljubljana and will be open till the end of September. The main exhibition will be held in the spaces of MGLC and in the nearby Švicarija. The works of individual artists will be displayed at the National Gallery of Slovenia, National and University Library (NUK), Equrna Gallery, ZVKDS Gallery, ISIS Gallery, DUM Project Space and at the DobraVaga exhibition space. The exhibition of the Grand Prize recipient of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts will be on view at the Plečnik House, where the artist will present his architectural intervention, The Garden of Epicurus.
The Biennial will include artists that come from Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Bulgaria, China, Iran, Great Britain and the USA, who use their own unique graphic languages as part of a range of diverse practices. They wish to stimulate the emergence of highly resilient and topical forms of criticism or infra-politics through irony and ridicule. Besides the historical part, the exhibition will also present the works of contemporary artists, including the interventions of various activists and new-media polemicists, as well as the performances of stand-up comedians and others.
The exhibition will be enriched by a series of accompanying events and the Crack Up – Crack Down publication that will, in addition to presenting the satirical and graphic practices, include the contributions of well-known experts and academicians, and will introduce the reader to the subject and guide him through it.
PROGRAMME: Opening of The 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts on Friday, 7 June 2019, at 18.00 at Švicarija, Tivoli Park in Ljubljana with the Slon in Sadež duo.
PROGRAMME
18.00
The Biennial will be opened by
Nevenka Šivavec, Director of MGLC
Zoran Poznič, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
Tjaša Ficko, Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana
Presentation of the Grand Prize of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts.
19.00
Concert
Being Out of Tune – Favourite Songs of my Neighbours, Abusers and Despots, 2019
Augustin Maurs
Also performing:
Igor Feketija
Leon Firšt
Peter Firšt
20.00
Stand-up comedy:
Boštjan Gorenc aka Pižama (Slovene) Marina Orsag (Croatian)
Dragoș Cristian (English)
hosted by Anja Wutej (Slovene/English)
BIENNIAL OPENING DAYS
Saturday, 8 June
11.00
Saturday breakfast
ZVKDS Gallery
Trg francoske revolucije 3
Ajdin Bašić in conversation with Branko Đurić - Đuro and presentation of Top lista nadrealista
16.00
Symposium
Moderated by Slavs and Tatars
Švicarija, Tivoli Park
16.00–17.45:
Vid Simoniti: Equality and Cynicism: Satire and Martin Krpan, Top lista nadrealista and Borat
30 min
Mohammad Salemy: Between Three Revolutions: Notes on the History of Iranian Political Satire (1900–1980) in the Age of Social Media
30 min
Arthur Fournier with Raphael Koenig:
No More Fuchs Left to Give
30 min
18.00–19.30:
Emily Apter: Micropolitics of the Meme. How are we to understand and implement the political vocabulary of a genre of communication native to the 21st century?
30 min
keynote:
Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden/Metahaven:
Sleep Walks The Street
45 min
Sunday, 9 June
11.00
Opening of the exhibition.
With the Celje String Orchestra.
Plečnik House, Karunova 4–6
Alejandro Paz, The Garden of Epicurus
Recipient of the Grand Prize of the 32nd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts
Free admission to all events.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Hamja Ahsan, Pablo Bronstein, Cevdet Erek, Arthur Fournier & Raphael Koenig, Martine Gutierrez, Flaka Haliti, Stane Jagodič, Zhanna Kadyrova, Dozie Kanu, Sachiko Kazama, KRIWET, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Tala Madani, Augustin Maurs, Marlie Mul, Woody De Othello, Alenka Pirman & KULA, Amanda Ross-Ho, Lin May Saeed, Hinko Smrekar, Top lista nadrealista, Endre Tot, Anna Uddenberg, Martina Vacheva, Nicole Wermers, Giorgi Xaniashvili, XIYADIE, Honza Zamojski
Dragoș Cristian, Boštjan Gorenc - Pižama, Marina Orsag, Pavlo Voytovich, Anja Wutej
Curators: Slavs and Tatars
EXHIBITION VENUES
The exhibition venues of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts are open from 16.00 to 18.00 on 7 June.
MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts
MGLC – Švicarija
National Gallery of Slovenia
National and University Library
Equrna Gallery
ZVKDS Gallery
Isis Gallery
DUM Project Space
DobraVaga
Plečnik House
More info: http://bienale.si/en/
THE LAST GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION
Tuesday, May 7, at 5.30 pm
in English
at 5 pm in Slovenian
Admission for the exhibition, the guided tour is free.
Conducted by the co-author of the exhibition Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Warmly welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
MGLC AND ŠVICARIJA ARE OPEN FOR THE HOLIDAYS
MGLC and Švicarija are open on 1 and 2 May, from 10 am to 6 pm.
Join us to view the exhibitions:
Photographic Images and Matter: Japanese Prints of the 1970s and Japan, Yugoslavia and the Biennial of Graphic Arts: Documents of Collaboration and Nataša Berk, 1st Unlimited Edition.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION
Tuesday, April 23, at 5.30 pm
in English
at 5 pm in Slovenian
Admission for the exhibition, the guided tour is free.
Conducted by the co-author of the exhibition Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Warmly welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Theme-based guided tour of Švicarija
Robert Simonišek: Following the Tracks of Ciril Metod Koch
Thursday, 18 April, at 5 pm
admission: 2 EUR
Art historian and writer Robert Simonišek will conduct a guided tour of Švicarija, presenting the legacy of architect Ciril Metod Koch (1867–1925) and the specific location of Tivoli Hotel (Švicarija) in his oeuvre.
After the Ljubljana earthquake in 1895, architect Ciril Metod Koch drew up plans for several iconic buildings in the city, including Tivoli Hotel and Švicarija, which in many ways deviates from the other buildings by this very prolific architect. Švicarija was built in the “Alpine and national style” in 1909. No other such building was later constructed in Ljubljana, therefore Švicarija remains an architectural lone. In the guided tour, Robert Simonišek will evaluate and analyse the architect’s eclectic style through the perspective of time and space.
The public guided tour Following the Tracks of Ciril Metod Koch is part of the year-long programme of Švicarija, which in 2019 focuses on the analysis of the state of independent journalism and the right of the public to information in the pursuit of the moto community, art and nature.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION
Tuesday, April 9, at 5.30 pm
in English
at 5 pm in Slovenian
Admission for the exhibition, the guided tour is free.
Conducted by the co-author of the exhibition Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Warmly welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
ANNOUNCING THE 33RD LJUBLJANA BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS: CRACK UP – CRACK DOWN
7. 6.–29. 9. 2019
Curator:
art collective Slavs and Tatars
35 artists on 9 venues in Ljubljana
Crack Up – Crack Down will take an expansive view of the genre of satire today, featuring works by historical and contemporary international artists, as well as interventions by activists, new media polemicists, performances by stand-up comedians, and others. For the 33rd edition of the Biennial, Slavs and Tatars consider ‘the graphic’ not as a medium, but as an agency. They question how graphic language engenders a form of infra-politics via irony and ridicule as a particularly resilient and contemporary form of critique. Purported to speak truth to power, satire has proven itself to be a petri dish in a world of post-truth bacteria
POVEZUJEM/TIVOLI CREATIVE CIRCLE
The PovezujeM/Tivoli Creative Circle
programme, which is organised by the museums around Tivoli Park, will take place again during the summer holidays.
Two time-frames are available:
8–12 July and 26–30 August,
from 8 am to 4 pm.
Further details will be available soon!
You can pre-book your place by writing to: petra.derganc@mglc-lj.si
Part of the circle: National Museum of Slovenia, Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Contemporary History, National Gallery of Slovenia and International Centre of Graphic Arts.
THE 1ST GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION
Photographic Images and Matter: Japanese Prints of the 1970s and
Japan, Yugoslavia and the Biennial of Graphic Arts: Documents of Collaboration
Tuesday, March 26, at 5.30 pm
in English
at 5 pm in Slovenian
Admission for the exhibition, the guided tour is free.
Conducted by Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Warmly welcome!
NATAŠA BERK: 1ST UNLIMITED EDITION
2. 4.–19. 5. 2019
Opening:
2 April, at 7 pm
Švicarija
The exhibition is part of the year-long programme of Švicarija, which in 2019 focuses on the analysis of the state of independent journalism and the right of the public to information in pursuit of the slogan community, art and nature. The participating artists question the credibility of images and their meanings at a time of the oversaturation with visual impulses and analyse the ambiguity of media messages on the world wide web.
The spatial intervention by Nataša Berk and the group of artists at Švicarija presents their diverse visual production, which usually takes place in the virtual space of the world wide web and social networks. On this occasion, it has moved into a physical space. Together, they explore the phenomenology of the image within public circulation and its impact on the perception of reality. In ironic ways, they address the norms of the advertising industry, the tendencies of the mass media, voyeurism and the social convention of the individual’s appearance. Thus, works devoted to the consideration of the nature of the image in everyday life are presented as part of the exhibition. In such a way, photographs, videos and collages open up the questions of understanding visual culture in an era when the public space has become saturated with contents and images, questions about the manipulation of the image and the ambivalence of its meanings.
Curator: Miha Colner
Photo: Nataša Berk.
EVENING WITH MANCA KOŠIR: STORIES ABOUT BOOKS AND PEOPLE
Tuesday, May 14, at 6 pm
On the second Tuesday of May, on 14 May, LOVE will colour the subject of debate, starting at 6 pm. Manca’s guests will be television host Ana Tavčar Pirkovič, PhD, with the book by D. Ladinsky Love Poems from God and Željko Čurić, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, who is fascinated by the work of F. M. Dostoevsky. Saxophonist Vida Vatovec will add a musical touch to the evening.
ANIMATION WORKSHOP
Sunday, May 19, 11.00–14.00,
Švicarija
After a brief viewing of Švicarija and the exhibition by Nataša Berk, 1st Unlimited Edition, we will create a video in the world of pixelation by using our own bodies. Mentor Jelena Dragutinovič will lead us through the process.
This workshop is the last in the series of animation workshops during this school year, which are run by the Slon Society in cooperation with MGLC.
Suitable for young people aged 8+. Free of charge.
Obligatory booking; https://bit.ly/2vl5BqZ
The World Water Day in Švicarija
Thursday, 21 March, 6 pm – 9 pm
Švicarija
As part of the year-long programme of Švicarija, which is in 2019 focusing on the analysis of the state of independent journalism and the issue of the public right to information through the pursuit of the slogan community, art and nature, a lecture by nature conservationist Andreja Slameršek on the industrialisation of aquatic habitats is taking place, along with the opening of the installation Palingenesis 2.0 by artist Miha Godec.
Lecture, at 6 pm
Andreja Slameršek: The Industrialisation of Aquatic Habitats
Through the lecture, Andreja Slameršek will present the consequences of the industrialisation of aquatic habitats in Slovenia, both those already implemented and those planned.
Nature conservationist Andreja Slameršek has been an active campaigner against the construction of hydroelectric power plants on the Mura River and other Slovenian rivers for many years. The planned interventions present a threat by causing immense destruction of authentic natural habitats, while the increase in the electricity produced would be negligible. The expert will explain about the reasons and the effects of the planned interventions, given that such interventions to the environment are often portrayed as an example of green energy to the public even though the damming of a river, reorganisation of its banks and stoppage of its flow constitute an ecological catastrophe with far-reaching consequences. On the other hand, the Sava River is already utterly industrialised, and the first effects of damming on natural river habitats are beginning to show.
Opening of the installation, at 7 pm
Miha Godec: Palingenesis 2.0
Artist and researcher Miha Godec will present the Palingenesis 2.0 installation, which shows one of the ways to purify polluted water, a burning issue in many parts of the world.
The kinetic audio-visual installation Palingenesis 2.0 will be presented in the spaces of Švicarija, which is the result of a preceding workshop. The installation produced with water as the central medium creates a meditative space in which the visitor can listen to the sound of the purification of water. The work refers to the idea of re-birth or processing, which is mentioned in various philosophical, theological, political and biological contexts. The dirty water becomes clear and potable again. Godec has explored the issue of drinkable water in various countries, such as Indonesia, Gambia, Costa Rica and Senegal, where he studied the technical solutions for the simple and inexpensive production of the mentioned water installation.
The event is being organised on the eve of World Water Day in observance and as part of it.
Photo: Goran Šafarek.
EVENING WITH MANCA KOŠIR: STORIES ABOUT BOOKS AND PEOPLE
Tuesday, March 12, at 6 pm
The Evening with Manca Košir in March will be coloured by the silence intoned by Erling Kagge’s book Silence: In the Age of Noise. Manca’s guests will be meditative painter Joni Zakonjšek and pilgrim Viljem Gogala, the author of the book POTopis. MOL Scholarship holder, cellist Kim Kozlevčar, will add a musical touch to the evening.
Visiting artists!
Public talk:
Thibault Scemama de Gialluly (Paris) & Dejan Kaludjerović (Vienna)
Wednesday, March 13, at 5 pm
Švicarija
You are kindly invited to attend a public talk by the artists who are currently part of two “artist in residence” programmes in Ljubljana. Currently resident at Švicarija is Thibault Scemama de Gialluly from Paris, while Tobacco 001 Cultural Centre is hosting Dejan Kaludjerović from Vienna. The public talk will be moderated by Alenka Trebušak (MGML – Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana) and Miha Colner (MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts). The guest artists will present their creative practices, showcase the works which have been in the making during the residency period, share their world views and much more.
Thibault Scemama de Gialluly (1987) is an artist who is seeking to act as a geographer of the future by creating extra territories. He is working to establish a user manual that would be shaped like a perpetual scalable scenario going through a drift across the world and a plausible new practical history. The artist, who lives and works in Paris, is building a setting for new common fictions. Thibault Scemama de Gialluly is the recipient of the three-month residency programme at Švicarija, which is part of an inter-institutional exchange between Parc Saint Léger, Nevers and MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana.
Dejan Kaludjerović (1976), born in Belgrade, completed his undergraduate studies at the Academy in Vienna, where he lives and works, and his postgraduate studies at the Academy in Belgrade. From the start of his art career at the beginning of this millennium, Kaludjerović has been exploring the conjunction between consumerism and childhood, with a view to analysing how the identity and stability of representative forms are established. Dejan Kaludjerović is the current resident on the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana’s two-month residency programme. At the end of the residency, the artist will showcase his new exhibition project at Tobacco 001 Cultural Centre, opening on 24 April 2019.
Project supported by Institut Franҫais Slovénie.
Thibault Scemama de Gialluly.
SYMPOSIUM ON THE EXHIBITION JAPAN, YUGOSLAVIA AND THE BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS: DOCUMENTS OF COLLABORATION
Japan, Yugoslavia and the Biennial of Graphic Arts: Documents of Collaboration
Wednesday, 15 May, 14.00–18.00,
International Centre of Graphic Arts
Symposium timeline
13:45 Introductory Speech
14:00 Gregor Dražil: An Outline of Collaboration between Japan and Slovenia in the Area of Printmaking
*14:40 Bert Winther-Tamaki: The Wood Aesthetic of the “Creative Prints” Movement of Japan, 1945 to 1965
15:20 Wiktor Komorowski: From Washi to Politics: Printmaking and the Cold War Japonisme
16:00–16:20 Break
16:20 Marjeta Ciglenečki: Forma Viva in Slovenia and Japanese Artists
17:00 Noriaki Sangawa: The Japanese Art Group Ryu and Its Collaboration with the Slovenian Moderna galerija and the Biennial of Graphic Arts
Visiting lecture
*Bert Winther-Tamaki: What Happens to Contemporary Art Made in Japan When Exhibited Outside of Japan?
*The lecture will take place on Monday, 13 May, at 18:00 at the Faculty of Arts, room 343. The lecture is co-organised by the Department of Art History.
The symposium will be held in English.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The Family fold’r
Dear families, you are kindly invited to explore the MGLC gallery!
We have again prepared the Family fold’r for you, which you receive free of charge when you purchase a family ticket to view the exhibition.
This time, some curious cards are waiting for you inside, and they need to find their places in the gallery with your help and the help of your children.
Good luck!
opening:
Friday, March 22, at 6 pm
22. 3.–19. 5. 2019
The exhibition is made up of two sections. The first, bearing the title Photographic Images and Matter: Japanese Prints of the 1970s, is dedicated to Japanese printmaking of the 1970s and was organised by the Japan Foundation, while the second, the documentary section, is entitled Japan, Yugoslavia and the Biennial of Graphic Arts: Documents of Collaboration and has been prepared by the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
The travelling exhibition Photographic Images and Matter, with a selection of the most representative artists, presents the orientations within Japanese printmaking of the 1970s, which was the golden age of the print medium in Japan. The curator of the exhibition Kyoji Takizawa has made an attractive selection of artists, who have received many awards within the international arena and form the core of the modernist and avant-garde scene of the 1970s.
The documentary exhibition Japan, Yugoslavia and the Biennial of Graphic Arts: Documents of Collaboration, on the other hand, illuminates one of the many socio-artistic chapters tied to the history of the Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana. Through the selection of pictorial, archival, photographic and other material, it aims to show the communication between the geographically and politically disparate countries as part of an ambitious international art event like the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts. Exhibition authors are Nevenka Šivavec and Gregor Dražil.
The exhibition is accompanied by an international symposium under the same title, taking place in the month of May.
Exhibition design: Ivian Kan Mujezinović and Mina Fina.
Tetsuya Noda: Diary, September 11, '68 (woodcut and silkscreen).
GUIDED TOUR WITH KATE SUTTON, THE CURATOR OF THE EXHIBITION FAIR GAME
Tuesday, 26 February at 5 pm
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
THE LAST GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION MILTON GLASER, POSTERS
Tuesday, February 19, at 5.30 pm
(in Slovene at 5 pm)
admission is free
Conducted by Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Milton Glaser: I Love NY More Than Ever, 2001.
Lecture: Robertina Šebjanič & Gjino Šutić: aqua_forensic
Thursday, 28 February, at 6 pm, Švicarija
As part of the year-long programme at Švicarija pursuing the motto community, art and nature, whose focus in 2019 rests on the analysis of the state of independent journalism and the issue of the right of the public to information, the artists and researchers Robertina Šebjanič (Ljubljana) and Gjino Šutić (Zagreb/Dubrovnik) will prepare a lecture on the subject of invisible water pollution.
Through a profound lecture, the artists and researchers will present their research project entitled aqua_forensic that exists at the intersection of art and science. Within this framework, they illuminate and reflect upon the invisible anthropogenic pollutants in the world’s water habitats (heavy metals, oils, antibiotics, leftovers of phytopharmaceutical products) and open up a discussion on human empathy towards (sub)aquatic habitats. The project therefore raises questions on so-called aquafarming in the period of the Anthropocene and on so-called terrafarming, i.e. the human imprint on the waters. But more than that, the artists raise the crucial question: How do the oceans feel our impact?
In all Directions
performance at the exhibition Fair Game
Sunday, February 17, at 4 pm
The Korean dancer Yong Min Cho will carry out a dance intervention at the Fair Game exhibition based on the language of the body, setting up and articulating unusual and new trajectories among the individual artworks. Nathalie Du Pasquier has designed and selected some of the accessories that will be used in the performance by Yong Min Cho. These include graphic pieces reminiscent of road signs. And it is precisely these signs that have inspired the title Tutte le Direzioni – taken from an Italian road sign, which indicates the way leading in all directions.
Yong Min Cho: Other Objects,
performance at the exhibition by Nathalie Du Pasquier, Other Rooms
(Camden Arts Center: September 2017 - January 2018). Photo by: Camden Arts Centre.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF NATHALIE DU PASQUIER, FAIR GAME
Tuesday, February 12, at 5.30 pm
(in Slovene at 5 pm)
admission payable to see the exhibition
Conducted by Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Guided tour with Kate Sutton, the curator of the exhibition, will take place on Tuesday, 26 February at 5 pm.
Warmly welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
SLOVENIAN DAY OF CULTURE AT THE POSTERS EXHIBITION
Friday, February 8
10.00–18.00, free entrance to the exhibition
11.00, guided tour and worshop for families
We will viewing of the posters by Milton Glaser, one of the most important graphic designers in the world. We will also be creating our own posters based on our visual impressions.
15.00, Presentation of the Milton Glaser exhibition, conducted by the expert of visual communications Petra Černe Oven
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
SLOVENIAN DAY OF CULTURE AT THE FAIR GAME EXHIBITION
Friday, February 8
10.00–18.00, free entrance to the exhibition
11.00–15.00, drop-inguided tours of the exhibition with the curators
10.00–11.30, the dance-coloured guided tour When a Stroll Through the Exhibition Becomes a Dance
We observe the exhibition through movement and get to know the artworks with the body and the senses. Led by dancer and dance teacher Evin Hadžialjević.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Slovenian Day of Culture at MGLC and Švicarija
and Doors Open Day at the Švicarija studios
Friday, 8 February, 10.00–20.00
10.00–18.00, MGLC
You are invited to join us for a free tour of Milton Glaser’s posters and viewing of the exhibition by Nathalie Du Pasquier, Fair Game (drop-in guided tours of the exhibition with the curators are taking place from 11.00 to 15.00).
Morning programme for children and families
10.00–11.30, MGLC: The family programme begins with the dance-coloured guided tour When a Stroll Through the Exhibition Becomes a Dance at the exhibition Nathalie Du Pasquier, Fair Game. We observe the exhibition through movement and get to know the artworks with the body and the senses. Led by dancer and dance teacher Evin Hadžialjević.
The guided tour is followed by the viewing of the posters by Milton Glaser, one of the most important graphic designers in the world. We will also be creating our own posters based on our visual impressions.
12.00–12.30, Švicarija: Art, This is a Battle of Life, kamishibai performance with excerpts from The White Chrysanthemum by Ivan Cankar. Through her interpretation, Tatjana Rupnik Hladnik informs us that Cankar’s thinking about the relationship between the artist and society is just as interesting and relevant today as it was at the beginning of the 20th century when The White Chrysanthemum was produced on the premises of Švicarija.
The performance is followed by a short creative workshop.
Doors Open Day at the Švicarija studios
12.00–18.00
Anja Jerčič Jakob / Neža Knez / Damijan Kracina / Silvan Omerzu / Tanja Pak / PLATEAURESIDUE (Aljaž Celarc & Eva Pavlič Seifert) / Silvester Plotajs Sicoe / Marija Mojca Pungerčar / Ana Sluga / Zora Stančič / Martina Štirn Fukuhara / Miha Štrukelj / Veljko Zejak
10.00–18.00, Studio N8
Marie Lukáčová (Czech Republic): Oddcher’s Eco Trip, 2018 / presentation of the music video that was created in 2018 as part of the Švicarija residency programme.
10.00–18.00, Star Studio
Printing in Clay: Svetlana Jakimovska Rodić, Alenka Štante, Uršula Orel, Mojca Založnik, presentation of works from the sculpture workshop, mentor Veljko Zejak
Afternoon: Guided tour and round table
15.00, MGLC: Presentation of the Milton Glaser exhibition, conducted by the expert of visual communications Petra Černe Oven
With his viewpoints and his work, graphic designer Milton Glaser sets up very high standards for us. We can re-examine them again and again and they give us something more each time, explains Petra Černe Oven in the accompanying text to the exhibition. And just as there can only be one [I ©] NY, symbol in the world, there can only be one Milton Glaser in the history of visual communications. Defined in time and space, with a body of work extensive enough to enable the exploration of the strong symbolic connotations of the visual language of the 20th century.
16.00–17.00, Švicarija
Discussion Contemporary Art in Contemporary Mass Media (participating: Maja Kač, MMC RTV Slovenija, Iza Pevec, Radio Ars, Matjaž Zorec, Radio Študent)
Musical ending to the cultural holiday
18.00–20.00, Švicarija: Rok Zalokar Trio concert
The end of the Doors Open Day features the appearance of one of the most highlighted and active local jazz ensembles that has been giving performances in unchanged composition on local and international stages regularly since 2010. Rok Zalokar Trio, composed of Jože Cesar (drums), Dejan Hudoklin (bass) and Rok Zalokar (piano), has formed an unusually expressive language during the eight years of its activities, bringing together various musical genres, from classical jazz elements, rock riffs to synthetic electronic sound. Despite two studio album releases, the Rok Zalokar Trio is a live attraction, which should therefore not be missed.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Arvhive.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION MILTON GLASER, POSTERS
Tuesday, February 5, at 5.30 pm
(in Slovene at 5 pm)
admission is free
Conducted by Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Next guided tour will be on Tuesday, February 19.
Warmly welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Travelling into the body
dance and movement workshop in the programme of the exhibition Fair Game
Sunday, 3 February, 11.00–12.30
At the dance and movement workshop, adult participants will express their feelings while observing the artworks through the language of the body and the senses. The workshop is led by Evin Hadzialjević, MA (Art of Movement), dancer and dance teacher.
The workshop offers the opportunity to explore visual art through the body – the body will become a brush, sketching out lines, numbers, colours, shapes and shadows in relation to the observed within the space. We will try to connect with the artworks in different ways, with all the senses that are available to us. Movement has a positive effect on many of the body’s functions, it is also important for the brain. Each space, which differs from the previous one in terms of theme, dictates a different approach to the observed and allows for cognitive training, as we will be developing the different brain functions in unconventional ways, focusing on attention, object recognition and spatial processing. The emphasis will be particularly on exploring and seeking more intimate connections with the artworks while moving the body within the space.
The participation fee for the workshop is the ticket to see the exhibition (5 EUR, 2.5 EUR).
Advance bookings up till the available quota must be made to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF NATHALIE DU PASQUIER, FAIR GAME
Tuesday, January 29, at 5.30 pm
(in Slovene at 5 pm)
admission payable to see the exhibition
Conducted by Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Warmly welcome!
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
MILTON GLASER, POSTERS
THE LAST WEEKEND FOR THE EXHIBITION
23. 11. 2018–3. 3. 2019
Milton Glaser (1929, New York) is one of most important graphic designers in the world, who has designed hundreds of corporate images, magazines, newspapers, books, LP covers, and has created thousands of posters during his career spanning over fifty years. He has been inscribed into the world history of design with his iconic “I love NY” logo. Milton Glaser has decided to donate thirty-five original posters (created between 1966 and 2016) to the City of Ljubljana, which will enrich the collection of the International Centre of Graphic Arts after the exhibition.
A special thanks on the occasion of the exhibition goes to Mirko Ilić, who came up with the idea for the donation in 2017, when he was hosted at the Festival of Tolerance as a lecturer and the author of the TOLERANCE exhibition. The show is organised every year by Mini teater and the Ljubljana Jewish Cultural Centre with the support of the City of Ljubljana (MOL).
Accompanying Programme to the Exhibition
Milton Glaser, Posters, 2018.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION MILTON GLASER, POSTERS
Tuesday, January 22, at 5.30 pm
(in Slovene at 5 pm)
admission is free
Conducted by Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Warmly welcome!
Foto: Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Archive.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF NATHALIE DU PASQUIER, FAIR GAME
Tuesday, January 15, at 5.30 pm
(in Slovene at 5 pm)
admission payable to see the exhibition
Conducted by Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Warmly welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR VISUAL ARTISTS AT THE ŠVICARIJA CREATIVE CENTRE
The Švicarija Creative Centre and MGLC are looking for a visual artist, who will attend a one-month residency programme in Ljubljana. The candidate we are seeking ideally works across different mediums and genres, touches upon the notions of “community, nature and art” in their work, and/or whose practice is focused on the themes of social engagement, right to information and/or independent journalism.
Call for applications - full text
The deadline for applications is 18 February 2019.
The period of the residency is 1–30 November 2019.
Additional information:
miha.colner@mglc-lj.si or
+386 (0)30 708 469
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ART CRITICS / CULTURAL JOURNALISTS AT THE Švicarija Creative Centre
Švicarija Creative Centre and MGLC Ljubljana are looking for an art critic or cultural journalist, who is active in writing and publishing reviews and/or other forms of art writing in an international context. We are therefore aiming to host a critic or journalist, who has an interest in the vibrant art scene of Ljubljana and who is able to produce at least two (2) pieces of writing (reviews, interviews, columns, etc.) on selected artworks or art events in Ljubljana over the course of the residency. The articles are to be published in the English language in a relevant magazine (printed or online), radio, television or personal blog. We will select the candidate, who will provide the best possible outreach for the articles produced during the one-month “critic in residency” period in Ljubljana.
Call for applications - full text
Deadline for applications is 18 February 2019.
The period of the residency is 1–31 October 2019.
Additional information:
miha.colner@mglc-lj.si or
+386 (0)30 708 469
Foto: Jaka Babnik. Arhiv MGLC.
Call for applications for an artist residency in Norway
MGLC/Švicarija Creative Centre and NKD/Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale are publishing a call for submissions for an artist residency in Norway in 2019.
On the basis of an inter-institutional exchange between the Švicarija Creative Centre (MGLC, Ljubljana) and the NKD Dale artist-in-residence centre (Dale, Norway), we invite visual and/or intermedia artists from Slovenia, or those that live and work here, to apply for an artist residency in Norway. The selected artist will take part in a two-month artist residency at the NKD Dale artist-in-residence centre, which operates under the auspices of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture. As part of the reciprocal exchange of residency artists between MGLC, Ljubljana and NKD Dale, a selected Norwegian artist will be staying at the residence in Ljubljana during the summer months, while an artist from Slovenia will take up their residency in Norway.
The deadline for applications is 11 February 2019!
Guided tour of the exhibition Milton Glaser, Posters
Tuesday, January 8, at 5.30 pm (in Slovene at 5 pm)
admission is free
Conducted by Gregor Dražil, Museum Information Officer.
Warmly welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
THE CONCLUSION EVENT OF THE
Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Sunday, 6 January, 10.30–16.00
admission free
10.30–12.00, The White Chrysanthemum or the Artist in Motion, final festive performance (film and performance).
12.00–15.00, Films about the creative pursuits at Švicarija.
15. 00, concluding guided tour of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature, conducted by the curators of the exhibition Yasmín Martín Vodopivec.
EVENING WITH MANCA KOŠIR: STORIES ABOUT BOOKS AND PEOPLE
Tuesday, 8 December at 6 pm
Guests: professor of the Slovene language Zora A. Jurič and director, painter and puppet artist Silvan Omerzu
Music: cellist Sara Čano
FESTIVE OPENING TIMES
MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre
Closed: 24, 25 and 31 December 2018 and 1 January 2019.
THE MUSEUM SHOP IN DECEMBER
The shop with the unique ideas
You are kindly invited to drop by the MGLC Museum Shop during these festive days, where the prices of fine art graphic prints and publications issued by MGLC have been reduced for the month of December. There is a 30% discount waiting for you.
You are also invited to visit our shop at the Švicarija Creative Centre, where you can find plenty of original artistic gifts.
FAMILY FOLD´R: SHUFFLE AND SHAPE / FASCICOLO DI FAMIGLIA: CREA MESCOLANDO
For Families at the Nathalie Du Pasquier exhibition!
Available in Slovenian, English and Italian, free of charge with the purchase of tickets.
Family Fold´r: Shuffle and Shape
Fascicolo di famiglia Crea mescolando
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Guided tour with the curator of the exhibition and author of the project Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature, conducted by Yasmín Martín Vodopivec
Saturday, December 8, 3 pm
admission: 2 EUR
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.
Participating artists in the exhibition: Nika Autor, Stojan Batič, Dragica Čadež, Jure Detela, Meta Grgurevič, France Gruden, Sergej Kapus, Janez Lenassi, Karel Plemenitaš, Karel Putrih, Drago Tršar, Dušan Tršar, Lujo Vodopivec, Bilal Yilmaz.
Author of the project: Yasmín Martín Vodopivec
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
ALEJANDRA PIZARNIK, NOCTURNAL SINGER
The book Cantora nocturna / Nocturnal Singer, which presents the work of the cult Argentinian poet Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972) in a bilingual Spanish-Slovenian edition, has been published. The book was one of the projects of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Art: Birth as Criterion.
It offers a representative selection of the poet’s work from all her poetry collections and from the poems that had not yet been collected into books, her essential prose Bloody Countess and notes in which she spoke about her work.
The editor of the book is Miklavž Komelj; its translators are Nada Kavčič and Miklavž Komelj. The essays on the poet and her creations have been contributed by Nada Kavčič, Miklavž Komelj and Yucef Merhi. The book was designed by Ivian Kan Mujezinović.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Sunday guided tour of the exhibition
Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature with the project curators
Sunday, November 25, at 3 pm
admission: 2 EUR
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.
Participating artists in the exhibition: Nika Autor, Stojan Batič, Dragica Čadež, Jure Detela, Meta Grgurevič, France Gruden, Sergej Kapus, Janez Lenassi, Karel Plemenitaš, Karel Putrih, Drago Tršar, Dušan Tršar, Lujo Vodopivec, Bilal Yilmaz.
Author of the project is Yasmín Martín Vodopivec.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
From Biennial to Biennial
28–30 November
International Centre of Graphic Arts and Švicarija Creative Centre
Opening of exhibition
Nathalie du Pasquier: Fair Game
curator: Kate Sutton
Friday, November 30, at 1 pm
MGLC
A symposium
The Irrational in a Biennial
Thursday, November, 29,10 am – 6 pm
Švicarija Creative Center
Book presentation
Nocturnal Singer by Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972)
Selected Poems by Jure Detela (1951–1992)
Wednesday, November 28 at 6 pm
MGLC
From Biennial to Biennial is a 3-day event which is a postponed reflection on the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion. Composed of a presentation of the books Nocturnal Singer by Alejandra Pizarnik and Jure Detela's Selected Poems, an international symposium The Irrational in a Biennial that will discuss and challenge the traditional biennial structure, and a solo exhibition by Nathalie Du Pasquier: Fair Game, the event attempts to bring together diverse mediums of perception.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
EVENING WITH MANCA KOŠIR: STORIES ABOUT BOOKS AND PEOPLE
Tuesday, 13 November, at 6 pm
Guests: radio presenter Darja Štravs Tisu and painter Miha Štrukelj
Music: singer Neža Vasle
NATHALIE DU PASQUIER, FAIR GAME
THE LAST WEEKEND FOR THE EXHIBITION
30. 11. 2018–3. 3. 2019
Nathalie Du Pasquier’s compositions transform the interiors of the International Centre of Graphic Arts into a series of immersive microenvironments, sampling from over three decades of the artist’s paintings, prints, drawings and murals, as well as a new series of silkscreen prints, which was produced precisely in the screen-printing studio of the International Centre of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana.
Du Pasquier first made her name with vibrant, eye-catching graphics and textile prints shaped by the artist’s eclectic influences, boundless imagination and impulse towards experimentation. Since the late 1980s, she has focused primarily on painting, building up a tremendous body of work, much of which has yet to be exhibited publicly. Fair Game shuns a chronological ordering in favor of forging more intuitive formal affinities between the various series. Assorted elements or objects appear and reappear in different compositional configurations, like a card in a deck that takes on new powers and limitations with each hand dealt. This visual vocabulary is distilled in a new series of silkscreen printed modules – or as the artist calls it, “virtual furniture.”
Curator of the exhibition is Kate Sutton.
ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME TO THE EXHIBITION
Nathalie Du Pasquier: Mensola piena, 2011, oil on canvas.
TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS HAPPY DAY OF CULTURE
with open doors at MGLC and at the Švicarija Creative Centre and free viewing of the exhibitions from 10 am to 6 pm.
We invite you to see the exhibitions:
Nathalie Du Pasguier, Fair Game
Milton Glaser, Posters
Švicarija: community, art and nature
At 18.00, we invite you to MGLC, where a conversation with the artists Helena Tahir and Sonja Vulpes, conducted by Anja Šolar, will take place as part of the Printmaking to the Youth! programme.
INTRODUCTION TO THIS HAPPY DAY OF CULTURE IN TIVOLI
Sunday, 2 December 2018, 10.00–18.00
Admission free
MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre
Programme at MGLC
You are cordially invited to view the exhibition of posters by Milton Glaser from 10 am, accompanied by a guided tour at 12 noon, as well as the exhibition Fair Game by Nathalie Du Pasquier, with a guided tour at 3 pm.
Museum Information Officer, Gregor Dražil will take us around both exhibitions.
Programme at the Švicarija Creative Centre
You can view the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature from 10 am.
