Corporeality
Artists presented at the exhibition: Uroš Abram, Rajko Bizjak, Robert Černelč, Ana Čigon, Jurij Kalan, Tina Kolenik, Samo, Kamila Volčanšek. The exhibition "Corporeality" continues with the research and display of paintings, photography and video art in contemporary Slovenian culture, based on a selected theme or content.
Visual art is to a large degree the art of the body, as its mission is to create images, which are most often connected with the body as the object of observation and the body of the viewer as the space in which observation takes place. In this kind of mutual relationship, the body –the medium or the original site of art –is manipulated into various positions, states and forms, as well as subjected to a variety of elaborations, representations and interpretations, whereas the artist – the agent performing the process of exploring the body – is the “place of images”, being left with the imagery he has created and repeatedly attempts to control. The body is a site of the greatest possible expressiveness and corporeality the result of a multitude of different body activities. In other words, corporeality entails a manipulation of the body from a static position or form into something dynamic, dramatic, vivid, and flexible. Through the creative process, corporeality itself becomes the primary medium of the narrative, information, and final impressions. Every individual uses the experience with his own body to gain new knowledge and sense about other subjects and determine their states as well as his (own) bodily position.
A body cannot exist without the existence of at least two bodies, and mutual relations– present in a multitude of social, sociological and, what is of most interest to us here, artistic actions (any kind of visual artistic communication) – may in actuality be enacted through our own body and through a relationship to other bodies. A body and its corporeality as a reaction to given conditions and relations, therefore, compose a mechanism with its characteristic visual-thematic concentrations, expressivity in the form of a variety of images, and distinct authorial concepts performed through the reactions of the essential elements of corporeality. Images are developed by employing an array of different authorial practices, e.g., by transforming everyday elements of life into imaginary concepts. In the ultimate elementariness of artworks, these concepts serve as an active discourse which should ensure and open the broadest possible field of interpretation, linked to both personal stories and social developments. The presented artists conceive of the body as a flexible, visually malleable and dynamic presence in daily life which must undergo the process of constant observation and depiction.
Visual art is to a large degree the art of the body, as its mission is to create images, which are most often connected with the body as the object ...
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Production: Museum and Galleries of LjubljanaCurator: dr. Sarival SosičArtists: Uroš Abram, Rajko Bizjak, Robert Černelč, Ana Čigon, Jurij Kalan, Tina Kolenik, Samo, Kamila VolčanšekText: dr. Sarival SosičGraphic design: Ajdin BašićInstallation photos: Matevž Paternoster / MGMLRealisation of the exhibition: Technical Service MGMLThe project was made possible by: City of Ljubljana, Department for Culture
The Slovenian Cinematheque is joining the exhibition Corporeality with a cycle of film classics from the Cinematheque’sarchives. The films will be shown in March and April 2017 in the hall of the Cinematheque at Miklošičeva 28, Ljubljana. The program will be available in the bi-monthlyKinotečnik (March / April issue) and online (www.kinoteka.si):
Avatar (James Cameron, ZDA/VB, 2009, 161') • Cesarstvo čutil (Ai no corrida / In the Realm of the Senses; Nagisa Oshima, Japonska/Francija, 1976, 105') • Bilo je nekoč na Divjem zahodu (C'era una volta il West / Once Upon aTime in the West; Sergio Leone, Italija/ZDA, 1968, 178')• Daleč od nebes (Far From Heaven; Todd Haynes, ZDA,2002, 107'); Krvava romanca (Haute tension; Alexandre Aja, Francija, 2003, 91') • Nekateri so za vroče (Some LikeIt Hot; Billy Wilder, ZDA, 1959, 120') • Psiho (Psycho; Alfred Hitchcock, ZDA, 1960, 109') • Razpoložena za ljubezen (Fa yeung nin wa / In the Mood for Love; Wong Kar-Wai,Hong Kong, 2000, 98') • Romanca (Romance; Catherine Breillat, Francija, 1999, 95') • Trpljenje device Orleanske (La passion de Jeanne d'Arc / The Passion of Joan of Arc; Carl Theodor Dreyer, Francija, 1928, 78').
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Tuesday–Sunday: 11:00–19:00
Monday: Closed
1 January, 1 November, 25 December: Closed
24 and 31 December: 11:00–14:00
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Free entry.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana is a dog-friendly gallery.
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“Corpulent ladies in ‘light clothing’ who resist gravity and, sooner or later, bring spectators to a cheerful mood, followed closely by similarly good-natured carved bodies of anonyms, while the other side is laden with unwanted bodies that make you want to shut yourself off behind a barbed wire fence. With a wounded body here and there, integrated in social norms."
The group exhibition Corporeality is opened in the City Art Gallery of Ljubljana. According to curator Sarival Sosič, the body is certainly the field of greatest possible expressiveness, while corporeality is a result of diverse body functions. "Namely, corporeality is the development of a body from being in a static state or form into something dynamic, dramatic, picturesque and nimble. Through a creative process corporeality becomes the main medium of narration, information and final impressions."
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