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The internationally acclaimed [[Irwin]] group was established in Ljubljana in [[established::1983]] by 5 artists: [[Dušan Mandič]], [[Miran Mohar]], [[Andrej Savski]], [[Roman Uranjek]] and [[Borut Vogelnik]]. Along with the [[Laibach]] music group, the performance group Scipion Nasice Sisters Theatre (which later evolved into [[Noordung Cosmokinetic Cabinet]]) and the design section [[Novi kolektivizem (NK)]], the Irwin group is part of the [[NSK State|Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK)]] movement. | The internationally acclaimed [[Irwin]] group was established in Ljubljana in [[established::1983]] by 5 artists: [[Dušan Mandič]], [[Miran Mohar]], [[Andrej Savski]], [[Roman Uranjek]] and [[Borut Vogelnik]]. Along with the [[Laibach]] music group, the performance group Scipion Nasice Sisters Theatre (which later evolved into [[Noordung Cosmokinetic Cabinet]]) and the design section [[Novi kolektivizem (NK)]], the Irwin group is part of the [[NSK State|Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK)]] movement. | ||
| − | In the work of the group two fundamental attitudes may be observed: the first is the emphasis on collective working rather than privileging the individual personality of the artist; and the second is the NSK working procedure, so-called the ‘retro-principle’, whereby works become a collage of quotations and allusions to various sources. | + | One of Irwin's main principles is building one’s own artistic position out of one’s particular circumstances. They believe that by being particular, art can become truly universal. |
| + | In the work of the group two fundamental attitudes may be observed: the first is the emphasis on collective working rather than privileging the individual personality of the artist; and the second is the NSK working procedure, so-called the ‘retro-principle’, whereby works become a collage of quotations and allusions to various sources, such as past symbols, images and philosophical ideas. The group explained the paradoxical position of retroavantgardism in an official statement ''The Future is the seed of the past'' in 1987. Irwin’s art is complex and has a traumatic and provocative effect. | ||
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| + | The name of the group Irwin comes from a reference to Marcel Duchamp (Rrose Sélavy) and was initially Rrose Irwin Sélavy but was soon shortened to R Irwin S. | ||
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==Projects== | ==Projects== | ||
| − | During the 1980s Irwin created a specific visual language and produced predominantly painterly projects, for example ''Red Districts'' (1987), ''Was Ist Kunst'' (1984), ''Four Seasons'' (1988) etc. | + | During the 1980s Irwin created a specific visual language and produced predominantly painterly projects using various materials and references, for example ''Red Districts'' (1987), ''Was Ist Kunst'' (1984), ''Four Seasons'' (1988) etc. |
Since the 1990s the group has been concentrating on critical examination of the art history pointing out the artificiality of Western art historical structures that continue to exclude contemporary Eastern European art to this day. Irwin's projects actively and concretely intervene in social and historical activities and have redefined the status of art in Eastern Europe. | Since the 1990s the group has been concentrating on critical examination of the art history pointing out the artificiality of Western art historical structures that continue to exclude contemporary Eastern European art to this day. Irwin's projects actively and concretely intervene in social and historical activities and have redefined the status of art in Eastern Europe. | ||
| − | Among the most important projects realised by Irwin there are ''Retroavantgarda'' (1994–2000), mapping specific artistic practice on the territories of ex-Yugoslavia, ''Transnacionala'' (1996), a journey across the United States, ''NSK Embassy Moscow'' (1992), ''Kapital'' (1991), an exhibition in Clock Tower Gallery in New York and the ''East Art Map''. | + | Among the most important projects realised by Irwin there are ''Retroavantgarda'' (1994–2000), mapping specific artistic practice on the territories of ex-Yugoslavia, ''Transnacionala'' (1996), a journey across the United States, ''NSK Embassy Moscow'' (1992), ''Black Square on Red Square'' (1992), a performance that took place on Moscow's Red Square, ''Kapital'' (1991), an exhibition in Clock Tower Gallery in New York, and the ''East Art Map''. |
===''East Art Map''(EAM)=== | ===''East Art Map''(EAM)=== | ||
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Irwin has presented its work at about 150 solo exhibitions in Europe, Russia and America, and participated at several international exhibitions, for example, the First Manifesta in Rotterdam in 1996, the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, the 9th Istanbul Biennial in 2005; ''Eye on Europe'' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2006; ''Das Scharwze Quadrat. Hommage à Malewich'' at the Hamburg Kunsthalle in 2007). | Irwin has presented its work at about 150 solo exhibitions in Europe, Russia and America, and participated at several international exhibitions, for example, the First Manifesta in Rotterdam in 1996, the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, the 9th Istanbul Biennial in 2005; ''Eye on Europe'' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2006; ''Das Scharwze Quadrat. Hommage à Malewich'' at the Hamburg Kunsthalle in 2007). | ||
| − | ''IRWIN–NSK Passport Office'' was presented in MoMA Print Studio in New York in 2012 and the ''Red Districts'' was on display at Manifesta 09 in Genk. | + | ''IRWIN–NSK Passport Office'' was presented in MoMA Print Studio in New York in 2012 and the ''Red Districts'', a painting that commemorates history and work, art and totalitarianism, was on display at Manifesta 09 in Genk. |