The following events will also take place:
10.00 The White Chrysanthemum or the Artist in Motion, interactive stroll and animation for children
11.00 Waitress Fani’s Tour of Tivoli Hotel, adventure guided tour
14.00 and 16.00 Hotel Tivoli between Memories and Dreams, sensorial guided tour
17.00 Eyewitnesses, conversation with painter Janko Testen, conducted by curator Miha Colner
Riko Debenjak, Retrospective Exhibition
LAST WEEKEND
9. 8.–11.11. 2018
Riko Debenjak (1908–1987) established himself as a leading representative of contemporary colour experimental printmaking. The beginning of Debenjak's "classical" work in printmaking is marked by the year 1953. The exhibition is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the artist's birth. Also displayed along with the graphic prints are the artist's other works: drawings, paintings, illustrations and printing plates. The exhibition was produced in cooperation with the Debenjak family, the Kanal ob Soči Riko Debenjak Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art.
Curator: Breda Škrjanec
Installation design: Damijan Kracina
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Cycle of Lectures on Stojan Batič
MARIJA SKOČIR: BETWEEN FAMILY LEGACY AND PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGE
Tuesday, 6 November, at 6 pm
admisssion: 2 eur
The conversation with Jerneja Batič, art historian and daughter of sculptor Stojan Batič, is led by Marija Skočir, co-curator of
Batič's retrospective exhibition at the Jakopič Gallery (2015).
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Sunday guided tour of the exhibition
Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature with the project curators
Sunday, October 28, at 3 pm
admission: 2 EUR
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.
Participating artists in the exhibition: Nika Autor, Stojan Batič, Dragica Čadež, Jure Detela, Meta Grgurevič, France Gruden, Sergej Kapus, Janez Lenassi, Karel Plemenitaš, Karel Putrih, Drago Tršar, Dušan Tršar, Lujo Vodopivec, Bilal Yilmaz.
Author of the project is Yasmín Martín Vodopivec.
Stojan Batič: Composition II (glass, bronze), 1977.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Tivoli – Art with Nature, lecture
THE SCULPTURES OF TIVOLI
Thursday, 25 October, at 6 pm
admission: 2 EUR
lecture by Gojko Zupan
Many sculptures have found their place in Tivoli, which tell the stories of prominent personalities and pivotal historical events. Furthermore, we can observe the development of sculptural thought through them and meet the artists behind it. In such a way, Jakopič tells us about the former exhibition pavilion, the Ballet sculpture about the art of movement, and the Little Shepherd about the forgotten Arcadia. Each has its own story and each connects with the green surroundings in a particular way.
Stojan Batič: Ballet, 1957.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Today's panel is cancelled.
The Secret Life of Books,
literary panel discussions
Nature, Society, People
Wednesday, 24 October, at 6 pm
free of charge
Book: James Lovelock, A Rough Ride to the Future
How are nature and society connected? Do people also create and build nature? What are the links between the environment and social change? How does nature affect an individual? The starting point for the discussion is drawn from the ideas of the Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature project.
Guests: Janez Markeš, Mitja Pucer and Ajda Pistotnik, led by Nika Kovač.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
CONCLUDING GUIDED TOUR OF THE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION BY RIKO DEBENJAK AND PRESENTATION OF THE EXHIBITION BY MATJAŽ GEDER
TODAY
Tuesday, 6 November, at 6 pm
Admission payable to see the exhibition, the guided tour is free of charge.
We will be escorted around the exhibition by Breda Škrjanec, the author of the exhibition, and artist Damijan Kracina, who designed the exhibition.
After the guided tour, there will also be a presentation of the exhibition Matjaž Geder, Preparations for Improvisation. The artist’s work and exhibition will be presented by the curator of the exhibition, Božidar Zrinski.
Theme-based guided tour of the retrospective exhibiiton by Riko Debenjak
dr. Asta Vrečko, art historian: Riko Debenjak and the Social Setting of the First Half of the 20th Century
30 October, at 6 pm, admission for exhibition
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Tivoli – Art with Nature, lecture
Olga Paulič: Tivoli Architecture
Thursday, 18 October, at 6 pm
admission: 2 eur
The beginning of the architectural design of Tivoli Park is represented by the stately architecture of Tivoli Mansion and Leopoldsruhe Mansion (the Cekin Mansion of today). Later, buildings intended for leisure activities started to appear, especially sports and recreational facilities, as well as entertainment facilities. We must also not forget the important cultural buildings on the edge of Tivoli, which are, unfortunately, cut off from the rest of the park because of the railway line.
Tivoli Mansion.
Photo: Matevža Paternoster. MGLC Archive.
Matjaž Geder, Preparations for improvisations
LAST WEEKEND
17. 10.–11. 11. 2018
opening: Wednesday, October 17,
at 6 pm
Matjaž Geder is an art teacher at the Murska Sobota II Elementary School. It is precisely the pedagogical profession that has a profound influence on his creative world, which is constantly in passing from a direct and illustrative visual language to more complex conceptual and symbolically conceived images. He puts the rigid school system, which is based on a way of thinking that is both clichéd and indiscriminate, under critical comparison with the attitude towards the destigmatisation of mental illness, which come surprisingly close in his works. A selection of works created in the recent years is on view, as well as a series of new prints, produced specifically for the exhibition.
Matjaž Geder: Step-ping, 2018, monoprint, 66 x 100 cm.
Concluding guided tour
Tuesday, 6 November, at 6 pm
Admission payable to see the exhibition, the guided tour is free of charge.
After the guided tour of the exhibition by Riko Debenjak, there will also be a presentation of the exhibition Matjaž Geder, Preparations for Improvisation. The artist’s work and exhibition will be presented by the curator of the exhibition, Božidar Zrinski.
THEME-BASED GUIDED TOUR OF THE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION BY RIKO DEBENJAK
16 October, at 6 pm, admission for exhibition
The Karst World of Riko Debenjak and Zoran Mušič
dr. Nataša Ivanović, art historian
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
ARTISTS ON A VISIT!
TODAY
Talk: Marie Lukačeva (Prague) and Fokus Grupa (Rijeka)
Tuesday, 16 October, at 6 pm
Tobacco 001 Cultural Centre, free of charge
The talk presents the artists visiting Ljubljana, who are staying at the residency centres of Švicarija Creative Centre (MGLC) and Tobačna 001 Cultural Centre (MGML). Currently resident and working at the Švicarija Creative Centre is artist Marie Lukačeva from Prague, whereas the Fokus Grupa duo from Rijeka is having its residential stay at Tobačna 001 Cultural Centre. We will talk with the guests about creative practice, the emerging work as part of the residency stay and other related issues.
Marie Lukačeva is a participant of the two-month residency programme at the Švicarija Creative Centre, which is taking place as part of an inter-institutional exchange between the Futura Project, Prague and MGLC, Ljubljana.
Fokus Grupa is a duo that is being hosted as part of the residency programme of the Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana and will present itself with an exhibition project at Tobačna 001 Cultural Centre at the end of its stay on the 24 October of this year.
Photo: Fokus Grupa.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
NI AMOS! / COMMUNITY, ART, NATURE
Experimental laboratory of performance, happening and popular culture, conducted by Uroš Kaurin, theatre actor
start: Sunday October 7, 14.00–18.00
Free of charge. Book to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.or petra.derganc@mglc-lj.si
Together, we will learn about the history and the present of the Švicarija Creative Centre.
Together, we will create its future or one of its futures.
Together, we will explore the performative possibilities and capabilities offered to us amid Tivoli Park. Together, we will create an event and offer it to the public.
With all responsibility and joy.
• Public presentation: Saturday, 17 November
Alja Košar, Point
12. 9.–14. 10. 2018
opening: Wednesday, September 12, at 7 pm
Alja Košar embarks upon researching the expressive possibilities of intaglio printmaking with technical expertise, patient preparation and precise implementation. She creates a unique pictorial world of her own through the two distinctively pictorial elements of point and line, upgrading this in her more recent works by using paint. Initially, a considered colour palette appeared only in her drawings, but later this was transferred into printmaking through points and lines. The exhibition presents a selection of fine art prints produced in the last two years as well as some graphic works created in the Print Studios of the International Centre of Graphic Arts specifically for this exhibition. Curator of exhibition is Božidar Zrinski.
Alja Košar: Untitled, 2018, aquatint and etching.
LECTURE AT THE EXHIBITION RIKO DEBENJAK
The Newly Discovered Fresco from the Period of Socialist Realism in the Former Dom Maksa Perca
Tuesday, 9 October, at 18.00
lecture at the exhibition, conducted by Gregor Dražil, art historian
During research on the work of Riko Debenjak, a large-scale wall painting was discovered in the building at Kotnikova 8 in Ljubljana following the citations in the artist’s catalogues. The exact location of the fresco had not been known till now, the date of its production, the author and subject matter of the painting were either lost or were inconsistently quoted in sources and expert literature. A photograph of this monumental piece from the period of so-called socialist realism will be shown in the presentation for the first time. The question of authorship and the role of Riko Debenjak in the creation of the fresco will be discussed and the circumstances of the work’s production will be highlighted.
Riko Debenjak and Maksim Sedej, The Fresco in the Former Dom Maksa Perca at Kotnikova 8 in Ljubljana, second half of the 1940s (detail). Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
2–13 October
Cycle of Lectures on Stojan Batič
ANDREJA RAKOVEC
THE MONUMENT TO BORIS KIDRIČ IN MARIBOR OR
AN EXAMPLE OF BOLD SCULPTURAL CONCEPTION
IN THE MONUMENT OEUVRE OF STOJAN BATIČ
Tuesday, October 2, at 6 pm,
admission: 2 eur
The monument to Boris Kidrič is Batič's most monumental
work in Maribor. It is marked by boldness in both composition
and technical execution. The lecturer illuminates the
circumstances surrounding the creation of the monument.
Stojan Batič, Monument to Borisu Kidriču, 1963, Maribor
Photo: Damjan Švarc, Umetnostna galerija Maribor.
Tivoli – Art with Nature, lectures
INES BABNIK, FROM THE GARDENS TO TIVOLI PARK
Thursday, 4 October, at 6 pm
admission fee: 2 EUR
In the 17th century, taking a walk became a popular way of
spending leisure time among the townspeople, so a necessity
also sprung up in Tivoli Park to create green spaces, especially
in the surroundings of Tivoli Mansion and Cekin Mansion. The
Latterman Avenue was formed between the two mansion
gardens in the 19th century and gradually Ljubljana also
received a city promenade and thus an official city park.
Photo: Matjaž Tančič. MGLC Archive.
HE BUDDING HUB
Friday, October 6, at 6
The exhibition is open until Sunday 7 October
The members of the Novi dijak student club (Association of
Ljubljana Gymnasium Students) are presenting themselves
in a one-day event with artworks that mirror their personal
attitude to nature. They have expressed their views in
various mediums such as illustration, video, photography,
installation ... The event will be rounded off by a recital
of original poetry and prose as well as an audio-visual
appearance with a projection of works and original
music. The participants of the project also publish a small
publication – a zine, which will integrate and connect
the individual original works into an artistic whole.
EVENING WITH MANCA KOŠIR: STORIES ABOUT BOOKS AND PEOPLE
Tuesday, 9 October, at 6 pm
Guests: visual artist Zora Stančič and architect Andrej Mercina
Music: violinist Nikola Pajanović
Tivoli – Art with Nature, lecture
Marko Dobrilovič: GREEN TIVOLI IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Thursday, 11 October, at 6 pm
admission: 2 EUR
From the late 19th century onwards, Tivoli Park did not develop only in terms of content, but also in view
of landscape architecture. Here we can observe the considerations of several park designers, and can, therefore, follow the varying park designs and greenery arrangements. We can find stylistically diverse designs that range from secessionist motifs to the elements of the English landscape park.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Discussion
Thinking Tivoli – Challenges of Holistic Urban Park Management
Friday, 12 October, 9.00–16.00
The autumn discussion illuminates the multi-faceted significance of the central city park and encourages reflection on its holistic management.
Discussion organizer: Slovenian Association of Landscape Architects
Theme-based Saturday public tours
IGOR GRDINA: THE ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS TO
LJUBLJANA AFTER THE EVENTS IN PETROGRAD
IN 1917
Saturday, 13 October, 16.30
admission: 2 EUR
The guided tour outlines the events in Švicarija after the closure of Tivoli Hotel. The building, which was in a decaying state in the 1930s, was handed out to Russian immigrants by the city municipality. They had fled to Ljubljana after the October Revolution.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION BY RIKO DEBENJAK
Tuesday, 2 October, at 6 pm, admission payable to view the exhibition, guided tour free of charge
The guided tours are conducted in Slovenian (beginning at 18.00) and in English (beginning at 18.45), led by Museum Information Officer, Gregor Dražil.
The part of the guided tour is also the presentations of the exhibition Point by Alja Košar.
Photo: Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Arhive.
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, September 30, at 3 pm
admission: 2 EUR
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: urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Luka Prinčič: Jitakami v.2018
Friday, 28 September, at 8 pm, free of charge, Švicarija Creative Centre
The audio-visual and performative-choreographic performance is based on the research of the interaction between man and the computer, between nature and technology, with an area of interfaces between the two. Through movement choreography and a computer-generated audio-visual image, this interdisciplinary event exposes the traps of uncritical acceptance of technology, raising questions about the integrity of the human body in the all-encompassing digitisation of life.
Author: Luka Prinčič
Choreography and movement: Maja Delak
Visual-conceptual consultation: Maja Smrekar
Light design: Urška Vohar
Production: EMANAT Institute in collaboration with the International Centre of Graphic Arts
Theme-based guided tour of the retrospective exhibition by Riko Debenjak and presentation of the exhibition by Alja Košar, Point
Tuesday, 25 September, at 6 pm, admission payable to view the exhibition, guided tour free of charge
The tours of both exhibitions will be conducted by mag. Breda Škrjanec, the curator of the exhibition of Riko Debenjak.
The theme-based guided tours present Riko Debenjak as a person, his creativity, his relationship to printmaking, his place in the time and space of post-war modernism, connection to the Biennial of Graphic Arts and the Ljubljana school of graphic arts. Followed by a presentation of the exhibition by Alja Košar, Point.
Photo: Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Archive.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR AN ARTIST RESIDENCY IN POUGUES-LES-EAUX
MGLC/Švicarija Creative Centre and the Parc Saint Léger Contemporary Art Centre, Nievers, France, are announcing a public call for applications for an artist residency in Pougues-les Eaux in 2019. Visual and/or intermedia artists who come from Slovenia or live and work in Slovenia are invited to apply. The selected artist will attend a three-month artist residency at the Parc Saint Léger Contemporary Art Centre.
The deadline for applications is
17 September 2018!
Candidates are applying for the time frame of 1 September–30 November 2019.
Additional information:
miha.colner@mglc-lj.si or
+386 (0)30 708 469.
Click here for full details of the call for applications!
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
EUROPEAN YEAR OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 2018 AND DAYS OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
Marathon of lectures on the architectural history, life in Švicarija and its renovation
Friday, 21 September, 17.00–19.00
Sobota, 22 September, 10.00–13.00
The cycle of lectures by conservators and restorers focuses on the architectural history and life in Švicarija. Also presented will be the conservation and restoration starting points for the refurbishment, with an emphasis on the renovation of the wooden architectural elements and stencil murals. The integral renovation of Švicarija took place between August 2015 and May 2017.
Lectures
Friday, September 21
17.00 TATJANA ADAMIČ:
THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY IN THE AREA OF TODAY'S ŠVICARIJA
An outline of the captivating history of the architectural activities on the plateau above Tivoli Mansion in Ljubljana's Tivoli Park from the first half of the 19th century to the construction of the Tivoli Hotel between 1908 and 1910.
18.00 ALEKSANDRA RENČELJ ŠKEDELJ:
LIFE IN ŠVICARIJA
Since its beginnings in the middle of the 19th century when a guest house was opened there up till its recent renovation, Švicarija has been a witness to a lively social and artistic life.
Saturday, September 22
10.00 MATEJ ZUPANČIČ:
CONSERVATION STARTING POINTS FOR THE RENOVATION OF ŠVICARIJA
The conservation plan serves as the starting point for a comprehensive renovation of a monument. The structure of the plan as well as the use of the results in the subsequent production of project documentation and the physical restoration of Švicarija will be shown.
11.00 JOŽE DREŠAR:
THE RESTORATION OF WOODEN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS IN ŠVICARIJA
A special challenge in the renovation of Švicarija was to preserve as many original wooden architectural elements as possible from different types of wood for their original use.
12.00 ANKA BATIČ:
THE WALL PAINTINGS IN ŠVICARIJA
Would you like to learn more about sounding, detecting and documenting wall paintings? You are invited to the presentation of the finds that adorned some of the walls in Švicarija.
After the lecture, you can join us at the workshop for making stencil murals and take a piece of Švicarija home with you.
Švicarija in the interwar period.
Source: SI ZAL LJU 342 Fototeka, G4-027-008.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
The Secret Life of Books: Migrations
Wednesday, 19 September, at 6 pm
In the first autumn event of The Secret Life of Books cycle, we will discuss books dealing with migration issues. How do they appear in literary works? Can we break prejudice and spread empathy through literature? Or does literature only help to maintain the status quo?
The focus is on the books Samira Kentrić: A Letter to Adna and Vesna Lemaić: Welcome.
Guests of the evening:
Samira Kentrić, Vesna Lemaić, Dino Bauk, Dragan Nikčević.
The debate is led by: Nika Kovač.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Theme-based guided tour of the retrospective exhibition by Riko Debenjak and presentation of the exhibition by Alja Košar, Point
Tuesday, 18 September, at 6 pm, admission payable to view the exhibition, guided tour free of charge
The tours of both exhibitions will be conducted by mag. Boge Dimovski, Museum Councillor at MGLC.
The theme-based guided tours present Riko Debenjak as a person, his creativity, his relationship to printmaking, his place in the time and space of post-war modernism, connection to the Biennial of Graphic Arts and the Ljubljana school of graphic arts. Followed by a presentation of the exhibition by Alja Košar, Point.
Photo: Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Archive.
ŠVICARIJA CREATIVE CENTRE DAY
Saturday 15 September, 10.00–20.00
Open studio and socialising with the artists, studio users of the Švicarija Creative Centre
•11.00–12.00 Guided tour of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature with the project curators Yasmin Martin Vodopivec and Vladimir Vidmar
•15-00–17.00 Ni amos!, experimental laboratory, introductory meeting, conducted by Uroš Kaurin
•17.00–18.00 Waitress Fani’s Tour of Tivoli Hotel, adventure guided tour
•18.00–19.00 Eyewitnesses, talk with Dragica Čadež, led by Miha Colner
Photo: Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Archive.
ART IN YOU: THE STOJAN BATIČ MEMORIAL STUDIO
Workshop for people with dementia and their relatives
Sunday, 16 September, 10.00–12.30
The Stojan Batič Memorial Studio, Švicarija Creative Centre (Ground Floor)
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
4 – 11 September
Cycle of Lectures on Stojan Batič
Tuesday, 4 September, at 6 pm
admission: 2 EUR, The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič
Stojan Batič: Journey to Ithaca, Accompanied by Music
Lecture by Svetlana Slapšak
Theme-based Saturday public tours
Saturday, 8 September, at 4.30 pm
admission: 2 EUR
Ljubljana between Ambition and Capability during the Decades before the First World War
conducted by Blaž Vurnik
Evening with Manca Košir: Stories about Books and People
Tuesday, 11 September, at 6 pm
Guests: dr. Glorjana Veber, winner of the Knight of Poetry title, and Silvester Plotajs Sicoe, painter and resident of the Švicarija Creative Centre. Music: Miha Debevec and Dejan Kušer accordion duo.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION BY RIKO DEBENJAK
Tuesday, September 11, at 6 pm
admission payable to see the exhibition
The guided tours are conducted in Slovenian (beginning at 18.00) and in English (beginning at 18.45), led by Museum Information Officer, Gregor Dražil.
Occasionally also theme-based guided tours are organised, please follow www.mglc-lj.si.
Riko Debenjak
Retrospective exhibition
9. 8.–11.11. 2018
Riko Debenjak (1908–1987) established himself as a leading representative of contemporary colour experimental printmaking. The beginning of Debenjak's "classical" work in printmaking is marked by the year 1953. The exhibition is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the artist's birth. Also displayed along with the graphic prints are the artist's other works: drawings, paintings, illustrations and printing plates. The exhibition was produced in cooperation with the Debenjak family, the Kanal ob Soči Riko Debenjak Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art.
Curator: Breda Škrjanec
Installation design: Damijan Kracina
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Theme-based guided tour of the retrospective exhibition by Riko Debenjak
TODAY
23 October, at 6 pm, admission for exhibition
Traces on Paper, Canvas, Wall ...
Tatjana Pregl Kobe, art historian
Riko Debenjak, illustration for the book Nikolaj V. Gogolj: Taras Bulba, 1948.
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, August 26, 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: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION BY RIKO DEBENJAK
Tuesday, September 4, at 6 pm
admission payable to see the exhibition
The guided tours are conducted in Slovenian (beginning at 18.00) and in English (beginning at 18.45), led by Museum Information Officer, Gregor Dražil.
Occasionally also theme-based guided tours are organised, please follow www.mglc-lj.si.
The part of the guided tour is also the presentations of the exhibition The Anonyms by Tina Mohorović.
Riko Debenjak
Retrospective exhibition
9.8.–11. 11. 2018
Riko Debenjak (1908–1987) established himself as a leading representative of contemporary colour experimental printmaking. The beginning of Debenjak's "classical" work in printmaking is marked by the year 1953. The exhibition is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the artist's birth. Also displayed along with the graphic prints are the artist's other works: drawings, paintings, illustrations and printing plates. The exhibition was produced in cooperation with the Debenjak family, the Kanal ob Soči Riko Debenjak Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art.
Curator: Breda Škrjanec
Installation design: Damijan Kracina
Photo: urška Boljkovacl. Arhiv MGLC.
Tina Mohorović
The Anonyms
9.8.–9. 9. 2018
Tina Mohorović (1988) is devoted to the intaglio printing techniques, particularly etching, because of its special quality of line, which is produced by the resistance of the zinc plate when drawing with a needle and the subsequent manipulation with the timing and intensity of the etching process. The exhibition presents a series of fine art prints created by the artist in the most recent period as well as printed works produced in the Print Studios of the International Centre of Graphic Arts especially for the exhibition.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Arhiv MGLC.
TRUDE JOHANSEN & MARUŠA MEGLIČ
23. 8.–9. 9. 2018
Lectur Room, ground floor
Artists Trude Johansen and Maruša Meglič, who attended the first residency exchange between Norway and Slovenia, are presenting themselves in a joint exhibition as part of the inter-institutional cooperation between the Nordic Artists' Centre Dale and the International Centre of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana.
The exhibition showcases predominantly new works that have been produced as a direct result of temporary relocation and artistic creation in a new environment. The latter is also the central thematic link of the exhibition, which focuses on the idea of dislocation and the impact of an unfamiliar environment on artistic expression. The Lecture Room on the ground floor of MGLC hosts the works by the two artists produced in close collaboration in a variety of mediums and techniques – from found objects and images, fine art prints, drawings and artists' books, to textual interventions and installations.
Trude Johansen (1981) is an artist and printmaker whose particular emphasis is on the woodcut, however, she uses various creative media, such as appropriation of objects and images, art publishing and textual works in her art practice. She lives and works in Moss, Norway.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Maruša Meglič (1989) is an artist who works across different art media. Trained as a painter, she developed a distinctive practice based on sculpture and installation as well as on the appropriation of objects and materials. She lives and works in Ljubljana.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Opening of exhibition: TRUDE JOHANSEN & MARUŠA MEGLIČ
TODAY
Thursday, 23 August, at 7 pm
(Lectur Room, ground floor)
On the night of the opening, the viewing time of the exhibition by Riko Debenjak and Tina Mohorović is extended till 9 pm.
23. 8.–9. 9. 2018
In frames of interinstitutional collaboration between Nordic Artists' Centre Dale and MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana a common exhibition of the artists, Trude Johansen and Maruša Meglič, who took part in the first residency exchange between Norway and Slovenia, will take place at Lecture Room in the ground floor of MGLC.
The joined exhibition will showcase predominantly new works that were produced as a direct result of temporary relocation and artistic creation in new environment. The latter is therefore central thematic focus of the show which focuses on the idea of displacement and impact of unfamiliar surrounding on the artistic expression. Based on joined constellation and close cooperation, diverse works of both artists – appropriation of found objects and images, printmaking, drawing, artist books textual interventions and installations – will be presented in the Lecture Room in the ground floor of MGLC.
Trude Johansen (1981) is an artist and printmaker whose particular emphasis is on woodcut; however, she uses various creative media such as appropriation of objects and images, art publishing and textual works. She lives and works in Moss, Norway.
Maruša Meglič (1989) is an artist who works across different artistic media. Trained as a painter she developed a distinctive practice based on sculpture and installation as well as on appropriation of objects and materials. She lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
ARTISTS ON A VISIT!
Talk: Marie Lukačeva (Prague) and Fokus Grupa (Rijeka)
Tuesday, 16 October, at 6 pm
Tobacco 001 Cultural Centre, free of charge
The talk presents the artists visiting Ljubljana, who are staying at the residency centres of Švicarija Creative Centre (MGLC) and Tobačna 001 Cultural Centre (MGML). Currently resident and working at the Švicarija Creative Centre is artist Marie Lukačeva from Prague, whereas the Fokus Grupa duo from Rijeka is having its residential stay at Tobačna 001 Cultural Centre. We will talk with the guests about creative practice, the emerging work as part of the residency stay and other related issues.
Marie Lukačeva is a participant of the two-month residency programme at the Švicarija Creative Centre, which is taking place as part of an inter-institutional exchange between the Futura Project, Prague and MGLC, Ljubljana.
Fokus Grupa is a duo that is being hosted as part of the residency programme of the Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana and will present itself with an exhibition project at Tobačna 001 Cultural Centre at the end of its stay on the 24 October of this year.
Guided tour of the retrospective exhibition by Riko Debenjak
Tuesday, August 14, at 6 pm
admission payable to see the exhibition
The guided tours are conducted in Slovenian (beginning at 18.00) and in English (beginning at 18.45), led by Museum Information Officer, Gregor Dražil. Occasionally also theme-based guided tours are organised, please follow www.mglc-lj.si.
The part of the guided tour is also the presentations of the exhibition The Anonyms by Tina Mohorović.
On Wednesday, August 15, the MGLC Gallery is open (from 10 am to 6 pm).
Riko Debenjak
Retrospective exhibition
9.8.–11. 11. 2018
Riko Debenjak (1908–1987) established himself as a leading representative of contemporary colour experimental printmaking. The beginning of Debenjak's "classical" work in printmaking is marked by the year 1953. The exhibition is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the artist's birth. Also displayed along with the graphic prints are the artist's other works: drawings, paintings, illustrations and printing plates. The exhibition was produced in cooperation with the Debenjak family, the Kanal ob Soči Riko Debenjak Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art.
Curator: Breda Škrjanec
Riko Debenjak: Traces on Plaster XII, etching and aquatint, 51 x 66 cm.
Tina Mohorović
The Anonyms
9.8.–9. 9. 2018
Tina Mohorović (1988) is devoted to the intaglio printing techniques, particularly etching, because of its special quality of line, which is produced by the resistance of the zinc plate when drawing with a needle and the subsequent manipulation with the timing and intensity of the etching process. The exhibition presents a series of fine art prints created by the artist in the most recent period as well as printed works produced in the Print Studios of the International Centre of Graphic Arts especially for the exhibition.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski
Tina Mohorović: On the Back of the World, 2018, etching, 70 cm x 50 cm.
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.
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.
The performans by Mala Kline, SONGI III/XII, due to take place on Tuesday, 31 July, is cancelled.
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
Sunday, 29 July, Platform of the Švicarija Creative Centre
Film cycle on Sundays: Films in the Woods, 21.00–23.00 +
21.00: Film aperitif: Delirium Tremens Band
21.30–23.00: Les Ogres, 2015, French
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Theme-based Saturday public tours
MARTINA MALEŠIČ:
ŠVICARIJA AND THE COFFEE SHOPS OF LJUBLJANA IN AROUND 1900
Saturday, 10 November, at 4.30 pm
On a walk, we present Švicarija as a speciality in a series of Ljubljana coffee shops, a phenomenon in around 1900,
in which both fashionable interior design and social circumstances were reflected.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
EVENING WITH MANCA KOŠIR: STORIES ABOUT BOOKS AND PEOPLE
Tuesday, 13 November, at 6 pm
Guests: radio presenter Darja Štravs Tisu and painter Miha Štrukelj
Music: singer Neža Vasle
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 November 9, 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.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
The Secret Life of Books, literary panel discussion
Wednesday, 20 June, at 6 pm
Švicarija Creative Centre, admission free
The literary panel discussion cycle consists of monthly meetings and debates. We touch upon current topics that are in one way or another connected to the Švicarija Creative Centre through the selected books.
Guest is writter and publicist Vladimir P. Štefanec, the debate is led by Nika Kovač.
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
Tuesday guided tours of the exhibition
Tuesday, June 19, at 6 pm.
On Tuesday, 19 June, at 6 pm, film publicist Stojan Pelko will give a guided tour of the exhibition David Lynch, Fire on Stage.
The starting point of Pelko's guided tour is: Can the knowledge of Lynch's films help us to enter his paintings – and what do we hear, once we have entered?
Admission payable.
The guided tour also announces the film cycle The Art Life with David Lynch in collaboration with The Slovenian Cinematheque.
The introductory film of the cycle is David Lynch: The Art of Life.
David Lynch: The Art Life
Rick Barnes, Jon Nguyen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, USA, 2016, DCP, colour, 98', no subtitles
Thursday, 21 June, at 9 pm, The Slovenian Cinematheque
David Lynch: The Art of Life is a film imbued with Lynch's art, music and early films, illuminating the dark nooks and crannies of his world and offering the audience a better understanding of Lynch as a person and an artist. We are invited to join a private tour of Lynch's complex and studio in the hills high above Hollywood, during which Lynch tells lets us in on the personal stories from his past that unfold as scenes from his films.
David Lynch: Someone is in My House, 2014, lithography (detail).
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Summer Museum Night in the Švicarija Creative Centre
Saturday, June 16, 6 pm–midnight
at 6 and 8 pm
first public presentation of sensorial workshop
Tivoli Hotel between Memories and Dreams
at 7 pm
adventure guided tour
Waitress Fani’s Tour of Tivoli Hotel
at 9.30 pm
musical-visual projection
VJ Ticho Pixel
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Cycle of films by David Lynch at The Slovenian Cinematheque to accompany the exhibition Fire on Stage
The art of living with David Lynch
Thursday to Thursday, 21–28 June, The Slovenian Cinematheque (Miklošičeva 28)
Opening projection:
Thursday, 21 June, 21.00
In Slovenia for the first time!
David Lynch: The Art Life
Directed by: Rick Barnes, Jon Nguyen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, USA, 2016, colour, 98'
Biographical documentary about David Lynch as a multifaceted artist.
Programme
Blue Velvet, 1986, 120', sp, Friday, 22 June, 20.00
Blue Velvet Revisited, documentary, Friday, 22 June, 22.15
Directed by: Peter Braatz, Germany/Slovenia, 2016, 85', sp
Inland Empire, 2006, 180', sp, Saturday, 23 June, 20.00
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 1992, 135', sp, Sunday, 24 June, 20.00
Before the projection: Mirt Komel: The Golden Circle of Appetite and Satisfaction, lecture
Lost Highway, 1997, 135', sp, Tuesday, 26 June, 21.00
Dune, 1984, 140', sp, Wednesday, 27 June, 20.00
Eraserhead, 1977, 89', sp, Thursday, 28 June, 21.00
Admission payable
A ticket to the David Lynch exhibition comes with free admission to a chosen projection in the David Lynch film cycle. The holders of The Slovenian Cinematheque tickets for a film from the David Lynch cycle receive a 50% discount on the purchase of a ticket for the David Lynch exhibition.
Courtesy by Film Constellation and Slovenka kinoteka
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
SUMMER MUSEUM NIGHT
Saturday, June 16, 6 pm–midnight
20.00: Public guided tour
Conducted by painter and printmaker Silvester Plotajs Sicoe.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
Tuesday guided tours of the exhibition
Tuesday, June 12, at 6 pm.
Every Tuesday in May and June
at 6 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.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
theme-based guided tour
Tivoli – A Park for People’s Use
conducted by Ana Kučan
Saturday, June 9 at 4.30 pm
We will take a stroll along the tree-lined avenues and fields of meadows to the garden motifs, including the garden in front of the Švicarija Creative Centre, and learn about the characteristics of Tivoli as a park for people's use.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
NI AMOS! / COMMUNITY, ART, NATURE
Experimental laboratory of performance, happening and popular culture
Together, we will learn about the history and the present of the Švicarija Creative Centre.
Together, we will create its future or one of its futures.
Together, we will explore the performative possibilities and capabilities offered to us amid Tivoli Park. Together, we will create an event and offer it to the public.
With all responsibility and joy.
Programme
• First introductory meeting: Friday, 15 June, 16.00–17.30
• Second introductory meeting: Friday, 7 September, 16.00–17.30
• Workshops: October
• Public presentation: Saturday, 17 November 2018
The programme is intended for ages 15+ (priority is given to KUL abonma subscribers), participation is free of charge.
Places are limited. Book yours by writing to petra.derganc@mglc-lj.si.
The programme is part of the Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature project.
You are invited to the Children's Studio at the Švicarija Creative Centre!
Every Friday, creative workshops, animations and guided tours of the building are held for children. The studio operates free of charge every Friday, from May to October, from 10 am to 1 pm. The activities are lead by the gallery mentors Petra Derganc, Tina Boc, Petja Kolenko and Katja Kovše.
You can let us know of your visit by sending an e-mail to petra.derganc@mglc-lj.si.
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
LAST WEEKEND OF THE EXHIBITION
13. 4.–29. 7. 2018
Take advantage of the last few days to see the exhibition and purchase some Lynch souvenirs at the Museum Shop with a 30% discount.
The first presentation of the American film director, scriptwriter, photographer, painter, musician and printmaker David Lynch in Slovenia. The Fire on Stage show offers a selection of seventy fine art graphic prints produced in the lithography technique. The presentation is rounded off by paintings from private collections, watercolours, as well as a selection of experimental and animated films. What all the displayed works have in common is the intertwining of the surrealistic, expressive and grotesque, by which a Lynchian atmosphere is established. This is followed in the exhibition set-up with a stage-like feel conjured up by set designer Branko Hojnik.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Tuesday guided tours of the exhibition
THE LAST GUIDED TOUR
Tuesday, 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.
Programme of the Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project in June
Sunday guided tour of the exhibition
Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature in English and Slovenian, conducted by Matic Ferlan
Sunday, June 24, at 3 pm
theme-based guided tour
Jože Plečnik and Tivoli Park
conducted by Darja Pergovnik
Thursday, June 21, at 4.30 pm
Photo: Nejc Ketiš. MGLC Archive.
THE ŠVICARIJA: COMMUNITY, ART AND NATURE PROJECT
The Secret Life of Books, literary panel discussion
Wednesday, 23 May, at 6 pm
Švicarija Creative Centre, admission free
The literary panel discussion cycle consists of monthly meetings and debates. We touch upon current topics that are in one way or another connected to the Švicarija Creative Centre through the selected books.
Ivan Cankar also lived, created and socialised in Švicarija. This time we will present him as a political activist and thinker, but
we will also take a peek into his private life.
The following invited guests are taking part in the debate: Marjetka Krapež and Andrej Koritnik; the debate is led by: Nika Kovač.
The books selected for debate is A Bouquer of Cankar's Letters.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Sunday guided tour of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature in English
Sunday, 27 May at 3 pm
One-hour long guided tour with adaptations in the Slovenian language.
Conducted by art historian Matic Ferlan
admission: 2 eur
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.
Warmly invited!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
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.
LEARNING ABOUT PROFESSIONS THROUGH THE CAMERA
22. 5.–6. 6. 2018
Lecture Room (MGLC ground floor)
The photographic exhibition Learning about Professions through the Camera arose as part of the photographic project Through My Eyes, organised for the fourth year in a row by the City Association of Friends of Youth Ljubljana under the guidance of Tanja Povšič and in cooperation with photographers Tina Ramujkić and Polona Ponikvar.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Cycle of Lectures on Stojan Batič
Barbara Savenc, From the First Studio to Švicarija
Tuesday, 8 May, at 6 pm
The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič (ground floor)
admission fee: 2 eur
The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič at the Švicarija Creative Centre is the reconstruction of the sculptor's studio at Svetčeva ulica in Ljubljana's Rožna dolina district. The lecturer explains what this insight into the sculptor's hidden world reveals to us.
