Dear friends,
On Wednesday, September 1st 2010 at 8 p.m You and Your friends are kindly invited to attend the opening of 14 Slovenian Sculpture Exhibition at the Ljubljana Town Hall on Mestni trg 1. Sculpture monuments is this years concept proposed by author and selector prof.dr. Milček Komelj. The exhibition will be opened by Mayor of Ljubljana, Mr. Zoran Janković.
Works of 46 authors and author groups will be presented. Last year’s Mayor’s Award winner sculptor Primo¸ Pugelj will open his exhibition as part of the event.
Cordially invited!
Please bring the invitation with you.
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History of Sculpture Association - Ljubljana
1. Introduction
From todays point it has appeared as if sculpture in the twentieth century underwent a continuous process of deconstruction to be finally transformed into an installation and other non-sculpture objects.
Could we not argue that the above description, whilst being true of modernism and certain segments of postmodernism, disregards numerous developments occuring under less and more recent conditions? Haven't the works of British and Italian sculptors from the eighties (not to mention Polish, Romanian and African ones) proven that the sculpture still offers an adequate artistic rendering of our lived world? Could we not therefore argue that whilst the dominant trend may have moved in that direction, there is another increasing trend which disregards the afore-mentioned expansion, returning instead to - or remaining within - the traditional mode of sculptural expression, although using less conventional materials or supplementing them with technical devices and so on? Since the space in general has become more interrelated, disregarding traditional borders amongs genres, it consequently gives a semblance of negating these genres altogether. It needs therefore be said that there are also sculptures, albeit often on the margins of artistic vanguard.
If the past and recent work of Slovenian sculptors is any indication, it is safe to claim that sculpture is again gaining ground as one of the more important means of artistic expression, a development also related to the current global attempts to re-establish firmer norms in art theory and aesthetics.
2. History
Sculpture association from Ljubljana, Slovenia, has been founded in year 2000. It has derived form former Sculpture Gallery Latobia (established in 1996), because the activities have overgrown its organisation form.
3. Mission
Sculpture association is non-profitable organization that takes care of classical and contemporary sculptures mainly in Slovenia. Its main aim is to cooperate with authors and help them to realise, market and promote their monumental sculpture projects. Besides that it develops and encourages art market and art collecting.
Sculpture association wishes with new and innovative approaches and cooperation of different art forms to encourage development and maintenance of sculpture as a leading art form.
4. Statutory Information
Sculpture Association is a non profit, private Association.
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