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Among Irwin's most recent projects the ''Time for a New State'' took place in Moscow in 2011, Leipzig and London in 2012, ''Was ist Kunst Hugo Ball'' (2010) was presented in Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich and in [[Gregor Podnar Gallery]] in Berlin where Irwin's ''Monochromes'' were on display in 2008 as well. | Among Irwin's most recent projects the ''Time for a New State'' took place in Moscow in 2011, Leipzig and London in 2012, ''Was ist Kunst Hugo Ball'' (2010) was presented in Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich and in [[Gregor Podnar Gallery]] in Berlin where Irwin's ''Monochromes'' were on display in 2008 as well. | ||
| + | Irwin received [[Rihard Jakopič Award]] in 2004. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Novi kolektivizem (NK)]] | *[[Novi kolektivizem (NK)]] | ||
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKuHLzh1IdE IRWIN artwork at Kalmar Konstmuseum 2009 on youtube] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKuHLzh1IdE IRWIN artwork at Kalmar Konstmuseum 2009 on youtube] | ||
* [http://videolectures.net/umetnina08_brejc_rdrev/ Lecture on the ''Red Districts'' painting by Dr. Tomaž Brejc] on [[VideoLectures.Net]] (in Slovenian) | * [http://videolectures.net/umetnina08_brejc_rdrev/ Lecture on the ''Red Districts'' painting by Dr. Tomaž Brejc] on [[VideoLectures.Net]] (in Slovenian) | ||
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* [http://www.insidefullofcolor.com/a-new-map-of-world/ ''A New Map of the (Contemporary Art) World'' article by Ginanne Brownell] | * [http://www.insidefullofcolor.com/a-new-map-of-world/ ''A New Map of the (Contemporary Art) World'' article by Ginanne Brownell] | ||
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[[Category:Visual arts groups]] | [[Category:Visual arts groups]] | ||
Revision as of 23:47, 1 December 2012
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Past Events
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30 Mar 2024
"IRWIN: Geography of Time (40 Years)" is a retrospective exhibition centering the works of Irwin collective, organised by the Gregor Podnar Gallery and Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA).
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8 Feb 2024
Opening of the "IRWIN: Geography of Time (40 Years)" exhibit. The conversation with Gregor Podnar and the Irwin group will be led by the co-curator of the exhibit, Hana Ostan Ožbolt.
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9 Sep 2023
28 Jan 2024
Retrospective exhibition of the Slovenian art collective Irwin Was ist Kunst, Irwin?, curated by dr. Inke Arns and Thibaut de Ruyter. This exhibition showcases the Irwin collective's use of black humour and their commentary on current issues like migration by the Neue Slowenische Kunst - NSK State.
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2 Dec 2020
29 Dec 2020
Pro et Contra, the exhibition of posters by Novi kolektivizem (NK), a conversation with Miran Mohar (Irwin), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Podgorica,
at the Decembarska umetnička scena DEUS
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12 Sep 2019
19 Oct 2019
The exhibition I'm One Only If I'm Many by Irwin, curated by Zdenka Badovinac (Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA),
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30 Aug 2019
31 Aug 2019
Performances by Mark Požlep, Maja Smrekar and Nataša Berk and an intervention by Irwin, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA),
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21 Aug 2019
Seminars and lectures by Zdenka Badovinac (Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova), Miran Mohar (Irwin), and Renata Salecl in the frame of the international platform Summer School as School, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Priština,
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27 Jun 2019
10 Oct 2019
The exhibition Dates 9 by Radenko Milak and Roman Uranjek (Irwin, NSK State, Novi kolektivizem (NK)), featuring a talk with artist Radenko Milak, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,
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11 Oct 2018
25 Nov 2018
NSK Rendez-Vous Grenoble, featuring an opening lecture by Borut Savski, the exhibition NSK State and Time (Slovenian art collective Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK)) by Irwin, screenings of Liberation Day, a documentary about Laibach's 2015 North Korea concerts, co-produced by Staragara, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Paris,
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11 May 2018
30 Jun 2018
Irwin are presenting their Time for a New State: some say you can find happiness there at a group exhibition No Man's Library, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Rome,
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22 Sep 2017
19 Nov 2017
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27 Jun 2017
8 Jan 2018
NSK: From Kapital to Capital, an exhibition of the Slovenian art collective Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK), Irwin, organised in cooperation with Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova
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11 May 2017
15 Jul 2017
NSK State Pavilion, commissioned by Irwin, curated by Zdenka Badovinac and Charles Esche, and directed by Mara Ambrožič, with an inaugural lecture by philosopher Slavoj Žižek, in the context of the 57th Venice Biennale
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10 Mar 2017