The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič is not only open to view but also to use. It is fitted with the artist's sculptures and the work tools from his bequest. It hosts lectures which reveal a thorough insight into the artist's life and work, as well as two sculpture courses that continue the spirit of the author's creativity.
Stojan Batič (1925–2015) was one of the artists to work in the studio at Švicarija between 1954 and 1959. In 1959, Batič moved into a new studio at Svetčeva 1, and his work followed a new direction under the influence of Ossip Zadkine. The current studio reconstruction revives the atmosphere and set-up of exactly this studio. It provides us with the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the sculptural oeuvre – both, the drafts for the famous monument works, and the small sculpture pieces upon which Stojan Batič bestowed his undivided attention.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC.Archive.
Promenade Family Festival and the Voices of Tivoli, storytelling about Švicarija
Saturday, 19 May, 10.00–20.00
Švicarija Creative Centre, Tivoli Park, free of charge
How did they dress in the past, how did they carry themselves, what did they say and what did they do? Ljubljana Promenade, Tivoli and Švicarija in the past and today! The Promenade Family Festival consists of two all-day workshops and a conclusion in the form of storytelling. It is intended for children, families and all generations!
Creative workshops at which we explore the social history of Švicarija, 10.00–17.00
The Promenade like Once Upon a Time
A scenographic workshop at which we produce mini-scenes – the scenery of the former promenade life in Tivoli.
Concept: Samo Lapajne, academy-trained painter, set and costume designer.
Seeing and Placing Oneself on View
We make large-scale paintings, which we then place into the space.
Concept: Ana Sluga, Švicarija Creative Centre studio user, painter, photographer and video artist.
Closing event of the day at 18.00
The Voices of Tivoli, recounting true stories about Švicarija
Tivoli is full of stories, the wildest and juiciest are only known to the trees, never to be passed on to you. But some have remained written down, some have been told and some are being whispered about. We have dug up some special ones about the restored Švicarija. They will be given original interpretations by narrators and musicians who are known to many from the radio waves of Radio Študent and from the CDs Za 2 groša fantazije.
Stories recounted by: Ciril Horjak – dr. Horowitz, Boštjan Napotnik- Napo, Katja Preša, Srečko Meh and Ana Ličina. Music: Andrej Fon.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Visiting artists!
Public talk: Declan Clarke (Berlin) and Nikita Kadan & Anna Zvygintseva (Kijev)
Tuesday, 15 May at 5pm
Švicarija Creative Centre
You are kindly invited to attend public talk of the artists who are currently part of two 'artists in residency' programmes in Ljubljana; they are hosted by Tobacco 001 Cultural Centre (MGML) and Švicarija Creative Centre (MGLC).
At Švicarija Creative Centre currently resides Berlin-based artist Declan Clarke, while Tobacco 001 Cultural Centre hosts artist's tandem Nikita Kadan and Anna Zvygintseva from Kyev.
Public talk will be moderated by Alenka Gregorič (MGML - Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana) and Miha Colner (MGLC - International Centre of Graphic Arts). The guest artists will present their creative practices, showcase the works which are in the making during the residency period, share their world views and much more.
Declan Clarke is the laureate of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana (2013) and is now included in the programme of research residency programme at Švicarija Creative Centre.
Nikita Kadan & Anna Zvygintseva, current residents at Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, will showcase their new exhibition project at Tobacco 001 Cultural Centre at the end of the month.
The talk will be held in English language!
Declan Clarke: Group Portrait with Explosives (2014).
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Animation workshop as part of the David Lynch exhibition programme for young people of 12+
Sunday, 13 May, 11.00–14.00
The workshop is free of charge, advance bookings must be made by writing to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Socialising, playful creativity and meeting with the giant of film art! All this and more is coming up in the creative animation workshop, which is intended for young people of 12+ and their accompanying parents as part of the David Lynch, Fire on Stage exhibition programme.
In the company of gallery mentor Petra Derganc, we will view a series of five short animated and experimental films at the exhibition, which have been created by the cult director and multifaceted artist David Lynch. We will also visit the Lynch Lab, a gallery studio that provides visitors with an opportunity for an active and creative response.
This will be followed by a stop-motion animation workshop (filming image by image), where we will create a collective animated film under the guidance of mentors Andreja Goetz and Jelena Dragutinović. The workshop is the last in the series of animation workshops for this school year, which have been run by the Slon Society at the MGLC exhibitions.
What the products – the animated short films – look like can be seen by following the links:
Animated film of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
Animated film to accompany the exhibition Boris Jesih, Connections
The workshop is also part of the Magic Day in Tivoli Sunday event.
Welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Presentation of The White Chrysanthemum or the Artist in Motion workshop
Saturday, May 12, at 1.30 pm
Švicarija Creative Centre, we are starting on the 1st floor (at the end of the hallway on the left), free of charge
Presentation of the workshop with a concluding guided tour of the first part of the creative process From Image to Form. Through the creative process, children conceived a character of their own choice from the passages of The White Chrysanthemum, doing so in various creative ways (visual, technological, dramaturgical and handcrafted) and producing moving figures that are similar to puppets, yet different. The workshop is conducted by director and puppeteer Barbara Bulatović.
You are invited to join us for the concluding part of the creative workshops with music, strawberries and a group photo!
Photo: Barbara Bulatović.
Theme-based Saturday public tours
Aljoša Harlamov: The Slovenian Modernist Novel and the (Non)Subject of Modernism
Saturday, 12 May, 4.30 pm
Taking Slovenian modernist novels as examples, Aljoša Harlamov explains the process of desubjectivisation of the subject and the context of antihumanism, into which it is integrated as such.
Dragica Čadež: Story of a Tree, installation, 2018.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
David Lynch is a Slovenian
Round table on the influence of David Lynch on the Slovenian identity.
Tuesday, 24 May, at 6 pm
Švicarija Creative Centre
admission free
When the whispers started in public that MGLC was organising an exhibition of David Lynch in Ljubljana and, in fact, his first presentation as a visual artist in Slovenia, the first and foremost question was: Is he coming? At one of the preparatory meetings, we also presented the project to Marcel Štefančič Jr, who, among other things, immediately found the answer to the frequently asked question: But, he's already here! In an instant, the idea was born that David Lynch was actually a Slovenian. So, how much of the Slovenian is there in Lynch, and how much of Lynch is there in the Slovenian?
We will discuss this and similar questions in a talk with the following participating guests: Marcel Štefančič, Jr, film critic, television presenter and publicist; Mirt Komel, philosopher, sociologist and writer; Stojan Pelko, philosopher and sociologist, and Ana Jovanovič, philosopher and sociologist.
13. 4.–29. 7. 2018
The first presentation of the American film director, scriptwriter, photographer, painter, musician and printmaker David Lynch in Slovenia. The Fire on Stage show offers a selection of seventy fine art graphic prints produced in the lithography technique. The presentation is rounded off by paintings from private collections, watercolours, as well as a selection of experimental and animated films. What all the displayed works have in common is the intertwining of the surrealistic, expressive and grotesque, by which a Lynchian atmosphere is established. This is followed in the exhibition set-up with a stage-like feel conjured up by set designer Branko Hojnik.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
(Psychodrama) Encounter with Lynch
Sunday, 27 May, 11.00–16.00
The workshop is part of the programme of the exhibition David Lynch, Fire on Stage.
The experiential workshop involves becoming acquainted with the main ideas about creativity from Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish along with psychodrama techniques. It is intended to actively explore one's own creativity through enactment. Would you like to (as you put yourself into their role) meet with your own ocean as well as the big and small creative fish in it, or perhaps even with Lynch himself?
The workshop is conducted by Tomi Janežič, theatre director and associate professor at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT).
The workshop will be held in two parts with one break. Participants must be present from beginning to end. The number of applicants is limited. Advance bookings taken up till the available quota at lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Admission fee: 5 EUR (ticket to view the exhibition)
Welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGCL Archive.
International Museum Day
Friday, 18 May, 10.00–18.00
Free entrance on the exhibition
David Lynch, Fire on Stage.
MGLC and the Švicarija Creative Centre are open during the public holidays
The International Centre of Graphic Arts and the Švicarija Creative Centre are open during the May Bank Holiday (27 April, 1 May and 2 May).
Closed on Monday, 30 April.
You are invited to view the exhibition David Lynch, Fire on Stage at MGLC, and the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature at the Švicarija Creative Centre every day between 10 am and 6 pm.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
TOUCH AND FEEL BOOK ABOUT ŠVICARIJA
Wednesday, 25 April, 11.00–13.00, Švicarija Creative Centre
Lecture and workshop, conducted dr. Aksinja Kermauner
The public lecture with workshop is an introduction to the process of making a touch and feel book about the Švicarija Creative Centre.
To participate in the workshop, which will take place in the second part of the meeting, please book due to limited space by writing to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si .
How do people with visual impairment see? Who are they? How to provide them with as friendly a life as possible in an environment that is not adapted for them? The lecture and workshop will be an attempt to overcome stereotypes, prejudices, fears ... since the participants, wearing black blindfolds and simulation glasses, will try to touch the world of the blind and the visually impaired, and at the same time experience themselves what could be improved.
Dr. Aksinja Kermauner is writer, poet and teacher, as well as specialist teacher for the blind and visually impaired.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
13. 4.–29. 7. 2018
The first presentation of the American film director, scriptwriter, photographer, painter, musician and printmaker David Lynch in Slovenia.
The Fire on Stage exhibition offers a selection of seventy fine art graphic prints produced in the lithography technique. The presentation is rounded off by paintings from private collections, watercolours, as well as a selection of experimental and animated films. What all the displayed works have in common is the intertwining of the surrealistic, expressive and grotesque, by which a Lynchian atmosphere is established. This is followed in the exhibition set-up with a stage-like feel conjured up by set designer Branko Hojnik.
Curator of the exhibition is Božidar Zrinski.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
TODAY
Guided tour of the exhibition David Lynch, Fire on Stage
Tuesday, 24 April, 18.00, admission payable to see the exhibition
Conducted by the curator of the exhibition, Božidar Zrinski.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
The Secret Life of Books, literary panel discussion
The House – The Woman Artist Today
Wednesday, 18 April, at 6 pm
Švicarija Creative Centre, admission free
The literary panel discussion cycle consists of monthly meetings and debates. We touch upon current topics that are in one way or another connected to the Švicarija Creative Centre through the selected books.
The event, as part of The Secret Life of Books cycle, will make us question the position of the artist in the society of today. For many years, Švicarija represented a shelter to many artists, who created, organised themselves and worked there. Do we know of any such place in the contemporary times? Can art even provide a decent living nowadays?
The following invited guests are taking part in the debate: Ivana Djilas, Dan Juvan, Petra Meterc; the debate is led by: Nika Kovač.
The books selected for debate are: Dubravka Ugrešić, Europe in Sepia, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, Ivana Djilas, The House.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Theme-based Saturday public tour: Švicarija in Time and Space
Jaka Železnikar: Interweaving the Word and Image in Švicarija
Saturday, 14 April, at 16.30
Švicarija Creative Centre, admission: 2 EUR
We will take a stroll around the building of the Švicarija Creative Centre through the eyes of a fictional couple who eventually met at Švicarija and fell in love. But this is not just a love story since we will take a look at Švicarija through their eyes and see Ljubljana in a time of the past. The guided tour, with a focus on the period around 1910, will not be a strictly art-historical or sociological portrayal, it will be accompanied by various anecdotes about the famous people of the time, with a surprise or two thrown in.
Jaka Železnikar is an e-literature author and a web artist. He will take us through the building of the Švicarija Creative Centre, the meeting place of many different artists in the hustle and bustle of social events.
You are invited to join us for a documentary about the Švicarija building, real and fictional at the same time. There are no repeats, so don't miss it!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
11th Cultural Studies Symposium on Truth
Post-reality
Friday, 20 April, 17.00–20.00, Švicarija Creative Centre, admission free
The 11th Cultural Studies Symposium will be held in Ljubljana from 18 to 20 April, this time on the subject of truth, entitled Post-reality, and organised by the Kult.co cultural studies society. You are invited to listen in on the Art and Truth panel on the closing day of the symposium.
•lectures (in Slovenian language) and performances
•participating guests: Maja Burja, Urška Aplinc, Bor Bevc, Vesna Liponik, Bojana Vasića, Marija Glavaš, Teja Tegelj, Bara Kolenc
ABOUT NOON – Opening day
Friday, 13 April, 12.00
12.00: Opening guided tour by the director of MGLC Nevenka Šivavec and the curator of the exhibition Božidar Zrinski.
21.00: an evening audio-visual live performance with jesusonecstasy + izland, Švicarija Creative Centre.
Where drawing, movement and mechanics meet, this is where the Izland + jesusonecstasy duo come in and a special fluid atmosphere starts to flow.
Admission free to both events.
The exhibition is open to view between 12.00 and 21.00.
Admission.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Sunday guided tour of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature in English
Sunday, 29 April, at 3 pm,
admission: 2 eur
One-hour long guided tour with adaptations in the Slovenian language.
Conducted by art historian Matic Ferlan.
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: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
8. 2. 2018–6. 1. 2019
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature project takes us through the prism of cultural history, architecture and visual art into the past of the building, revealing the recent renovations and presenting the activities of the artists working there. The multifaceted exhibition is complemented by a variety of educational activities for children, young people, adults and families with an inclusive, innovative and engaging approach to visitors. We are bringing Švicarija's heritage to the fore through lectures, guided tours, talks and other events, in such a way becoming a part of its new life.
Residency programme
Navid Navab: tangibleFlux φ plenumorphic ∴ chaosmosis
Thursday, April, 5, at 19.30
Švicarija Creative Center, free od charge
Navid Navab, interdisciplinary artist and researcher from Montreal, will showcase the first prototype of his recent work in process entitled tangibleFlux φ plenumorphic ∴ chaosmosis which is being developed during his “artist in residence” at Švicarija Creative Centre in Ljubljana. It will be the pre-premiere of (the prototype of) the piece which will be premiered this September in Linz.
tangibleFlux φ plenumorphic ∴ chaosmosis is a sensorial installation inhabited by the playful dance of entities that invite participants to intimately encounter the material ontogenesis of vital patterns—organic formation of patterns and objects out of continuous material-energy fields. In search for hidden mysteries of matter at the borders of experimental art, table-top astrophysics, and natural fiction, Navab’s audiovisual-haptic compositions orchestrate states of sensory access to the phenomenological emergence of order out of chaos. A series of dynamic microcosms compositionally investigate entanglements between pattern and uncertainty, percepts and the-stuff-of-forms, topological semblance and orbital resonance. The microcosms might resemble laser-esque hologram trying hard to defy a perception of depth; however, the spectators may recognize the kinetic event in all its messy realness: objects under flux, seeking a minimum-energy state… gasps of life, dissolving into upheavals at the edge of chaos. In recent years, complexity sciences have shown us that at certain thresholds, order can spontaneously arise out of chaos.
Navid Navab is a media alchemist, multidisciplinary composer, audiovisual sculptor, phono-menologist, perSonifier, gestureBender, and interdisciplinary artist-researcher. Interested in the poetics of schizophonia, gesture, materiality, and embodiment, his work investigates the transmutation of matter and the enrichment of its inherent performative qualities. Navab currently directs the Topological Media Lab (TML), where he where he fuses phenomenological studies with a multitude of other disciplines and practices. He lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
Photo: Navid Navab.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
TODAY
Cycle of Lectures on Stojan Batič
History and Myth in the Sculptural Oeuvre of Stojan Batič
Delivered by Miklavž Komelj
Tuesday, April 3, at 6 pm
The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič (ground floor), entrance fee: 2 EUR
Lecturer Miklavž Komelj will focus on how a vivid engagement in the social processes of the time and a fascination of the mythological intertwined in the oeuvre of Stojan Batič. Both of these aspects interlace in a particularly interesting way in his monuments dedicated to the National Liberation Struggle. He saw them as a tribute to the historical events in which he was actively involved as a soldier, while they were at the same time also a part of a visual definition of a new mythology. Batič was aware of just how important large-scale monuments were for creating social bonds, but was also one of the first in Yugoslavia to link the making of such monuments to the elements of modernist aesthetics. His oeuvre is profoundly tied to society and its goings-on during the entire second half of the twentieth century – even in those works that at first glance appear as most removed from any such events.
A warm welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
David Lynch: Fire on Stage
13. 4.–29. 7. 2018
The first presentation of the American film director, scriptwriter, photographer, painter, musician and printmaker David Lynch in Slovenia. The Fire on Stage show offers a selection of seventy fine art graphic prints produced in the lithography technique. The presentation is rounded off by paintings from private collections, watercolours, as well as a selection of experimental and animated films. By interweaving the sombre and the mysterious, which overflow his entire spectrum of art, a Lynchian atmosphere is created, which will be followed in the installation by the multi-award-winning set designer Branko Hojnik.
David Lynch: A Parting Kiss, 2007, lithography.
Curtesy: Item Éditions.
KINODVOR FOR THE WEEKEND - FILM PROGRAMME TO ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION
Blue Velvet Revisited
Sunday, 15 April, 19.00, Kinodvor
Documentary on the filming of Lynch's cult thriller Blue Velvet.
Directed by: Peter Braatz, Germany/Slovenia, 2016, 85', sp
Admission payable
THE ŠVICARIJA: COMMUNITY, ART AND NATURE PROJECT
Sunday guided tour of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature in English
Sunday, 25 March, at 3 pm,
admission: 2 eur
One-hour long guided tour with adaptations in the Slovenian language.
Conducted by art historian Matic Ferlan.
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: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Tivoli Hotel between Memories and Dreams
A sensory approach to learning about cultural heritage
● Workshops take place from March to May.
● introductory sensorial workshop, Saturday 24 March,
10.00–14.00 15.00–19.00
Sunday, 25 March,
10.00–14.00 15.00–19.00
● Summer Museum Night, 16 June, first public guided tour by the participants of the project
● Advance bookings to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si or senzorium@gmail.com
● The closin date for application is 15 March
The art education programme includes a sensorial workshop with a final presentation for the public. In the first stage, participants are introduced into the sensory tools of communication and staging. In the second stage, we connect with the cultural heritage of Tivoli Hotel, the so-called Švicarija, which was the gathering place of the Ljubljana bourgeoisie at the beginning of the 20th century. Workshop participants explore and listen to the history of the building through various perspectives of sensory perception. In the final stage of research, visitors are taken through the originally staged snippets of its history.
Concept and implementation: Barbara Pia Jenič, founder of the Senzorium Theatre, author and director.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Worskhop for children
The White Chrysanthemum or the Artist in Motion
● Workshops are held on Saturdays in two parts, from March to May and from September to December.
● The final performance of The White Chrysanthemum is a synthesis of the workshops, Friday, 28 December.
The White Chrysanthemum is a work written by Ivan Cankar during his residence at Švicarija. The controversial essay is still surprisingly topical today. And what message does the author convey to the young people of today?
The White Chrysanthemum or the Artist in Motion project consists of workshops for the production of movable sculptures (mobiles) lasting several months long, two guided tours of the workshop participants around the Švicarija Creative Centre and the concluding New Year's performance. The workshops connect several artistic disciplines and are based on various dimensions of creating.
●Concept and implementation: Barbara Bulatović, director and puppeteer.
●For children from 8 years of age and over.
●Free of charge.
●Advance bookings to alenka.mikuz@mglc-lj.si
Spring part: From Image to Form
● Saturdays: 10 and 24 March, 7 and 21 April, 5 May, 10.00–14.00; concluding guided tour, Saturday, 12 May.
Through the creative process, children conceive a character of their own choice from the passages of The White Chrysanthemum. They approach their chosen character in various creative ways (visual, technological, dramaturgical and handcrafted) and produce moving figures that are similar to puppets, yet different.
Autumn part: Storyline in the Space
● Saturdays: 29 September, 13 and 27 October, 10 and 24 November, 10.00–14.00; concluding guided tour, Sunday, 2 December.
At the beginning of the second part, the children prepare a storyline together for The White Chrysanthemum New Year's performance. In the process of working on the interpretation of the character placed in the space, we use the manipulation, animation, dramaturgy and scenographic approach defined in the storyline.
The final performance of The White Chrysanthemum, which represents the synthesis of the year-round workshops, will be put on during the festive time, on Friday, 28 December.
The workshops are part of the Saturday Workshops programme run by RogLab, Stripburger magazine, Trajekt Institute, MGLC and the Švicarija Creative Centre.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Sculpture-making Course
Myths and Fantasy Captured in Sculpture
starting on 19 March
March–May, once a week on Mondays, 17.00–20.00
The fantastic creatures of Damijan Kracina cruise between art, science and imagination. The notion of the fantastic is also the starting subject of the course. Participants learn about the basic principles of working with clay and produce their own original sculpture, inspired by mythology and fantasy. The course starts with a public lecture.
Conducted by: Damijan Kracina, sculptor and Švicarija Creative Centre studio user.
We accept a maximum of 8 participants.
Participation fee: 180 EUR.
Advance bookings to alenka.mikuz@mglc-lj.si
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Searching for Beauty
LAST WEEKEND
1. –18. 3. 2018
Opening on Thursday,
1 March, at 1 pm.
Using animation, the artists Michaela Čopíková and Veronika Obertová (working under the name of Ové Pictures have created several interactive installations that focus on the central motif of searching for beauty in new contexts. They make use of historical optical toys such as the zoetrope, flip book and diorama in their projects, transforming them into a more current interactive variation. The exhibition expresses the authors’ understanding of “new beauty”.
Curator: Mária Rišková, Design Centre in Bratislava
The exhibition is being held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Independence of the Slovak Republic and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Slovenia.
The exhibition is organised in cooperation with Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
The Secret Life of Books, literary panel discussions
About the World Here and Now
Wednesday, 14 March, at 6 pm
Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
The cycle of literary panel discussions consists of monthly meetings and talks. Current topics, which are tied to the Švicarija Creative Centre in one way or another, are touched upon through the selected books.
Ali Žerdin (editor of Sobotna priloga of Delo newspaper) and activist Simon Maljevac are taking part in the talk, which is led by Nika Kovač (Mladinska knjiga).
The books selected for discussion are:
Carolin Emcke, Against Hate, Jan-Werner Müller, What is Populism?, Naomi Klein, No Is Not Enough.
We will try to answer questions like:
What kind of a world do we live in? How do the contemporary times differ from the golden period of Švicarija? What parallels can be drawn and what are the fundamental differences? What is the role of the individual?
Foto: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Boris Jesih: Connections
LAST WEEKEND
Concluding guided tour
Sunday, 11 March, at noon
Conducted by the curator of exhibition Breda Škrjanec.
Boris Jesih (1943) established himself as an artist at the end of the 1960s as part of the expressive figuration circle of painters. Under the influence of pop art, he responded to the characteristics of the spirit of the time with his geometric transformation of everyday objects, later also turning predominantly to landscape. As a printmaker, he excels in the techniques of relief printing and flat printing, with superior results in colour lithography. As a prize winner of the 13th International Biennial of Graphic Arts in 1979 (special prize for a young artist), he attracted attention with his series of lithographs, a set of which is part of the MGLC collection. Beside the lithographs, the retrospective exhibition also presents drawings, paintings and photographs, which highlight the connections between his creative process and his works.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Searching for Beauty
1. –18. 3. 2018
Opening on Thursday,
1 March, at 1 pm.
Using animation, the artists Michaela Čopíková and Veronika Obertová (working under the name of Ové Pictures have created several interactive installations that focus on the central motif of searching for beauty in new contexts. They make use of historical optical toys such as the zoetrope, flip book and diorama in their projects, transforming them into a more current interactive variation. The exhibition expresses the authors’ understanding of “new beauty”.
Curator: Mária Rišková, Design Centre in Bratislava
The exhibition is being held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Independence of the Slovak Republic and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Slovenia.
The exhibition is organised in cooperation with Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Švicarija in Time and Space:
Theme-based Saturday public tours
Aleksander Bassin, Uncovering the Personal Memory of Švicarija
Saturday, 10 March, at 16.30
Švicarija Creative Centre,
admission fee: 2 eur
Aleksander Bassin takes us through his memories of Švicarija. He often listened to the Russian language of some strollers as he walked up to Rožnik Hill, while he began to visit even more frequently after the generations of sculptors moved into Švicarija.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Today's lecture is cancelled.
The lecture will take place on Tuesday May 8 at 6 pm.
Cycle of Lectures on Stojan Batič
Barbara Savenc, From the First Studio to Švicarija
Tuesday, 6 March, at 6 pm
The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič (ground floor)
admission fee: 2 eur
The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič at the Švicarija Creative Centre is the reconstruction of the sculptor's studio at Svetčeva ulica in Ljubljana's Rožna dolina district. The lecturer explains what this insight into the sculptor's hidden world reveals to us.
The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič is not only open to view but also to use. It is fitted with the artist's sculptures and the work tools from his bequest. It hosts lectures which reveal a thorough insight into the artist's life and work, as well as two sculpture courses that continue the spirit of the author's creativity.
Stojan Batič (1925–2015) was one of the artists to work in the studio at Švicarija between 1954 and 1959. In 1959, Batič moved into a new studio at Svetčeva 1, and his work followed a new direction under the influence of Ossip Zadkine. The current studio reconstruction revives the atmosphere and set-up of exactly this studio. It provides us with the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the sculptural oeuvre – both, the drafts for the famous monument works, and the small sculpture pieces upon which Stojan Batič bestowed his undivided attention.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Worskhop for children
The White Chrysanthemum or the Artist in Motion
● Workshops are held on Saturdays in two parts, from March to May and from September to December.
● The final performance of The White Chrysanthemum is a synthesis of the workshops, Friday, 28 December.
The White Chrysanthemum is a work written by Ivan Cankar during his residence at Švicarija. The controversial essay is still surprisingly topical today. And what message does the author convey to the young people of today?
The White Chrysanthemum or the Artist in Motion project consists of workshops for the production of movable sculptures (mobiles) lasting several months long, two guided tours of the workshop participants around the Švicarija Creative Centre and the concluding New Year's performance. The workshops connect several artistic disciplines and are based on various dimensions of creating.
●Concept and implementation: Barbara Bulatović, director and puppeteer.
●For children from 8 years of age and over.
●Free of charge.
●Advance bookings to alenka.mikuz@mglc-lj.si
Spring part: From Image to Form
● Saturdays: 10 and 24 March, 7 and 21 April, 5 May, 10.00–14.00; concluding guided tour, Saturday, 12 May.
Through the creative process, children conceive a character of their own choice from the passages of The White Chrysanthemum. They approach their chosen character in various creative ways (visual, technological, dramaturgical and handcrafted) and produce moving figures that are similar to puppets, yet different.
Autumn part: Storyline in the Space
● Saturdays: 29 September, 13 and 27 October, 10 and 24 November, 10.00–14.00; concluding guided tour, Sunday, 2 December.
At the beginning of the second part, the children prepare a storyline together for The White Chrysanthemum New Year's performance. In the process of working on the interpretation of the character placed in the space, we use the manipulation, animation, dramaturgy and scenographic approach defined in the storyline.
The final performance of The White Chrysanthemum, which represents the synthesis of the year-round workshops, will be put on during the festive time, on Friday, 28 December.
The workshops are part of the Saturday Workshops programme run by RogLab, Stripburger magazine, Trajekt Institute, MGLC and the Švicarija Creative Centre.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Arhiv MGLC.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Introductory lecture on the sculpture course
About Fantasy and the Fantastic
Tuesday, 13 March, 18.00, free of charge
Lecture by: Jakob J. Kenda, literary historian and translator
Open to the public.
Sculpture-making Course
Myths and Fantasy Captured in Sculpture
March–May, once a week on Mondays, 17.00–20.00 (starting on 19 March)
The fantastic creatures of Damijan Kracina cruise between art, science and imagination. The notion of the fantastic is also the starting subject of the course. Participants learn about the basic principles of working with clay and produce their own original sculpture, inspired by mythology and fantasy. The course starts with a public lecture.
Conducted by: Damijan Kracina, sculptor and Švicarija Creative Centre studio user.
We accept a maximum of 8 participants.
Participation fee: 180 EUR.
Advance bookings to alenka.mikuz@mglc-lj.si
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Sunday guided tour of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature in English
Sunday, 25 February, at 3 pm
One-hour long guided tour with adaptations in the Slovenian language.
Conducted by art historian Matic Ferlan.
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.
Dragica Čadež: Story of a Tree, 2018.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Švicarija in Time and Space
(Theme-based Saturday public tours)
Maruša Zorec, Transformation of Švicarija in Ljubljana
Saturday, 17 February, at 4.30 pm, admission fee: 2 eur
The former hotel on the outskirts of the city has undergone countless transformations in over a hundred years of existence. At the guided tour we will see the most exciting corners of the building and get to know the different images of its transformation over time.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature Project
Eyewitnesses series of talks:
Dušan Tršar
Thursday, 15 February, at 5 pm
The Memorial Studio of Stojan Batič, Švicarija Creative Centre
admission fee: 2 eur
We will be talking to renowned sculptor Dušan Tršar, whose activities and presence have been part of the local and international art scene since the mid-1960s. Tršar worked in Švicarija for a good part of his mature career, and he will present his life and work within this informal art community through his own personal spectrum.
The talk is led by Miha Colner.
Dušan Tršar (1937) received his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He became established at the end of the 1960s and in the 1970s with his typical light objects, which combined the traditional sculptural expression with more modern materials and seeming kinetic effects. Later he went on to use more solid materials, especially bronze, which is still his basic material. Tršar, who remained a pedagogue and independent artist throughout his career, lives and works in Ljubljana.
*The Eyewitnesses series of talks invites you to join the public talks with the former Švicarija residents and users, who will conjure up the former atmosphere of this iconic building in Tivoli, as based on their own experiences and perspectives. The co-speakers are visual artists who have left a mark on the local art scene in various ways.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Arhiv MGLC.
FROM THE ŠVICARIJA STUDIOS
Marija Mojca Pungerčar: A transitional period is foreseen
guided tour of the exhibition with Maria Mojca Pungerčar
Thursday, 15 February, at 6 pm, Švicarija Creative Centre (1st floor)
A transitional period is foreseen is a project in which artist Marija Mojca Pungerčar stems from a selection of photographs documenting private events that represent or indicate important turning points in life over a prolonged period of time.
Marija Mojca Pungerčar: A transitional period is foreseen.
Watch out! Wet print! #12
Ivian Kan Mujezinović
Interference 3/1
6. 2.–5. 3. 2018
Opening: Tuesday, 6 February, at 5 pm
TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova ulica (opposite Glasbena matica)
Ivian Kan Mujezinović, designer, photographer, member of the Ee Grupa design group, bass player and vocalist of the Čao Portorož music group. He is the recipient of many prizes and awards for providing integral design solutions,
Ivian Kan Mujezinović:
Interference 3/1.
Slovenian Day of Culture at MGLC
Thursday, 8 February, 10.00–18.00, free of charge
10.00–18.00 Free admission to view the exhibition Boris Jesih, Connections
11.00 Guided tour for families with printmaking workshop, conducted by museum counsellor Lili Šturm, Katja Kovše and Petja Kolenko.
15.00 Public guided tour with the author of the exhibition, mag. Breda Škrjanec and artist Boris Jesih
A warm welcome!
Photo: Katja Kovše. MGLC Archive.
ŠVICARIJA: COMMUNITY, ART AND NATURE
8. 2. 2018–6. 1. 2019
Opening, 8 February, at 12 noon
The Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature project takes us through the prism of cultural history, architecture and visual art into the past of the building, revealing the recent renovations and presenting the activities of the artists working there. The multifaceted exhibition is complemented by a variety of educational activities for children, young people, adults and families with an inclusive, innovative and engaging approach to visitors. We are bringing Švicarija's heritage to the fore through lectures, guided tours, talks and other events, in such a way becoming a part of its new life.
Slovenian Cultural Holiday and Švicarija Creative Centre Day
Thursday, 8 February, 12.00–20.00
12.00 Opening of the Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature project
Musical-visual backdrop: VJ Ticho Pixel.
13.00 Viewing of the exhibition Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature with studio open day and socialising with the artists – studio users in the Švicarija Creative Centre.
The exhibition and studios will be open until 8 pm on that day.
Free of charge.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
MGLC AT THE YOUTH ARENA
Friday and Saturday, 26 and 27 January, 9.00–18.00,
Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre
Morning: prize game
Afternoon: workshop of screen printing on bags and T-shirts (bring your T-shirt with you!)
We will be making free-of-charge prints with the special motif of Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature.
Last year, MGLC received the Švicarija Creative Centre into its care, which now forms a new educational, social, cultural and artistic hub in Tivoli Park. The newly established centre is primarily a residential space for artists. With its diverse history, it also offers excellent starting points for organizing exhibitions, workshops, concerts, films, lectures and presentations – especially for young people!
The spirit of the refurbished Švicarija lives with the slogan Community, Art, Nature. A particularly rich programme on the subject will be run in 2018, which we are also sharing in the Arena!
BOBRI – 10th Ljubljana Festival of Culture and Art Education
20. 1.–8. 2. 2018
LANDSCAPE – MISTSCAPE
How do we see the landscape?
Viewing of the exhibition and workshop at the Connections exhibition by Boris Jesih for organized groups of children from kindergarten and the first three-year age range of primary school. Conducted by Nika Rupnik. Organised by prior arrangement during the course of the festival. (some places are still available).
Connections / Animation workshop at the exhibition of Boris Jesih
Sunday, 28 January, 11.00–15.00
The workshop is intended for children over the age of 9; parents can also join in getting creative. In collaboration with the SLON Society.
(the workshop is already full)
Guided tour of the exhibition Connections by Boris Jesih
TODAY
Thursday, 18 January, at 5 pm.
conducted by Nevenka Šivavec, Director of the International Centre of Graphic Arts
The tour will be an attempt to gain an insight into the understanding of the connection of the artist's work with the concurrent state of society, which is latently (rather than directly) present in Jesih's creative process.
In his vision, contemporary man is losing his original connection to nature, since the development of civilization has alienated his understanding of its secret powers, their connection as well as possession. This experience has been replaced by the artificial, culturally conditioned perception of the natural environment. Jesih visually separates nature from the viewer, doing so by placing signs – obstacles in front of the illusion of the landscape and in front of the viewer. These are the artist's internal reactions to social events, to everything that disturbs him when he gazes through the window of his studio, where nature awakens into quiet mornings, whereas the reality of people in other places on Earth is completely different. His works are witnesses and a document of today's understanding of the world and man's role in it.
Boris Jesih: Waves (1995, acrylic, egg tempera)
From the Švicarija studios
Marija Mojca Pungerčar: A transitional period is foreseen
opening:
Thursday, 14 December, at 7 pm, Švicarija Creative Centre (1st floor)
at 18.00, guided tour of the exhibition with Maria Mojca Pungerčar and curator Nina Jeza
A transitional period is foreseen is a project in which artist Marija Mojca Pungerčar stems from a selection of photographs documenting private events that represent or indicate important turning points in life over a prolonged period of time.
Marija Mojca Pungerčar: A transitional period is foreseen.
Watch out! Wet print! #11
LAST WEEKEND
9. 1. –5. 2. 2018
Opening: Tuesday, 9 January, at 5 pm
TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova ulica (opposite Glasbena matica)
Katja Felle is interested in the glitches in communication that arise during the transmission of information through various media agents. The project entitled Update Gobelin is based on a glitch in the perception of a poster, as the artist has updated images of old and found gobelin tapestries with contemporary computer icons and other well-known signs and symbols from the electronic environment.
Katja Felle: Update Gobelin (detail).
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Festive Opening Times
MGLC is open until 2 pm on Sunday, 24 December and Sunday,
31 December.
Closed: Monday, 25 December 2017 and Monday, 1 January 2018.
The Švicarija Creative Centre is closed from Thursday, 21 December 2017 until Wednesday, 3 January 2018.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
THE MGLC MUSEUM SHOP IN DECEMBER
The shop with the unique ideas
You are kindly invited to drop in at the MGLC Museum Shop during these festive days, where the prices of fine art graphic prints and publications issued by MGLC have been reduced for the month of December.
A 30% discount awaits you.
The shop is open until 2 pm on Sunday, 24 December and Sunday,
31 December.
Closed: Monday, 25 December 2017 and Monday, 1 January 2018.
