Galerija Škuc
Stari trg 21, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 251 6540
Managed byŠKUC Association
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Past events
21 Sep 2017
24 Sep 2017
AustriaViennaMarx Halle
P74 Centre and Gallery presents works by Milena Usenik and Tadej Pogačar and Škuc Gallery presents works by Miha Štrukelj, Matej Andraž Vogrinčič and Jasmina Cibic within the viennacontemporary International Art Fair, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Vienna,
28 Feb 2017
15 Jul 2017
LebanonBeirutAUB Byblos Bank Art Gallery
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),
22 Sep 2016
25 Sep 2016
AustriaViennaMarx Halle
P74 Centre and Gallery presenting Tomaž Furlan and Jože Barši, Photon Gallery presenting Markus Guschelbauer, Marko Lipuš, Alen Ožbolt in Bojan Salaj and Škuc Gallery presenting Miha Štrukelj, Matej Andraž Vogrinčič and Jasmina Cibic, as well as Alkatraz Gallery presenting Igor Eškinja, Andrea Knezović in Neven Korda at Focus: Ex-Yugoslavia and Albania within viennacontemporary, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Vienna,
Former artistic directors
The Škuc Gallery was launched with a retrospective presentation of work by the conceptual art group OHO, curated by Tomaž Brejc. Its first artistic director was art historian and curator Taja Vidmar Brejc (1947–2016), later the director and the owner of Equrna Gallery. In the 1980s under the artistic directors Dušan Mandić (member of the group Irwin), Marina Gržinić, and Barbara Borčić (later the director of the SCCA-Ljubljana Centre for Contemporary Arts), the Škuc Gallery became the centre of alternative (sub)culture in Ljubljana, presenting various multimedia projects. Their legacy was followed by Boris Balant at the end of the 1980s. At the turn of the decade Tomislav Vignjević and Alenka Pirman as artistic directors continued into the 1990s with the concept of the following focuses: solo exhibitions of emerging Slovene artists; solo exhibitions (or projects outside the gallery) by established Slovene and international artists; thematic and group organised by guest curators, and socio-cultural documentary exhibitions. Between 1996 and 2003 the artistic director was Gregor Podnar who later on established his own commercial gallery. Art historian Alenka Gregorič lead the gallery for the following 6 years, expanded the international scope of the programme and continued with the previously established commercial activities. Tevž Logar led the gallery up to 2013. He introduced a new feature to the gallery's programme - thorough monographic studies of the established artistic positions such as Željko Jerman or Ulay. This line was excelled by his successor Vladimir Vidmar (from 2014). Tia Čiček (from 2020), however, reintroduced activist and feminist practices into the programme. Ilija Prokopiev, curator, artist, and publisher from Skopje took over the position.
Programme
The Škuc Gallery's programme has relied mainly on integrating various segments and conceptual guidelines set by the artistic directors, and combining them in a balanced programme presenting Slovene and foreign artists.
The programme is based on contemporary visual art complemented with projects of new media art, performances and other contemporary artistic practices. Some of the programme is related to the history of the exhibition space to link the present and past, so to highlight the characteristics of a period that is inextricably linked with the exhibition and social spheres in which the gallery operates.
Commercial branch
Since 2000 the Škuc Gallery has been participating at the international art fairs. The gallery's position is quite specific as its commercial involvement does not influence its non-commercial activities, which are carried out independently.
Venue
- dimensions: Room 1: 31.5m² (c 4.5m x 7m x 2.5m H), Room 2: 21m² (c 3.5m x 6m x 2.5m H), Room 3: 36m² (c 6m x 6m x 2.5m H), Room 4: 35m² (c 3.5m x 10m x 2.5m H), Room 5: 56m² (c 7m x 6m x 2.5m H)
- installation system: Nielsen hanging system, hammer and nail system
- lighting: halogen lighting system plus natural light from windows
- climate control: none
- security: no security system installed
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