Iztok Sitar
Reality knows no tranquility. A work of art either moves toward presenting reality or away from it in order to forge its own parallel reality: like any visual work of art, the comic lies within these principles of presenting any reality.
In a comic, the picture becomes independent, jumping from one cartoon to the next; the word becomes independent, jumping from sentence to sentence, occasionally overflowing to overwhelm the visual aspect, while sometimes the visual aspect overwhelms the word. On the page of a comic strip, each frame builds life, creating a whole, and special comic life, from snippets or individual cartoons. The life of the comic artist featured in this exhibition and the monograph is full of recognizable images, dynamic graphic vibrations and critical reflection. Iztok Sitar (1962) aka Ninel (this is an anagram, which can be read backwards) is among the most significant comic book artists in Slovenia. His body of work is extensive, and most series or cycles have been published in books. He has also published in many national and foreign magazines and newspapers.
The retrospective at the City Art
Iztok Sitar aka Ninel (this is an anagram, which can be read backwards) is among the most significant comic book artists in Slovenia. His body of work is extensive, and ...
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Production: Museum and Galleries of LjubljanaExhibition curator: dr. Sarival SosičArtist: Iztok SitarText: dr. Sarival SosičDesign: Ajdin BašićPhotography: Andrej Peunik/MGMLExhibition installation: Technical services of MGMLThe exhibition was made possible by: City of Ljubljana, Department for Culture
Location
Mestni trg 5
1000 Ljubljana
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Opening hours
Tuesday–Sunday: 11:00–19:00
Monday: Closed
1 January, 1 November, 25 December: Closed
24 and 31 December: 11:00–14:00
Tickets
Free entry.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana is a dog-friendly gallery.
Press kit
News
“Feeding his reflections and interpretations on imagery, Iztok Sitar is one of the most important comic book authors in Slovenia. Through pictures, comics and precise composition, he communicates with his surroundings using a compelling artistic language, which also conveys his personal view of the world.”
“The City Gallery Ljubljana has organized a retrospective exhibition of engaged comics by Iztok Sitar, an illustrator, a caricaturist and comic book author, who published his first comics in the Orwellian 1984, as he likes to point out.”
Iztok Sitar is one of the leading and most prolific authors of engaged comics in Slovenia. In the thirty-five years of producing authorial comics, he has managed to afford this artistic endeavour an important place in Slovenian cultural milieu.