[node-l] Announcement: Opening of the 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana

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 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana
     *Opening: 4 September 2009*


  <http://www.mglc-lj.si>

*La Más Bella, La Más Bella Tú, 2003
Wallet containing works by 50 artists
*


 Opening of the 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana International
Centre of Graphic Arts

Grad Tivoli,
Pod turnom 3,
1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia
Phone: 00 386 (0)1 2413 800
Fax:  00 386 (0)1 2413 821
Contact: Lili Sturm
lili.sturm at mglc-lj.si

www.mglc-lj.si


 *Opening:*
*Friday, 4 September, 6.30 p.m.*
*

EXHIBITIONS*
*
The Matrix: An Unstable Reality*
the central exhibition of the 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts

art director: Božidar Zrinski

curators: Gülsen Bal & Alenka Gregorič, Petja Grafenauer, Jadranka Ljubičič,
Tadej Pogačar

venues: International Centre of Graphic Arts, Gallery Alkatraz, Gallery
Ganes Pratt, Gallery Jakopič, Gallery Kapsula, Gallery Škuc


The exhibition responds to certain vital questions for society and art
raised by the cult movie trilogy The Matrix. Does a medium stay the same
once it incorporates new technologies in its discourse? Does this increase
the audience for art? What is the social power of those who possess the
matrix? Is the possession of the matrix enough to also justify exclusive
reproduction rights? Can we create a perfect world, whether real or virtual?
The exhibition offers a selection of more than eighty internationally
established and emerging artists. Their work extends from traditional and
contemporary printmaking to artist's books and interventions in the public
space, in the mass media, and on computers.

artists:* *Afsoon, Vahram Aghasyan, Julieta Aranda, Nika Autor, BAS/Bent,
Viktor Bernik, Anita di Bianco, Sabine Bitter & Helmut Weber, BridA (Sendi
Mango, Jurij Pavlica, Tom Kerševan), Chto Delat (Dmitry Vilensky), Lee Chul
Soo, Jørgen Craig Lello & Tobias Arnell, Ksenija Čerče, Vuk Ćosić, Vesna
Drnovšek, Igor Eškinja, Małgorzata Etber Warlikowska, Jesper Fabricius,
Jakup Ferri, Ivan Fijolić, Ye Funa, Fernando García, Samuel Grajfoner, Ivan
Grubanov, Dejan Habicht, Bu Hua, Hungarian Double-tailed Dog, Ištvan Išt
Huzjan, Space Invader, JustSeeds, Dejan Kaludjerović, David Kareyan, Sameera
Khan, Taiyo Kimura, Iva Kovač, Jelena Kovačević, Matej Košir, Borut Krajnc,
Ana Lozica, Tanja Lažetić, Nicola López, M-City, Ján Mančuška, La Más Bella,
Ines Matijević Cakić, Eva & Franco Mattes, Zhang Minjie, Tracey Moffatt,
Ivan Moudov, Carlos Motta, Alban Muja, Nika Oblak & Primož Novak, Ahmet
Ögüt, Juan Perez Agirregoikoa, Cesare Pietroiusti, Nada Prlja, radioCona,
Société Réaliste, Betsabee Romero, Francesc Ruiz, Adrian Sauer, Klaus
Schafler, Nana Shiomi, Jelena Sredanović, Katja Sudec, Therese Sunngren,
Swoon, Miha Štrukelj, Marko Tadić, Tomaž Tomažin, Nasan Tur, Ignacio
Uriarte, Huiqin Wang, Patrick Ward, Maria Alicia Zamora Noguera, Moises
Yagües Fernandez, Katarina Zdjelar

*
After Gogo: A New Era of Korean Art*
based on a proposal by Jeon Joon-ho, the winner of the Grand Prize of the
2007 Biennial

curator: Kim Jyeong-Yeon

venue: Cankarjev dom Gallery

The exhibition presents the 'post-gogo' generation of South Korean artists.
Their work re-examines various issues in contemporary Korean society – a
society divided between North and South in which the Cold War is still very
much alive. These artists were born in the 1960s, when their parents were
working hard to rebuild the country after the Korean War. They grew up in
the 1970s, when American soldiers brought 'gogo' music to Korea and the
country was inundated with mass dance parties in 'gogo clubs' (also known as
'chicken coops') and gogo became a synonym for the pleasure culture of the
younger generation. They began making art in the 1980s. What especially
distinguishes them from the previous generation is the fact that they are
well aware of the world outside the chicken coop.