Festive workshop and performance
Friday, 29 October, 11.00–13.00
Festive workshop and performance
Art workshop at the exhibition of Boris Jesih, Connections
Conducted by Nika Rupnik, academy-trained painter and art historian Tina Boc. (60 min)
Kamišibaj gledališče: The Boy on the Cloud and Other Stories
The stories in images and words are told by Irena Rajh. (40 min)
MGLC presents the festive workshop and performance to children and everyone they love as a gift, therefore anyone from the age of 2 till 90 is warmly invited!
Kamišibaj gledališče: The Boy on the Cloud and Other Stories, told by Irena Rajh
A boy called Darko lived in a tall house with a rooftop terrace. One day, he was walking to and fro deep in thought, when a small white cloud floated by. Darko had a string with him and caught the cloud just like a kid goat, pulling it to himself. He climbed onto it and they sailed over the city...
Darko and the cloud will be joined by other stories tied to Ljubljana, Tivoli Park and the castle. Kamishibai Theatre is a Japanese form of storytelling with pictures on a small wooden stage.
Copying
14. 12. 2017–7. 1. 2018
opening:
Thursday, 14 December, at 5 pm., Švicarija Creative Center (ground floor)
The Copying project in the form of an artists' book, presents 11 artists, who have each developed and created their own view of copying and the copy.
Artists: Kate Bingaman-Burt, Tate Foley, JULM (Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler), Leah Mackin, Test Print (Amze Emmons), Garret Orr, Nez Pez, Nika Rupnik, Grace Synder, RL Tillman, Breanne Trammell
Curator: Printeresting
Photo: Printeresting.
From the Švicarija studios
Marija Mojca Pungerčar: A transitional period is foreseen
opening:
Thursday, 14 December, at 7 pm, Švicarija Creative Centre (1st floor)
at 18.00, guided tour of the exhibition with Maria Mojca Pungerčar and curator Nina Jeza
A transitional period is foreseen is a project in which artist Marija Mojca Pungerčar stems from a selection of photographs documenting private events that represent or indicate important turning points in life over a prolonged period of time.
Marija Mojca Pungerčar: A transitional period is foreseen.
Watch out! Wet print! #10
LAST WEEKEND
Tanja Radež: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018
5. 12. 2017–8. 1. 2018
TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova ulica (opposite Glasbena matica)
Tanja Radež often finds herself in a quandary over the sense of creating national symbols. The symbolic emblems of national identity are often only adornments and no longer support the construction of a bright future. However, the symbols and colours persist through a changing history, since man must quite clearly lay the boundaries of his existence and mark the sovereignty of the group to which he belongs.
Tanja Radež: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018.
ON THIS HAPPY DAY OF CULTURE AT MGLC
3 December 2017, at 12 noon – open day of Slovenian culture,
About noon: The first – opening – stroll through the exhibition and talk between the author of the exhibition mag. Breda Škrjanec and the artist Boris Jesih.
Free viewing of the exhibition Boris Jesih, Connections.
The gallery is open from 10.00 to 18.00.
Boris Jesih: Connections
30. 11. 2017–11. 3. 2018
Boris Jesih (1943) established himself as an artist at the end of the 1960s as part of the expressive figuration circle of painters. Under the influence of pop art, he responded to the characteristics of the spirit of the time with his geometric transformation of everyday objects, later also turning predominantly to landscape. As a printmaker, he excels in the techniques of relief printing and flat printing, with superior results in colour lithography. As a prize winner of the 13th International Biennial of Graphic Arts in 1979 (special prize for a young artist), he attracted attention with his series of lithographs, a set of which is part of the MGLC collection. Beside the lithographs, the retrospective exhibition also presents drawings, paintings and photographs, which highlight the connections between his creative process and his works.
Boris Jesih: A Doors (1983, color lithography).
Watch out! Wet print! #9
Pri Zlatem stegnu (Nataša and Katja Skušek): Unicorns Come and Unicorns Go
7. 11.–4. 12. 2017
opening event:
Tuesday, 7 November, at 5 pm
the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova (opposite Glasbena matica)
Pri Zlatem stegnu, they play about with taste. In fact, they play about with the taste for food and the taste for art.
Pri Zlatem stegnu is an art project by Nataša and Katja Skušek, which has been ongoing since 2004 in various forms, from spatial installations, to video works, objects, photo-collages, fine art graphic prints, drawings and performances. The project brings the questions related to food preparation and eating as the basic human need to the forefront in a humorous and light manner.
Pri Zlatem stegnu: Unicorns Come and Unicorns Go.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
LAST WEEKEND
The Biennial is open until Sunday,
5 November.
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion in MGLC and the Švicarija Creative Centre are open (10.00–18.00).
Until Sunday, 5 November is open exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever in Jakopič Gallery (10.00–18.00).
Wellcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Arhiv MGLC.
Welcome to the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts during the holidays
MGLC and the Švicarija Creative Centre are open (10.00–18.00) on 31 October (Day of the Reformation) and on 1 November (Day of the Remembrance of the Dead).
You are invited to view the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Arhiv MGLC.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
THE PRIZES OF THE 32ND BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED
The Grand Prize winner of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts is Alejandro Paz, for the work Hypodermic (2017, intervention), the work was made for the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The recipient of the Research Residency Award is Carlos Monroy, for the work Baphomet. One single birth made incarnate. (2017, performance and video installation), the work was made for the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The jury of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts:
Anne Barlow, Mike Cooter, Bige Örer in Maruša Sagadin.
The recipient of the Audience Award of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts is american artist Christopher Myers, for the work Detritus of Dreams (2016).
Alejandro Paz: Hypodermic (2017).
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
The Biennial is open until 5 November.
This Week at the Biennial
FULL BLAST
Tuesday, 24 October, 15.00–18.00, Švicarija Creative Centre
Guided tour with interventions of movement for KUL abonma subscribers, lead by Anja Guid.
Meta Grgurevič: Silenzio, eternal loopholes and braided lines
Saturday, 28 October,
2 pm–5 pm, Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
performance
Final guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
Saturday, 28 October, 3 pm,
MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion is conducted by the members of Biennial collective
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 28 October, at 16.30,
in the English language
Sunday, 29 October, at 16.30,
in the Slovenian language
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Arhiv.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion has run its course.
APPOINTING THE MGLC DIRECTOR TO THE IBA BOARD
MGLC Director Mrs. Nevenka Šivavec is a new member of the Board of the International Biennial Association (IBA), which met at the 4th General Assembly between 25 and 28 September at the Yokohama Triennial in Japan.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE BEGINNERS COURSE IN PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES AND THE COURSE IN INTAGLIO PRINTING TECHNIQUES
The beginners 50-hour course that runs from November to March gives you a practical know-how of the printmaking techniques of screen-printing, woodcut, lithography and drypoint, under the guidance of renowned mentor artists.
Advance bookings taken up till the available quota at MGLC, Pod turnom 3, Ljubljana, or via e-mail to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Members of the Friends of the Biennial Club are eligible for a special discount.
The advanced 50-hour course that runs from November to March gives you an introduction to the techniques of intaglio printing, as well as the techniques of aquatint, etching, vernis-mou, mezzotinta, under the guidance of renowned mentor artists.
Advance bookings taken up till the available quota at MGLC, Pod turnom 3, Ljubljana, or via e-mail to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Members of the Friends of the Biennial Club are eligible for a special discount.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
The Biennial is open until 5 November.
This week at the Biennial
TRAPPED IN PERCEPTION?
Tuesday, 17 October, 5 pm,
MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion is conducted by art historian Tina Boc
The guided tour will also be given in Slovenian Sign Language, interpreted by Tanja Giuliatti Davinić.
Awaken your senses with urban yoga: artwork, space and yoga
two-day workshop for all generations, admission with a ticket
of the Ljubljana 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts,
Švicarija Creative Centre
Friday, 20 October, 16.00–20.00
Saturday, 21 October, 14.00–18.00
Advance booking to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 21 October, at 16.30,
in the English language
Sunday, 22 October, at 16.30,
in the Slovenian language
Biennial artist Nora Turato during her performance at the opening of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
(16 June 2017).
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
TODAY
TRAPPED IN PERCEPTION?
Tuesday, 17 October, 5 pm, MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion is conducted by art historian Tina Boc
The guided tour will also be given in Slovenian Sign Language, interpreted by Tanja Giuliatti Davinić.
The main Biennial exhibition Birth as Criterion is the core of this year's 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts. It is on view at MGLC – the International Centre of Graphic Arts and the renovated Švicarija Creative Centre in Tivoli Park. The exhibition presents the works of 27 international artists inspired in their work by the poem Birth as Criterion by Slovenian Modernist poet Jure Detela.
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner – a place for animation, child care and workshop activities for children – will be open during the course of the guided tour. Free of charge.
Biennial artist Nora Turato during her performance at the opening of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
(16 June 2017).
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
TODAY
Was it a puddle or chewing gum?
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
Conducted by Irena Borić, member of the Biennial collective, in company with the biennial artist Riley Harmon.
Tuesday, 10 October, at 5 pm, guided tour starts at the Švicarija Creative Centre
The guided tour is conducted in the English language.
The guided tour is included in the admission fee of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The guided tour of the exhibition Birth as Criterion will this time begin with the presentation of the piece by Riley Harmon Was it a puddle or chewing gum? The artwork will be discussed by artist Riley Harmon and Irena Borić, member of the Biennial collective. The work reflects the current state in which an ordinary object, such as a backpack, can become "dangerous". After a short conversation, visitors will be invited to view the exhibition with an emphasis on the works that deal with language.
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner – a place for animation, child care and workshop activities for children – will be open free of charge during the course of the guided tour.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
The Biennial is open until 5 November.
This week at the Biennial
Was it a puddle or chewing gum?
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
Conducted by Irena Borić, member of the Biennial collective, in company with the biennial artist Riley Harmon.
Tuesday, 10 October, at 5 pm, guided tour starts at the Švicarija Creative Centre
The guided tour is conducted in the English language.
Vlado Škafar: A Girl and a Tree
film projection
Friday, 13 October, at 7 pm,
The Slovenian Cinematheque
Free of charge with 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts tickets.
Holders of The Slovenian Cinematheque tickets for the films from the Birth as Criterion and Film cycle receive a 50% discount on the purchase of tickets for the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts.
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 14 October, at 16.30,
in the English language
Sunday, 15 October, at 16.30,
in the Slovenian language
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Watch out! Wet print! #8
LAST WEEKEND
Nejc Korenič: All My Heroes are Forgotten
5. 10.–6. 11. 2017
opening event:
Thursday, 5 October, at 5 pm
the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova (opposite Glasbena matica)
Nejc Korenič (1987), with his authentic creative style, dedicates his attention to exploring and discovering the cultural history of visual expression and reflection on art, which is intended for spiritual enjoyment, the perception of the world and personal pleasures. He is inspired by ancient cultures, folk tales, stories, legends, customs, preserved or forgotten folklore.
Nejc Korenič: All My Heroes are Forgotten.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This week at the Biennial
Experimental animated film, workshop for young people 13+
Saturday, 7 October, 11.00–14.00,
MGLC, free of charge
Cycle of Guatemalan Film at The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
Sunday, 8 October, 16.00–20.00,
Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
The cycle of eight documentary, fiction and short films shows the turbulent history of Guatemala: The period of the Civil War, the postwar period and the experimental age of Guatemalan film.
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (MGLC and Švicarija) is open until 8 pm on Sunday 8 October.
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 7 October, at 16.30,
in the English language
Sunday, 8 October, at 16.30,
in the Slovenian language
Photo from the film Anatomically Correct.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This week at the Biennial
TRAPPED IN PERCEPTION?
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion, conducted by Hana Ostan Ožbolt.
Tuesday, 26 September, at 5 pm, guided tour starts at MGLC
Presentation The 32 Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion at the Festival of the Third Age
Thursday, 28 September, Cankarjev dom
Švicarija–Ljubljana’s “Nest of Art”
On the European Cultural Heritage Days 2017, we invite you to join us in Tivoli Park at the Švicarija Creative Centre for a lecture on the history of this historic building and guided tour of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (in the company of art historian Gregor Dražil). The history of the so-called Švicarija will be presented by Tatjana Adamič and Aleksandra Renčelj Škedelj.
Saturday, 30 September, 11.00–13.00, Švicarija Creative Centre, admission free
Playful Prints
creative family workshop
Saturday, 30 September, 15.00–18.00, Jakopič Gallery, € 15 per family
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 30 September, at 16.30,
in the English language
Sunday, 1 October, at 16.30,
in the Slovenian language
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Švicarija–Ljubljana’s “nest of art”
On the European Cultural Heritage Days 2017, we invite you to join us in Tivoli Park at the Švicarija Creative Centre for a lecture on the history of this historic building and guided tour of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion.
Saturday, 30 September, 11.00–13.00, Švicarija Creative Centre, admission free
The history of the so-called Švicarija will be presented by Tatjana Adamič and Aleksandra Renčelj Škedelj, conservators of the Ljubljana Unit of the Slovenian Cultural Heritage Protection Institute (ZVKDS), which also actively participated in the renovation of the building.
The lecture will be followed by a guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion in the company of art historian Gregor Dražil.
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner is open during the guided tour. We provide creative art animation combined with day care, and are counting the days to the start of school. Children and accompanying adults are invited to join us free of charge.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
Trapped in perception?
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion, conducted by Hana Ostan Ožbolt
Tuesday, 26 September, at 5 pm, guided tour starts at MGLC
Hana Ostan Ožbolt will present her view of this year's 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts through the guided tour, highlighting those art projects that have attracted her attention.
Hana Ostan Ožbolt graduated in Comparative Literature and German Studies, and is currently completing her master's degree in the Department of Art History. She was part of the 15th generation of the School for Curators and Critics of Contemporary Art. Based between Ljubljana and Berlin, she has held many positions and jobs within the field of contemporary art in the recent years. She also writes about the subject at times.
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner is open during the guided tour. We provide creative art animation combined with day care, and are counting the days to the start of school. Children and accompanying adults are invited to join us free of charge.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This week at the Biennial
Film projection
Kenji Mizoguchi: Ugetsu (Ugetsu monogatari, 1953),
Wednesday 20 September at 8 pm,
The Slovenian Cinematheque (Miklošičeva 28)
Workshop for young pepople 14+
Experimental animated film
Thursday, 21 September, 16.30–19.30,
Švicarija Creative Centre
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 23 September, at 16.30,
in the English language
Sunday, 24 September, at 16.30,
in the Slovenian language
The 32 Biennial of Graphic Arts on a guest visit in Prague
Saturday, 23 September, Prague (Czech Republic)
We are being hosted at the Ljubljana presentation of the architect Jožef Plečnik in the Czech capital.
Kenji Mizoguchi: Ugetsu (Ugetsu monogatari, 1953),
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This week at the Biennial
Trapped in perception?
Tuesday, 12 September, at 5 pm
MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre
The guided tour is included in the admission fee of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts.
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion. Conducted by Asta Vrečko, researcher at the Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts, and member of the Biennial collective.
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner is open during the guided tour. We provide creative art animation combined with day care, and are counting the days to the start of school. Children and accompanying adults are invited to join us free of charge.
Ištvan Išt Huzjan: Measures,
until September 17,
last week for the exhibition
The last public guided tour of the exhibition of winner of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts. Conducted by Alenka Gregorič, curator of the exhibition.
Thursday, 14 September, 5 pm, City Art Gallery Ljubljana, free of charge
PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION
MARIA BONOMI: PRINTMAKING FOREVER (JAKOPIČ GALLERY)
Sunday, 17 September, at 5 pm
conducted by Breda Škrjanec, curator of the exhibition
The guided tour is included in the admission fee of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts.
Ištvan Išt Huzjan: Measures.
Photo: Andrej Peunik. City Art Gallery Ljubljana Archive.
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATED FILM, WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 14+
Thursday, 21 September,
16.30–19.30, Švicarija Creative Centre
Socializing, playful creativity and training of the Slovenian language! All this and more is expected at the socially-integrative and creative workshop connecting young people from the asylum home with other young people. The viewing of the Biennial exhibition is followed by a workshop on the stop motion animation technique using a wide variety of materials.
The workshop is suitable for participants of 14 years of age and over.
In collaboration with the SLON society.
The workshop is free of charge.
Advance booking to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Watch out! Wet print! #7
LAST WEEKEND
Borut Krajnc: Truth and Lies: the Refugee Case
6. 9.–2. 10. 2017
opening event:
Wednesday, 9 August,
at 5 pm
the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova (opposite Glasbena matica)
The International Centre of Graphic Arts and TAM-TAM invite you and your friends to attend the opening of the seventh exhibition in the cycle Watch out! Wet print! #7, Borut Krajnc: Truth and Lies: the Refugee Case, which will be held on Wednesday, 6 September, at 5 pm.
Borut Krajnc (1964, Ljubljana) is a documentary photographer and photojournalist who used to work for various Slovenian newspapers, such as Tribuna and Demokracija, and Mladina where he has been working since 1991. Krajnc has developed exceptional sensibility for local and global sociopolitical phenomena. His in-depth treatment of the relationship between politics and the economy is based on conceptual as well as documentary photography approaches. In 2015, he was following closely the refugee and migrant wave that crossed Slovenia as well.
Borut Krajnc: The child and the Horse: Rigonce, 27 October 2015.
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This week at the Biennial
Literature that Changes the World That Changes Literature
Wednesday, 6 September, 19.00–21.00,
Švicarija Creative Centre
The main event of the 32nd Vilenica International Literary Festival.
The Šum Study Seminar: Birth as Criterion
Saturday, 9 September, 11.00–17.00, Švicarija Creative Centre
The Šum Study Seminar at MGLC is this year taking place in the context of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts. The set of lectures will therefore be devoted to reflecting upon certain notions, concepts and contexts tied to the specific structure introduced by this edition of the Biennial exhibition "without curator".
The contributions will explore and expand – from philosophical, literary, (culturally) political, economic, curatorial and other perspectives – on the issues of making selections in rhizomatic, self-organized, collective, self-generated, automated, decentralized and other similar ways.
Prepared by: the research collective of ŠUM magazine (Tanja Pogačar on its behalf) in cooperation with MGLC.
Participating: Izidor Barši, Marko Bauer, Jernej Kaluža, Kaja Kraner, Primož Krašovec, Domen Ograjenšek and Andrej Tomažin.
FAMILY WORKSHOP: All the Biennial animals
Sunday, 10 September, 11.00–14.00,
MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre
The day will be devoted to viewing the works and a workshop, followed by a thematic viewing and stroking of selected animals.
Advance booking to
lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 9 September, at 16.30,
in the English language
Sunday, 10 September, at 16.30,
in the Slovenian language
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
FAMILY WORKSHOP: All the Biennial animals
Sunday, 10 September, 11.00–14.00, MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre
Even though the weather forecast for Sunday is rainy, the programme will still be run in adapted form from 11 am to 2 pm: viewing of the exhibition and printing workshop on T-shirts (bring them with you!).
Animals are lead players in this year's Biennial. They make appearances in the artworks, the secessionist ornamentation of Švicarija, whereas Jure Detela also bestows the most noble and loving attitude towards them in his poetry. The day will be devoted to viewing the works and a workshop, followed by a thematic viewing and stroking of selected animals at Ljubljana Zoo. And during the course of all this, also a vegan picnic on the grass!
Advance booking to
lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Experimental Animated Film, workshop for young people 14+
Thursday, 21 September,
16.30–19.30, MGLC and Švicarija Creative Centre
Socializing, playful creativity and training of the Slovenian language! All this and more is expected at the socially-integrative and creative workshop connecting young people from the asylum home with other young people. The viewing of the Biennial exhibition is followed by a workshop on the stop motion animation technique using a wide variety of materials.
The workshop is suitable for participants of 14 years of age and over.
In collaboration with the SLON society.
The workshop is free of charge.
Advance booking to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
NEW RHAPSODY
TODAY
Due to the unfavourable weather conditions, the concert today will be held in the main hall of the Švicarija Creative Centre.
An Afternoon of Music in Tivoli Park
NOVA Philharmonic
Friday, 1 September, at 5 pm, Plečnik Auditorium, Tivoli Park, the concert is free of charge
Four-legged friends are welcome. Bring a blanket to make yourself comfortable while listening.
Programme
Andrej Misson: Meditation on the theme Smoke on the Water
Richard Strauss: Concert for Horn and Orchestra no. 1 in E flat major, op. 11, Allegro – Andante – Allegro
Modest P. Musorgski (orchestration Leo Funtek): Pictures at an Exhibition
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2, S. 359/2(4)
As the most complex form of art, music has the wonderful capacity of being able to add sound to a range of different ideas, which is exactly what is outlined by tonight's programme. Ideas can, among other things, also migrate between genres (classical-rock-classical: Misson; and folk-classical: Liszt), composition techniques (classicism-romance: Strauss), or mediums (painting-music: Musorgski).
FAIRY TALES OVER THE CITY
31 August at 6 pm, courtyard of Tivoli Mansion, free of charge
The fairy tales over the city represent a new type of fairy tale expedition, an adventure to discover one’s own city and find new ways of seeing it. The aim of the project is to get to know Ljubljana from different perspectives. We will take pleasure in the views of the Slovene capital from above and discover other hidden nooks and crannies: Ljubljana Castle, the garden of the Plečnik House, the National and University Library (NUK) ... We will even clamber up on the terrace of Tivoli Mansion. But all this will not be just simple storytelling. We will take the wooden stages of the kamishibai theatre with us to overlook the city and stage all the stories in words and pictures. Seeing the kamishibai show exactly where the story is actually taking place will be a special experience for both children and adults. The event is being prepared by the House of Children and Art
Fairy tale programme
Poems for Children by Župančič, told by Breda and Darko Kočevar
My Umbrella can Turn into a Balloon, told by Irena Rajh
Cow, told by Breda Kočevar
The Devil Driving the Dormice to Pasture, told by Simona Kavčič
The Eyes on the Tree, told by Irena Rajh
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This week at the Biennial
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner is active in front of the Švicarija Creative Centre. It is open every day from 10.00 to 13.00, until the start of school. We provide creative art animation combined with day care, and are counting the days to the start of school. Children and accompanying adults are invited to join us free of charge.
Cycle of Guatemalan Film at The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
Tuesday, 29 August, 17.00–21.00,
Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
The cycle of eight documentary, fiction and short films shows the turbulent history of Guatemala: The period of the Civil War, the postwar period and the experimental age of Guatemalan film.
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (MGLC and Švicarija) is open until 9 pm on Tuesday 29 in August.
Leja Jurišić: The most beautiful moments are the shortest
Performative installation about the self-conception of negating the subject
Ministry of Culture Republic of Slovenia,
until 31 August
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 2 September, at 16.30, in the English language
Sunday, 3 September, at 16.30, in the Slovenian language
Leja Jurišić: The most beautiful moments are the shortest.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
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CYCLE OF GUATEMALAN FILM AT THE 32ND BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
Sunday, 8 October, 16.00–20.00
(repeat screening), Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge.
The cycle of eight documentary, fiction and short films shows three views of the turbulent history of Guatemala: The period of the Civil War, the postwar period and the experimental age of Guatemalan film. The selector of the cycle is Alberto Rodríguez Collía, a participating artist in the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts.
Film evening programme
Mary Ellen Davis: The Devil's Dream
Luis Argeta: Guatemalan Christmas
Diego Sagastume: My Mom Rules
Evelyn Price in Loco González: Anatomically Correct
Julio Hernández Cordón: Dust
Teatro de los Vagos: The Intertidal Zone
Juan Brenner in Byron Mármol: Joy Vincio
Carlos Amorales: Orellana's Fantasy
There is one break with refreshments during the cycle.
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (MGLC and Švicarija) is open until 8 pm on Sunday 8 October.
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner is openig during the film evening. The Corner is place for animation, babysitting and workshop active. Free of charge.
Photo from the film The Devil's Dream.
PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR
Was it a puddle or chewing gum?
Public guided tour of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
Conducted by Irena Borić, member of the Biennial collective
Tuesday, 10 October, at 5 pm, guided tour starts at the Švicarija Creative Centre
The guided tour is conducted in the English language.
The guided tour is included in the admission fee of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The guided tour of the exhibition Birth as Criterion will this time begin with the presentation of the piece by Riley Harmon Was it a puddle or chewing gum? The artwork will be discussed by artist Riley Harmon and Irena Borić, member of the Biennial collective. The work reflects the current state in which an ordinary object, such as a backpack, can become "dangerous". After a short conversation, visitors will be invited to view the exhibition with an emphasis on the works that deal with language.
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner – a place for animation, child care and workshop activities for children – will be open free of charge during the course of the guided tour.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This week at the Biennial
Tuesday, 22 August
17.00–18.00: Biennial TOP 10: guided tour in the Slovenian language (conducted by Tina Boc), and in the English language (conducted by Gregor Dražil), MGLC
18.00–20.00: Stories in the Grass: stories and printing workshop. (Bring the T-shirts with you!) Topic: water. Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (MGLC and Švicarija) is open until 8 pm on every Tuesday in August.
Public guided tours of the exhibition Ištvan Išt Huzjan: Measures (City Art Gallery Ljubljana)
Grand prize of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts
Thursday, 24 August, at 17.00, conducted by Alenka Gregorič, curator of the exhibition
Public guided tours of the exhibition Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever (Jakopič Gallery)
Saturday, 26 August, at 16.30, in the English language
Sunday, 27 August, at 16.30, in the Slovenian language
The Little Biennial Dwarf Children's Corner will start its work on Monday, 28 August, in front of the Švicarija Creative Centre. It is open every day from 10.00 to 13.00, until the start of school. We provide creative art animation combined with day care, and are counting the days to the start of school. Children and accompanying adults are invited to join us free of charge.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
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This week at the Biennial
Tuesday, 15 August
17.00–18.00: Biennial TOP 10: guided tour in the Slovenian language (conducted by Gregor Dražil), MGLC
18.00–20.00: Stories in the Grass: stories and printing workshop. (Bring the T-shirts with you!) Topic: water. Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (MGLC and Švicarija) is open until 8 pm on every Tuesday in August.
Hot off the press!
Biennial map Birth as Criterion for Children and Families
Children, families, you may arrive at the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts exactly when there is no guided tour or workshop. You may well like to "have a chat" with the artworks, but you don’t know where to start?! We suggest that you use the map, which will direct your steps around the main Biennial exhibition Birth as Criterion at MGLC and at the Švicarija Creative Centre, in an interactive and brain-twisting way, through the witty illustrations by Anja Jerčič Jakob, who has portrayed the artworks as "little art potatoes".
Available as a free publication at the exhibition venues of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts and at certain info points across Ljubljana.
Authors: Anja Jerčič Jakob (drawings) & Lili Šturm (text)
Public guided tours of the exhibition Mario Bonomi: Printmaking Forever
Saturday, 19 August, at 16.30, in the English language
Sunday, 20 August, at 16.30, in the Slovenian language
WATCH OUT! WET PRINT! #6 Jaka Babnik
LAST WEEKEND
9. 8.–4. 9. 2017
opening event: Wednesday, 9 August,
at 5 pm
the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova (opposite Glasbena matica)
As signs of development and local progress, roundabouts have become the subject of public debates on effective traffic regulation, modernization and the economic progress of a particular town, immediately also accompanied by discussions on their aesthetic and urban potential. With the construction of roundabouts, a new type of space has appeared as a target for the gaze in the Slovenian traffic and cultural landscape – a top location. This has been recognised by the local authorities as an excellent opportunity to express the identity of their town and its surroundings. They have embarked upon designing and arranging roundabouts quite seriously, perhaps even overzealously at times, in many cases making the top location a space presenting the stereotypical image of the town and expression of the homelike mindset, which is hard to grasp by those driving by. The series of photographs entitled Top Location is a photo-documentary contribution to the discussion on the aesthetic values that we shape collaboratively by using the public space.
Jaka Babnik. Top Location.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This week at the Biennial
Tuesday, 8 August
17.00–18.00: Biennial TOP 10: guided tour in the Slovenian language (conducted by Tina Boc) and in the English language (conductec by Katarina Šavora), MGLC
18.00–20.00: Stories in the Grass: stories and printing workshop. (Bring the T-shirts with you!) Topic: water. Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (MGLC and Švicarija) is open until 8 pm on every Tuesday in August.
Hot off the press!
Biennial map Birth as Criterion for Children and Families
Children, families, you may arrive at the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts exactly when there is no guided tour or workshop. You may well like to "have a chat" with the artworks, but you don’t know where to start?! We suggest that you use the map, which will direct your steps around the main Biennial exhibition Birth as Criterion at MGLC and at the Švicarija Creative Centre, in an interactive and brain-twisting way, through the witty illustrations by Anja Jerčič Jakob, who has portrayed the artworks as "little art potatoes".
Available as a free publication at the exhibition venues of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts and at certain info points across Ljubljana.
Authors: Anja Jerčič Jakob (drawings) & Lili Šturm (text)
Public guided tours of the exhibition Mario Bonomi: Printmaking Forever
Saturday, 12 August, at 16.30, in the English language
Sunday, 13 August, at 16.30, in the Slovenian language
This week at the Biennial
Tuesday, 1 August
10.00: opening of the Švicarija Cafe.
17.00–18.00: Biennial TOP 10: guided tour in the Slovenian language (conducted by Tina Boc) and in the English language (by art historian Gregor Dražil), MGLC
18.00–20.00: Stories in the Grass: stories and printing workshop. (Bring the T-shirts with you!) Topic: water. Švicarija Creative Centre, free of charge
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (MGLC and Švicarija) is open until 8 pm on every Tuesday in August.
Public guided tours of the exhibition Mario Bonomi: Printmaking Forever
Saturday, 5 August, at 16.30, in the English language
Sunday, 6 August, at 16.30, in the Slovenian language
32ND BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS: BIRTH AS CRITERION
This week at the Biennial
Poetry Point of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
Konzorcij Book and Stationery Store, July–August
The book island, dedicated to the poet Jure Detela, presents books that correspond to his thought and view of art. The selection was prepared by Miklavž Komelj.
Tuesday, 25 July
19.00–20.00: Biennial TOP 10: guided tour in the Slovenian language (conducted by art historian Gregor Dražil) and in the German language (by student of art from Vienna and volunteer of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts, Katarina Šavora), Švicarija Creative Centre
20.00–21.00: Summer at MGLC: concert: The TAH and Le Baron, pop, MGLC
Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever
Public guided tours of the exhibition
Saturday, 29 July, at 16.30, in the English language
Sunday, 30 July, at 16.30, in the Slovenian language
32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion: Guided tours
Guided tours for the main exhibition of the32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
TODAY
Tuesday, 22 August
17.00–18.00: Biennial TOP 10 in the Slovenian and English language, MGLC
18.00–20.00: Stories in the Grass: stories and printing workshop. Topic: water. Švicarija Creative Centre
The main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion (MGLC and Švicarija) is today open until 8 pm.
Biennial TOP 10
Guided tours of selected Biennial works and printing workshops.
One-hour-long guided tours of selected works of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion.
Free admission with a Biennial ticket or the Urbana tourist card.
Printing workshops are free of charge.
Tuesday, 1 August
17.00–18.00: Biennial TOP 10 in the Slovenian and English language, MGLC
18.00–20.00: Stories in the Grass: stories and printing workshop. Topic: water. Švicarija Creative Centre
Tuesday, 8 August
17.00–18.00: Biennial TOP 10 in the Slovenian and German language, MGLC
18.00–20.00: Stories in the Grass: recounting stories and poetry with printing workshop for small prints, prints on t-shirts, bags and stickers. Topic: water. Švicarija Creative Centre
Tuesday, 15 August
17.00–18.00: Biennial TOP 10 in the Slovenian language, MGLC
18.00–20.00: Stories in the Grass: stories and printing workshop. Topic: water. Švicarija Creative Centre
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This week at the Biennial
Tuesday: 11 July
19.00–20.00: Biennial TOP 10: guided tour in Slovene ( conducted by Lili Šturm, Museum Counsellor) and English (by Gregor Dražil)
20.00: concert: The Erič Brothers (Wacky Blues Professors), blues, rock, country
THIS IS NOT A NAME
closing: Sunday, 16 July, Škuc Gallery (13.00–21.00)
THIS IS NOT A NAME is an exhibition that raises questions on how to think about art outside the protocols of contemporary art. It seeks to provide a fresh perspective on the experimental format of this year's Biennial, while at the same time insisting on works that can not be fully captured by any context.
Artists: Anonimus Artist, 1st century AD, Viktor Bernik, Dragica Čadež, Karel Destovnik - Kajuh, Jure Detela, Athanasius Kircher, Marko Pogačnik, Marko Ristić & Koča Popović, Tomaž Šalamun
Curators: Miklavž Komelj, Yasmín Martín Vodopivec, Nevenka Šivavec and Vladimir Vidmar
Venue: Škuc Gallery
Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever
Public guided tours of the exhibition
Saturday, 15 July, at 16.30, in the English language
Sunday, 16 July, at 16.30, in the Slovenian language
THIS IS NOT A NAME.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
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This week at the Biennial
The Void, 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts Print Portfolio of Artists
closing, Thursday, 6 July, Kresija Gallery (10.00–18.00)
Artists: Jarrett Key, Moon Kyungwon, Ebecho Muslimova, Alberto Rodríguez Collía and Jennifer Schmidt
Curator: Tevž Logar
Ištvan Išt Huzjan: Measures
Exhibition of the winner of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts
Guided tour of the exhibition
Thursday, 6 July, at 17.00, City Art Gallery Ljubljana
The guided tour of the exhibition is conducted by Alenka Gregorič.
The birth of Birth as Criterion – On the genesis and protocols of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
Discussion to accompany the exhibition THIS IS NOT A NAME
Thursday, 6 July, at 18.30, Škuc Gallery
The curators of the exhibition and members of the Biennial Collective are taking part: Miklavž Komelj, Yasmín Martín Vodopivec, Vladimir Vidmar and Nevenka Šivavec. The discussion will be moderated by Miha Colnar.
Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever
Public guided tours of the exhibition
Saturday, 8 July, at 16.30, in the English language
Sunday, 9 July, at 16.30, in the Slovenian language
Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. Arhiv MGLC.
Watch out! Wet print! #5 freštreš
LAST WEEKEND
4. 7.–8. 8. 2017
opening event: Tuesday, 4 July,
at 5 pm
the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova (opposite Glasbena matica)
The freštreš art collective has prepared three posters, which are interlinked by the concept of the generational evolution of the style of video games over the last four decades. Each of the posters explores one of the three typical periods of the formation of the "covers" and "screenshots" of the games during this time interval. The first poster covers the period of pixel art of the 1980s and 1990s. The second poster passes into the awkward phase of the "low poly" models of the 1990s and is especially inspired by the "anime" art of the time. The third poster explores and caricatures the hyper-realistic three-dimensional renders of modern consoles.
The project entitled ČŠŽ explores the aesthetic values of the mentioned periods and plays with the social context of design and illustration through a recognizable humorous and critical freštreš approach.
freštreš: Beyond, we go.
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
TODAY
BIRTH AS CRITERION: DISCURSIVE PROGRAMME
The birth of Birth as Criterion – on the genesis and protocols of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
Thursday, 6 July, at 18.30, Škuc Gallery, free entrance
Discussion on the basic ideas, rhizomatic structure, process of work, development of the exhibition, as well as all the dilemmas and decisions taken during the organisation of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts at the exhibition THIS IS NOT A NAME at the ŠKUC Gallery. The exhibition offers a condensed insight into the making of this year's experimental format of the Biennial and, along with the presented works, attempts to awaken thinking and pondering, doubts and concerns, and to provide a different view of the Biennial's main exhibition and its emergence in the light of the central endeavour of this year's Biennial edition: searching for new ways of conceiving exhibitions.
The debate will involve Miklavž Komelj, Yasmín Martín Vodopivec, Vladimir Vidmar and Nevenka Šivavec, the members of the Biennial Committee and the curators of the exhibition THIS IS NOT A NAME.
The discussion will be moderated by Miha Colner.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
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THE BIENNIAL FOR CHILDREN ... be lively, green and creative in July
During the holidays, daily BIENNIAL WORKSHOPS for primary school children are organised in Tivoli Park in front of the renovated Švicarija Creative Centre and Tivoli Mansion (MGLC). These take place every weekday in July, from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 2 pm. Applications can be made to the City Association of Friends of Youth ZPM Ljubljana, tel. +386 (0)1 434 03 24, info@mzpm-ljubljana.si.