11 Mar 2017
Name Readymade by Janez Janša, Janez Janša and Janez Janša (Maska Institute and Aksioma Institute), Psycho Geographic by Irwin, Protestival by Vuk Ćosić, and a screening of My Name Is Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), at the meeting Strange Correspendences
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28 Feb 2017
15 Jul 2017
Contemporary Artistic Revolutions: An Institutional Perspective, an exhibition featuring works by Irwin, Novi kolektivizem (NK) and Janja Žvegelj and conference attended by Barbara Borčić presenting SCCA-Ljubljana Centre for Contemporary Arts and the Urbanaria projects, as well as Tevž Logar and Vladimir Vidmar (ŠKUC Gallery),
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13 Dec 2016
28 Feb 2017
The Material Body of Art, a group exhibition featuring works by Irwin, the OHO Group, Matej Stupica and Lenka Đorojević presented by Galleria A plus A,
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10 Dec 2016
17 Dec 2016
A group exhibition featuring works by Irwin, the OHO Group, Matej Stupica and Lenka Đorojević presented by Galleria A plus A, and a screening of Ron’s Story, produced by the Aksioma Institute and Video Production Kregar Studio (VPK Studio), at the Venice International Art Performance Week
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14 Jan 2017
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7 May 2017
Cold Front from the Balkans, an exhibition co-curated by Alenka Gregorič (City Art Gallery Ljubljana) also featuring works by Irwin, Laibach, the OHO Group, Jasmina Cibic, and Mark Požlep,
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6 Oct 2016
9 Oct 2016
Gregor Podnar Gallery showcases a number of artists, including Irwin, and The Relations by Jaša at Frieze London Art Fair, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
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13 May 2016
17 Jul 2016
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27 Mar 2016
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4 Mar 2016
Monuments Should Not Be Trusted, an exhibition featuring works by Avgust Černigoj, Lojze Logar, NSK (NSK State), Irwin and OHO (OHO Group Award), curated by Lina Džuverović and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
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15 Dec 2015
23 Jan 2016
White Screen Black Hole, an exhibition also featuring the documentary Black Square on Red Square by Irwin,
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16 Oct 2015
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27 Sep 2015
10 Jan 2016
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6 Feb 2015
United Through Adversity panel discussion in the scope of the Grammar of Freedom - Five Lessons exhibition, among speakers also Zdenka Badovinac, Bojana Piškur, Igor Španjol and the artists Borut Vogelnik and Roman Uranjek (Irwin group), in collaboration with Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova,
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1 Feb 2015
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28 Feb 2015
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22 Feb 2015
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2 Nov 2014
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21 Sep 2014
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1 Jul 2014
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21 May 2014
Time for a new state – some say you can find happiness there, a lecture by Irwin, in the framework of Wiener Festwochen
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2 Jun 2014
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22 Jun 2014
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6 Feb 2014
6 Mar 2014
Japonism in Contemporary Art exhibition curated by Kyoko Sato Ono and Emil Memon also featuring works by Tobias Putrih, Irwin and Emil Memon, supported by the JCC Fund (Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc.) and in cooperation with the Consulate General of Japan in New York, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Washington, and the Japan Foundation, New York
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15 Feb 2014
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30 Mar 2014
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2 Feb 2013
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9 Feb 2014
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24 Nov 2013
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21 Nov 2013
Was ist Kunst?, a joint exhibition also featuring works by Slovene artists Marina Gržinić/Aina Šmid, Irwin, Laibach, OHO, Marko Pogačnik, and Sašo Sedlaček
at the Steirischer Herbst
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18 Sep 2013
The panel discussion History is not given, please help to construct it also featuring Zdenka Badovinac (Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova), Miran Mohar (Irwin), and Borut Vogelnik (Irwin)
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14 Dec 2013
Corpse of Art, a mixed-media installation by Irwin is presented in the framework of the joint exhibition Other People’s Problems: Conflicts and Paradoxes, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv,
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13 Jul 2013
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14 Nov 2012
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27 Jan 2013
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28 Sep 2012
NAME Readymade project by Janez Janša,Janez Janša, and Janez Janša, produced by Maska Institute and Aksioma Institute, Zdenka Badovinac, and Irwin participating in the 24/7 marathon camp on artistic strategies in politics and political strategies in art
