The exhibition at the Mestna galerija Ljubljana is designed analytically, systematically and dynamically, as the artist places many of her sculptures not only as independent works but also as expressive spatial installations with strong geometric accents. The exhibition and the extensive catalogue delve into a selected, incredibly rich and conceptually and artistically rounded opus with professional and visual accuracy and adequacy, which allows you to see and feel the sculptress' creative energy, continuity of creation and authenticity or sincerity of her visual language. A detailed review and analysis of all the important works of the academic sculptress Dragica Čadež, which are arranged in sculptural cycles, speaks of great diversity of the author's works of art.

In discovering the world of forms and relations as well as exploring structures and visual possibilities, the sculptress chose wood as the material essence of her creative expression, and in the last two decades also clay. She feels comfortable with wood, at ease, and she exercises complete mastery over it, recognizes its inner essence, as she feels it as living matter. Showing great respect for wood, she repeatedly descends into the world of forms and perceptions, into the world of the wooden miracle that nature so generously offers us. Dragica Čadež is certainly one of the most prominent Slovenian artists in general; as a sculptress, she has earned an unrivalled place in Slovene history and especially in Slovene fine arts with her extensive oeuvre. Her creative power is enormous, her joy of artistic expression sincere and relaxed, but above all direct and selfless, carved in the memory of art, or history or art, as A Story of Wood and Clay.

Dragica Čadež: A Story of Wood and Clay

Academically trained sculptress Dragica Čadež marks the Slovenian artistic or cultural space with great creative energy. Through her distinct artistic language, she has created an extensive opus of various series, ...