Ljubljana
MGML
Exhibitions
Current
Nikita Kadan Burned Material
5. 6. 2018–13. 7. 2018
A representative of the young generation of Ukrainian artists, Nikita Kadan is the recipient of the main PinchukArtCentre Prize in 2011 and the Future Generation Prize in 2014, a member of the art group R.E.P. (Revolutionary Experimental Space) since 2004, a founding member of the curatorial and activist union Hudrada since 2009, and a co-editor of the Kiev-based online cultural magazine Prostory. Completing his two-month residency in Ljubljana, he is presenting himself with a solo show at the Cultural Centre Tobačna 001.
Current
Anna Zvyagintseva Exercises in the Dust
5. 6. 2018–13. 7. 2018
A representative of the young generation of Ukrainian artists, Anna Zvyagintseva is this year’s recipient of the main PinchukArtCentre Prize, a member of the curatorial and activist union Hudrada since 2010, a co-founder of ISTM (Art Workers' Self-Defence Initiative), and a co-editor of the Kiev-based online cultural magazine Prostory. Completing her two-month residency in Ljubljana, she is presenting herself with a solo show at the Cultural Centre Tobačna 001.
Upcoming
Artist from Israel
26. 7. 2018–31. 8. 2018
As our cooperation with the Israeli Center for Digital Art Holon proved to be successful – the CC Tobačna 001 has already hosted Efrat Vital, Avi Pitchon, Lee Nevo, Luciana Kaplun, Hili Greenfeld and Moran Victoria Sabbag –the artist-in-residency programme continues in 2018 too.
Upcoming
Solo exhibition
Nika Autor
13. 9. 2018–12. 10. 2018
Nika Autor's works, a graduate of Ljubljana's Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where she also finished her doctorate degree, reach into the fields of film and film theory, video, photography, graphic arts, and painting. The artist is known for her socially charged works, and interweaving archival images with the present.
Upcoming
Solo exhibition
Fokus Grupa
30. 10. 2018–7. 12. 2018
The Croatian artist collective Fokus Grupa (est. 2012) uses texts, objects, and images in their work, which they combine in installations and interventions. Through them, they focus on researching contemporary art and their public manifestations, especially regarding power relations as well as the wider economic and social context.
Past exhibitions
Boris BejaDie Grüne
4. 4. 2018–18. 5. 2018
The project "Die Grüne" is a visually diversified ambient installation combining photography, ready-made, drawing, and objects. As such, it sheds light on the artist’s practice, which is at once characterised by a masterful play with different media and a confrontation of opposing content layers.
Kamen StoyanovIn-visible
22. 2. 2018–23. 3. 2018
The work of the Bulgarian artist Kamen Stoyanov focuses on the questions of identity, migration, historical definitions and on topical issues regarding social and cultural development. Stoyanov always uses his own perspective, creating his works by gathering first-hand experiences of the social, artistic, cultural relations of the country he is researching at the time.
Moran Victoria SabbagAdagio for Space
6. 12. 2017–5. 1. 2018
In her creative practice, which primarily encompasses graphic art, installations and performances, Israeli artist and violinist Moran Victoria Sabbag introduces space for interactivity and within it the possibility to subvert socially accepted norms or rules. The title of her project Adagio for Space, which consists of an installation and a performance, alludes to the artist’s reflections on sound and space. Opening of the exhibition will be on Wednesday, December 6, at 7 pm at the CC Tobačna 001.
Marko BatistaFluid particles of volcanic ash
27. 10. 2017–24. 11. 2017
Intermedia artist Marko Batista is well known for his experimental audio-visual performances and installations. His practice is based on an active use of technologies and the development of audio systems employing the do-it-yourself method. The exhibition "Fluid Particles of Volcanic Ash" is part of a multiannual project in which Marko Batista prompts the viewer to reflect on the problem of modern post-fact society in relation to technological progress.
Vladimir NikolićEvent horizon
19. 9. 2017–13. 10. 2017
In his works, the Belgrade-based artist Vladimir Nikolić intertwines the questions concerning social and art systems with everyday situations and then, often in an exquisitely humorous way, combines everything into elaborate conceptual wholes.
Mike HentzEmotional Logic Systems
21. 6. 2017–28. 7. 2017
For the CC Tobačna 001 he designed a spatial installation in in which various techniques and materials interact. The exhibition project Emotional Logic Systems moves between pure artistic imagery and metaphor. It comprises a floor work and an iconostasis showcasing a broad range of contents associated with the primary forces that drive today’s world, such as wars, energy, religion, home, family, sex, etc.