at the Steirischer Herbst
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2 Jun 2012
30 Sep 2012
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1 Jun 2012
Self-historicisation as Artistic Practice: The Case of Irwin, workshop with Saša Nabergoj, SCCA-Ljubljana Centre for Contemporary Arts in collaboration with the History of Art Department, University College London
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13 Apr 2012
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22 Jun 2012
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21 Apr 2012
Neue Slowenische Kunst 1984-1992 exhibition curated by Michele Drascek, presenting Laibach, Irwin, Novi kolektivizem (NK) and Scipion Nasice Sisters Theatre
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16 Mar 2012
20 May 2012
Art Histories exhibition curated by Marie-Josée Jean featuring also Marina Gržinić and Aina Šmid, Irwin and Laibach
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1 Feb 2012
3 Feb 2012
IRWIN–NSK Passport Office, New York (printing a limited number of passports) and NSK State Citizens Rendezvous. In conjunction with the exhibition Print/Out and MoMA Print Studio
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22 Oct 2011
27 Nov 2011
Artworks by Irwin, OHO and Marina Gržinić & Aina Šmid at the Kontakt Sofia… Works from the Kontakt Art exhibition
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1 Jun 2011
4 Jun 2011
Italy Trieste/Trst Continental breakfast. place of encounter 2011 by Trieste Contemporanea
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1 Nov 2010
31 Jan 2011
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28 Nov 2010
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6 Feb 2010
10 Apr 2010
IRWIN: The Eye of the State (related to Irwin, Laibach, Novi kolektivizem (NK)) curated by Avi Pitchon, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv
Projects
During the 1980s Irwin created a specific visual language and produced predominantly painterly projects using various materials and references, for example Red Districts (1987), Was Ist Kunst (1984), Four Seasons (1988) etc. Since the 1990s the group has been concentrating on critical examination of the art history pointing out the artificiality of Western art historical structures that continue to exclude contemporary Eastern European art to this day. Irwin's projects actively and concretely intervene in social and historical activities and have redefined the status of art in Eastern Europe.
Among the most important projects realised by Irwin there are Retroavantgarda (1994–2000), mapping specific artistic practice on the territories of ex-Yugoslavia, Transnacionala (1996), a journey across the United States, NSK Embassy Moscow (1992), Black Square on Red Square (1992), a performance that took place on Moscow's Red Square, Kapital (1991), an exhibition in Clock Tower Gallery in New York, and the East Art Map.
East Art Map(EAM)
The project aims to critically (re)construct the history of contemporary art in Eastern Europe (from 1945 on). The project is based on the idea that the history is not given but has to be constructed and the fact that documentation of contemporary art scene in Eastern Europe has been very poor. In EAM artists are taken out of their national frameworks and presented in a unified scheme of Eastern European art scene. In collaboration with New Moment Irwin invited a group of eminent art critics, curators and artists from different ex-socialist Central, Eastern and South-Eastern countries to create the basic database. It was first published in a New Moment magazine in 2002, than a CD was made and, in 2004 EAM was put on-line as a truly participatory project open for contributions. Since Irwin does not seek to establish some ultimate truth the map is still being upgraded by public proposals. The website is part of the e-flux projects and includes instruction on how to participate. In 2006 a book East Art Map: Contemporary Art and Eastern Europe edited by Irwin was published by Afterall.
International exhibitions
Irwin has presented its work at about 150 solo exhibitions in Europe, Russia and America, and participated at several international exhibitions, for example, the First Manifesta in Rotterdam in 1996, the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, the 9th Istanbul Biennial in 2005; Eye on Europe at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2006; Das Scharwze Quadrat. Hommage à Malewich at the Hamburg Kunsthalle in 2007).
IRWIN–NSK Passport Office was presented in MoMA Print Studio in New York in 2012 and the Red Districts, a painting that commemorates history and work, art and totalitarianism, was on display at Manifesta 09 in Genk.
In November 2007 the Irwin exhibition Monokromi ('Monochromes') was presented at the Gregor Podnar Gallery in Ljubljana.
The Eye of the State, an exhibition curated by Avi Pitchon for the Israeli Center for Digital Art was staged in cooperation with the Public Movement in 2010.
Among Irwin's most recent projects the Time for a New State took place in Moscow in 2011, Leipzig and London in 2012, Was ist Kunst Hugo Ball (2010) was presented in Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich and in Gregor Podnar Gallery in Berlin where Irwin's Monochromes were on display in 2008 as well.
Irwin received Rihard Jakopič Award in 2004.
See also
External links
Official websites
General references
On projects and artworks
- Public Movement Meets Irwin, project for Israeli Center for Digital Art, 2010 on youtube
- IRWIN artwork at Kalmar Konstmuseum 2009 on youtube
- Lecture on the Red Districts painting by Dr. Tomaž Brejc on VideoLectures.Net (in Slovenian)
- A New Map of the (Contemporary Art) World article by Ginanne Brownell
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