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Artist: Joanna Piotrowska Title: Implicit Lives Venue: MADRAGOA, Lisbon Smultronstället is the original Swedish title of Ingmar Bergman’s famous film Wild Strawberries (1957). Smultronstället, which literally translates to “the wild strawberries patch,” idiomatically signifies “a hidden gem of a place” (according to Wikipedia). The word defines a special place that is close to one’s heart, …
Artists: Karolina Balcer, Aleksander Baszyński, Paweł Baśnik, Radek Brousil, Bolesław Chromry, Pola Dwurnik, Miłosz Flis, Michał Gątarek, Zuzanna Janosz, Kateryna Lysovenko, Iza Opiełka, Łukasz Stokłosa, Wiktoria Title: SHOWROOM 1: Solstices Venue: Krupa Gallery, Wrocław Curator: Natalia Barczyńska Photos: Alicja Kielan Throughout the spring, KRUPA GALLERY will present the first iteration of the SHOWROOM series, which aims …
Artist: Lesia Pcholka Title: Great Stone Text: Michaela Geboltsberger Photos: Lesia Pcholka Venue: hoast, Vienna For more than 30 years, Belarus has been ruled by a dictatorial regime whose power seems inexorable. Criticism from Europe, support from China! This is no coincidence, as Belarus is seen as an important, if not the most important, element …
Artist: Tadej Vaukman Title: San Lorenzo Curator: Tevž Logar Venue: RAVNIKAR GALLERY Photos: Marijo Zupanov Tadej Vaukman came onto the art scene over fifteen years ago when he took audiences aback with his candid photographs, which at first glance seemed to go on and on, but were discernible to the attentive viewer as extremely sensitive …
Artists: Željka Aleksić, Arbajt Kolektiv, Kemil Bekteši, Vuk Ćuk, Polina Davydenko, FaceOrFactory, Santa France, Kata Geibl, Lin Gerkman, Ieva Kraule-Kūna & Elīna Vītola, Nika Kupyrova, Pita Project, Maja Simišić, Barbora Šimková, Dorijan Šiško, Andrej Škufca, Tadej Vaukman, Linda Vilka, Katarzyna Wyszkowska, Rafał Żarski Title: Selling Out Curators: ETC. & Tīna Pētersone Venue: Former Midas department …
Artists: Tudor Ciurescu, Eliza Douglas, Viktor Frešo, Thilo Jenssen, Botond Keresztesi, Julian-Jakob Kneer, Tim PlamperTitle: TEXNOCurators: Niki Bernath & Michal StolarikVenue: VUNU Bratislava, Slovakia The incessant kick drum is no longer as rough as in the beginning. It is melting into softer registers, dictating the pace to a crowd of sweating bodies in the deluge of …
Explain what you do in 100 words! What do you like about your work? What does it mean to you to be a curator today? I’m a freelance curator based in Ljubljana. One of the most important aspects of my curatorial practice is working collaboratively. I believe it is very important to always work in …
The fast approaching third edition of LJUBLJANA ART WEEKEND will be curated by ETC., an annual magazine committed to showcasing contemporary artistic expressions spanning from the Baltic to the Balkans. The theme of the third issue of the magazine, Selling Out, directly correlates to the overarching theme of Ljubljana Art Weekend. It delves into the …
Artists: Jan Kovářík, Jan SoumarTitle: The Impermanence of BeingCurator: Michal StolárikVenue: Pradiareň, Bratislava, SlovakiaPhotography: Isonative Physical cases break up into clusters of expressive elements flying across dimensions. Stable and concrete becomes dynamic and abstract. Uncontrolled bubbling sets into solid shapes, and endless experiments materialise into imaginative objects of indistinct purpose and origin. Forms, structures or …
Artist: Szilvia Bolla Title: Running Up That Hill Curator: Barnabás Zemlényi-Kovács Venue: Glassyard Gallery, Budapest Photos: Áron Lődi The art of Szilvia Bolla, which has started with abstract anti-photographs reacting against the depressive overconsumption of pictures, now arrived at a post-photographic praxis that tackles the subject of depression itself. As depression is both individual and …
Describe your studio/work practice. My life/studio/work practice is a bit schizofrenic. I travel a lot, for studio visits, meetings, visit to exhibitions; those are days of social work and projects managing usually, which means a lot of phones and messages that became one of my bigger work tool unfortunately. I always try to save at …
Read moreAlbanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: An Interview with Curator Antonio Grulli
Pavilion of North Macedonia Describe your studio/work practice. My curatorial practice is based on a direct communication with the artists, almost always from the very essence of formulation of the idea, through discussions, sharing context understanding, explaining different aspects and multilayered approaches on a particular topic, constant following of the production process, or collective selection …
Read moreMacedonian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: An Interview with Curator Ana Frangovska
Artist: Helena TahirTitle: The Last SectorVenue: RAVNIKAR GALLERYCurator: Ilija ProkopievPhotos: Mario Zupanov The exhibition “The Last Sector” by Helena Tahir poses a profound and critical question that resonates within the vast realm of art: How does an artist’s deeply personal experience, seamlessly incorporated into their artwork, transcend the boundaries of subjectivity to reach a state …
Artist: Hanele Zane Putniņa Title: Linolejija Venue: 427, Riga Photos: Līga Spunde Originally formed from seismic chisel movements and colour eruptions. Eventually, it became inhabited by linoshavings, which evolved from chisel-cut beings. It is a place where the chisel doesn’t know how to stop, like the atmosphere enveloping the surface of a linoshavingsland, at times …
Artists: Natalia Domínguez Rangel, Filip Rybkowski, Stanislav Zábrodský Exhibition title: time-dip Curators: Agáta Hošnová, Karolína Voleská Venue: Berlinskej model, Prague Photos: Michal Ureš a drop of pigment blackens a still surface, a groove cuts through smooth, moving waves shape the texture of the sand into titillating dunes, dust settles on majestic marble in pastel …