artists: Kim Kira, Jang Minseung & Kim Check, Jeon Joonho, Lee Yongbaek,
MOON Kyungwon, Lee Sea Hyun, Moon Hyungmin, Ligyung

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ACCOMPANYING EXHIBITIONS
*
Impressions
an accompanying exhibition by Pionirski dom
The two displays present art prints created by children over the past fifty
years; these prints are part of the vast art archives of Pionirski dom in
Ljubljana.
Jakopičeva promenada, Tivoli, 4 September–29 November 2009 (curator Tina
Pleško)
Pionirski dom – Art Center, 8 September–29 November 2009 (curator Iztok
Amon)

Motivation, Creativity and Innovation in Prints by Children and Youth
an accompanying educational exhibition by Žalec Elementary School
The exhibition is part of the international conference Motivation for
Creativity and Innovation in Youth and presents a selection of the finest
award-winning art prints from the collection of school, which has presented
the Biennial of Children's Prints since 1981.
International Centre of Graphic Arts, 13–18 October 2009 (curator Neli
Šuler)

Greetings from Cartoonia
an accompanying exhibition is an international comic-strip project produced
by Forum Ljubljana, Stripburger magazine, and a number of associated Slovene
and foreign organizations.
artists: Filipe Abranches, Kaja Avberšek, Matei Branea, Andrea Bruno, Jyrki
Heikkinen, Bendik Kaltenborn, Jakob Klemenčič, Marko Kociper, Matej
Lavrenčič, Gašper Rus, Mateusz Skutnik, Matej Stupica (curator Stripburger)
Slovene Ethnographic Museum, 22 October–29 November 2009


*Artist's Book Salon*

Saturday, 5 September 2009, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., fair and talks
Sunday, 6 September 2009, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., fair
location: International Centre of Graphic Arts , admission is free
The Biennial of Graphic Arts devotes a special event to the artist's book, a
form of artistic expression that is appearing with increasing frequency in
Slovenia and abroad. The Artist's Book Salon offers a selection of
contemporary works from independent international publishers and individual
artists. Along with a fair where visitors may buy artist's books, the event
also includes a series of talks.

Talks program:
Saturday, 5 September, 4:00 p.m. Darko Šimičić: The Artists' Magazines
Gorgona and Maj 75
4:30 p.m. Chto Delat (Dmitry Vilensky), (from Russia)
5:00 p.m. the art group Bas/BENT (from Turkey)
5:30 p.m. Jan Voss: the online bookstore Boekie Woekie
fair exhibitors: Bas/BENT, Eloisa Cartonera, Chto Delat (Dmitry Vilensky),
Jesper Fabricius (Space Poetry), Maja Franković, Tadej Pogačar (Zavod
P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E.), István Szirányi (Hungarian Artist's Books Association)
co-ordinator: Breda Škrjanec


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*
*Grand Prize Award Jury of the 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts:
Katia Anguelova, Milano; Jota Castro, Brussels; Bassam El Baroni,
Alexandria; Valeriya Ibrayeva, Almaty; Kim Jyeong-Yeon, Seoul; Eha
Komissarov, Tallinn; Julia Moritz, Leipzig
*
*Catalogue of the 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts:
This large illustrated catalogue, in Slovene and English, is dedicated to
the memory of Dr. Zoran Kržišnik, the founder of the Biennial and for many
years its director. The catalogue offers a complete overview of the
exhibiting artists with essays by the curators of the Biennial exhibitions.
In addition, the catalogue is itself one of the venues for the show The
Matrix: An Unstable Reality.
price: 32.90 € / to order by telephone: 01 2413 808; by e-mail:
petra.klucar at mglc-lj.si
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