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
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 …
Describe your studio/work practice. I don’t have a regular schedule although I try to go to the studio every day. Of course, before deadlines I get to work unfortunately almost around the clock. I share the studio with Șerban Savu who has a fixed schedule, working daily from 10 am to 7 pm. We are …
Read moreRomanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: An Interview with Curator Ciprian Mureşan
Artist: Emir ŠehanovićTitle: THERE WILL BE BLISSVenue: TROTOAR, ZagrebText: Ivan Šuković „Why aren’t revolutions started by the most humane people? Because humane people don’t start revolutions, they start libraries… and cemeteries”.Jean-Luc Godard, Notre Musique There is a world of tangible objects. But there is also another reality, one that exists within us. It is shaped …
Artist: Bence Magyarlaki Title: AT SATURN’S CUSP Venue: Paris-B, Paris Text: Salomé Burstein Photos: Theo Baulig …To be utopia, it is enough that I be a body (Michel Foucault, 1966) The body and architecture are central to Bence Magyarlaki’s practice. Their works encapsulate the tensions within movement, questioning the patriarchal values reflected in our societal …
Artists: Aleksandra Liput, Maciej Nowacki Title: You have to be in hell to see heaven Curator: Eleonora Bojanowska Venue: Łęctwo gallery Photos: Szymon Sokołowski “One thing that comes out in myths is that at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black moment is the moment when the real message of …
Describe your studio/work practice. My curatorial practice is research-based. Accordingly, I don’t always work with artists when producing exhibitions. For a long time, I have been building archives and then activating them through exhibition-making, amongst other modes of presentation. In doing so, I seek to create space for subjects that have previously been overlooked. Generally …
Read moreKosovo Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: An Interview with Curator Erëmirë Krasniqi
Artist: András Király Title: Finestra Venue: Viltin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Photos: Réka Hegyháti / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Viltin Gallery, Budapest ’Now, leaving other things aside, I’ll tell you how I do it when I paint. First of all, where I am to paint, I draw a rectangle of any size I …
