The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, responsible for The Oscars film awards, invited to their ranks one of the most productive and internationally successful Slovenian film authors – Špela Čadež. The artist is currently presenting her works at the City Art Gallery of Ljubljana, part of the »Prrrrrrr« group exhibition.

Last year, the City Art Gallery of Ljubljana hosted the provocatively titled exhibition Better Doggy Style than no Style, which displayed a selection of male painters, and now it is women artists who are wittily striking back with their own “pussy style”. The current “Prrrrrrr” exhibition is presenting artists who are only just entering the field of contemporary visual art as well as artists who have already drawn considerable attention to their work with the consistency of their approach, public appearances and accolades, including important international awards.

“He is best remembered by how he ran naked down a street, strolled around, laid on a sidewalk, and kissed the asphalt. He would consciously use mass media to establish himself as an uncompromising artist, as well as consciously triggering polemics, scandals, police interventions. With these actions, he conveyed his belief that for him there is no difference between everyday life and artistic interventions, between the private and the public.”