Projects of co-workers
The Idea of the Body
Exhibition

November 14 – December 5, 2014
Riko Debenjak Gallery, Pionirska 6, Kanal ob Soči
Opening: Friday, November 14, at 6.30 pm

Vesna Bukovec, SCCA-Ljubljana's webmaster is participating in a group exhibition The Idea of the Body at Riko Debenjak Gallery.

The new series of thematic exhibitions at the Riko Debenjak’s Gallery explores the relationship of contemporary artists to classical art historical genres such as figure and portrait, landscape, still life and abstract or conceptual art.

The first exhibition in the series will focus on the figure and portrait. The exhibition, entitled The Idea of the Body involves five authors representing different generations, styles and media. By depicting (and using) the human body, selected artists address various artistic and substantive issues such as body-space, human-nature, intimate-social and physical-spiritual dichotomy. They invite the viewer to question the relationship of the individual to him/herself, to others and to the surrounding world.

More info (in Slovene only)

Vesna Bukovec participates with two series of drawings Ali me nočete, ker sem kritična / Do you not want me, because I’m critical (2012) and There is no society without spectacle (2011, 2013).

Vesna Bukovec, from the series Ali me nočete, ker sem kritična / Do you not want me, because I’m critical (2012)

Vesna Bukovec, from the series There is no society without spectacle (2011, 2013)

Vesna Bukovec (1977) graduated and completed her MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design 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 present her work in numerous international exhibitions, she recieved several grants and was twice OHO Award finalist (2009 and 2012). Together with Metka Zupanič she curates exhibitions and screenings of international contemporary video art.

[Published November 5, 2014]