The workshops interconnect historical myths, the plant and animal kingdom and the nature of Tivoli, movement and play, as well as artistic expression into a whole. The workshops are conducted by academy trained painter Nika Rupnik.
Children can also join the PovezujeM/Tivoli Creative Circle, which is organized by the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), the National Museum of Slovenia (NMS), the Museum of Modern Art (MG), the National Gallery of Slovenia (NG) and the National Museum of Contemporary History (MNZS). Through play, creative pursuits and socialization, children learn about museums, history and art in a slightly different way. Workshops take place from 10 to 14 July, from 8 am to 4 pm (lunch included). Applications to: natasa.robeznik@muzej-nz.si.
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THE BIENNIAL OPENING DAYS
16 June – 18 June 2017
Join us at the numerous events of the Biennial opening weekend from Friday to Sunday.
32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
Carlos Monroy: Baphomet. One single birth made incarnat.
Friday 16 June, 7 pm–midnight,
Tivoli Park, courtyard of MGLC
Saturday 17 June, 7 pm–midnight,
Tivoli Park, courtyard of MGLC
We are announcing a special performance by Carlos Monroy on Friday and Saturday. The performance will begin at 7 pm in Tivoli Park and continue at 8 pm in the courtyard of MGLC. The artist, in the role of the Kurent, will take over the base in the courtyard of Tivoli Mansion until 10.30 pm, at which time it will be replaced by other figures. The performance will finish at midnight.
The Museum Summer Night
Saturday 17 June, from 6 pm to midnight
17.00–18.20
Cultural Neighbourhood event:
Stories in the Grass, literary reading in Slovenian and English. Lidija Dimkovska, essayist and translator, will read in the Slovenian language, and Asuka Ohsawa, participating artist of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts, will read in the English language, courtyard of the Švicarija Creative Centre.
18.00–22.00
Print on paper, bag and T-shirt workshop: Mobile Printmaking Studio, Kresija Gallery
19.00
Opening performance:
Ištvan Išt Huzjan: From Here to Here, exhibition by the prize winner of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts, City Art Gallery Ljubljana
19.00–24.00
Performance:
Carlos Monroy: Baphomet. One single birth made incarnat.
Tivoli Park, courtyard of MGLC
21.30
Lecture-performance: Slavs and Tatars: The Tranny Tease, Švicarija Creative Centre
You are kindly invited to join the biennially tinted Summer Museum Night!
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
16 June – 29 October 2017
Opening: Friday, 16 June, 6 pm,
Švicarija Creative Centre
Friday, 16 June
18.00
Opening of the venues of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
18.00–19.00
Introductory performances by the artists of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts
Nora Turato: Show Personality not Personal Items,
International Centre of Graphic Arts
Jarrett Key: Hair Painting,
Švicarija Creative Centre
Mario Santizo: 33,
Švicarija Creative Centre
19.00–24.00
Performance:
Carlos Monroy: Baphomet. One single birth made incarnat.
Tivoli Park, courtyard of MGLC
19.00
Opening of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts, courtyard of the Švicarija Creative Centre
20.30
Performance, installation: Meta Grgurevič: Silenzio, eternal loopholes and braided lines,
Švicarija Creative Centre
22.00–24.00
Projection of Erica Ferrari on the façade of Tivoli Mansion: To whom does this architecture belong?, International Centre of Graphic Arts
The Biennial exhibition venues will be open from 18.00 to 22.00 on the night of 16 June 2017.
International Centre of Graphic Arts, Švicarija Creative Centre, City Art Gallery Ljubljana, Jakopič Gallery, Kresija Gallery, Škuc Gallery
THE BIENNIAL OPENING DAYS
Join us at the numerous events of the Biennial opening weekend from Friday to Sunday.
16 June – 18 June 2017
Watch out! Wet print! #4
LAST WEEKEND
LEALUDVIK: In the waters on Leviathan; I would go poof!
6. 6.–3. 7. 2017
opening event: Tuesday, 6 June,
at 5 pm
In the waters on Leviathan is an alternative version of the project I would go poof! – it only replaces the forest for the sea, and bites harder into occult symbolism. "I would go poof" came the smiling response from Charles Manson to the question posed by the judge about his plans in the event of parole. The assumption of man as a free being is a delusion. We live in fear, endless routine, helplessness. We are trapped in an "open" prison. Freedom is an illusion. Due to all the effort, man's desire for freedom, "parole", exit or at least passage to another state, is becoming all the more common. As a result, most people seek a magic solution—> to disappear without a trace: Poof!
LEALUDVIK: Ceremonies.
ZINES! Contemporary Zine Production
Last week of exhibition
24. 2.–28. 5. 2017
The exhibition of zines Zines!, Contemporary Zine Production continues the series of shows focusing on the various phenomena of contemporary print production. Printed zines have remained present despite modern information technology. Nowadays they appear with new and original contents, providing artists with a greater degree of independence and speed in creating their works, while retaining a feel for the ephemeral and the personal. The exhibition is conceived as a current presentation of zine art production, its differentiation and networking among artists.
Artists: Beli sladoled, freštreš, LEALUDVIK, Leon Zuodar, Marko K. Gavez, Matjaž Wenzel & Rene Maurin, Mina Fina, Nejc Korenič, Nevena Aleksovski, Nez Pez, Simon Kocjančič, Tadej Vaukman, Zoran Pungerčar
Curators: Lara Plavčak, Božidar Zrinski
The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
This is an invitation to write your thoughts about the the city of Ljubljana, the public treatment of the architecture, heritage, sculptures, tourism. What do you think about how the city is evolving/changing? How does this affect you, your relation with the city, your daily routine.
The sentences will be part of an artistic project by a Brazilian artist at the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts and will be written on the facade of Tivoli Mansion.
Please answer back this e-amil with one or more sentences it will stay in total anonimity you can write in english or slovenian.
We count with your thoughts! Thank you
ZINES! Contemporary Zine Production
Spring ZINE Excursion to the House of Culture in Pivka
Saturday, 27 May, 15.00–22.00
At the end of the exhibition Zines! Contemporary Zine Production, you are invited to join the spring ZINE excursion to the House of Culture in Pivka. We will visit the zine reading room and attend the opening of the zine exhibition JUST ZINES! in the zine studio ZINKO TIČEK. Our host is Leon Zuodar, head of the reading room and studio.
The programme lasts from 3 pm to about 10 pm and includes:
• Opening of the new Zinko Tiček studio for zine exhibitions
• Exhibition of all the zines at Zinko Tiček that were produced during the exhibition at MGLC from 24 February to 28 May 2017
• Picnic on the patio
Transport to Pivka is organised in own cars. We are meeting on 27 May at 3 pm in the House Culture, Snežniška cesta 2, Pivka,
Obligatory advance bookings (which are necessary for the organization of the programme and picnic) are accepted until 25 May at lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
ZINES! Contemporary Zine Production
Sunday, 21 May, from 11 am to 1 pm, free of charge
DO IT WITH US!, zine workshop with viewing of the exhibition
We will be making our own mini art booklets in the techniques of collage, stencil printing, painting and drawing at the workshop.
ZINES! Contemporary Zine Production
TODAY
Z-Day at MGLC
Thursday, 18 May, 10.00–19.00, International Museum Day, Open Day
10.00–19.00: Free admission to view the exhibition Zines! Contemporary Zine Production in the gallery and presentation of the workshop works at the Zine Site in the MGLC Lecture Room
10.00–17.00: Production of the collective ZINE OF THE DAY
17.00–18.00: Individual guided tour of the exhibition Zines! Contemporary Zine Production
18.00–19.00: Presentation of the exhibition's new ZINE-MISCELLANY
Discounts of the Museum Day:
30 % publications
15 % prints
Sunday, 21 May, from 11 am to 1 pm, free of charge
DO IT WITH US!, zine workshop with viewing of the exhibition
We will be making our own mini art booklets in the techniques of collage, stencil printing, painting and drawing at the workshop.
Watch out! Wet print! #3
LAST WEEKEND
Tadej Vaukman: Heaven is a place on Earth
11. 5.–5. 6. 2017, the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova (opposite Glasbena matica)
opening event: Thursday, 11 May,
at 5 pm
Tadej Vaukman is a photographer in the right sense of the word. He lives with the camera and for photography. He loves chaos, truth and daily reality. While strolling around town, driving a car or riding a bike, during a concert, in his living room, or when visiting his grandma and grandpa, he always finds time to take pictures of naked reality. He shoots exactly what he sees without any subsequent corrections and unnecessary comments.
Tadej Vaukman, installation view on exhibition Zines!, Contemporary zin production.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Švicarija Creative Centre
Community, nature and art
Yesterday, on the eve of Victory Day, the renovated Švicarija building was inaugurated by the Mayor of Ljubljana, Mr Zoran Janković.
This year, the International Centre of Graphic Arts received a new unit into its management, the Švicarija Creative Centre, which has been renovated by the Municipality of Ljubljana. Together, we make up a new cultural, educational and social centre in Tivoli Park. This year, Švicarija will host a part of the main exhibition of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion.
Photo: Urska Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
ZINES! Contemporary Zine Production
TODAY
Lecture by mag. Jasna Babić
Subculture is dead, long live subculture!
Wednesday, 10 May, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (MGLC ground floor), admission free
The lecture will provide an insight into how the definitions and concepts of subcultures have shaped and changed, also touching upon the highlights of the individual research periods from the mid-1990s to the present day. More specifically, the lecture will address how the contemporary (sub)cultural practices, postsubcultural studies and subcultural symbolic interactionism continue the tradition of classical subcultural theory, or move away from it, and what impact the new concepts have had on the theory.
Photo: Katja Kovše. MGLC Archive.
ZINES! Contemporary Zine Production
TODAY
Presentation of the art publication Last Mango in Paris
Thursday, 4 May, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (MGLC ground floor)
The publisher Look Back and Laugh is announcing the release of a new art publication entitled Last Mango in Paris. The book deals with the visual exploration of the hidden and strange world of plants and greenery. It contains the work of twenty-two local and foreign fine artists. Their graphic compositions, printed in the risograph technique, invite you to enter the bizarre corners of the green forest with them, which your parents warned you about when you were a child.
MEET THE ARTIST – 32ND BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS ARTIST TALKS: CARLOS MONROY
Tuesday, 25 April, at 6 pm,
Lecture Room (MGLC ground floor)
Carlos Monroy from Colombia is coming on a research visit. On the artist talk he will present his art practice.
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.
Carlos Monroy: Sabedoria.
WELCOME TO THE ZINE WORKSHOPS ON SUNDAY
Sunday, 23 April
10.00–12.00
Do It with Us: Zine Workshop for Children
The workshop will begin with a guided tour of the exhibition Zines! Contemporary Zine Production, where we will be joined by poet, scientist and storyteller Alja Adam, who will also share some stories with us.
The workshop will be conducted by Anja Guid and Nika Rupnik.
In the programme of the Cultural Neighbourhood and the Slovenian Book Days
13.00–18.00
Zine workshop with public guided tour of the exhibition Zines! Contemporary Zine Production for students
Viewing of the exhibition: 13.00–14.00, conducted by Anja Guid, postgraduate student of Art History
Zine workshop: 14.00–18.00, conducted by Nez Pez, exhibiting artist, assisted by Nika Rupnik
The workshop connects the production of graphic prints and a zine into an original collaborative piece. Participants create an A6 format 16-page zine composed of two sheets of A4 paper. Each participant makes three lino prints in the size of 8 x 10 cm for the cover. Beside the creative charge, the workshop provides a clear demonstration of the linocutting process, which can be used by the workshop participants at any time later without the infrastructure and support of the graphic workshop.
Information
Lili Šturm, Museum Counsellor, Custodian Pedagogue
MGLC Education Department, tel. +386 (0)1 2413 818, lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Photo: Petja Kolenko. MGLC Archive.
ZINES! Contemporary Zine Production
TODAY
Lecture by dr. Milko Poštrak:
What are the various ways in which the notion of subculture can be considered today?
Thursday, 20 April, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (ground floor of MGLC), admission free
What are the various ways in which the notion of subculture can be considered today? The lecture will highlight the notion of the so-called subcultures, which can be addressed in a variety of ways and from different vantage points. The sociological, anthropological and cultural, but also in terms of the sciences of politics and social work. Furthermore, today these considerations can additionally be placed in the context of modern technologies, particularly the World Wide Web.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion
16 June – 29 October 2017
In addition to the main exhibition Birth as Criterion (MGLC, Švicarija and ŠKUC Gallery), the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts also presents the traditional exhibition of the winner of the Grand Prize of the previous Biennial, this time Ištvan Išt Huzjan, a presentation of work by Peter Gidal, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 31st Biennial, a project by the winner of the Audience Award of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts, Meta Grgurevič, a Maria Bonomi retrospective at the Jakopič Gallery, as well as a vibrant discursive programme with an international symposium. As far as other projects are concerned, there is also the international billboard project a good neighbour in cooperation with the Istanbul Biennial, the book presenting the work of Argentinean poet Alejandra Pizarnik, as well as the print portfolio of the artists included in the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts on display at the Kresija Gallery.
PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION ZINES! CONTEMPORARY ZINE PRODUCTION & ArtISTIC INTERVENTION BY THE FREŠTREŠ COLLECTIVE
Wednesday, 12 April, at 5 pm
The tour will be conducted by the exhibition curator Božidar Zrinski. The freštreš collective will contribute a special artistic intervention in the exhibition space.
The guided tour will also be given in Slovene Sign Language by interpreter Tanja Giuliatti.
Zines most often take the form of self-published DIY publications, produced in small editions and with low production costs. In the exhibition at MGLC, this pocket-format has expanded into the space and has been transformed into spatial installations. Through their installation, the freštreš collective are also presenting their view on zine creativity. The collective, which is active in various fields, from installations to performances, music and literature, will interpret their eight exhibited zines in the guided tour – freštreš, Ego, Future, Vacation, 5, Surveillance, Sale, Blackout – and enact an interactive entrance into the contents and meanings of the topics opened up by the mentioned zines. The overall impression of this juxtaposition, as seen by the members of the freštreš collective, comes close to the invention of American cartoonist Rube Goldberg – the Rube Goldberg Machine – a contraption that entertains with an overly complicated way of performing basic tasks.
The freštreš collective is currently represented by Peter Ferlan, Aljaž Glaser, Blažka Jurjavčič, Emil Kozole, Dorijan Šiško and Dorotea Škrabo.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
ARTIST TALK WITH ALEJANDRO PAZ
TODAY: 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.
Alejandro Paz: Guardaespaldas (2002).
Courtesy of the artist.
ZINE WORKSHOP WITH PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION ZINES! CONTEMPORARY ZINE PRODUCTION
Sunday, 9 March, 13.00–18.00
VIEWING OF THE EXHIBITION AND ZINE WORKSHOP
Viewing of the exhibition: 13.00–14.00, conducted by Anja Guid, postgraduate student of Art History
Zine workshop: 14.00–18.00, conducted by Nez Pez, exhibiting artist, assisted by Nika Rupnik
Viewing of the exhibition is free of charge for students.
The minimum fee for the workshop is 2 EUR per person (a contribution towards the cost of materials). Participation is limited to a maximum of 13 persons.
Welcome!
Further information: Lili Šturm, Museum Counsellor, Custodian Pedagogue
MGLC Education Department, tel. +386 (0)1 2413 818, lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Nez Pez: VOID, 2017.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Zine Guest Visit
Friday–Sunday, 31 March–2 April, 10.00–18.00
Zine Site (Lecture Room, ground floor), admission free
The French artist collective Super Terrain, which is currently on the Gutenberg Galaxy world tour, is being hosted at the Zine Site. The collective is promoting the practice of print and design across Europe, looking for new daring creations using a risograph printer.
Join us for some unbridled creativity!
WATCH OUT! WET PRINT! #2
LAST WEEKEND
Mina Fina: Za vse je pravi čas / If only for the joy of my sadness
4. 4.–9. 5. 2017, the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova (opposite Glasbena matica)
opening event:
Tuesday, 4 April, at 5 pm
The project Za vse je pravi čas / If only for the joy of my sadness is based on the visual density of the space formed by the artist with the silhouettes of plants and human bodies. The plants, with their pristine appearance, simplicity of form, intertwining and complexity build up impassable, overgrown and lush landscapes in a contrasting environment of light and shadow. They include the flat and empty silhouettes of human figures, stripped of detail, but with an emphasised body language, in unnatural and played-out poses.
Mina Fina: This mess we’re in.
Photo: Žiga Mihelčič. MGLC Archive.
PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION ZINES! CONTEMPORARY ZINE PRODUCTION
Wednesday, 22 March 2017, at 5 pm
Lara Plavčak, Leon Zuodar and Zoran Pungerčar will guide you through the exhibition Zines! Contemporary Zine Production.
The art of zines and their scene will be presented by the co-curators of the exhibition, Lara Plavčak, who thoroughly devoted herself to the subject in her degree thesis, and two of the exhibiting artists, who are firmly established in all areas of zine culture. Visual artist Leon Zuodar is the head of the Zinko Tiček zine reading room in the gallery of the House of Culture in Pivka. Together with Miha Perne they make up the Beli sladoled group and lead the zine publisher of the same name. Zoran Pungerčar works in illustration, painting, printmaking and graphic design. He publishes art zines and artists' books through his publisher Look Back and Laugh and also organizes the Caffeine Hours annual zine fair.
Come and see the show in the company of the protagonists of the zine scene!
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
Exhibition by Prešeren Fund Award Winner Tinca Stegovec
Opening, Friday, 10 March, at 6 pm, Gallery of the Prešeren Award Winners, Kranj
10 March–15 April 2017
You are cordially invited to the opening and viewing of the exhibition of prints by Tinca Stegovec, academy-trained painter and printmaker, and Prešeren Fund Award winner for 1976. The artist and her work will be presented at the opening by dr. Milček Komelj and mag. Breda Škrjanec. The exhibition includes 45 fine art graphic prints from the period between 1964 and 1984.
The exhibition was produced in cooperation with the International Centre of Graphic Arts on the occasion of the artist's life jubilee.
Tinca Stegovec is a Slovene painter and printmaker, a follower of the Ljubljana School of Graphic Arts. In 2010, she donated her entire printmaking oeuvre together with matrices and four drawings, as well as a large portion of her specialist library, to MGLC. The exhibition Tinca Stegovec, Prints and Drawings from the MGLC Collection followed a year after that, which was the first comprehensive presentation of the artist's printmaking oeuvre, placing her in the historical canon of modern Slovenian printmaking, within which the excellence of her colour aquatints had not come to full force in the past. In addition to her aquatints, the display also included woodcuts, lithographs, etchings, soft-ground etchings, matrices and drawings.
Tinca Stegovec: In the Harbour, 1974, etching and aquatint.
Watch out! Wet print! #1
Last week to see the exhibition:
7. 3.–3. 4. 2017, the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova (opposite Glasbena matica)
opening event: Tuesday, 7 March, at 5 pm
The exhibition begins the third season of the TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova ulica in Ljubljana. In 2017, its curatorship has been taken on by the International Centre of Graphic Arts. Through our selection of artists and works, we are highlighting contemporary printed art. The cycle has been curated by Božidar Zrinski. In the past two years, twenty-five artists have been presented as part of the By The Way cycle under the auspices of Kino Šiska. On this occasion, a concluding catalogue to the project, Street Gallery LJ2016, will also be available to view.
The photographic project Men Face Down explores the phenomenon of the human figure lying-down in the public space and its effect within it, as the figure omits to take the usual vertical/standing pose, but finds itself in a horizontal – lying-down position. The depicted subjects include anonyms as well as carefully selected people from the public and cultural life. Their attitude towards the environment is expressed within an intimate, hermetic relationship in some cases, and as a recognizable commentary in others. The selection of the locations of the stagings stems either from the artist's suggestion or the choice of the subject, who experiences the chosen space as a place invested with an emotional or intellectual relationship.
Matjaž Wenzel (1973) is an artist working in the field of photography, video and graphic design. He has designed many books and book covers. He was the recipient of the best book design award in 2007 and 2016, and the Glazer Award in 2011. His photographic works have been presented in several solo and selected group exhibitions at home and abroad, and he was also a finalist for the OHO Award in 2007. He lives and works in Maribor. He is currently also showing his work in the Zines!, Contemporary Zine Production exhibition.
In co-operation with TAM-TAM Company.
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES OPEN WEEK
6–12 March, free of charge for students
The ŠOU Month of Culture in Ljubljana is opening the doors of both museums and galleries.
We invite you to visit the newly opened exhibition Zines! Contemporary Zine Production
The exhibition of zines continues the series of shows focusing on the various phenomena of print production. Printed zines have remained in the forefront despite modern information technology. Nowadays they appear with new and original contents, providing artists with a greater degree of independence and speed in creating their works, while retaining a feel for the ephemeral and the personal. The exhibition is conceived as a presentation of current zine art production, its differentiation and networking among artists. The artists in the exhibition are presented in relation to the different contexts from which they stem in their work – from sketch, drawing, print, painting, photograph, video to installation.
Artists: Beli sladoled, freštreš, LEALUDVIK, Leon Zuodar, Marko K. Gavez, Matjaž Wenzel & Rene Maurin, Mina Fina, Nejc Korenič, Nevena Aleksovski, Nez Pez, Simon Kocjančič, Tadej Vaukman, Zoran Pungerčar
Curators: Lara Plavčak, Božidar Zrinski
We recommend a viewing of the exhibition at DobraVaga
ZINE VITRINE | Leon Zuodar: Zinko Tiček
Zine exhibition
21. 2.–18. 3. 2017
project presentation:
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, at 7 pm
Zinko Tiček is a small zine reading room at the Pivka House of Culture that was born from the ongoing and longstanding personal archive of fanzines, graphic books and comics by leader of the project and visual artist Leon Zuodar, who will present it as part of the Zine Vitrine programme.
Invitation to About Noon
Friday, 24 February, at 12 noon
Opening of the exhibition Zines!, Contemporary zine production and a guided tour conducted by its curators, Lara Plavčak and Božidar Zrinski, in the company of the participating artists.
MGLC is taking part in the Give Us a Blue Heart campaign
The Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth is supporting the project focused on social responsibility, which aims to educate children from socially disadvantaged circumstances, for the eleventh consecutive year.
This year, the staff of the International Centre of Graphic Arts are also joining in the Blue Hearts, with their wishes for the children's brighter future.
Upcoming exhibition
Zines!
Contemporary zine production
24. 2.–28. 5. 2017
Opening & About Noon:
Friday 24 February, at 12 noon
Event 13+
Friday, 24 February, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (ground floor)
Audio and video performance by Marko Batista and Boštjan Čadež as well as socializing with the participating artists of the exhibition
The exhibition of zines continues the series of shows focusing on the various phenomena of print production. Printed zines have remained in the forefront despite modern information technology. Nowadays they appear with new and original contents, providing artists with a greater degree of independence and speed in creating their works, while retaining a feel for the ephemeral and the personal. The exhibition is conceived as a presentation of current zine art production, its differentiation and networking among artists. The artists in the exhibition are presented in relation to the different contexts from which they stem in their work – from sketch, drawing, print, painting, photograph, video to installation.
Artists: Beli sladoled, freštreš, LEALUDVIK, Leon Zuodar, Marko K. Gavez, Matjaž Wenzel & Rene Maurin, Mina Fina, Nejc Korenič, Nevena Aleksovski, Nez Pez, Simon Kocjančič, Tadej Vaukman, Zoran Pungerčar
Curators: Lara Plavčak, Božidar Zrinski
On view until Wednesday, 8 February:
The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and CooperationOn the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of its foundation, the International Centre of Graphic Arts has prepared an exhibition in cooperation with two similar institutions in Belgrade – Centar za grafiku i vizuelna istraživanja and Philadelphia – The Print Center. The exhibited works reflect the latest trends in the field of the graphic arts followed by the centres.
The exhibition was curated by: Božidar Zrinski (MGLC, Ljubljana), John Caperton (The Print Center, Philadelphia), Ljiljana Tašić ("Akademija" Centre for Graphic Art and Visual Researches, Belgrade)
GREEN GO HOME
The story of the exhibition of GREEN GO HOME is part myth and part folklore. Wherever the installation is put on view, a spirit of resistance is invoked – resistance against the invader, the colonial power, or the repressive government.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Arhive.
8 February – MGLC Open Day
Wednesday, 8 February, 10 am–6 pm, free entrance
Last day for exhibitions The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation and GREEN GO HOME
10.30–11.00 guided tour of the exhibition The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation, conducted by Museum Counsellor Lili Šturm
11.00–13.00 printing T-shirts at the exhibition GREEN GO HOME, conducted by master printmaker Slavko Pavlin and academy-trained painter Nika Rupnik
15.00–16.00 public guided tour of the exhibition The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation is conducted by the curator of the exhibition Božidar Zrinski in the company of e-literature author and pioneer of web art Jaka Železnikar, who will this time take us around the exhibition and its tour through the twitter social network at @mglc_ljubljana
16.00–18.00 printing T-shirts at the exhibition GREEN GO HOME, conducted by master printmaker Slavko Pavlin and academy-trained painter Nika Rupnik
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
PRINTING ON T-SHIRTS AS PART OF THE GREEN GO HOME EXHIBITION
Thursdays: 26 January and 2 February, between 4 pm and 6 pm
You can print six designs, which can be freely combined, and to which you can add an activist slogan.
Bring the t-shirt with you!
Nika Rupnik, academy-trained painter, will be making the prints with you.
In 2013, Tomas Vu participated in the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts and received the Audience Award for the series Songs from the Beatles' "The White Album", presented for the first time. The story of the exhibition of GREEN GO HOME is part myth and part folklore. Wherever the installation is put on view, a spirit of resistance is invoked – resistance against the invader, the colonial power, or the repressive government.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
9TH LJUBLJANA FESTIVAL OF CULTURE AND ART EDUCATION BOBRI
21 January–8 February 2017
At the 9th edition of the Bobri festival, whose central theme is multiculturalism, we will be discovering and exploring the riches of various cultures around the world. We will be talking about the importance of cultural diversity and the richness it brings to the understanding and coexistence with other cultures. We will also touch upon topics such as respect for diversity, (in)tolerance, migration and exile. We will meet artists and migrants, who come from foreign countries.
Organiser of the festival: Municipality of Ljubljana; executive producer: Mladinsko Theatre
Visitors to theatre, dance and music performances as well as films can collect their tickets on Saturday, 14 January, between 11 am and 4 pm (or until available) at Festivalna dvorana at Vilharjeva 11, Ljubljana.
Bobri for kindergartens and the first three years of primary school at MGLC
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Adapted experience of the exhibition The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation for the blind and the visually impaired
A guide through the exhibition adapted for the visually impaired and a guide in Braille are both available to accompany the exhibition.
The International Centre of Graphic Arts has prepared an exhibition in cooperation with two similar institutions from Serbia and the US. The Print Centre from Philadelphia, founded in 1915, is taking part with works by contemporary artists paired up with artists that have an important historical connection to their organization. The "Akademija" Centre for Graphic Art and Visual Researches, founded in 1995, is part of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. The exhibition presents a selection of prints from its own production with an emphasis on artists of various artistic expressions, to whom printmaking represents an additional opportunity for exploration. The focus of the International Centre of Graphic Arts in the show is on works from the collection and current production, which have investigated the status of the graphic arts during the thirty years of the institution's functioning, placing it in dialogue with contemporary artistic trends.
Curators: Božidar Zrinski (MGLC), John Caperton (The Print Center, Philadelphia) and Ljiljana Tašić ("Akademija" Centre for Graphic Art and Visual Researches, Belgrade).
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
A new exhibition
Tomas Vu, Rirkrit Tiravanija: GREEN GO HOME
20. 12. 2016–8. 2. 2017
In 2013, Tomas Vu participated in the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts and received the Audience Award for the series Songs from the Beatles' "The White Album", presented for the first time. The story of the exhibition of GREEN GO HOME is part myth and part folklore. Wherever the installation is put on view, a spirit of resistance is invoked – resistance against the invader, the colonial power, or the repressive government.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski
Tomas Vu, Rirkrit Tiravanija:
GREEN GO HOME, MGLC Ljubljana.
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.
The MGLC Museum Shop in december
The shop with the unique ideas
You are kindly invited to drop in at the MGLC Museum Shop during these festive days, where the prices of fine art graphic prints and publications issued by MGLC have been reduced for the month of December. A 30% discount awaits you
The shop is open
from Tuesday to Sunday, between 10 am. and 6 pm.
The shop will be open until 2 pm on Saturday, 24 December and Saturday, 31 December.
It will be closed on Sunday, 25 December 2016 and Sunday, 1 January 2017.
The Centres of Printmaking festive art workshop and shadow-puppet theatre performance of The Stonemason for children and families
Thursday, 29 December, 11.00–13.00, free admission (bookings not required)
MGLC presents the festive workshop and performance to children and everyone they love as a gift, therefore anyone from the age of 2 till 90 is warmly invited!
The Centres of Printmaking exhibition at MGLC can be a real adventure for children. Here we can learn how printmaking is done, why the calendar becomes part of art, meet Popeye, count geometric shapes and search for colours, flip through a very special book, and at the end, spin the wheel of fortune to determine the starting point for the art print workshop of frottage.
The workshop is conducted by Tina Konec and Sandra Vaupotič from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.
The workshop is followed by The Stonemason, a puppet-shadow theatre performance. The show is an adaptation of the eponymous fairy tale about a simple stonemason who longs for a more comfortable life. A fairy makes his wish come true, but the stonemason becomes greedier and greedier, wanting more and more. The show is a story about the search for happiness, which the main character finds, but not in the place he was looking.
Performed by: Rada Kikelj Drašler (Čarna žena/Fairy, shadow puppets) and Polona Prosen (shadow puppets).
A production of the IKA OKA Theatre.
Photo: Matevž Paternoster. MGLC Archive.
About Noon
You are invited to join About Noon, alongside the opening of the exhibition GREEN GO HOME by Tomas Vu and Rirkrit Tiravanija, today at 12 noon.
Tomas Vu will be giving a performance and writing graffiti at the opening, and we will be making prints on T-shirts with activist slogans all together.
Upcoming exhibition
Tomas Vu, Rirkrit Tiravanija: GREEN GO HOME
20. 12. 2016–8. 2. 2017
In 2013, Tomas Vu participated in the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts and received the Audience Award for the series Songs from the Beatles' "The White Album", presented for the first time. The story of the exhibition of GREEN GO HOME is part myth and part folklore. Wherever the installation is put on view, a spirit of resistance is invoked – resistance against the invader, the colonial power, or the repressive government.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski
The opening of the exhibition GREEN GO HOME, will be held on Tuesday, 20 December 2016, at 12 noon* in Lecture room (groundfloor), and will be accompanied by a performance by Tomas Vu, writing graffiti and printing T-shirts together with visitors.
*ABOUT NOON
At MGLC we have decided on a new format of opening with added content, which will be held at midday.
Tomas Vu, Rirkrit Tiravanija: GREEN GO HOME.
A guided tour of the exhibition Possibility we are Poisoned
Saturday, 9 October 17.00 @ Banka Slovenije's exhibition room Mala galerija
At the end of the exhibition Possibility we are Poisoned by the Polish tandem Inside Job (Ula Lucinska & Michal Knychaus), we invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition. We are preparing the guide in cooperation with Artfiks, a portal for cultural addicts, which develops the active participation and participation of students in the cultural life of the city.
The exhibition Possibility we are Poisoned is part of the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, which is held under the common title Iskra Delta and will be on view until 10 October.
You can read more about the exhibition at https://34.bienale.si/.../inside-job-ula-lucinska-michal.../
This Happy Day of Culture at MGLC
Saturday, 3 December, from 10 am to 6 pm, free admission
To accompany the exhibition The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation, presenting the three graphic arts centres, The Print Center (Philadelphia, United States), the "Akademija" Centre for Graphic Art and Visual Researches (Belgrade, Serbia) and the International Centre of Graphic Arts (Ljubljana, Slovenia), we invite you to join us at:
11 am: for a guided tour of the exhibition for families and children with Museum Counsellor Lili Šturm
and
3 pm: for a public tour of the exhibition with the exhibition curator, Božidar Zrinski and printing master, Slavko Pavlin.
Poet Ksenija Jus will be presenting her poetry during the tour.
At the same time you are also invited to view the travelling exhibition Be an Artist – Play with Me, prepared by the pupils of the Special Education Centre Janez Levec and the pupils of grade 2.B of the Prežihov Voranc Elementary School in Ljubljana.
The Exhibition BE AN ARTIST – PLAY WITH ME is making a guest appearance at MGLC
On view: 17. 11.–11. 12. 2016, from Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm, free admission
The travelling exhibition that was produced on the basis of an international call for submissions during 2015–2016 represents an important element of social integration and inclusion among children with special needs and the mainstream population, which has been built upon over several years by the Association of Inclusive Culture and the Special Education Centre Janez Levec Ljubljana.
The exhibition has been installed by the children themselves. The pupils of the Special Education Centre Janez Levec and the pupils of grade 2.B of the Prežihov Voranc Elementary School in Ljubljana took part in the opening as well as in the setting up of the exhibition.
The show was also an accompanying event to the exhibition The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation, and was complemented by a selection of works produced by the children at the opening event upon their visit to this exhibition as based on their impressions.
Mentors: Nika Rupnik, Tina Konec, Sandra Vaupotič, Katja Kovše
Project leader at MGLC: Lili Šturm, Museum Counsellor
Project leader of Be an Artist – Play with Me: Boris Kononenko (www.igrajsezmano.eu)
Organisers: International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Association of Inclusive Culture
Participating educational institutions: Special Education Centre Janez Levec Ljubljana, Prežihov Voranc Elementary School in Ljubljana
The exhibition BE AN ARTIST – PLAY WITH ME is making a guest appearance at MGLC
Opening event: Thursday,
7 November, 10.00–12.00, Lecture Room (ground floor)
On view: 17 November–11 December, from Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00–18.00, free admission
The travelling exhibition BE AN ARTIST – PLAY WITH ME represents an important element of social integration and inclusion among children and adolescents with special needs and the mainstream population of all generations, which has been built upon over the years through the PLAY WITH ME project by the Association of Inclusive Culture and the Special Education Centre Janez Levec Ljubljana.
The exhibition was produced as a result of an international art competition in 2015–2016, to which 328 institutions, 914 mentors and 6,289 artists responded, together creating 6,073 artworks. It represents a part of the international festival year with many activities and guest appearances at schools, libraries, centres and other institutions across Slovenia as well as abroad. The show at MGLC will present a selection of fifty-five artworks. It is an accompanying event to the exhibition The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation.
Opening event, 17 November, 10.00–12.00
The exhibition BE AN ARTIST – PLAY WITH ME at MGLC will be installed on the day of the opening by the children from the Special Education Centre Janez Levec Ljubljana – OŠPP Levstikov trg 1 Organizational Unit, together with pupils from Prežihov Voranc Elementary School in Ljubljana. The opening will also include an art workshop, which will take place after the viewing of the exhibition at MGLC, The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation. The art products from the workshop will be added to the selected works in the project.
The activities are conducted by Mentorice: Nika Rupnik, Tina Konec, Sandra Vaupotič, Katja Kovše.
Organisers: International Centre of Graphic Arts, Association of Inclusive CultureParticipating educational institutions: Special Education Centre Janez Levec Ljubljana, Prežihov Voranc Elementary School in Ljubljana
The ŠUM Study Seminar at MGLC
wednesday, 30 November, at 6 pm
Živa Božičnik Rebec: Spirit level
The ŠUM Study Seminar at MGLC is a series of meetings or talks focusing on the contemporary art practices and their strategies of the mainly (but not exclusively) younger generation of artists from the local area. It is prepared by the research collective of ŠUM magazine in collaboration with the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
The seminar is coordinated by Domen Ograjenšek and Tjaša Pogačar.
ŠUM STUDY SEMINAR AT MGLC
Wednesday, 2 November, 6 pm
Tomo Stanič: Still-life
The ŠUM Study Seminar at MGLC is a series of meetings or talks focusing on the contemporary art practices and their strategies of the mainly (but not exclusively) younger generation of artists from the local area. It is prepared by the research collective of ŠUM magazine in collaboration with the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
The seminar is coordinated by Domen Ograjenšek and Tjaša Pogačar.
