Nacionalna galerija moderne umetnosti v New Delhiju bo še do 22. decembra gostila slikarsko razstavo iz Slovenije z naslovom Slovenindia. Razstava pod častnim pokroviteljstvom predsednika Republike Slovenije Boruta Pahorja poteka v okviru programa kulturne izmenjave med Indijo in Slovenijo ob 25. obletnici samostojnosti Republike Slovenije.
National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi, foto Fickriver
Po besedah likovnega kritika Miklavža Komelja celotni projekt Slovenindia izhaja iz entuziazma in želje, vzpostaviti več povezav med dvema kulturnima prostoroma, Slovenijo in Indijo. Izbor umetnikov in njihovih del je zelo raznovrsten; uveljavljeni slikarji se soočajo z mladimi umetniki, ki se vidijo kot uporniki proti uveljavljeni kulturi. Slovenindia povezuje različne svetove in stanja duha, različne duhovne pozicije in različna pojmovanja o tem, kaj slika je.
Namen projekta je praktične narave: dati slovenskim umetnikom priložnost, da pokažejo svoja dela indijski javnosti, in končno pridobiti možnosti izmenjave na doslej neraziskanem tržišču. Kljub temu pa je izbor Brine Torkar in Brede Sturm ustvaril konstelacijo z globljim pomenom: praznovanje življenja in kreativne energije je moč razumeti kot skupni imenovalec izbranih del. Izbrani avtorji so: Beti Bricelj, Špela Laela Cvetko, Tina Dobrajc, Andreja Eržen, Peter Gaber, Maša Gala, Mito Gegič, Tjaša Iris, Duša Jesih, Simon Kajtna, Sergej Kapus, Stojan Knežević, Slađana Mitrović, Breda Sturm, Tugo Šušnik, Helena Tahir in Brina Torkar.
Mag. um. Brina Torkar in mag. um. Breda Sturm
Cultural Exchange Programme between India and Slovenia
I am delighted that the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, Government of India is presenting the art exhibition from Slovenia entitled Slovenindia. This exhibition has been realized under the Cultural Exchange Programme between India and Slovenia. We are happy to know that this exhibition is supported by the National Museum of Slovenia and showcases 17 artists with their range of artworks exploring divergent themes of art. We at the National Gallery of Modern Art welcome this exhibition and look forward to gain an understanding of the rich culture and contemporary art practices of Slovenia. This exhibition, which is curated by Ms. Breda Sturm and Ms. Brina Torkar, will certainly revitalize the cultural links between India and Slovenia and also open an opportunity for showcasing Indian Art in Slovenia and bring a new phase into our cultural dialogue.
We are extremely pleased that this exhibition, under the honorary patronage of H. E. the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr. Borut Pahor, is a part of the 25th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Slovenia and our gratitude to H.E. Shri Sarvajit Chakravarti, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of India in Slovenia for initiating this collaboration. Our heartfelt thanks to H.E. Mr. Jožef Drofenik, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in India for giving the much needed impetus to this agreement which will also strengthen our bilateral relations. I would also like to thank the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, for their unstinted support. I wish to acknowledge the contribution of the Curators of this exhibition, Ms. Breda Sturm and Ms. Brina Torkar, who have worked hard to realize this exhibition. I would also like to thank the NGMA, New Delhi Team for working tirelessly in realizing this project.
Pradeep Kumar
Director National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Beti Bricelj, foto Občina Postojna
Beti Bricelj creates with seemingly rigidly arranged networks of regular geometrical shapes a vivacious play of visual and imaginative lightenings.
Tina Dobrajc – She(ep), 2014
Tina Dobrajc combines the images of existential anxiousness with the criticism of the role, imposed on women by the patriarchal society, using sometimes also some particulars from the Slovenian folklore; her canvases have strong feminist overtones, nevertheless, they can never be perceived as illustrations of a thesis, but rather as poetical emanations of unheimlich beauty.
Špela Laela Cvetko, foto FB
Špela Laela Cvetko meditates even about the samurai’s sword with colourful sweetness. Her way of seeing the world is playful and sunny.
Andreja Eržen, foto Likovno društvo Kranj
Andreja Eržen creates with her beautiful landscapes with intense, radiant colours in a kind of painterly magical realism. The seemingly abstract canvases of Peter Gaber are symbolical depictions of the artist›s relation to nature; from this point of view, the verticals become verticals of woods with the sunlight among them.
Maša Gala, foto Art-mus.si
Maša Gala works in different techniques and researches various media; at this exhibition she is represented with her paintings which seem to worship the exuberant vital energy.
Mito Gegič, foto Art-mus.si
Mito Gegič invented a very original methodology of painting; his radical research of the medium is combined with ruthless confrontation with violence, often represented via scenes of hunting. He is convinced that art cannot be separated from its wider social context; nevertheless, in his engaged position he never becomes simply declarative; he rather explores mechanisms upon which our construction of reality is based.
Tjaša Iris, foto Wikipedija
Tjaša Iris is an intense colorist; as if her second name, which means the rainbow would determinate the content of her iridescent paintings.
Duša Jesih – edge of the forest
Duša Jesih creates her powerful compositions out the geometrically pure play of the fundamental elements of painting: the point, the line, the surface. Her austere canvases are nevertheless full of dramatic, emotive and even spiritual content; the meaning of the artist›s name, Duša, in Slovenian is The Soul.
Simon Kajtna, foto www.dse.nl
Simon Kajtna paints forests, harbours and phantasmagorias in shimmering colours with reminiscences of the tradition of postimpressionism.
Sergej Kapus is obsessed with the idea of flight beyond the terrestrial globe. In his cycle, which combines acrylic with digital prints of the photographs of the surface of Mars, he shows us that the real interplanetary voyage begins with the juxtaposing of different times on the same pictural surface; the cuts on this surface can also evoke the dividing line between life and death.
Stojan Knežević paints his incandescent landscapes as his own Arcadia on the crossroads of the inner and the outward worlds.
Slađana Mitrović is concerned with the very limits of the visible also as a theorist; her book about the representation of woman genitalia in XXth Century art reveals the dimension of unrepresentability in the core of extreme visibility; she seems to search the same dimension also in her abstract or almost abstract paintings.
Breda Sturm seems to suggest with her tenderly and delicately painted canvases the anxiety of the poet confronted with the white page; she seems to perceive the surfaces of her paintings as the Mallarméan »white anxiety of our sail«.
Tugo Šušnik began in the 1970ies with the radical geometrical abstraction and became later one of the founding painters of postmodernism in Slovenia; in his recent work, he explores the numbers as visual elements, with playful, mysterious and perhaps even kabalistic connotations.
Helena Tahir, foto Tam Tam
Helena Tahir perceives herself as a rebel, who works outside the Slovenian art establishment. She often paints persons from the margin of society, giving to everything she depicts with her brush a solemn radiance, sometimes also resplendent with reminiscences of the Persian painterly tradition.
Brina Torkar, foto Slikarska šola Brine Torkar
The canvases of Brina Torkar are full of fluidity and ecstatic energy as if the painter would wish to dance out of her body; through the research of female archetypes she explores her position on Earth; nevertheless, her expectations are directed toward beings from the other worlds.
Miklavž Komelj
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