Artist: Magdalena Karpińska Title: Music for a Panic Attack Venue: Polana Institute Photos: Olga Tuz One of the inspirations for Magdalena Karpińska’s latest painting series is tarantism, a cultural and therapeutic phenomenon documented in rural southern Italy, particularly in Apulia, since the Middle Ages. Closely linked to the agricultural calendar and the harvest season, tarantism …
Exhibition title: Softshell ArchipelArtists: Sasha Auerbakh, Jason Bunton, Vasco Costa, Bögdana Kosmina, Wolfgang Obermair, Lesia Pcholka, Ekaterina Shapiro-ObermairCurator: hoastVenue: Gallery FÜNFZIGZWANZIG, SalzburgPhotographer: Andrew Phelps Buffet An anecdote about the coincidental convergence in the works of three artist friends stands at the beginning of the exhibition “Softshell Archipel”. The shared story can be read as the …
Artist: Maria Stoica Title: CLUJ afterSCHOOL: On the Curator–Artist Dichotomy // A World Slightly Elsewhere Curator: Xenia Tinca Venue: Sabot Gallery, Cluj Napoca Photos: YAP Studio There are worlds that do not reveal themselves through abrupt assertion but through a gradual gliding, through a subtle shift in the perception (or definition) of reality. These are …
Artists: Adéla Janská, Paulina Olowska, Caroline Walker Curator: Mira Macík Venue: Telegraph Gallery, Olomouc, Czech Republic The exhibition Za PultemBehind the Counter explores diverse interpretations of femininity, tracing both the real and symbolic presence of women in the public sphere. It adopts a historical lens, reflecting on archetypal female figures of Socialist Modernism and the period of …
Artists: Marina Abramović/Ulay, Luca Büchler, Nika Erjavec, Philipp Fleischmann, Hannah Koselj Marušič, Angelika Loderer, Mira Mann, OHO, and Josef Strau With performances by Luca Büchler, Hannah Koselj Marušič, and Mira Mann Title: Mobile Energy Curator: Hana O. O. Haas Venue: RAVNIKAR, Ljubljana Mobile Energy centres on the fleeting, the unstable, and the nomadic, placing emphasis on …
Artist: Anna Hulačová Title: Bucolica Curator: Thomas Häusle Venue: Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn Photos: Günter Richard Wett The exhibition “Bucolica” by Anna Hulačová (born 1984, Sušice, Czech Republic) at Kunstraum Dornbirn opens up a world that seems technologically futuristic and yet is steeped in ancient narrative tradition, mythological symbolism, and references to the history of images, …
Title: PRÁM XArtists: Néphéli Barbas, Dominik Běhal, Veronika Bělská Durová, Martin Herold, Monika Hniková, Jindřiška Jabůrková, Josefína Jonášová, Pavlína Kvita, Roman Kvita, Anna Kyjovská, Radek Mužík, Jakub Roztočil, Magdaléna Roztočilová, Anna Ruth, Tomáš Skála, Adam Trbušek, Jakub TytykaloCurator: Iva MladičováVenue: PRÁM, PraguePhotos: Anna Pleslová A community of paintings, sculptures and objects as a tangible product …
Artists: Dominika Trapp, Julia Gryboś & Barbora Zentková Title: Soilmates Curator: Jan Zálešák Photos: Michal Czanderle, Ondřej Polák, Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss, Benedek Regős Venue: Hunt Kastner, Prague Hunt Kastner is pleased to present the exhibition Soilmates, a collaborative installation featuring the current work of Dominika Trapp and the artist duo Barbora Zentková & Julia Gryboś. The …
Artist: DNLM Title: Go Big or Go Home Curator: Pia Miklič Venue: RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana Photos: Marijo Zupanov The cultural policy of the domestic and broader art system emphasises the need for sustainable practises, accessibility of exhibition spaces and diverse yet coherent programmes; values towards which it continuously guides contemporary art production. On a theoretical …
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 …
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 …