THEIR HOMES HAVE NO HOUSE NUMBERS
Free-living plants
and animal in Ljubljana,
photography exhibitions
25 October – 13 November, Lecture Room (ground floor), free entrance
Tuesday – Sunday, 10.00 – 18.00
Environmental diversity has enabled the area of Ljubljana to be inhabited by different naturally occurring plants and animals. Most of them, however, have not been registered and counted as yet, but they certainly run into thousands, if not even ten thousands. The city centre itself is home only to the species accustomed to human company, whereas in its immediate surroundings some more timid, rare and endangered species can be found. To see the rare species »live« may one day even become part of the city's tourist attractions which, however, will not be to the liking of every guest, as they are not easily found at all. This means that much patience and knowledge is needed, as their homes have no house numbers at which one could have a good look at them.
Exhibition enabled by Ljubljana municipality, Department of Environmental Protection
Author Davorin Tome and collaborators
Concluding Auction of the Abandoned Plants Sanctuary: Autumn Shelter at MGLC
Thursday, 20 October, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (ground floor), free admission
The Abandoned Plants Sanctuary is a project, which was conceived by two young artists, Anamari Hrup and Eva Jera Hanžek, as an interactive artistic experiment with ecological, social, economic and spiritual connotations. For the last month, the sanctuary established a temporary shelter at MGLC, where people were able to visit the discarded potted plants, bring a plant or adopt one. The sanctuary was also widely frequented by children, pupils and senior citizens.
Upon completion of the project at MGLC, the two artists decided to draw up a charity auction of drawings and prints with the motifs of the plants – the protégés of the sanctuary. The entire proceeds go to fund the development and operation of the sanctuary, while at the same time promoting the idea of the art event as well as the humanistic spirit of the project.
You are kindly invited to attend and participate in the auction!
You can visit the Abandoned Plants Sanctuary: Autumn Shelter at MGLC until 21 October 2016.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac.
ŠUM STUDY SEMINAR AT MGLC
Wednesday, 19 October, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (ground floor), free admission
Blaž Miklavčič, Untitled
The fourth meeting of the ŠUM Study Seminar at MGLC will be devoted to discussing the art research project by Blaž Miklavčič. With regard to the context within which the project takes place, in connection to other art practices (Ljubljana Notes by artist Minna Henriksson), and the previous seminar meetings (the performative piece Variable by artists Urška Aplinc and Maja Burja), as well as certain debates on the logic of the organisation of the contemporary art system, models of operation and conditions of work within the cultural field, we will reconsider its approaches, method of research and presentation of the latter.
The Centres of Printmaking: At the Intersection of Knowledge, Learning and Cooperation
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the exhibition*, which will be held on Tuesday, 11 October, at 12 noon, at the International Centre of Graphic Arts. It will be accompanied by a guided tour of the exhibition in the company of the curators, Božidar Zrinski (MGLC), John Caperton (The Print Center, Philadelphia) and Ljiljana Tašić ("Akademija" Centre for Graphic Art and Visual Researches, Belgrade).
The exhibition is being organized in collaboration with two similar institutions from Belgrade and Philadelphia. The Print Center from Philadelphia (US), founded in 1915, is taking part with works by contemporary artists paired up with artists that have an important historical connection to their organization. The "Academija" Center for Graphic Arts and Visual Researches, founded in 1995, on the other hand, is part of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. It presents a selection of prints from its own production with an emphasis on artists of various artistic expressions, to whom printmaking represents an additional opportunity for exploration.
*ABOUT NOON
At MGLC we have decided on a new format of opening with added content, which will be held at midday.
Boja Bem: Swimmingpool, 2014, mixed technique.
Saturday Workshop: Art and Mathematics and Art Event
Saturday, 24 September, from 11 am to 3 pm, MGLC and Tivoli Park, free of charge
The workshop is intended for children and families. In the event of rain, the workshop will be held on the premises of MGLC. It is advisable that participants bring along some protective clothing.
The art event is open to all visitors and will be cancelled in the case of rain.
The workshop will connect and explore the relationship between art and mathematics through spatial geometry, computer graphics, mazes, 3D spaces and objects, anamorphoses, perspective, polyhedra and grids, patterns, optical effects and visual games.
The workshop is conducted by the Recyclers group, sculptor Primož Seliškar and landscape architect Urša Steiner.
The workshop is part of the Saturday Workshops programme.
The art event, delivered by Rinus Roelofs, takes place at the same time as the workshop. After studying Applied Mathematics, Rinus also completed studies in Sculpture and is a pioneer of digital sculpture.
The workshop and art event are part of the programme of the 3rd International Conference on Mathematics and the Arts of the European Society for Mathematics and Art (ESMA), organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Ljubljana and Mathema – Institute for the Popularization of Mathematics.
The project is part of The Tivoli Forum: The Green Heart of the City – the events at MGLC celebrating Ljubljana – European Green Capital 2016.
Simple, fun and dangerous – Prints from the MGLC studios
Mladen Stropnik and Small but dangers
20 September–1 October 2016, Gallery of Center for Graphic art & Visual Researches
Opening on Tuesday 20 September at 7 pm
The invitation to host the exhibition Simple, fun and dangerous – Prints from the MGLC studios in Belgrade is the fruit of cooperation spanning over several years between two institutions from the region, the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) from Ljubljana and the Centre for Graphic Art and Visual Researches from Belgrade, established in 1995 under the auspices of the Faculty of Fine Arts. The curator of the Belgrade exhibition, Božidar Zrinski selected two completed series: the Beć print portfolio by Mladen Stropnik and the Thin Line series of prints by the Small but dangers duo, printed in the MGLC Print Studios. The conceptually conceived series demonstrate that the graphic medium has always been and still is open to exploration and different ideas.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski.
Small But dangers: Thin Line, silkscreen, 2016.
Mladen Stropnik: Beć – I You, silkscreen and embossing, 2011.
ABANDONED PLANTS SANCTUARY: AUTUMN REFUGE AT MGLC
22 September–21 October 2016, Lecture Room (ground floor)
Opening of the project: Thursday, 22 September, at 7 pm
Closing auction: Thursday, 20 October, at 6 pm
Abandoned Plants Sanctuary is an interactive art experiment set up by artists Anamari Hrup and Eva Jera Hanžek about a year ago. The two artists are committed to helping abandoned plants in urban spaces. The sanctuary takes care of potted plants that are discarded by flower shops and supermarkets as soon as they begin to wither and become unattractive to buyers. Saving abandoned plants left by people in rubbish bins, on the streets or anywhere ... is also their job. The sanctuary also accepts plants into its care, which for whatever reason, can no longer be taken care of by their owners. All plants are documented and kept at home by the authors of the project. When their capacities are full, they establish cooperation with various public spaces (bars, shops, companies, institutions). Individual plants may be adopted by interested parties at all points.
The project is part of The Tivoli Forum: The Green Heart of the City – the events at MGLC celebrating Ljubljana – European Green Capital 2016.
Archive of the Abandoned Plants Sanctuary.
Last weekend of the exhibition of Karel Zelenko Be who you are and keep to it and Aleksandra Zalokar Linocuts
Presentation of the exhibition and products from the linocut workshop
Saturday, 24 September, at 12.00
Conducted by the curator of the exhibition Božidar Zrinski and the artist Aleksandra Zalokar.
KAREL ZELENKO IN THE NLB AND MGLC COLLECTIONS
opening, Wednesday, 10 August, 11 am
10. 8.−28. 9. 2016, NLB Gallery Avla
The exhibition is the artist's 100th solo show.
On the occasion of the retrospective exhibition by Karel Zelenko Be who you are and keep to it, the accompanying exhibition Karel Zelenko in the NLB and MGLC Collections is also being presented at the NLB Gallery Avla.
The NLB collection holds 16 of Zelenko's prints and one painting. Most of the exhibited prints come from the original art decor of the NLB building at Trg republike 2. In 1971, dr. Zoran Kržišnik made a selection of works for the new complex at Trg revolucije, as it was then called. The exhibition is complemented by 6 prints from the MGLC collection.
Karel Zelenko: Pendulum, 1991, etching.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION KAREL ZELENKO, BE WHO YOU ARE AND KEEP TO IT ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CULTURAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
Saturday, 17 September, at 4 pm, free admission
The guided tour will be conducted by the author of the exhibition, Museum Counsellor, mag. Breda Škrjanec, whereas art and word will be intertwined by writer Cvetka Bevc of the Slovene Writers' Association.
The programme to celebrate the first anniversary of the Cultural Neighbourhood
Printmaking workshop to accompany the exhibition by Aleksandra Zalokar
An invitation to join an intensive 3-day workshop with the artist and master of the linocut, Aleksandra Zalokar. The workshop will acquaint you with the classical linocut in a new experimental way.
Linocuts is taking place from Friday to Sunday, 16, 17 and 18 September, from 10 am to 4 pm, in the Print Studio of the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC). It is conducted by the artist herself and is intended for lovers of art, artists and connoisseurs. The items produced in the workshop will be presented at the guided tour of the exhibition with artist and curator of exhibition Božidar Zrinski, on Saturday, 24 september, at 12 noon.
The number of participants in the workshop is limited to a maximum of eight people. Advance bookings taken up till the available quota at lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si, +386 (0)1 2413 818. Registered participants should bring three of their existing works to the workshop on the first day.
Photo: Nuša Ema Miklavec.
Film night at Slovenska kinoteka - Film screening to accompany the exhibition by Karel Zelenko
Monday, 12 September, at 9.15 pm, Umberto D., dir. Vittorio De Sica (1952, 35 mm, 1.37, black and white, 89 min, Slovenian subtitles), free admission
Italian neorealism and attitude towards the world as shown by these films had a strong influence on the oeuvre of Karel Zelenko. Neorealist films are critical and have a special feel for ordinary man, and as said by Zelenko himself, this is where his basic idea for his prints and artworks stems from.
In cooperation with Slovenska kinoteka
A warm welcome to all schoolchildren and teachers at the beginning of the new school year!
There is still time until 25 September to see the retrospective exhibition by the doyen of Slovenian visual art, Karel Zelenko, on view at the MGLC gallery, NLB Gallery Avla and in the intervention and reflection by the young artists of the Independent Biennial VS Zelenko. Karel Zelenko is an outstanding storyteller, so do not miss the exceptional exhibitions of his oeuvre!
Also on view until 25 September, are the linocuts by Aleksandra Zalokar, an artist of the younger generation, who is closely engaged with the exploration of the expressive possibilities of this technique. By prior arrangement, the viewing can be supplemented by a 45-minute demonstration of the linocut technique with the execution of a print, carried out by the artist herself.
The price of viewing all the exhibitions for groups of schoolchildren is 2 EUR/person. Viewing of the exhibition and demonstration of the linocut technique: 3.50 EUR/person.
The "Queen Sonja Print Award 2016" Award Ceremony
The "Queen Sonja Print Award 2016" award ceremony was held in Bergen on Friday, 26 August. Rhe recipient of the "Queen Sonja Print Award 2016" is Tauba Auerbach. This is an award founded by Queen Sonja of Norway, who shares a love for printmaking herself. The prize is being awarded by the Queen Sonja Art Foundation, established in 2011. Its objectives are the promotion and development of graphic art. The prize, which is given out every other year, was awarded in 2012 for the first time. MGLC Director, Nevenka Šivavec was invited to nominate a Slovenian artist and selected painter and printmaker Mojca Zlokarnik. This year, thirty exceptional artists from around the world have been nominated for the prize by museum directors, curators and artists. The jury members are: Starr Figura (curator of Drawings and Prints at MOMA, New York), Ute Meta Bauer (curator and Director of the NTU Centre, Singapore) and Martin Puryear (American printmaker and sculptor).
The nominees also include Nazgol Ansarinia and the Slavs and Tatars art collective, whose work could be viewed in Ljubljana in the Systems and Patterns exhibition at MGLC in 2012. The exhibition was curated by Nevenka Šivavec.
On the photograph: Mojca Zlokarnik: Evening, 2014, colour linocut. Photo: Urška Boljkovac.
Last weekend of the Répétition show – the reprise of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts – at the Villa Empain in Brussels
The basic idea of the exhibition – which is conceived as a circulatory system in which images, objects and bodies move through the exhibition space – is repetition. It is complemented by works from the MGLC collection. The show is curated by Nicola Lees (curator of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts) and the villa's artistic director, Asad Raza.
Artists in the exhibition: Sophia Al-Maria, Becky Beasley, Will Benedict, Andrea Büttner, Shannon Ebner, Konstantin Grcic, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Sanya Kantarovsky, Heinz Peter Knes, David Maljkovic, Radenko Milak, Anna Ostoya, Roman Uranjek, Abbas Akhavan, Nairy Baghramian, castillo/corrales, Mike Cooter, Dexter Sinister, Latifa Echakhch, Deanna Havas, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Hilary Lloyd, Jumana Manna, Otobong Nkanga, Lydia Ourahmane, Zin Taylor, Erika Vogt.
Artists from the MGLC collection: Karel Appel, Jim Atlan, Getulio Alviani, Max Bill, Danilo Jejčič, Kosuke Kimura, Lojze Logar, Roberto Matta, Ivan Picelj, Robert Rauschenberg, Gino Severini, Tinca Stegovec, Edvard Zajec and others.
Photo: Villa Empain Archive.
PovezujeM/THE TIVOLI CREATIVE CIRCLE
invites you to join the museum workshop programme, which is organized by the museums and galleries in and around Tivoli Park, which are: the National Museum of Slovenia (NMS), the Museum of Modern Art (MG), the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), the National Museum of Contemporary History (MNZS) and the National Gallery of Slovenia (NG). The workshops will be held from Monday to Friday, 22 to 26 August, 8 am to 4 pm – in a different museum every day. At the five-day workshops, we will learn about art and history in a slightly different way – by playing, creating and socializing – and will discover the things that connect the museums, and the things that make us different and special as people. The workshops are intended for children from 6 to 12 years of age.
The cost of the holiday week is 110 EUR per child, bookings are being taken up till the available quota at arheozabava@nms.si or +386 (0)51 384 888. The price includes VAT, entrance fees, guided tours, day care and art materials, as well as lunch. Bookings for individual days are not possible. The number of children is limited to 15. The organisers reserve the right to cancel the holiday week in the event of an insufficient number of bookings.
Independent Biennial VS Zelenko
The last week of exhibition
Opening on 19 July at 7 pm., lecture room,
on view until 18 September
Independent biennial VS Zelenko is an accompanying exhibition with a selected range of Independent authors and comes as an independent intervention to the retrospective exhibition of Karel Zelenko in its visual as well as content form.
The artists, who drew inspiration from Zelenko's oeuvre, have in their own unique and contemporary way presented their story using mixed media: animation, digital graphics and video, exploring the possibilities of illustration as part of the context of the contemporary and the classic. The collaboration between MGLC and the Independent Biennial, who prepared the exhibition, is the first of its kind.
Participating artists: KITSCH NITSCH, LEALUDVIK, Leon Zuodar, Mina Fina and ROK MAR
In collaboration with the Biennial of Independent Illustration, Tretaroka.
Karel Zelenko in the NLB and MGLC Collections
opening, Wednesday, 10 August, 11 am
10. 8.−28. 9. 2016, NLB Gallery Avla
The exhibition is the artist's 100th solo show.
On the occasion of the retrospective exhibition by Karel Zelenko Be who you are and keep to it, the accompanying exhibition Karel Zelenko in the NLB and MGLC Collections is also being presented at the NLB Gallery Avla.
The NLB collection holds 16 of Zelenko's prints and one painting. Most of the exhibited prints come from the original art decor of the NLB building at Trg republike 2. In 1971, dr. Zoran Kržišnik made a selection of works for the new complex at Trg revolucije, as it was then called. The exhibition is complemented by 6 prints from the MGLC collection.
Karel Zelenko: Pendulum, 1991, etching.
Opening of exhibition Aleksandra Zalokar, Linocuts
Opening on 9 August at 8 pm
Aleksandra Zalokar (1985) is a representative of the youngest generation of artists who is intensely devoted to exploring the expressive possibilities of the classical linocut printmaking technique. Her artistic expression is primarily reflected in the analytical approach to the preparation of the matrix and experimentation in the printing process. By generating abstract motifs of linear and geometric structures she explores the dynamic relations between line, point and colour that occur as a result of the permutation of the matrix – the printing of one and the same matrix on the same paper by rotating and changing the colour. By using the matrix in such a way, the play of contrasts between light and dark surfaces, as well as the layering of similar structures into more or less complicated constructions of the pictorial plane, also come to light. The exhibition presents a selection of the artist’s latest prints produced in the last two years.
Curator: Božidar Zrinski
Aleksandra Zalokar: Dimension, 2016, linocuts.
Independent Biennial VS Zelenko
opening on 19 July at 7 pm, Lecture Room, on view until 18 September.
Independent biennial VS Zelenko is an accompanying exhibition with a selected range of Independent authors and comes as an independent intervention to the retrospective exhibition of Karel Zelenko in its visual as well as content form.
The artists, who drew inspiration from Zelenko's oeuvre, have in their own unique and contemporary way presented their story using mixed media: animation, digital graphics and video, exploring the possibilities of illustration as part of the context of the contemporary and the classic. The collaboration between MGLC and the Independent Biennial, who prepared the exhibition, is the first of its kind.
Participating artists: KITSCH NITSCH, LEALUDVIK, Leon Zuodar, Mina Fina and ROK MAR
In collaboration with the Biennial of Independent Illustration, Tretaroka.
The public guided tours on exhibition Stojan Brezočnik, Travellers 2011–2016
Tuesday, 7 July, 8 pm
The exhibition of Stojan Brezočnik will be presented by Marko Košan – art historian and curator from Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti Slovenj Gradec. Artist Stojan Brezočnik will also join us. Welcome!
Photo: Urška Boljkovac.
Summer at MGLC
Every Tuesday in July, 18.00–21.00
Exhibitions
Karel Zelenko, Be who you are and keep to it, retrospective exhibition
Stojan Brezočnik, Travellers, 2011–2016
Selfie Postcard on the Tivoli Balcony
Visit the exhibition, take a step onto the balcony, choose a heart-frame, and make yourself a green selfie!
Photo. Urška Boljkovac
Workshops of artistic recycling
18.00–19.30
conducted by Anja Guid, Nika Rupnik and Jasna Zabel
5 July: Leaving Traces, printing with the body
12 July: Rolling Bottles, monotype with bottles
19 July: Auto-Mobiles, from the auto to the mobile
26 July: Colour Spray Pictures from packaging for detergents and colour substances
Concerts
20.00–21.00
5 July: Didiwa, ethno rock
12 July: Wild Strings Trio, ethno, Balkan
19 July: Ambrosia, jazz, blues
26 July: Narcis in Eho, gypsy, ragtime, swing
5 and 26 July, 19.30–20.00
Dance performance on the Tivoli balcony and on the base of the monument. Conducted by Fourklor; choreography by Branko Potočan; performed by Tajda Podobnik and Katarina Krapež.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac
12 July at 18.00
Stojan Brezočnik, Travellers, 2011–2016; guided tour by art historian Marko Košan.
19. July at 19.00
Independent Biennial VS Zelenko
opening of the accompanying exhibition to the retrospective exhibition of Karel Zelenko.
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The exhibitions are on Tuesdays view till 21.00, free admission can be enjoyed from 20.00 to 21.00. There is no charge for the events, activities and workshops.
Workshop of Handmade Papermaking from Japanese Knotweed
Thursday, 7 July, 17.30–20.00
Japanese knotweed is one of the hundred most invasive plants in the world, increasingly spreading also in the local environment. Let us learn to identify and remove this invasive plant species, let us get to know the ways of using it as well as the basics of hand-made papermaking from the pulp of the Japanese knotweed. The workshop is conducted by the Re-generacija collective and is suitable for all ages as well as families. Advance bookings taken up till the available quota (maximum 25 participants) at lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
AngartFilm at MGLC: Environmental issue, round table and film night
Wednesday, 22 June 2016, at 6 pm
How to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and stop global warming as a result? Do we need to radically change our habits and the structure of society and the economy if we want to halt the looming ecological and climate crisis of extreme proportions?
The event will address the impending threat of climate change as well as other environmental problems that we are facing in the global world: the proliferation of toxic substances in the environment, destruction of land for the purpose of agricultural activities, deforestation, fracking, etc.
In addition to the members of the Angart collective, philosopher and environmental analyst, and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, Luka Omladič, PhD, and student and member of the Iskra student organization, Izidor Ostan Ožbolt, will take part in the round table.
The short film No Fracking Way! Frack Off!, produced by the Angart Institute, will also be screened.
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The event is part of The Tivoli Forum: The Green Heart of the City, which includes the events at MGLC celebrating Ljubljana – European Green Capital 2016.
SATURDAY WORKSHOP: Circus in the Park
Saturday, 18 June, 2 pm–6 pm, admission free
Creative artmaking fun for families in Tivoli Park
Slovenian artist Karel Zelenko, who was the source of inspiration for the workshop, is a great worshiper of nature. At the same time he also has a good ear for fellow man and his "quirkinesses" – like circuses and carnivals. This is why the workshop will focus on the body and drawing in specific ways: with extended hands, with the fingers and toes, on an elastic, with the tummy, on mobile objects. Children should bring protective clothing with them. Led by sculptor Primož Seliškar and landscape architect Urša Steiner.
The workshop is part of the Ljubljana – European Green Capital 2016 programme.
The products and creations made will be presented to the public on Museum Summer Night (18 June), between 6 pm and 7 pm.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac.
ŠUM Study Seminar
Wednesday, 8 June, at 6 pm, free admission
The event is transferred to the Rog Autonomous Zone.
The ŠUM magazine research team, in cooperation with MGLC, is preparing a study seminar, which will be held until the end of the year as a series of meetings/conversations focused on contemporary artistic strategies and practices primarily (but not exclusively) of the younger generation of artists from the local arena. The seminar aims to investigate the surfaces of "the personal" and the role as well as implication that this has in the reflection, presentation, practice and critique of contemporary art.
The introductory meeting will, in a self-reflective manner, host the performance of Urška Aplinc and Maja Burja, who will present a performative piece entitled Variable.
The seminar is coordinated by Domen Ograjenšek and Tjaša Pogačar.
Lighting Guerrilla Festival in Tivoli Park and Lighting GuerrillaLaboratory, workshop
Park Tivoli, near MGLC (Tivoli Mansion)
Marko A. Kovačič: Hybaria, light installation (until 3 July)
Parasite, results of workshop (until 3 July)
Tilen Sepič: Light Oscillator, light installation (until 18 June)
In Co-operation with Strip Core/Forum Ljubljana
Fantastic Vegetation
Saturday, 11 June, 10.00–17.00
The workshop, led by architects Katja Paternoster and Petra Gosenca (Gumb Association), is intended for young participants, from eight years of age and over. Under the guidance of their mentors, the workshop members will think about the nature of the light that shines at night from the tree tops and bushes, and the type of vegetable world that wakes up at night. By recycling materials that can be found in many households as well as existing lights, they will recreate a world that will be awakened in their imagination.
The workshop is free of charge (children should bring their own drinks/snacks).
The produced works will be presented in the park beside Tivoli Mansion (MGLC). The presentation of works will take place on Summer Museum Night, Saturday, 18 June, at 9.30 pm; on view until 3 July.
Bookings: Lili Šturm, +386 1 2413 818, lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Last weekend for the exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987
Artworks by Ivo Prančič, Alen Ožbolt and Rudolf Kotnik are on view in The Tàpies Educational Lab until 5 June.
Last workshop for children, Sunday,
5 June , 10.00–12.00
How can art objects be made out of boring boxes?
Workshop of printing, collage, drawing, painting and sculpture – all in one object!
Antoni Tàpies often combined different techniques and materials in his works. This is exactly the type of explorers we will be in the last workshop accompanying his exhibition in Ljubljana. We will be using old cardboard boxes (from shoes, cosmetics, food ...) – bring them with you! – and we will be turning them into artworks in object form. We may even create a collective sculpture.
The workshop is suitable for children over the age of five as well as adults. We will meet in the courtyard of Tivoli Mansion if the weather is nice, and in The Tàpies Educational Lab in the case of bad weather. The workshop is conducted by Nika Rupnik and Anja Guid. Free of charge, bookings requested by writing to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Tip for parents: Breakfast with Art (Sunday breakfast in the Caffe Bienale coffee shop and viewing of the exhibition by Antoni Tàpies – the last day !, price 5 EUR)
Photo: Jasna Zabel.
Marina Paulenka: The Other Home
LAST WEEK
2–30 June 2016, Tuesday–Sunday, 10.00–18.00, Lecture Room, free entrance
Opening, Thursday, 2 June, at 19 pm
The solo exhibition of Marina Paulenka, last-year's award-winner of Photonic Moments' portfolio review, showcases her recent documentary-based project entitled The Other Home reflecting the crude reality of a female penitentiary in Požega, Croatia. This is the only female prison in Croatia where more than 130 inmates serve their sentences of six months or more.
Exhibition is in the Programme of Photonic Moments – Month of Photography 2016.
Organisation and produciton: Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography.
Marina Paulenka: The Other Home
Green Ljubljana through my eyes – thinking ecology through photography
opening, Friday, 20 May, at 5 pm
20 May–1 June, Tuesday–Sunday, 10.00–18.00, Lecture Room
The exhibition of children's photographs has been produced as part of the photographic project of the Ljubljana City Association of Friends of Youth, under the guidance of Tanja Povšič, in collaboration with photographers Tina Ramujkić and Polona Ponikvar. The central theme of this year's project is ecology since it is our wish to draw the attention to responsible waste management. Furthermore, this year, Ljubljana has also been given the title of European Green Capital 2016.
Exhibiting: Klara Kmetič, Hugo Artur Košorok, Maja Mihelič, Gaja Rozman, Zoja Rutar, Nal Trobec, Patricia Aldžič, Eva Cerar, Luka Debevec, Kim Modrijan, Tia Peternel, Blaž Šepič,
Špela Šepič, Trina Zajc, Matic Založnik, Ajda Zdešar.
Exhibition of works produced at the workshop "Antoni Tàpies: Everyday things turned into art"
Saturday, 21 May, 13.00–18.00, façade of Tivoli Mansion
Presentation of works produced in various printmaking techniques by the participants of the workshop "Antoni Tàpies: Everyday things turned into art". The workshop was based on the use of the carborundum technique, which was often utilised by Tàpies in his graphic works. Participants set off on a four-week journey through Tàpies' ideas and techniques, employing symbols from their daily lives and simple graphic and printing resources. The workshop was lead by Spanish artist Damiàn Vega Velasco.
Exhibiting: Joe Cox, Mojca Gazič, Maria Karnar-Lemeschewa, Ana Kuščer, Anamarija Ludvik, Mia Paller, Vida Praznik, Ana Lucija Šarič, Diana Šercer Stojanović, Hana Tavčar, Marko Vrbič, Bruna Pezzi Zupan, Lara Zupan.
The Sun as the Ultimate Capital
Workshop of Lighting Guerrilla
Saturday, 21 May, MGLC, 10.00–18.00
Participants of the workshop, conducted by dr. Špela Petrič, will learn about the process of photosynthesis and its visual effects by printing their own images on plant leaves using an iodine solution. The first meeting (21 May) will be devoted to printing with the iodine solution and photo-oxidation onto plant leaves, whereas the following meeting (17 June) will serve as an opportunity to review the work produced and prepare for the exhibition. The resulting works will be shown in a one-day exhibition as part of Summer Museum Night 18 June outside MGLC. Intended for participants of 16 years of age and over. Špela Petrič will be assisted by Andrej Štular.
Information and registration: Lili Šturm (MGLC), T: +386 (0)1 2413 818, E: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Lecture Series: Tàpies and Art in Slovenia
A series of lectures on the influence of Antoni Tàpies on Slovenian artists who were touched by Art Informel.
Tuesday, 31 May, at 6 pm, The Tàpies Educational Lab
dr. Nadja Gnamuš: Matter, Object and Subject in Slovenian Painting. From the Reprise of Art Informel to the Recontextualisation of the Material after Modernism
Especially for the occasion of the lecture, artworks by Ivo Prančič, Alen Ožbolt and Rudolf Kotnik will be exhibited. They will be on view until 5 June, until the closing of the exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987.
International Museum Day in MGLC - Open day
Coffee time with Tàpies in the company of art historian dr. Irene Mislej
Wednesday, 18 May, at 5 pm, free entrance
Guided tour of the exhibition, Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987, followed by a discussion in the Caffe Biennale between visitors and dr. Irene Mislej on the themes of the exhibition and modernist art.
Antoni Tàpies is one of the most famous representatives of Catalan Art Informel – an art direction that in the 1950s soon spread from France throughout Europe, becoming particularly popular in Spain and Italy (as well as in Yugoslavia). This, otherwise distinctly European artistic phenomenon, in turn had a strong resonance in the countries of Latin America.
Dr. Irene Mislej, art and cultural historian, born in Buenos Aires, met with Art Informel and the influence of Antoni Tàpies already in her degree thesis. Before her arrival in Slovenia in 1978, she also co-authored a retrospective exhibition on Art Informel in Argentina's Buenos Aires city museum.
Installtion view at MGLC. MGLC Archive. Photo: Jaka Babnik.
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts on Tour: Répétition
The Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
13 May – 21 August 2016
Répétition is an exhibition curated by Asad Raza and Nicola Lees, Conceived as a circulatory system by which images,objects, and.bodies move through the Villa Empain, the exhibition-traces the global distribution of graphica rt across cultural boundaries, focusing on the productive power of accidents. The exhibition will bring together over thirty artists, drawn from Belgium, France, Germany, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Slovenia, UK, USA, transforming the Villa into a site for producing and distributing images. Artists include the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Grand Prize winner Ištvan Išt Huzjan and works on loan from the MGLC Collection, including: Karel Appel, Jim Atlan, Getulio Alviani, Max Bill, Danilo Jejčič, Kosuke Kimura, Lojze Logar, Roberto Matta, Ivan Picelj, Robert Rauschenberg, Gino Severini, Tinca Stegovec, Edvard Zajec among others.
The renovated Villa Empain, which is a unique example of Art Deco architecture in Brussels, was opened by the Boghossian Foundation in 2010. It has become an important cultural centre of dialogue between the cultures of the East and West.
Installation view at Villa Empain. Archive MGLC.
Saturday Workshop: The Soil and Waste – family workshop
Saturday, 14 May, from 11 am to 3 pm, Tivoli Park, Tivoli Mansion
The starting point of the workshop is the mysterious world of the famous Antoni Tàpies, who was an artist attracted to old objects or things found on the floor, such as dust, sand, soil, fragments of paper and waste. This sandpit of objects and natural materials, a truly wonderful concoction for a child's soul, will be a source of inspiration for the making of large scale collages à la Tàpies. We will be able to apply colour with balls, criss-cross glue all over the place, sprinkle sand around, draw patterns with rollers and mud ...
Lead by the small Recyclers group.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.
Workshop for children: "Leaving Traces", printing by using the parts of the body
Sunday, 8 May, from 10 am to 12 noon
Antoni Tàpies often depicted parts of the human body in his artworks: eyes, ears, imprints of hands, fingers, feet ... Following the example of the artist, we will be using our own feet and hands to make our very own artworks in this Sunday's workshop.
Suitable for children over the age of five as well as adults, courtyard of Tivoli Mansion. Conducted by Nika Rupnik and Anja Guid. Free of charge, bookings are requested to be made by writing to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
THE PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR ON EXHIBITION ANTONI TÀPIES, PRINTS 1959–1987 in the english language
Saturday, 7 May, at 4 pm
The guided tour will be conducted in the English language. Led by art historian Renske Svetlin.
LECTURE SERIES: TÀPIES AND ART IN SLOVENIA
A series of lectures on the influence of Antoni Tàpies on Slovenian artists who were touched by Art Informel. The lectures will also feature a one day display of especially selected artworks.
Barbara Borčić: A Great Tribute to a Great Artist
Tuesday, 10 May, at 6 pm, The Tàpies educational lab, free admission
Bogdan Borčić: Tàpies (2011).
Gallery is open on Wednesday 27 April and on Sunday 1 May, 10 am–6 pm.
Installation view of exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987.
Archive MGLC. Photo: Jaka Babnik.
Benedikt Terwiel: Measuring a location in units of time
Exhibition of the artist's book is open until 30 April, Thursday–Sunday, 10 am–6 pm, Lecture Room (ground floor)
The artist's book by Benedikt Terwiel takes us on a 50-kilometer route across Berlin, which runs along the cartographic points permanently installed in the landscape.
The exhibition is have been co-produced with the GalerijaGallery, a new art space in Ljubljana. The multiple is on sale in the MGLC Museum Shop and at the GalerijaGallery. Partner: The International Centre of Graphic Arts.
Continuation printmaking workshop to accompany the exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987
"Antoni Tàpies: Everyday things turned into art" – Part 2
The successful printmaking workshop on learning Tàpies' printmaking techniques in March offered a great insight into the essence of the artist's creativity. This prompted us to continue with another experimental workshop of Tàpies' printmaking techniques in April and May, which will run over the following four Saturdays: 16 April (4 pm–8 pm), 23 April (11 am–6 pm), 30 April (11 am–6 pm) and 7 May (11 am–6 pm).
The workshop is lead by Spanish artist Damiàn Vega Velasco.The workshop will be conducted in English.
The second workshop is also based on the use of the carborundum technique that was often utilised by Tàpies in his graphic works. This time, the process in the workshop will focus on exploring different materials, methods of printing and combinations of carborundum techniques with collagraph techniques, relief printing, as well as other experimental printmaking processes.
The number of participants in the workshop is limited, advance bookings up till the available quota: info@mglc-lj.si
Lecture Series: Tàpies and Art in Slovenia
A series of lectures on the influence of Antoni Tàpies on Slovenian artists who were touched by Art Informel. The lectures will also feature a one day display of especially selected artworks.
dr. Jožef Muhovič: Art Informel, Tàpies and the Slovenes
Tuesday, 12 April, at 6 pm, The Tàpies Educational Lab, free admission
Opening of the exhibition and presentation of the artist's book
Benedikt Terwiel: Measuring a location in units of time
Thursday, 7 April, at 6 pm, Lecture Room (ground floor)
The artist's book by Benedikt Terwiel takes us on a 50-kilometer route across Berlin, which runs along the cartographic points permanently installed in the landscape.
The exhibition and event have been co-produced with the GalerijaGallery, a new art space in Ljubljana, where the opening of the exhibition Last of the lands and the first by Benedict Terwiel will also take place on the same day at 8 pm. The exhibition is based on the new artist's multiple Keno – Lotto created by the artist under the auspices of the MadeinChina project. The multiple will be on sale in the MGLC Museum Shop and at the GalerijaGallery. Partner: The International Centre of Graphic Arts.
Benedikt Terwiel: Measuring a location in units of time (2014/15), edition of 200
Workshop for children
"Vibrant Houses"
Sunday, 3 April, 10.00–12.00, The Tàpies Educational Lab
As an artist, Antonio Tàpies was attracted to old and discarded objects, or things found on the floor, such as dust, sand, paper, burnt pieces of wood, old clothes ... This wonderful sandbox of materials and ideas will serve as inspiration for the creative workshops for children, which will be held every first Sunday of the month during the course of the exhibition (8 May and 5 June, 10.00−12.00). At the second workshop on 3 April, we will be using paper pulp to create houses, apartment blocks, skyscrapers ... which we will also colour, together creating an imaginary rainbow city.
The workshops are conducted by Nika Rupnik and Anja Guid. Free of charge.
MGLC hosted at the Cultural Bazaar
Thursday, 31 March, from 1 pm to 1.45 pm, Second Foyer (Cankarjev dom)
SCREEN-PRINTING WORKSHOP, conducted by printmaking master Slavko Pavlin and Alenka Močnik.
The workshop is a brief presentation of the fine art printmaking technique of screen-printing with an impression made on paper, plastic bag, fabric, etc.
The public guided tours on exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987
Thursday, 24 March, at 5 pm
The exhibition of Antoni Tàpies will be presented by Museum Counsellor mag. Breda Škrjanec. Slovene Sign Language interpreter Tanja Giuliatti Davinić will be present at the exhibition tour for deaf and hard of hearing visitors.
Saturday, 26 March, at 4 pm
The guided tour will be conducted in the English language. Led by art historian Renske Svetlin.
