Exhibitions

Presentation of a graphic artist who creates distinctive works of art in various printmaking techniques such as woodcut, linocut and high copper engraving. The artist combines the classical printmaking medium with contemporary means of expression through his unique creative approach. His delicate expressive images, with distinctive curves, textures, shadows and the interplay of the fantasy world with reality, create the appearance of an expressive narrative.

The exhibition entitled From the Collection of W. B.: Protocol (Presence of J. P.) will feature ten paintings from 2023 and a video from 2019. The works on display are linked by a painting concept in which the author perceives time as a painterly competitor.

This year’s exhibition presents a fine selection of sketches, puppets, stage elements and photographs created by Robert Smolík, a Czech scenographer who designed several puppet shows in Mini Teater Ljubljana, including Fran Milčinski - Ježek's The Little Sleepy Star, Svetlana Makarovič's The Mishmash Bakery, and the Brothers Grimm's The Wishing-Table.On display are 83 puppets, 24 stage elements and objects, and three stages.

The new series of paintings is inspired by videos and microscopic photographs of neurons damaged or altered due to the use of various substances or neurodegenerative diseases. 

The collection gives an impression of a personal archive of dreams, hopes, secrets and regrets.

Miklavž Komelj sees his artwork as a bridge between painting and poetry that is lined with various verses or text fragments of his own or other authors’ texts in different languages and from different periods of time.