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Sebastião Salgado: Genesis
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Jakopič Gallery

Slovenska cesta 9
1000 Ljubljana

T +386 1 42 54 096
T +386 1 24 12 500
E galerija.jakopic@mgml.si

Tuesday–Sunday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Monday: Closed

1 January, 1 November, 25 December: Closed
24 and 31 December: 10. a.m.-2 p.m.

Adults: 8 €
Students, people over the age of 60, unemployed, people with disabilities: 5,5 €
Family ticket: 12 €
ICOM, PRESS; SMD: Admission free 


photographic exhibition

Sebastião Salgado: Genesis

31. 5. 2016–11. 9. 2016

As one of the main cultural projects of the 2016 European Green Capital, the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana is presenting the momentous exhibition "Genesis", a project by the world-renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado.

Having initially worked as an economist, Sebastião Salgado (born in Brazil in 1944) began his career as a professional photographer in 1973 in Paris. He collaborated with the Sygma, Gamma and Magnum Photos agencies until 1994, when he and Lélia Wanick Salgado, the curator and designer of all his exhibitions and books, formed Amazonas Images. Salgado’s earlier long-term series, i.e. Other Americas (1985), Sahel-l’Homme en Détresse (1986), Workers (1993) and Migrations (2000), explored the living conditions and cultural resistance of peoples; the devastating effects of the drought in the Sahel region of Africa; the relentless working conditions endured by men and women around the world; and the populations displaced for different reasons.

In Genesis (2013), Salgado has chosen to move his main interest away from people and focus on the pristine beauty of the earth and those living in harmony with it. During his travels across the globe between 2004 and 2011, he documented arctic and desert landscapes, tropical rainforests, marine and other wildlife, and communities still living according to ancestral traditions. Through these photographs, Salgado pays homage to the fragile planet he believes we must all protect.

The exhibition consisting of 245 spectacular black-and-white photographs is divided into five geographical regions: Planet South, Sanctuaries, Africa (on view at the City Museum); and Northern Spaces along with Amazonia and Pantanal (on view at Jakopič Gallery). The expert project managers at the MGML, the Director Blaž Peršin and the Senior Curator Marija Skočir, decided to put Genesis on display at two of MGML’s venues to accommodate the exhibition in its entirety. However, presenting this outstanding photographer is not the only objective being pursued by MGML: the presentation of the photographer’s career and his conservation efforts is aimed to amplify the project’s overall message.

Since the 1990s, the Salgados have put much effort into restoring part of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. In 1998, they created Instituto Terra, an environmental NGO dedicated to the mission of reforestation, conservation and education. That is why Genesis, referred to by Salgado himself as his "love letter to the Planet", has been a source of inspiration for the conservation initiative My love letter to the Planet (#lovelettertotheplanet), which provides an opportunity for exhibition visitors to take part in several campaigns on both local and global levels: these range from eliminating invasive alien species to cleaning the environment. Visitors will also be able to turn the symbolic tree in the City Museum of Ljubljana green with their own "love letters to the Planet". In the frame of the My love letter to the Planet iniciative the exhibition A Friendly Enemy: From an Invasive Plant to a Common Good by Re-generacija design collective will be on display at the bend of the City Museum of Ljubljana. Paper encouraging the removal of Japanese knotweed, promoting old handicrafts and raising awareness on the importance of biodiversity are the theme of the exhibition.

Sebastião Salgado: Genesis

The "Sebastião Salgado: Genesis" exhibition is accompanied by a guide that takes readers through 12 selected Salgado's photographs. 

© Tone Stojko

© Tone Stojko

© Tone Stojko

© Tone Stojko

© Tone Stojko

© Tone Stojko

Colophon

The exhibition is produced by:

Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana
Director: Blaž Peršin
Curator: Marija Skočir
Expert assistance: Matevž Paternoster
Graphic design: Bojan Lazarevič – Agora ProArs
Public relations: Janja Buzečan, Urša Karer
Marketing: Maja Kovač
Programmes for adults: Janja Rebolj
Pedagogical programmes: Nika Damjanovič, Katja Kajba, Petra Peunik Okorn, Andrej Peunik
Architectural consulting: Katja Paternoster
Conservation service and the tree illustration: mag. Katarina Toman Kracina
Transport services: Rotar Art
Realisation of the exhibition: Technical Service MGML, Marko Laštro, O.K.Vir

Amazonas Images
Curator and designer: Lélia Wanick Salgado
Editing and production: Françoise Piffard, Marcia Navarro Mariano
Field assistant: Jacques Barthelemy
Printers: Valérie HUE, Olivier Jamin
Frames by: Circad – Paris
The prints were made with: Ilford Galerie Prestige Gold Fibre Silk paper
We received support from: the Brazilian company VALE, Susie Tompkins Buell, The Christensen Fund, The Wallace Global Fund, brazilska / Brazil’s Companhia Siderúgica de Tubarão, now ArcelorMittal Tubarão (We thank UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre for its most valuable collaboration.)

The project was made possible by: The City of Ljubljana - European Green Capital, Zavarovalnica Maribor, VO KA, Vodovod in kanalizacija, Energetika Ljubljana
In cooperation with: The Photonic Moments – Month of Photography, Kinodvor, Environmental Protection Section of MOL, Re-generacija, Ecologists Without Borders, the Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana, Membrana, Canon
Media Partners: Europlakat, TS Media, TAM TAM, In Your Pocket, City Magazine, Radio SI, BTC
Special thanks to: Mateja Demšič, Allan Mingam, Matej Leskovšek, AtemporaryStudio, Društvo za oživljanje zgodbe 2 koluta, Fivia, Veleposlaništvo Federativne republike Brazilije, Institut Française de Slovénie, Ljubljanski grad, RTV Slovenija, Société Radio-Canada Montréal, Turizem Ljubljana, Umjetnički paviljon Zagreb, VBZ, ZOO Ljubljana

Jakopič Gallery

Slovenska cesta 9
1000 Ljubljana

T +386 1 42 54 096
T +386 1 24 12 500
E galerija.jakopic@mgml.si

Tuesday–Sunday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Monday: Closed

1 January, 1 November, 25 December: Closed
24 and 31 December: 10. a.m.-2 p.m.

Adults: 8 €
Students, people over the age of 60, unemployed, people with disabilities: 5,5 €
Family ticket: 12 €
ICOM, PRESS; SMD: Admission free 


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