Art Escapes
Poetry, collage and monotype workshop to accompany the exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987
Sunday, 20 March, 10.00–12.00
The workshop will make a brief introduction into the concept of visual poetry, which pushes the boundaries of textual art into the spaces of non-textual art. Through an understanding of the art of Tàpies, characterized by an insight of the human condition and a love for the small, discarded, found and even used objects, the workshop will proceed to address the concepts of migration, path, departure, home, journey ... We will put thoughts into words and depict the resulting motifs in the mixed media of collage and monotype.
The workshop is suitable for children and families.
It is conducted by the gallery animators, Nika Rupnik and Anja Guid.
Bookings are requested by contacting:
Lili Šturm, Museum Counsellor, +386 (0)1 2413 818, lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
The workshop is part of the Cultural Neighbourhood programme.
TÀPIES PERSONAL
An art and writing competition in collaboration with Ventilator of Words (Ventilator besed) magazine for culture and education.
We have prepared a competition on the occasion of the exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987, inviting young people between the ages of 3 and 30 to send in their visual or written impressions of the exhibition in the form of drawings or written descriptions. The competition is open from 15 March till 1 June 2016.
You are kindly invited to participate!
A Week of Student Culture at MGLC
You are invited to view the exhibition of Antoni Tàpies, one of the greatest Spanish artists of the second half of the 20th century. Also visit The Tàpies Educational Lab, where you can listen to the music that influenced his creativity and thinking, and make the acquaintance with the literature that he liked to read.
Free admission to the exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987 for students.
Tuesday−Sunday, 8 − 13 March
Workshop for children
"Things find me", colour monotype
Sunday, 6 March, 10.00–12.00, The Tàpies Educational Lab
As an artist, Antonio Tàpies was attracted to old and discarded objects or things found on the ground, such as dust, sand, paper, burnt pieces of wood, old clothes ... This wonderful sandbox of materials and ideas will serve as inspiration for the creative workshops for children, which will be held every first Sunday of the month during the course of the exhibition (3 April, 8 May and 5 June, 10.00−12.00). At the first workshop on 6 March, we will be making colour monotypes by using objects found in Tivoli Mansion (MGLC).
The workshops are conducted by Nika Rupnik and Anja Guid. Free of charge.
Become a Friend of the Biennial
The Friends of the Biennial Club connects enthusiasts of art and printmaking, and all those that want to take on a more active role and keep closer tabs on the programme of the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
Guided tour of the exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987 with its curator
Curator Núria Homs will take visitors around the exhibition today on, 24 February, at 11 am.
Programme for school groups to accompany the exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987
An excellent opportunity for primary and secondary school pupils to learn about one of the greats of Catalan art – painter, printmaker and sculptor Antonio Tàpies, who took part in the International Biennial of Graphic Arts several times. Tàpies received the Grand Prix in 1967 and had a significant impact on a generation of Slovenian artists, including Janez Bernik, Bogdan Borčić and Andrej Jemec.
Guided tours of the exhibition for organised groups from primary and secondary schools are prepared by the Centre. By prior arrangement, the guided tours can also be supplemented with workshop activities and printmaking demonstrations.
Further information: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP TO ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION ANTONI TÀPIES, PRINTS 1959–1987
"Antoni Tàpies: Everyday things turned into art"
Printmaking workshop on learning Tàpies' printmaking techniques offers a great insight into the essence of the artist's creativity. It is run over the four Saturdays in March: 5, 12, 19 and 26 March, from 11 am to 5 pm. The workshop is lead by Spanish artist Damiàn Vega Velasco. Participants of the workshop will go on a four-week journey through Tàpies' ideas and techniques, making use of symbols from their daily lives and simple graphic and printing resources. The workshop is based on using the carborundum technique.
The workshop will be conducted in English. Suitable for beginners and lovers of printmaking. No prior knowledge of printmaking or the graphic arts is required.
The number of participants in the workshop is limited, advance bookings up till the available quota to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Photo: Lolo Menéndez.
The Slovene Cultural Holiday at MGLC – 8 February
10.00–18.00: Free guided tour of the exhibition MGLC Collection – New Acquisitions (2013–2015)
10.00–13.00: SOCREA family workshop
SOcializing and CREAting workshop as part of the BOBRI festival programme!
We will be creating small fine art prints in the screen printing technique with motifs of Ljubljana – European Green Capital 2016.
Advance bookings: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
16.00–17.30: Behind the scenes of museum collections
Public guided tour of the exhibition MGLC Collection – New Acquisitions (2013–2015), conducted by mag. Breda Škrjanec and dr. Mateja Kos
The MGLC collection, which is one of the largest within the field of the graphics arts and original artists' publications in the Slovenian arena, comprising 10,974 pieces, will be presented by the Centre's Museum Counsellor, mag. Breda Škrjanec.
Collecting artworks in a museum is not a job that takes place in a haphazard way. The shroud of mystery will be removed from the set of issues relating to this aspect of museum work by dr. Mateja Kos, Museum Councillor at the National Museum of Slovenia. She also deals with the mobility of collections, so several items of interest within this field – which is today defined quite differently than in the past – will also be presented during the guided tour.
Exhibition set up in MGLC.
Guided tour of exhibition MGLC COLLECTION – NEW ACQUISITIONS (2013–2015)
Guided tour of the exhibition cancelled due to illness.
Tuesday, 2 February, 5 pm.
Guided tour in the company with exhbition custos mag. Breda Škrjanec.
Exhibition set up at MGLC.
UPCOMING exhibition Antoni Tàpies, Prints 1959–1987
23 February−5 June 2016
Painter, sculptor, printmaker and theoretician Antoni Tàpies (1923−2012) was born in Barcelona and is today one of the most famous Catalan artists since the Second World War. The exhibition, which is being prepared in collaboration with the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona, will provide the Slovenian public with a clear presentation of the artist's graphic oeuvre produced between 1959−1987. It will be complemented by art objects from the late 1980s.
Curator: Núria Homs
Coordinators: Yasmín Martín Vodopivec, mag. Breda Škrjanec
Antoni Tàpies at the Foto-Repro workshop, Barcelona, c. 1959. © Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
The MGLC Museum shop offers 15% discount
You are kindly invited to drop in at the MGLC Museum Shop with its graphic views, where a sale exhibition of fine art prints from the MGLC production has been prepared for all those with a sense of curiosity and a love of art. All publications in the MGLC publishing programme can be purchased with a 15% discount.
The shop is open from Tuesday to Sunday, between 10 am and 6 pm.
We are preparing a new exhibition MGLC Collection – New Acquisitions 2013–2015
19 January–14 February
Artists participating in the exhibition
artist’s books:
Authors of Face-to-Face, Vesna Črnivec, Simone Forti, Susan Hiller, Ron Preinfalk, Tjaša Rener, Gerhard Richter, Dieter Roth, Edward Ruscha, Emir Šehanović, Elia Torrecilla
fine art prints:
Janez Bernik, Jože Ciuha, Zdenka Golob, María Elena González, Ištvan Huzjan, Danilo Jejčič, Kosuke Kimura, Adriana Maraž, Robert Rauschenberg, Emil Schumacher, Jože Spacal, Roeland Tweelinckx, Min Je Zhang in Mei Yu Zhou
Curator: mag. Breda Škrjanec
María Elena González: Camo Boogie Woogie
The MGLC Museum Shop
You are kindly invited to drop in at the MGLC Museum Shop with its graphic views during the festive days of December, where a sale exhibition of fine art prints from the MGLC production has been prepared for all those with a sense of curiosity and a love of art. All publications in the MGLC publishing programme can be purchased with a 15% discount during December.
The shop is open from Tuesday to Sunday, between 10 am and 6 pm.
The festive opening times of the Museum Shop
On Thursday, 24 December, the shop will be open till 2 pm.
On Friday, 25 December, Thursday, 31 December, and Friday, 1 January 2016, the shop will be closed.
The MGLC Gallery is being prepared for the next exhibition and will be closed until January 2016.
Presentation of books from the collection Ljubljana Personal, Alternative City Guide
Wednesday, 9 December, at 5 pm, Caffe Bienale, Tivoli Mansion (MGLC)
You are warmly invited to attend the presentation of the books Zora Stančič: Zora Was Here and Anunciada Fernández de Córdova and Mina Fina: The Stations of the Seasons in Ljubljana.
The books will be presented by Mina Fina, Zora Stančič, Marjeta Drobnič, Arven Šakti Kralj Szomi, as well as the editors of the collection, Nevenka Šivavec and Mojca Zlokarnik.
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts has finished. You were with us at more than eighty events. Take a look at the Biennial video!
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts, Over you/you
The recipient of the Audience Award of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts is slovene artist Meta Grgurevič, for the work Timekeepers (2015), the work was made for the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you
THE PRIZES OF THE 31ST Biennial of Graphic Arts HAVE BEEN AWARDED
The Grand Prize winner of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts is Ištvan Išt Huzjan.
The award of the jury (research residency) was given to Declan Clarke, the special mention of the jury to Pilar Quinteros and Peter Gidal received the lifetime achievement award.
The recipient of the Audience Award of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts is slovene artist Meta Grgurevič, for the work Timekeepers (2015), the work was made for the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you
The last day OF THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
The main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you can be viewed at MGLC, Museum of Modern Art, Jakopič Gallery, Jakopič Promenade and on the façade of the Mahr House up till today. Welcome!
THIS HAPPY DAY OF CULTURE 2015 AT MGLC
Thursday, 3 December, from 10 am to 6 pm, free admission
17:00 Take a Spoonful of the Biennial: intervention by the participants of the Schema for a School art project
The experiential approach to participating in the last hour of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts will be held alongside a culinary ritual of soup consumption and group dialogue, which will be lead by the participants of the Schema for a School art project together with visitors to the event. Schema for a School is the temporary experimental school of the 31 Biennial of Graphic Arts, an art project by Asad Raza, which he co-created with D. Graham Burnett, Jeff Dolven and Mitja Velikonja. The following participated in the art project and the school: Ana Lucija Sarič, Bojan Albahari, Isidora Todorić, Jasna Zabel, Jerica Šemerl-Harmel, Lara Reichmann, Špela Cvetko, Špela Jakulin, Tereza Prepadnik, Tina Boc and Žan Debevec.
17:30 literary reading with Uroš Zupan – performance by poets on the Open Day of the Cultural Neighbourhood
18:00 announcement of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Audience Award
THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS OVER YOU/YOU– ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
OPEN DAY OF THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
Tuesday, 24 November, between 10 am and 6 pm
Viewing of the main exhibition at MGLC, the Museum of Modern Art, the Jakopič Gallery and at NUK is free of charge.
Presentation of art book from the project Face-To-Face: Blind Date and publications of Endless Editions
Tuesday, 24 November, at 18 p. m., MGLC
The event will feature the artist’s book produced during the course of the workshop. Publications by Endless Editions from New York will also be available to view.
Artists: Neja Tomšič, Primož Zorko, Dorijan Šiško, Vuk Čuk, Leon Zuodar, Laura Blüer, Slavko Djuric, Lesley Wamsley, Effi Ibok.
In collaboration with Tretaroka, Kino Šiška in Endless Editions.
On view until Friday, 27 November.
Biennial tour in National and University Library (NUK)
Thursday, 26 November, at 5pm
A guided tour of the Biennial exhibition (Becky Beasley) and the National and University Library at the same time. Conducted by Žiga Cerkvenik.
ŠUM TALK: OVER YOU/YOU, 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
Friday, 27 November, between 11 am and 1 pm, admission free, MGLC Gallery
The talk will be followed by a guided tour of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts.
This time, the ŠUM Talk will be devoted to the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts and will pinpoint the discourse opened by the Biennial with its title Over you/you.
The following will join the discussion on the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts:
Uroš Prah, poet and editor of the literary magazine Idiot,
Domen Ograjenšek, Bachelor of Philosophy and writer on the contemporary arts, and
Tjaša Pogačar, artist and publicist for the contemporary arts.
The talk is organized by ŠUM magazine for the criticism of contemporary art in cooperation with Idiot magazine and MGLC.
THE BIENNIAL ARTIST’S BOOK, family workshop
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts is being hosted at Cicifest, in the programme of the 31st Slovenian Book Fair.
Sunday, 29 November, between 1 pm and 3 pm, Cankarjev dom, Grand Reception Hall
The artist’s book is not a book or picture book about art, but an artwork in book form. The International Centre of Graphic Arts holds the largest collection of artists’ books in Slovenia. On the basis of samples from the collection and the current 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana, children and accompanying adults produce a Biennial Artist’s Book.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE BIENNIAL’S MAIN EXHIBITION
Sunday, 29 November, between 3 pm and 5.30 pm, meeting point in front of MGLC
The tour of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you at MGLC (at 3 pm) and at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) will be conducted by Nevenka Šivavec, Director of MGLC. The tour will be continued at the Jakopič Gallery at 5 pm by Renske Svetlin.
SUNDAYS AT MGLC
With every ticket purchased for the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts at the MGLC Ticket Office on a Sunday, we will pamper you with a free coffee and croissant at the Caffe Bienale in Tivoli Mansion. Welcome!
VOTE FOR THE BEST ARTIST OF THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS AND PARTICIPATE IN A PRIZE DRAW
You can submit your vote through Facebook or place it in one of the Biennial boxes, which can be found at the venues of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The Audience Award is given by the Kaval Group from Ljubljana.
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts: Over you/you
OPEN DAY OF the 31ST Biennial of Graphic Arts
Tuesday, 24 November, between 10 am and 6 pm
Viewing of the main exhibition at MGLC, the Museum of Modern Art, the Jakopič Gallery and at NUK is free of charge.
The advanced course in printmaking techniques
The advanced 50-hour course that runs from November to March gives you an introduction to the techniques of intaglio printing, as well as the techniques of aquatint, etching, relief etching, vernis-mou, reservage and drypoint, under the guidance of renowned mentor artists.
Advance bookings taken up till the available quota at MGLC, Pod turnom 3, Ljubljana, or via e-mail to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Members of the Friends of the Biennial Club are eligible for a special discount.
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts, Over you/you
The Jakopič Gallery is closed on Sunday, 15 November, therefore the public guided tour of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts exhibition Ljubljana, 1955 is cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and invite you to join the guided tour on the following Sunday, 22 November, at 5 pm.
THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS OVER YOU/YOU– ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR
Tuesday, 17 November, 4.30–6 pm, in front of Moderna galerija
Mitja Velikonja, PhD (Sociology), lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana, and Sandi Abram, cultural anthropologist
ASU Seminar: sara-grieg-chocolate
Tuesday, 17 November, at 6.30 pm, MGLC, free admission
We will present a video piece by Urška Aplinc (temporarily) entitled sara-grieg-chocolate (length 16'51''). A brief introduction and some starting points for the discussion that will follow will be prepared by Tjaša Pogačar.
Critical reflection on the diversity of practices and strategies of contemporary art in the local arena as part of The Spaces
and Practices of Contemporary Art project by the Galerija Boks society. The seminars are organized by ŠUM – magazine for the criticism and theory of contemporary art.
IMPRO – SPANISH FOR ALL GENERATIONS
(a guest workshop by Pionirski dom – Children’s Cultural Centre)
Wednesday, 18 November, between 4.30 pm and 5.30 pm, Caffe Bienale, MGLC, free admission
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts is also hosting Spanish-speaking artists, which is why this workshop will take us to Spain. On the cultural and linguistic trip to the Spanish capitals, we will also get to know Gaudí, one of the most famous architects and artists. We will have fun with creating his artworks, find out interesting facts about Spanish culture together, and learn some Spanish words at the same time. The workshop is intended for all generations and is lead by Maša Kastelic from Pionirski dom – Children’s Cultural Centre.
SATSHOP: VIEWING OF THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS AND WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
Saturday, 21 November, between 10 am and 1 pm, meeting point at the Museum of Modern Art, free admission
We will look at the work of artists in the Museum of Modern Art, Tivoli Park and the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) in an amusing way, concluding the tour with a brief printmaking workshop in screen printing at MGLC. Conducted by Anja Guid and Nika Rupnik.
Suitable for primary school children (6+), booking is requested by writing to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
PUBLIC TOUR
Sunday, 22 November, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
SUNDAYS AT MGLC
With every ticket purchased for the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts at the MGLC Ticket Office on a Sunday, we will pamper you with a free coffee and croissant at the Caffe Bienale in Tivoli Mansion. Welcome!
VOTE FOR THE BEST ARTIST OF THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS AND PARTICIPATE IN A PRIZE DRAW
You can submit your vote through Facebook or place it in one of the Biennial boxes, which can be found at the venues of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The Audience Award is given by the Kaval Group from Ljubljana.
THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS OVER YOU/YOU– ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
Forward to the Past: About the Emergence and Development of the International Biennial of Graphic Arts
Thursday, 12 November, at 5pm, Moderna galerija
Led by dr. Marko Jenko.
PUBLIC TOUR
Sunday, 15 November, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm).
SUNDAYS at MGLC
With every ticket purchased for the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts at the MGLC Ticket Office on a Sunday, we will pamper you with a free coffee and croissant at the Caffe Bienale in Tivoli Mansion. Welcome!
VOTE FOR THE BEST ARTIST OF THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS AND PARTICIPATE IN A PRIZE DRAW
You can submit your vote through Facebook.
The Audience Award is given by the Kaval Group from Ljubljana.
Public guided tour
Tuesday, 17 November, 4.30–6 pm
Mitja Velikonja, PhD (Sociology), lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana, and Sandi Abram, cultural anthropologist
THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS OVER YOU/YOU
TAKE A NEW LOOK!
CHILDREN’S GRAPHIC PRINTS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF PIONIRSKI DOM
4 November–3 December, Venues: Pionirski dom – center za kulturo mladih and Art Center
Collateral exhibition
WOMEN WITH THREAD IN THEIR HANDS
Workshop and exhibition, carried out by Oloop
Workshop: Tuesday, 10 November, from 6-9pm, MOTO Cointainer, Tivoli Park (Next to MGLC)
The exhibition is on display until Sunday 15 November.
Hand embroidery workshop in which the motifs of the nude female body from the fine art prints of Petra Varl will serve as the base. Participants will upgrade them into their own artworks by adding their personal memories.
PUBLIC TOUR
Sunday, 8 November, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS OVER YOU/YOU
THE EXHIBITION BY THE RECIPIENT OF THE GRAND PRIZE OF THE 30TH BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS MARÍA ELENA GONZÁLEZ: THE TREE TALK SERIES
The exhibition at the Cankarjev dom Gallery is on view only until Sundday, 1 November.
On Sunday, 1 November the two venues of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts: MGLC and the Cankarjev dom Gallery are open, the other exhibition venues are closed: Museum of Modern Art and the Jakopič Gallery.
Future events in November
TAKE A NEW LOOK!
CHILDREN’S GRAPHIC PRINTS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF PIONIRSKI DOM
4 November–3 December, Venues: Pionirski dom – center za kulturo mladih and Art Center
Collateral exhibition
WOMEN WITH THREAD IN THEIR HANDS
Workshop and exhibition, carried out by Oloop
Workshop: Tuesday, 10 November, from 6-9pm, the exhibition is on display until Sunday 15 November
Hand embroidery workshop in which the motifs of the nude female body from the fine art prints of Petra Varl will serve as the base. Participants will upgrade them into their own artworks by adding their personal memories.
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The Meeting of Gazes
Wednesday, 28 October, 11am-4pm, Thursday, 29 October, 11am-2pm, MGLC Library
What, how and in what way do we actually see? A workshop on exploring the gaze is lead by Neža Knez, a postgraduate student at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, whose intensive research focuses on our perception through the various senses.
Advance booking to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
On Sunday, 1 November the two venues of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts: MGLC and the Cankarjev dom Gallery are open, the other exhibition venues are closed: Museum of Modern Art and the Jakopič Gallery.
Future events in November
Take a New Look!
Children’s graphic prints from the archive of Pionirski dom
4 November–3 December, Venues: Pionirski dom – center za kulturo mladih and Art Center
Collateral exhibition
Women with Thread in their Hands
Workshop and exhibition, carried out by Oloop
Workshop: Tuesday, 10 November, from 6-9pm, the exhibition is on display until Sunday 15 November
Hand embroidery workshop in which the motifs of the nude female body from the fine art prints of Petra Varl will serve as the base. Participants will upgrade them into their own artworks by adding their personal memories.
31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS, TWO EVENTS AT THE EXHIBITION OF MARÍA ELENA GONZÁLEZ: THE TREE TALK SERIES
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION BY THE RECIPIENT OF THE GRAND PRIZE OF THE 30TH BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS MARÍA ELENA GONZÁLEZ: THE TREE TALK SERIES and MusicAL EVENT
Tuesday, 27 October, Cankarjev dom
at 5 pm, Gallery of Cankarjev dom, public guided tour of the exhibition, lead by curator Božidar Zrinski
at 6 pm, Duša Počkaj Hall, concert as part of the exhibition, performed by Boštjan Gombač
At the special musical event, the multitalented Slovenian musician Boštjan Gombač will present the score by Cuban artist María Elena González, which was produced when the artist scanned and digitally translated samples of the bark of a fallen birch tree, before cutting them into rolls for the mechanical piano.
MGLC Archive. Photo: Jaka Babnik.
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GUIDED TOURS OF THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
Friday, 23 October at 2 pm, National and University Library (NUK)
A guided tour of the Biennial exhibition by Becky Beasley and at the same time also of the National and University Library.
Tuesday, 27 October, Cankarjev dom
at 5 pm, Cankarjev dom Gallery: guided tour of the exhibition María Elena González: The Tree Talk Series, conducted by curator Božidar Zrinski
at 6 pm, Duša Počkaj Hall: concert as part of the exhibition, performed by Boštjan Gombač
Every Sunday during the running of the Biennial (except 1 November), between 3 pm and 5.30 pm, meeting point in front of MGLC
Guided tour of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts. The tour starts with the viewing of the exhibition at MGLC (at 3 pm), followed by visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
On 25 October there is a tour with an interpreter for the deaf.
On Sunday, 1 November the two venues of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts: MGLC and the Cankarjev dom Gallery are open, the other exhibition venues are closed: Museum of Modern Art and the Jakopič Gallery.
ART EVENT WHITE ON WHITE
Tuesday-Sunday, 20-25 October, 4-6 pm, Coffe Shop of Moderna galerija
AVA students: Zala Kobe, Vanja Erjavec, Ana Jagodic, Nina Oblak, Sanja Vatič, Evelina Hägglund, Gregor Rozman, Luka Savić.
shirting 06
The shirting 06 project exhibition is on view till Sunday, 25 October at the MGLC Library.
THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS – ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME, 20 OCTOBER
PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR
Tuesday, 20 October, 4-5.30 pm, in front of Moderna galerija
Miran Mohar, visual artist and vice-dean of the AVA Academy of Visual Arts
ART EVENT WHITE ON WHITE
Tuesday, 20 October, 4-6 pm, Coffe Shop of Moderna galerija
AVA students: Zala Kobe, Vanja Erjavec, Ana Jagodic, Nina Oblak, Sanja Vatič, Evelina Hägglund, Gregor Rozman, Luka Savić.
PROGRAMME OVER YOU/YOU
Tuesday, 20 October, at 8.30 pm, Kinodvor – City Cinema
Reza Abdoh – Theater Visionary, documentary film, director: Adam Soch
American director and playwright known for his large-scale, experimental theatrical productions. A prolific artist even in his
short, creative life, Abdoh died of AIDS in 1995 at the age of 32, having created an impressive body of stage spectacles
known for their sensory overload, ferocious energy and hallucinatory dreamscapes. This documentary is offering an intimate
portrait of the world and work of Reza Abdoh and his company, Dar a Luz.
THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS – ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
shirting 06
on view until Sunday, 25 October, MGLC Library
shirting is a new model of clothing that represents an alternative to the dominant fashion system and highlights the
responsibility, connection and creativity of all the protagonists involved. The sixth in a row – shirting 06 – connects design and art. Each of the participating fashion designers has in such a way designed a unique shirt with a motif of a selected artwork, which they will wear as their first user at the opening ceremony.Participating: Jelena and Svetlana Proković, (JSP ), Tanja Zorn Grželj, Ana Jelinič, Nika Ravnik (niOka), Maja Štamol and Elena Fajt.
MGLC Archive. Photo: Urška Boljkovac.
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts
Bureau of Loose Associations presents LUXUS: Even More Aggressive Innocence
The exhibition at the Kresija Gallery is on view only until Thursday, 15 October.
Opening hours: 10 am-6 pm.
THE 31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS – ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME, 12 – 20 OCTOBER
PERFORMATIVE GUIDED TOUR AT KRESIJA GALLERY
Tuesday, 13 October, at 5 pm, Kresija Gallery, free admission
Bureau of Loose Associations presents LUXUS: Even More Aggressive Innocence
What do Hello Kitty, Garfield and a battery-operated kitty cat have in common with the exhibition? You will need a toy in the form of a cat, the size of an open hand for the guided tour. Bring it along, if you have one at home or find one anywhere. Bookings are advisable by writing to info@so-delujem.com, as the number of visitors is limited to 15 persons.
The guided tour is organised by the Cooperate Creative Bureau Group – for bringing culture closer to all, in collaboration with the Kresija Gallery.
ASU Seminar
Tuesday, 13 October, at 5pm, MGLC Library, free of charge
Critical reflection on the diversity of practices and strategies of contemporary art in the local arena as part of The Spaces and Practices of Contemporary Art project by the Galerija Boks society. The seminars are organized by ŠUM – magazine for the criticism and theory of contemporary art.
shirting 06
Project presentation
Thursday, 15 October, at 6 pm, MGLC Library, free of charge
shirting is a sustainable fashion project that has been ongoing for over a year. It establishes a new model of dressing with different approaches and values in the process of production and use.
On view until Sunday, 25 October.
PUBLIC tour
Sunday, 18 October, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
Public guided tour
Tuesday, 20 October, 4-5.30 pm, in front of Moderna galerija
Miran Mohar, visual artist and vice-dean of the AVA Academy of Visual Arts
ART EVENT WHITE ON WHITE
Tuesday, 20 October, 4-6 pm, Coffe Shop of Moderna galerija
AVA students: Zala Kobe, Vanja Erjavec, Ana Jagodic, Nina Oblak, Sanja Vatič, Evelina Hägglund, Gregor Rozman, Luka Savić.
Programme Over you/you
Tuesday, 20 October, at 8.30 pm, Kinodvor – City Cinema
Reza Abdoh – Theater Visionary, documentary film, director: Adam Soch
Applications taken for beginners and advanced courses in printmaking techniques
The beginners 50-hour course that runs from November to March gives you a practical know-how of the printmaking techniques of screen-printing, woodcut, drypoint and lithography, under the guidance of renowned mentor artists.
Advance bookings taken up till the available quota at MGLC, Pod turnom 3, Ljubljana, or via e-mail to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Members of the Friends of the Biennial Club are eligible for a special discount.
The advanced 50-hour course that runs from November to March gives you an introduction to the techniques of intaglio printing, as well as the techniques of aquatint, etching, relief etching, vernis-mou, reservage and drypoint, under the guidance of renowned mentor artists.
Advance bookings taken up till the available quota at MGLC, Pod turnom 3, Ljubljana, or via e-mail to: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si.
Members of the Friends of the Biennial Club are eligible for a special discount.
The 31st biennial of graphic arts – ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME, 6 – 11 October
PERFORMATIVE GUIDED TOUR at KRESIJA GALLERY
Tuesday, 6 October, at 5 pm, Kresija Gallery, free admission
Bureau of Loose Associations presents LUXUS: Even More Aggressive Innocence
What do Hello Kitty, Garfield and a battery-operated kitty cat have in common with the exhibition? You will need a toy in the form of a cat, the size of an open hand for the guided tour. Bring it along, if you have one at home or find one anywhere. Bookings are advisable by writing to info@so-delujem.com, as the number of visitors is limited to 15 persons. The last performative tour will take place on 13 October at 5 pm.
The guided tour is organised by the Cooperate Creative Bureau Group – for bringing culture closer to all, in collaboration with the Kresija Gallery.
DIY WORKSHOP – Do It Yourself!
Wednesday, 7 October, 10 am to 12 noon, 3 pm to 5 pm, Lecture room (ground floor), free admission
Conducted by the BridA art group / Sendi Mango, Jurij Pavlica, Tom Kerševan.
CREATIVE SCREEN-PRINTING WORKSHOP AT NAMA DEPARTMENT STORE
Thursday, 8 October, 10 am to 11 am (children’s corner, 5th floor – aimed at children)
5 pm to 6 pm (ground floor of the department store), free admission
Conducted by printing master Slavko Pavlin and Alenka Močnik.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN TIVOLI
Sunday, 11 October, at 2 pm, in front of the Museum of Modern Art and the beginning of the Promenade guided tour of Tivoli Park with mag. Darja Pergovnik, Conservation Adviser at the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (ZVKDS), continued at 3 pm in front of MGLC with the viewing of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts, Over you/you. The viewing at MGLC is followed by a tour of the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and at the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
Conducted by curator Lili Šturm.
31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS – ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
Forward to the Past: About the Emergence and Development of the International Biennial of Graphic Arts
Tuesday, 29 September, at 5pm, Moderna galerija
led by dr. Marko Jenko
Animation workshops for children
Tuesday, 29 September, at 5pm, Moderna galerija
Book a place by writing to: izobrazevanje@mg-lj.si
PERFORMATIVE RECREATIVE TOUR FOR BLIND AND SIGHTED PEOPLE
Wednesday, 30 September, at 5pm, Galerija Kresija
Applications to ksudec@gmail.com, galerija@ljubljana.si, www.so-delujem.com
Bureau of Loose Associations: Even More Aggressive Innocence
Performative re-creative tour of the exhibition, conducted by the CO operate Creative Bureau Group. Suitable for the
blind and partially sighted. Sighted people are also welcome to participate.
Book a place by writing to ksudec@gmail.com, galerija@ljubljana.si
LIBRARY UNDER THE TREETOPS VISITS THE BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
Saturday, 3 October, between 10 am and 6 pm, Moto Container, Tivoli Park (next to MGLC), free of charge
The Library under the Treetops and the MGLC Library invite you to MOTO for a good old read. The producer of the Library under the Treetops is Divja misel in collaboration with Vodnikova domačija Šiška.
There can be dog days
Saturday, 3 October, at 4pm
Viewing of the Biennial part of the exhibition at the Jakopič Promenade for the four-legged friends and their owners,
in cooperation with dog trainers.
PUBLIC TOUR
Sunday, 4 October, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS – ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
Street festival The right mix does the fix: The Biennial of Graphic Arts, travels through all the arty parts!
Tuesday, 22 September, Eipprova ulica
public print workshop
Pixilation Workshop
Wednesday, 23 September, between 4-6pm, Moto Container, Tivoli Park (next to MGLC), free of charge
THE BIENNIAL IN A SUITCASE
Thursday, 24 September, at 6pm, Oton Župančič Library, Ljubljana
Lecture
Satshop
Saturday, 5 September, 11 am to 1 pm, Moto Container, Tivoli Park (next to MGLC), free of charge
Workshop for childrena and families.
PERFORMATIVE RECREATIVE TOUR FOR BLIND AND SIGHTED PEOPLE
Sunday, 27 September, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
An interpreter is available for the deaf.
Book a place by writing to ksudec@gmail.com, galerija@ljubljana.si
31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS – ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
MOTO TALK
Tuesday, 15 September at 5 pm, Moto Container, Tivoli Park (next to MGLC), free of charge
MOTO was conceived as a project and a building-container as part of Affordable Living at BIO 50. It is the original work of a group of artists: Mika Cimolini, Uroš Babnik, Aleš Ogorevc, Adrian Friend, Lee Ivett, Staša Dabič Perica. A talk with the artists and their guests will explore the possibilities for the creative uses of public spaces (concept by Mika Cimolini).
PUBLIC TOUR BECKY BEASLEY: Sleep is when you grow
Wednesday 16 September, 5 pm, Galerija ŠKUC
Vladimir Vidmar, the exhibition curator will be conducting the guided tour of the exhibition.
LIBRARY UNDER THE TREETOPS VISITS THE BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
Saturday, 19 September, between 10 am and 6 pm, Moto Container, Tivoli Park (next to MGLC), free of charge
The Library under the Treetops and the MGLC Library invite you to MOTO for a good old read. The producer of the Library under the Treetops is Divja misel in collaboration with Vodnikova domačija Šiška.
BLIND MATERIAL, experimental typography and relief printing workshop
Sunday, 20 September, between 10 am and 12 noon, tipoRenesansa, studio for relief printing (Breg 22), free admission
The workshop is conducted by Marko Drpić, calligrapher and head of the tipoRenesansa studio.
The event is part of Blind Material, an accompanying exhibition to the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts (on view until 28 September).
PUBLIC TOUR
Sunday,20 September, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
31ST BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS – ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
PUBLIC TOUR BECKY BEASLEY: Sleep is when you grow
Wednesday 9 September, 5 pm, Galerija ŠKUC
Vladimir Vidmar, the exhibition curator will be conducting the guided tour of the exhibition.
Literary evening: Listi z roba
Thursday, 10 September, at 5 pm, MGLC Gallery, free of charge
A new book published by Mladinska knjiga centres on the correspondence between Izidor Cankar and Veno Pilon, supplemented with essays by Alenka Puhar and Irena Mislej. Alenka Puhar and Irena Mislej are taking part in the literary evening, moderated by editor, Nela Malečkar.
Library under the Treetops visits the Biennial of Graphic Arts
Saturday, 12 September, between 10 am and 6 pm, Moto Container, Tivoli Park (next to MGLC), free of charge
The Library under the Treetops and the MGLC Library invite you to MOTO for a good old read. The producer of the Library under the Treetops is Divja misel in collaboration with Vodnikova domačija Šiška.
Public tour
Sunday,13 September, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
MOTO TALK
Tuesday, 15 September at 5 pm, Moto Container, Tivoli Park (next to MGLC), free of charge
MOTO was conceived as a project and a building-container as part of Affordable Living at BIO 50. It is the original work of a group of artists: Mika Cimolini, Uroš Babnik, Aleš Ogorevc, Adrian Friend, Lee Ivett, Staša Dabič Perica. A talk with the artists and their guests will explore the possibilities for the creative uses of public spaces (concept by Mika Cimolini).
31st Biennial of Graphic Arts – two events from the accompanying programme
The first Satshop
Saturday, 5 September, 11 am to 1 pm, Moto Container, Tivoli Park (next to MGLC), free of charge
Satshops are Saturday workshops for children and families inviting you to the park for creative pursuits and visual games. They are carried out by sculptor Primož Seliškar and landscape architect Urša Steiner from the Recyclers group.
We will be drawing artistic designs with strings and by using – a hammer (bring it with you!).
First public tour
Sunday, 6 September, at 3 pm, in front of MGLC:
A guided tour is being conducted of the main exhibition of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts Over you/you. We meet at 3 pm in front of MGLC, view the exhibition at MGLC, which is followed by a walk through the Jakopič Promenade and visits to the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (at 4 pm) and the Jakopič Gallery (at 5 pm).
The Biennial Opening Days
Join us at the numerous events of the Biennial opening weekend from Friday to Sunday.
The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts: Over you/you
Main exhibition: Over you/you, curator: Nicola Lees, curator assistants: Stella Bottai and Laura Mclean-Ferris
Becky Beasley: Sleep is when you grow, curator Vladimir Vidmar (ŠKUC Gallery and NUK)
Giles Round: Ljubljana, 1955 (2015) (Jakopič Gallery), artistic interpretation of the history of the Biennial of Graphic Arts
Exhibition of the winner of the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts: María Elena González: The Tree Talk Series (Cankarjev dom Gallery)
More than 40 artists and more than 60 public art events will take place at 13 venues.
Last Weekend for the Exhibitions
Janez Knez, Retrospective Exhibition of Printmaking
The show presents all of the artist’s paths and side paths, his creative output in printmaking and drawing, which is complemented by individual paintings and sculptures as highlights of his multifaceted engagement.
