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Vesna Bukovec: Drawings
Survey exhibition

April 11 – 27, 2013
Gallery Domžale, Domžale
Opening: Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m.

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"Already since her first drawings for the public, Vesna Bukovec has been faithful to simple lines. Without shading or the illusion of space, she creates images full of meaning. Although they can be conceptual, they are an aesthetic whole, with no need for a special context. She chooses the motives from the media world of the Internet, television, popular magazines, which we can also see in her videos. She especially deals with themes relating to the consumer society of instant gratification and to some of the frustrations which life in this society provokes in the individual. The drawings are full of humour and also realistically brutal. They appear as a mirror of society, tilted in such a way that it highlights specific characteristics, specific relations. The drawings of Vesna Bukovec are particular caricatures and with the inclusion of handwritten texts, are also reminiscent of comic strips. The language of the writing is always English. At first glance it seems possible that the artist has decided to use it for the same reason that Mladen Stilinović pointed out with his finger in 1992 when he stated that an artist who doesn’t speak English isn’t an artist. Perhaps that statement did truly influence her decision. However, if in that choice someone can see an easy recipe for quick fame and is satisfied with the cynicism of the context, it would be best to ask whether the use of language isn’t a conceptual aspect of the artwork as such, and with that a paraphrase of Stilinović’s statement. With that it especially strikes the cynicism of the social-political-economic state of the contemporary, globalised society."

Excerpt from the text by curator Vasja Nagy

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Vesna Bukovec(1977) graduated and completed her MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. She works independently and in the art group KOLEKTIVA (with Metka Zupanič and Lada Cerar). Her artistic work finds its expression in a variety of media (video, photography, drawing, installation) and approaches (research, appropriation, participation, etc.).
She presented her work in several solo (Centre and Gallery P74, Ljubljana, 2003 and 2005; Simulaker Gallery, Novo mesto, 2006; Miklova hiša Gallery, Ribnica, 2009; KAPSULA, Ljubljana, 2010; A+A Gallery, Venice, EX-garage, Maribor, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana 2011; Mihelič Gallery, Ptuj, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana, 2012) and group exhibitions (25th International Biennial of Graphic Arts, MGLC, Ljubljana, 2003; Territories, Identities, Networks: Slovenian Art 1995–2005, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, 2005; Kunsthaus, Graz, 2006; Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts, Slovenj Gradec, 2008; U3 - 6th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana; Where do we go from here?, Secession, Vienna; Minimal Differences, White Box, New York, 2010; OHO Award Finalists 2012, Vžigalica Gallery, 16th Slovene sculpture exhibition, Town Hall, Ljubljana, 13th Admission Free Festival, Celje, 2012 etc.).

Gallery Domžale
Mestni trg 1, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
www.kd-domzale.si

Domžale Gallery curator: Mojca Grmek
Exhibition curator: Vasja Nagy

Produced by: Kulturni dom Franca Bernika Domžale

[Published April 5, 2013]