Curator: mag. Breda Škrjanec
Graphics of Capitalist Realism
Displayed are the prints from the Graphics of Capitalist Realism print portfolio from 1967 and the Weekend portfolio from 1972, both by Edition Block from Berlin. Today, the artists of the works are established and world-fames names in the art world: Joseph Beuys, René Block, KP Brehmer, KH Hödicke, Peter Hutckinson, Arthur Köpcke, Manfred Kuttner, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter and Wolf Vostel. Curator: René Block
The Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts through the Poster
6 August – 3 December
Thursday, 6 August, at 11 am, exhibition opening
NLB Gallery Avla
The exhibition presents an important segment of the Biennial archive – the poster for the event. The organizers were well aware of the importance of catalogue and poster design already from the outset. The 1950s and 1960s are known to be a period during which Slovenian graphic design flourished, which was, similarly to Slovenian printmaking, in the mainstream of European events.
5th International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, author Ivan Picelj
Cathedral of Freedom
Pre-biennial event by Chilean artist Pilar Quinteros
Saturday, 25 July, at 10 am
Starting point: The boat barrier on the Ljubljanica River at the Mortuary Bridge
Course of navigation: Mortuary Bridge – Butchers’ Bridge – Mortuary Bridge
The project seeks to reconstruct the model of Plečnik’s Cathedral of Freedom and will be installed on a raft produced by the artist herself, which she will release on the Ljubljanica River. Hence the building will not only be the first volumetric presence in the city, but will also “visit” different places without having to be anywhere for too long, since there is no room for it in the city’s urban plan.
In cooperation with the Ljubljana Association of River Captains.
Sketch for the Cathedral of Freedom project by artist Pilar Quinteros. MGLC archive.
SUMMER AT MGLC
Every Tuesday in July between 6 pm and 9 pm
WORKSHOPS
In front of Tivoli Mansion from 6 pm to 8 pm
28. 7.: Tivoli Puppet, recycling
The workshops are suitable for children, families and tourists.
In case of bad weather, they will be held inside the mansion.
MINI GUIDED TOURS OF THE CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
MGLC gallery from 7 pm to 8 pm, in Slovene and in English
Janez Knez, Retrospective Exhibition
Graphics of Capitalist Realism
The exhibitions will be on view until 9 August 2015.
MUSIC EVENINGS
MGLC gallery at 8 pm
28. 7.: Alkimia, pop, chanson
Summer at MGLC
Every Tuesday in July between 6 pm and 9 pm
WORKSHOPS
In front of Tivoli Mansion from 6 pm to 8 pm
21.7.: Tivoli Mansion, monotype
The workshops are suitable for children, families and tourists.
In case of bad weather, they will be held inside the mansion.
MINI GUIDED TOURS OF THE CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
MGLC gallery from 7 pm to 8 pm, in Slovene and in English
Janez Knez, Retrospective Exhibition
Graphics of Capitalist Realism
The exhibitions will be on view until 9 August 2015.
MUSIC EVENINGS
MGLC gallery at 8 pm
21. 7.: Jasmine Café, gipsy jazz, bossanova
Admission to all events is free of charge. There is no admission fee to the gallery from 8 pm to 9 pm.
BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS AT THE EXPO 2015
26 – 30 June 2015
Ljubljana in three images!, screen-printing performance
Performed by the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) and Stripburger/Forum Ljubljana.
We have combined printing in an improvised printing studio and comicbook narrativity. The visitors of Expo will be able to print humorous moments from the green capital of Europe, which also keeps a close watch over its own sustainable development and life in its watercourses. Monochromatic graphics will be printed on paper and T-shirts by the print masters SlavkoPavlin and Lili Šturm (MGLC) and the authors of comic book motifs David Krančan and BojanAlbahari as the representatives of the Stripburger magazine – a reference point on the international comic book map.
Museum Summer night
Saturday, 20 June, 6 pm – 12 pm, admission free
6 pm – 8 pm: Courtyard – fine arts playground: Promenade. Workshops for all generations with the closing presentation in the courtyard of the Tivoli Castle
8 pm – 9 pm: Guided tour of the exhibition Janez Knez, Graphics Retrospective Exhibition of Printmaking, guided by DejanKnez
9 pm – 9:30 pm: Guided tour of the exhibition Graphic Prints of Capitalist Realism, guided by Božidar Zrinski
21.30 pm – 22.25 pm, Courtyard of Tivoli Mansion: Laurie Anderson: On Performance, documentary film, 2001, 55 min
Become a FRIEND OF THE BIENNIAL
Membership of the Friends of the Biennial Club brings you a number of benefits:
- Free admission to the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts (28 August – 3 December 2015) and other exhibitions
- A yearly excursion
- Viewing of a selected artist’s studio
- Christmas card in the form of an original fine art print
- Booklet with the annual programme
- Guided tours of the exhibitions
- Invites to openings and events
- 15% discount on all MGLC publications
- 15% discount on all workshops and courses
- 15% discount on purchases of fine art prints
- A welcome gift when signing up.
Members of the Friends of the Biennial Club are welcome to join the art excursion To the Zasavje Districts – Along the Paths of Creativity of Janez Knez free of charge.
TWO EVENTS TO ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION JANEZ KNEZ, RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF PRINTMAKING
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 6 pm: guided tour of the exhibition conducted by Aleš Gulič – Leko, a longstanding friend and expert on the life and work of Janez Knez (introduction to the excursion)
Friday, 12 June 2015: art excursion to the Zasavje districts, along the paths of creativity of Janez Knez
Programme: a visit to the Trbovlje Zasavje Museum and the permanent exhibition Good Luck … Black Valleys, as well as the Trbovlje Workers’ Home (DDT), a presentation of activities and viewing of the current First of June exhibition at the New Gallery of the Trbovlje Workers’ Home: The Frescoes of Knez on the Trbovlje Municipality Building, the frescoes in the lobby of the Trbovlje Mine and the mining spaces, followed by a tour of the valley of industrial buildings and proletarian barracks.
Price 10 EUR (includes bus transportation and organization of the excursion)
Information and registration: +386 (0)1 2413 800/802/818, lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
The excursion is free of charge for members of the Friends of the Biennial Club.
NEW EXHIBITION
Graphics of Capitalist Realism
Displayed are the prints from the Graphics of Capitalist Realism print portfolio from 1967 and the Weekend portfolio from 1972, both by Edition Block from Berlin. Today, the artists of the works are established and world-fames names in the art world: Joseph Beuys, René Block, KP Brehmer, KH Hödicke, Peter Hutckinson, Arthur Köpcke, Manfred Kuttner, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter and Wolf Vostel. Curator: René Block
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FORMA MGLC
The power of new media: A dialiy challenge for cultural institution
Friday, 29 May 9.00−17.30, MGLC Lecture Room (Ground Floor)
9:30–10:00, Introduction and presentation of FORMA MGLC programme
10:00−11:00, Lecture: Cultured on the Web, Peter Šepetavc, Digital Strategist,
11:15−12:30, Lecture: Ten thoughts about New Technologies, Social Media and Innovative Approaches within Cultural Institutions, David Gauntlett, Professor at Faculty of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster
13:30–14:30, Lecture: The New Cultural Communicators – Web Personalities or Employees?, Lenart J. Kučić, newspaper journalist and researcher
14:45–16:30, Lecture: Culture on net. Day by day of a cultural community manager, Rebeca Hermo, journalist and community manager at Cidade da Cultura de Galicia (City of Culture in Galicia), Santiago de Compostela
16:15–17:30, Debate moderated by Domen Savič
Saturday, 30 May, 10.00−13.00: Saturday workshop: Cultural Institutions engaging with the Public – a LEGO Workshop,
lead by David Gauntlett
Participation in the symposium is free of charge, but an online application is required to sign up.
Sign up for the Saturday workshop (20 places): online application
International Museum Day
A range of diverse events from Saturday, 16 May 2015, to Monday, 18 May 2015
Saturday, 16 May 2015, 11.00−14.00: Family Art Colony – art-making in Tivoli (a set of workshops for children and adults), admission free
Sunday, 17 May 2015, 11.00−13.00: guided tour of the Janez Knez exhibition and open doors to the print studios with a presentation of printmaking techniques delivered by mag. Boge Dimovski, admission free
Monday, 18 May 2015 at 7 pm, opening of the exhibition Graphics of Capitalist Realism. Displayed are the prints from the Graphics of Capitalist Realism print portfolio from 1967 and the Weekend portfolio from 1972, both by Edition Block from Berlin. Today, the artists of the works are established and world-fames names in the art world: Joseph Beuys, René Block, KP Brehmer, KH Hödicke, Peter Hutckinson, Arthur Köpcke, Manfred Kuttner, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter and Wolf Vostel. Curator: René Block
The gallery is open on Monday,
18 May 2015.
Prints by Janez Knez and the Laibach group purchased from Saturday to Monday receive a 15% discount.
Public relations and networking within the arts
In the last of the four lectures we will focus on the process of preparing and implementing a communication strategy for a cultural or artistic event. We will systematically work out the key foundations for a communication strategy, define the set of communication tools relevant to the target groups that we wish to involve in communication, and explore ways of creating or connecting into international art networks.
Saturday: 16 May, at 10 am, MGLC Lecture Room (Ground Floor)
Lecturer: Jadranka Jezeršek Turnes, communication expert
The new economies and the empowerment of artists
The new economic concepts like coworking and crowdfunding are based on co-sharing and co-creation, whereas social capital, along with time and money, also has a role to play in the success of the idea, according to the lecturer.Through theory and examples of good practice, the lecture will explore the background of the development of these concepts, focusing on the opportunities that they bring to creative individuals and the community.
Saturday, 25 April, at 10 a. m. in the MGLC Lecture Room (ground floor)
Lecturer: Luka Piškorič, developer and lecturer on new economic models with many years of experience in the various fields of the creative industries
Guided tour of Janez Knez, Retrospective Exhibition of Printmaking
Thursday, 23 April 2015, at 6 pm, Book Night
Guided tour in the company of Matjaž Kmecl, longstanding Professor of Slovenian Studies at the University of Ljubljana, literary historian, writer and ambassador of Slovenian literature, as well as compatriot and friend of Janez Knez.
Exhibition set up at MGLC.
How to successfully unite new media and culture?
The first lecture of the Forma MGLC programme will provide an insight into the communication channels of the new media and guidelines for conceiving and implementing a complete web presence of a brand name within culture.
Saturday, 11 April, at 10 am in the MGLC Lecture Room (ground floor)
Lecture by: Domen Savič, communication expert, strategist and manager of online media
Biennial in a Suitcase
The project presents the rich history of the Biennial of Graphic Arts and its activities to art lovers across Slovenia. The suitcase reveals a number of anecdotes and stories behind the scenes of intertwining culture and art, held by the extensive Biennial archive. The Biennial in a Suitcase is making its way across Slovenia and can be viewed in libraries between April and September 2015.
New exhibitions
JANEZ KNEZ, RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF PRINTMAKING
The show presents all of the artist’s paths and side paths, his creative output in printmaking and drawing, which is complemented by individual paintings and sculptures as highlights of his multifaceted engagement.
Curator: mag. Breda Škrjanec
More at: http://www.mglc-lj.si/eng/exhibitions_and_events/
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JASMINA CIBIC, SPIELRAUM − GIVE EXPRESSION
TO THE COMMON DESIRES
Video installation focusing on the question of how long is the lifespan of the visual image of a nation, and what happens to it when the latter dies.
Curator: Anna Gritz
More at: http://www.mglc-lj.si/eng/exhibitions_and_events/
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The last weekend of the exhibition Alenka Pirman – Collected Works
Sunday 8 March 2015, at 3 pm: concluding guided tour and socialising with the curatorial team consisting of Barbara Borčić, Alenka Pirman, Nevenka Šivavec, Božidar Zrinski
Not to be missed!
FORMA MGLC JOB VACANCIES
Forma MGLC
FORMA MGLC is an educational platform and work placement aiming to establish new professions and the use of digital tools within the field of culture. It will take place between 16 March and 16 June 2015.
Slovene Printmaking
Check Point Paint Art Gallery, Trieste (Via Castaldi 3)
23 January – 6 February 2015, opening on Friday, 23 January at 6 pm
The exhibition presents the works from the MGLC Collection produced between 2009 and 2014, showcasing the small series of works by selected artists of various generations. The series by the more mature artists display a carefully constructed concept, whereas the series by the younger artists have a more experimental air to them, focusing on the artistic exploration of the graphic medium and printmaking techniques, which together contribute to the diversity of the exhibition as a whole.
Artists: Mina Fina, Svetlana Jakimovska Rodić, Ana Ida Mordej, Silvester Plotajs Sicoe, Lina Rica, Mladen Stropnik, Petra Varl, Kamila Volčanšek, Mojca Zlokarnik, the G3 group (Boris Beja, Adrijan Praznik, Jan Tomažin) and the Laibach group.The exhibition was curated by Denis Volk.
Silvester Plotajs Sicoe, Sexy Heart, colour silkscreen, 2009.
Herman Pivk: Photography + Dane Zajc: Poetry
14. 10.−2. 11. 2014
The exhibition is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the birth of Dane Zajc. Works by a renowned Slovenian visual artist, characterized by a very unique type of photography, and one of the most important Slovenian writers of the second half of the 20th century will be presented in the exhibition. The poems created before the poet’s death during 2000−2004 were inspired by the photographs of Herman Pivk. The joint work is the result of the symbiosis between the two artists, who have in their own unique way shed light on our view of life and death.
Further Information: Herman Pivk, herman.pivk@gmail.com, www.hermanpivk-foto.si
©Herman Pivk, Yes-No, language from the earth, 2000
mixed technique on photo paper
The Museum Shop MGLC
The Museum Shop opened its doors on the ground floor of MGLC in November. This is where you can find art prints by young and established artists, publications (Biennial catalogues, more recent and award-winning books), as well as posters of the exhibitions and the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts.
To accompany the current exhibition Alenka Pirman, Collected Works, various witty art objects have been prepared together with the artist: postcards, car stickers, a comic strip album, T-shirts, hand stamped daily calendar for 2015, a kitchen skateboard, publications, prints and gold toothpicks, which are available to suit every budget, priced from 1 to 90 EUR.
The shop is open during gallery opening hours, every day except Mondays, between 10 am and 6 pm.
Nicola Lees appointed curator of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana
We opened the Exhibition Alenka Pirman, Collected Works
18. 11. 2014–1. 3. 2015
The first major solo exhibition by Alenka Pirman features an overview of her projects that have marked the Slovenian cultural arena in the last twenty-five years. The exhibition highlights the techniques, tactics and methods of research and distribution of her artistic ideas tied to various situations that are specific in terms of space and subject, to which she has often responded with irony, sarcasm and doubt. The collected works thus offer new readings and interpretations, which make them relevant also in this moment of time.
Curatorial team: Barbara Borčić, Alenka Pirman, Nevenka Šivavec, Božidar Zrinski
Co-authors of the exhibited works: Tibor Bolha, Vuk Ćosić, Damijan Kracina, Jani Pirnat, Maja Šubic, Darja Vuga, Irena Wölle
EXHIBITION OPENING
Črtomir Frelih, Foxes are here
4 November at 12.00 (until 11 November) at MGLC Lecture room.
OCTOBER AT MGLC
NEW EXHIBITION OPENING, PUBLIC TOUR AND WORKSHOP
from 13 until 23 October 2014
Tuesday, 14. 10., 19.00: new exhibition opening: Herman Pivk: Photography + Dane Zajc: Poetry
Thursday, 16. 10., 18.00: Public tour at the exhibition This mess we´re in, led by Mina Fina
Saturday, 18. 10., 9.00-18.00: Silk screen workshop - workshop is allready fully booked!
Wednesday, 22. 10., 18.00: Public tour at the exhibition Geometry and Handwriting 1967-1983 by Andrej Jemec, led by prof. dr. Wolfgang J. Bandion from Vienna
Tour will be in German language but interpreted in Slovene. Admission free.
Wednesday, 22. 10., 14.20: MGLC & Tivoli T-shirt at Students arena (Gospodarsko razstavišče, 21.-23. 10.)
http://www.mglc-lj.si/files/data/ajemec_vabilo_vodstvo_prof_bandion_nem.pdf
MGLC AT HAND
In our museum you can enjoy free audio guide with QR code.
More at: http://izi.travel/browse/726a2828-0618-4e4e-b466-834f4f88134c?lang=en&skip_cache=true
Exhibitions opening
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of exhibitions
on Tuesday, 29 July at 8 p.m.
Andrej Jemec, Geometry and handwriting 1967-83
Mina Fina, This mess we´re in
Wedding at Tivoli Mansion
Let your day be unforgetable!
More at: petra.klucar@mglc-lj.-si
distURBANces
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the exhibition entitled distURBANces on Thursday, 5 June 2014, at 7 p.m., at the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
The distURBANces project, cooperatively initiated by the partner cities Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Paris and Vienna, presents artistic positions that offer new perspectives on urban, technological and political developments. Initiated as a kind of tribute to the American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, whose novels situate the theme of simulacra (Jean Baudrillard) into artificial environments and artefacts, distURBANces was developed to question today’s urban-and landscape representation paradigm by focusing on the distortion and the perversion of reality in our globalised world.
In cooperation with: Photon Gallery, Photonic moments - Month of photography 2014, European Month of Photography
Opening of the exhibition Crossings
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the exhibition entitled Crossings on Thursday, 15 May 2014, at 7 p.m. with a performance of Ištvan Išt Huzjan.
The artist will make a performance from 8 a.m. on which refers to both art graphic production and the major natural disaster which was caused by hoar frost and glaze ice this year in Slovenia.
Near the MGLC Ljubljana a tree will be cut down, which will serve as a template for woodcut in the MGLC's graphic workshop.
ZDENKA GOLOB DONATION
We are very gratefull to Ms. Zdenka Golob, who has donated all the works included in the exhibition Zdenka Golob, Prints to the permanent collection of the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
MADE IN CHINA project
25. 2.–21. 6. 2014
Series of multiples by selected Slovenian artists
A travelling exhibition project, which offers artworks by local artists at very affordable prices. This very topical project for our times sheds light on finding appropriate paths for art to reach its audience.
The City after Facebook
Are you interested in what happens if you put Facebook on the street?
Do not miss an artistic event with a Spanish artist from the Password: Printmaking residential project, which will take place this Friday, 21 February at 1 p.m. at Prešernov trg (Prešeren square) in Ljubljana.
Kindly welcome!
The project has been funded with the support of the European Commission.
International Conference: Password / Printmaking
Friday, 7th March, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Moderna galerija (Museum of Modern Art), Tomšičeva 14, Ljubljana
Organized by: Mednarodni grafični likovni center, Pod turnom 3, Ljubljana, www.mglc-lj.si
The conference will be held in English.
more at:
http://www.password-printmaking.eu/
GUIDED PUBLIC TOUR
The last tour of the current exhibition, Zdenka Golob – Prints, scheduled on Sunday, 16 February at 12 noon, has been cancelled due to the unforeseen sick leave of the curator of the exhibition, mag. Breda Škrjanec.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Welcome to visit it anyway.
Photo: Sunčan Stone
The retrospective exhibition provides an excellent opportunity to view the entire oeuvre of the artist, whose works have not yet been dealt with thoroughly by the art-historical profession and have not yet been shown in any major public presentations.
The Stories of Ljubljana’s Castles
These are the stories that are made up of Ljubljana Castle, Tivoli Mansion – the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Fužine Castle – the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), and Cekin Mansion – the National Museum of Contemporary History.
A single ticket gives access to see the current displays in all four castles. The ticket is valid for three days. Available to purchase at the respective castles’ points of sale and at the Ljubljana Tourist Information Centres (TIC).
Information on the presentation and programme of the participating castles and institutions can be obtained from the websites of the institutions, as well as in the special brochures entitled The Stories of Ljubljana’s Castles, published in Slovenian and in English, which can be found at information points in Ljubljana and across Slovenia.
Ljubljana Tourism and DPG are partners in the project.
FRIENDS OF THE BIENNIAL
A Friend of the Biennial receives:
- Free admission to the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts and all the exhibitions at MGLC up till 31 December 2014
- Invites to the openings and all events at MGLC
- Booklet with the annual programme
- Guided tours of the exhibitions at MGLC
- 15% discount on all MGLC publications
- 15% discount on all workshops and courses
- Christmas card in the form of an original fine art print
- New Year social gathering
SIGNING UP:
by filling in the Membership Form and presenting your identity card and/or student ID card at the MGLC Ticket Office to pay the appropriate membership fee:
15-month membership fee: 25 EUR
15-month membership for those aged more than 60 years, less than 14 years, as well as pupils and students: 15 EUR
A welcome gift when signing up.
Additional activity for those aged 60 or more:
As part of the Friends of the Biennial Club, we will be developing the special programme, Meeting with the Past of the International Centre of Graphic Arts and Tivoli Mansion. We would like to invite any senior ladies and gentlemen from Ljubljana to explore the oral, written and pictorial sources that will contribute to revealing interesting and yet to be fully discovered fragments of the history of Tivoli Mansion and its environs. This will be followed by a public presentation. Activities are due to start in 2014. Contact person: Lili Šturm, Senior Custodian, t: 01 2413 818, e: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
Vandalized art works of Charles Juhász-Alvarado
Late on Saturday night, on 13 October 2013, unknown vandals damaged a large part of the exhibition by Charles Juhász-Alvarado on the Jakopič Promenade in Tivoli Park, in the centre of Ljubljana. The piece was prepared specifically for the Jakopič Promenade upon the request of Dr Deborah Cullen, curator of the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts. With its aesthetic perfection and poetic resonance, the project highlights the necessity of working together and forging common connections. Not only was this required in the process of its creation, but is also essential for the understanding of the artwork itself.
Entre Manos (From Hand to Hand): Cipher, Knot, Nebula is a series of images and words that create a melody in the form of poetry and sign language. Karen Albors, whose parents are deaf, took part in the creation of the piece, whereas the expression in sign language is articulated in a unique way in the image of the artwork. The author’s text was translated from Spanish to English by writer and translator Emeshe Juhász-Mininberg, and into Slovene by local artist Mina Fina. In today’s world, in which we increasingly rely on international integration and cooperation, this project emphasizes empathy and mutual understanding. The series of images in life-size format shows the animated gestures, rhythms and images that spring to life with the participation of the audience strolling along the promenade.
We deeply regret the vandalism and the resulting damage, and believe that this attack is a reflection of a general intolerance whose roots are set deeply within today’s society. As a cultural institution we can only respond to the situation by repairing the damage and re-installing the exhibition, which will communicate the message of the artwork to all visitors. As said by Dr Deborah Cullen, the curator of the Biennial: “The senseless destruction of Charles Juhász-Alvarado’s work – and indeed even the existing billboard structure – who was invited to Ljubljana to participate in the internationally renowned Graphic Biennial, is shocking and shameful. This is especially so because his piece addresses the necessity we have, now more than ever, to try to understand each other, by paying close attention to the beauty of all languages and cultural expressions.”
Guided tours of the Biennial exhibitions
30th Biennial of Graphic Arts: Interruption
Guided tours in Slovenian language of the exhibition venues MGLC, Švicarija building, Jakopič Promenade, Museum of Modern Art (Moderna galerija) (the tour starts at MGLC)
Sundays at 16.00:
6 October: Brane Kovič, critic and art historian
20 October: Vuk Čosić, exhibiting artist
10 November: Branko Franceschi, art historian and director of the Avantgarde Museum in Varaždin
24 November: Nevenka Šivavec, Director of MGLC, tour on the last day of the exhibition
The Biennial of Graphic Arts – Serving You Since 1955
Cankarjev dom Gallery
The series of events entitled Interruption by Viktor Bernik will take place during the exhibition tours.
Thursdays at 17.00:
3 October: Petja Grafenauer, curator of the exhibition
10 October: Mitja Rotovnik, Direktor of Cankarjev dom
7 November: Iztok Premrov, art historian and journalist–editor of TV Slovenija
14 November: Petja Grafenauer, curator of the exhibition
21 November: A conversation with Goranka Vrus Murtić, the wife of the late painter Edo Murtić. The conversation will be conducted by Aleksander Bassin.
Regina José Galindo: The Anatomy Lesson
Jakopič Gallery
Sundays at 16.30:
13 October: Barbara Korun, poet
17 November: Yasmín Martín Vodopivec, curator of the exhibition
Best artists of the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts: Interruption
The Grand Prize of the Biennial awarded by the jury: Tevž Logar (president), Chema de Francisco, Sally Tallant and Dusica Kirjakovic received María Elena González for her work The Tree Talk Series.
The jury also gave an Honourable Mention to Meta Grgurevič and Urša Vidic for their project GalanterieMécanique / Fil d'argent.
The Audience Award for the best artist of the biennial received Tomas Vu-Daniel with the work Songs from The Beatles - The White Album 1986
Artist Statement: Tomas Vu- Daniel:
"I am so honored to be the recipient of the Audience Award at the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana. It has been a delight to participate in this Biennial and the rich dialogue it has fostered. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful event, and even more so to receive the Audience Award. I would like to extend my thanks to the organizers, participants, and attendees for making this Biennial such an excellent experience."
Grand prize Winner of the 30 Biennial of Graphic Arts
Grand prize of the 30 Biennial of Graphic Arts receves the artist María Elena González for her work The Tree Talk series.
Members of jury are: Tevž Logar (president), Chema de Francisco, Sally Tallant and Dusica Kirjakovic.
María Elena González (1957), born in Havana, Cuba, lives and works in New York and Basel, Switzerland.
Best known for sculptural installations that are architecturally as well as personally informed, one of González’s most recent series, Tree Talk, was inspired by her encounter with a fallen birch tree in the woods of the summer artist colony the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. She collected and flattened its bark, made drawings and rubbings, and then scanned its striated patterns to see what kind of sounds would result. She digitally translated the bark patterns and had them laser-cut into a roll for a player piano. When played, the scroll has an unexpected ‘score’: the phrasing, polyphony, and rhythms seem deliberately composed and modern. This project allows us to hear the ‘music’ of the birch tree and reminds us of the inherent logic that exists in all of nature’s patterns.
The jury also annonced a specion mention to Meta Grgurevič and Urša Vidic for their work GalanterieMécanique/Fil d’argent.
The collaborative and complex installation projects of Meta Grgurevič and Urša Vidic are based on a multimedia vocabulary that explores the boundaries between stage and gallery installations. Galanterie Mécanique/Fil d’argent [Mechanical Trinkets/Silver Thread], is a symphony of kinetic objects, video, performance and music that contemplated the relationship between man and machine, collaboration and cooperation between individuals, and the position of the individual within wider social relationships. The work referenced both Charlie Chaplin’s critique of modernity as expressed in the 1936 film Modern Times and its embrace in the Russian theatre system of Vsevolod Meyerhold. These anxieties and enthusiasms continue to be reflected in the new industrial age, in which everyone has to do their part in order for the functioning system to continue as a complex, living organism.
Summer at the MGLC
July
PETER BRÖTZMANN SOLO, Works 1959−2013
An exhibition of one of the most important European representatives of contemporary improvised music and visual artist.
From 2 July until 25 August.
The MGLC gallery will be open till 9 pm on Tuesdays
CHILDREN´S WORKSHOPS
9, 16, 23 and 30 July from 6 pm in front of Tivoli Mansion
FILM SCREENINGS
Linked to the Biennial, its events and exhibitions of the graphic arts – a series of programmes entitled Podoba podobe (The Image of the Image) by author Iztok Premrov and the contributions of Jože Hudeček.
9, 16, 23 and 30 July 2013, from 8 pm in the MGLC lecture room
Admission to all events is free of charge. There is no admission fee to the gallery from 8 pm to 9 pm.
MGLC v sodelovanju z: RTV Slovenija, Jazz festival, Cankarjev dom, Senzorium Zavod
Closing of the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana
This year’s Biennial in Ljubljana put on show the works of more than 60 international artists who presented themselves in 9 exhibitions at 11 exhibition venues at the museums and galleries of Ljubljana and one in Madrid. We have recorded a very good visit from school groups, a considerable interest for the main Biennial exhibition Interruption particularly, and the Slovenian artists in Madrid, as well as a partial presentation at other European biennials: at the Contour Biennial (Mechelen), the Göteborg International Biennal for Contemporary Art and the Liverpool Biennial.
It is estimated that during the 10-week period more than 25,000 people visited the exhibitions and events, which enthralled a wide audience, from families with children, to students and young people, experts and amateur connoisseurs of graphic and contemporary art. Additionally, we have recorded high numbers of visitors to the exhibitions at the tourist locations of Ljubljana Castle and the Jakopič Promenade.
SUMMER AT THE MGLC
June
PRODUCTION 2010-2012
The MGLC gallery will be open till 9 pm on Tuesdays
An exhibition of artists’ works printed in the MGLC printing studios between 2010 and 2012.
The selected artists are presented in the exhibition along with their latest production. From 4 June until 25 June.
LE PETIT FABRIQUE DE ESPERANZA (The Small Factory of Hope) of the Senzorium Institute
11, 18 and 25 June 2013, from 8 pm in the MGLC gallery
An interactive sensorial theatre project by the Senzorium Institute, which focuses on smell as the essence and soul of the work.
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July
PETER BRÖTZMANN SOLO, Works 1959−2013
The MGLC gallery will be open till 9 pm on Tuesdays
An exhibition of one of the most important European representatives of contemporary improvised music and visual artist.
From 2 July until 25 August.
CHILDREN´S WORKSHOPS
9, 16, 23 and 30 July from 6 pm in front of Tivoli Mansion
FILM SCREENINGS
Linked to the Biennial, its events and exhibitions of the graphic arts – a series of programmes entitled Podoba podobe (The Image of the Image) by author Iztok Premrov and the contributions of Jože Hudeček.
9, 16, 23 and 30 July 2013, from 8 pm in the MGLC lecture room
Admission to all events is free of charge. There is no admission fee to the gallery from 8 pm to 9 pm.
MGLC v sodelovanju z: RTV Slovenija, Jazz festival, Cankarjev dom, Senzorium Zavod
PRODUCTION 2010-2012
opening of the exhibition on 4 June 2013
An exhibition of artists’ works printed in the MGLC printing studios between 2010 and 2012.
The selected artists are presented in the exhibition along with their latest production.
Sunday 26 May – the last chance to see the exhibitions Password: Printmaking and Miran Kreš, Illuminations
Public tour of the exhibition Password: Printmaking
at 12.00: led by mag. Črtomir Frelih, painter and graphic artist
Making Prints for kids (4+)
from 11.00 to 13.00 in front of Tivoli Mansion: workshops led by Anja Zver and Meta Škoflek, admission free.
The events accompany the programme of the exhibition Password: Printmaking, 17. 4.-26. 5. 2013.
The exhibition is part of the project Password: Printmaking, Travelling Exhibition and Art Residencies (2012–2014).
The project has been funded with the support of the European Commission.
PASSWORD: PRINTMAKING What's going on in May
Sunday public tours of the exhibition Password: Printmaking
Printmaking is closely engaged in contemporary art terminology, while it is the same time a medium of distinct skill. So what is the printmaking password today – how much artistic power of the reflection of the world does it possess?
12 May at 12.00: led by mag. Breda Škrjanec, museum counsellor
26 May at 12.00: led by mag. Črtomir Frelih, painter and graphic artist
Print Flea Market on Museum Day
Saturday, 18 May, admission free
10.00 – 13.00: The best print flea market of publications and Tivoli T's, and a special family screen-printing workshop, where you will be making your own prints on T-shirts (have the T-shirt with you!)
10.00: Children’s guided tour of the exhibitions
11.00: Public guided tour of the exhibitions
10.00 – 18.00 exhibitions on view: Password: Printmaking; Miran Kreš, Illuminations; S. M. S. (Shit Must Stop); presentation of MGLC’s award-winning catalogues
Making Prints for kids (4+)
Sundays 12 May and 26 May from 11.00 to 13.00 in front of Tivoli Mansion: workshops led by Anja Zver and Meta Škoflek, admission free
Artists Books in 3D for teenagers (8+)
Friday 24 May from 16.00 to 20.00: workshop led by artist Mladen Stropnik; 3D printing in collaboration with RogLab, 5 EUR, please register by writing to lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si
For families
From 15 to 22 May: open week for families; a special free stencil printing workshop at the Print Flea Market (18 May)
Tivoli T's for the older generation
A special screen-printing workshop with prints made on a T-shirt led by master Slavko Pavlin; admission free, date by prior arrangement, please call 01 2413 800/818
The events accompany the programme of the exhibition Password: Printmaking, 17. 4.-26. 5. 2013.
The exhibition is part of the project Password: Printmaking, Travelling Exhibition and Art Residencies (2012–2014).
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION
Production 2010-2012
4. 6.–25. 6. 2013
Ever since the establishment of the International Centre of Graphic Arts, the printmaking studios were conceived as one of the core activities of the Centre. The studios are aimed at local and foreign authors as a form of laboratory for research and experimentation, to further their knowledge and expand their research within the printmaking field in the techniques of intaglio, woodcut, linocut, lithographs and screen-printing. Between 2010 and 2012 more than twenty artists worked in the studios and their very diverse works are included in the MGLC collection. The selected artists are presented in the exhibition along with their latest production.
Change the Colour!
25 September 2012 – January 2013, Traffic Gallery, Bergamo, Italy
BridA (Sendi Mango, Jurij Pavlica, Tom Kerševan)
The Change the Colour! exhibition was the first comprehensive exhibition of the BridA art group, which was presented by MGLC together with an extensive catalogue in 2011. The transfer of the exhibition to the Traffic Gallery in Bergamo continues the concept of the Ljubljana exhibition, for the first time offering a comprehensive overview of the group’s work in an environment where they have continuously exhibited over the last few years, but only by individual project. The exhibition was produced in collaboration with the Traffic Gallery in Bergamo.
New Exhibitions
17. 4.–26. 5. 2013
Password: Printmaking
The exhibition is part of the project Password: Printmaking, travelling exhibition and art residencies (2012–2014), which is supported by European Union funding and connects artists, theoreticians, art institutions and academies across Europe, and focuses on contemporary printmaking, reproducible art practices and the exchange of experts. MGLC is the first stop of the travelling exhibition, presenting the works of twenty-four artists from the participating countries.
Miran Kreš, Illuminations
Slovene artist Miran Kreš explores visual forms whereby colours and shapes are slowly becoming increasingly minimalist, yet intense in their incidence, since they are reminiscent of projections and lasers, which give the viewer a unique perception of the gallery space.
PRESENTING THE CURATOR OF THE 30th BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
The curator of the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts is Dr. Deborah Cullen, director and chief curator of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University in New York. In 2012, she was chief curator of the triennial El Panal/The Hive: 3ra Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe in Puerto Rico. Before that, she was director of curatorial programmes at El Museo del Barrio in New York. This is what she had to say about her participation: “It’s a great honor to be asked to participate in the proud tradition of Ljubljana, and to focus on how graphic processes continue to invigorate the contemporary field.” The thirtieth edition of the Biennial will be an opportunity for some serious self-reflection, which is why we are also preparing an accompanying exhibition in the gallery of Cankarjev dom. Together with experts from the fields of art history, political history, sociology and cultural studies we will focus on the position of society, the effects and impact of the Biennial within the local as well as international context. The exhibition is being curated by Dr. Petja Grafenauer.
AWARD FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SLOVENE BOOK
The award for the best designed book of 2012 in the category of art and photo-monographs, collector's editions and the title of Most Beautiful Slovene Book was in all categories awarded to the catalogue Tinca Stegovec, Prints and Drawings from the MGLC Collection, designed by Robert Žvokelj, DAK, and edited by the exhibition curator, mag. Breda Škrjanec. The catalogue accompanied the exhibition of artist Tinca Stegovec, which was on show at MGLC between 1 December 2011 and 8 February 2012.
PUBLICATION OF exhibition catalogue ALENKA PIRMAN – COLLECTED WORKS
The exhibition catalogue presents an integral overview of the artistic oeuvre of Alenka Pirman with presentations of works, interpretative texts and comprehensive documentation. It is distinguished by its editorial invention since it departs from the customary presentation of contemporary art in catalogues. It is divided into rounded-off presentations of individual artworks which are arranged in a reverse chronological order.
Editorial board: Barbara Borčić (ed.), Alenka Pirman, Nevenka Šivavec, Božidar Zrinski
Authors of the texts: Barbara Borčić, Chantal Crousel, Dušan Dovč, Marko Jenko, Jani Pirnat, Helena Pivec, Gregor Podnar, Nevenka Šivavec, Igor Zabel
Design: Ivian Kan Mujezinović
More about the catalogue: http://www.mglc-lj.si/eng/product/alenka_
pirman_zbrana_dela/436
