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Majski salon – razstava ZDSLU

Zveza društev slovenskih likovnih umetnikov (ZDSLU), Komenskega 8, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.dlul-drustvo.si

info@zveza-dslu.si

Phone386 (0) 1 433 0464

ProprietorUnion of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU)

Peter Vernik, President

Frequencyannual

Events abroad

Past Events

• 11 Sep 2015

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  29 Sep 2015

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May Salon is organised by the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU). It gives annually the possibility to its around 700 members to exhibit their recent production. The exhibition is usually organised in the Springtime and has as a rule the classic character: it features predominantly works created in classic media (painting and sculpture). In the recent years the May Salon has been organised in different venues, since 2005 also in other cities than Ljubljana. Works displayed at the May Salon exhibition are usually for sale. The exhibition culminates with the announcement of the awarded artist.

Venue

Through 1980s and 1990s it usually took place at the City Art Gallery Ljubljana and at Jakopič Gallery. In 2005 it was hosted for the first time by four galleries on the coast, and co-organised by Insula-Obala Visual Artists Association. Since then the May Salon was guest of different institutions around Slovenia: in 2006 was featured in Grad Gallery in Slovenska Bistrica, in 2007 in Murska Sobota Gallery, in 2008 in Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum, in 2009 in Gorenjska Museum etc.

Focus

For years the May Salon exhibited the Union members' works without thematic or conceptual focus. In the 1990s it became a curated exhibition, based on a theme or medium. Between 1997 and 1999 the focus based on the type of the used media: new media (1997), sculpture (1998), painting (1999). In 2000 the theme was the Primordial Touch [Prvinski dotik]. In 2003 all 110 works were again shown unselected. The 2004 May Salon presented the work of 130 artists from all of the Slovene regions under the name POP; with P as Pomembno (Interesting) or Prešerno (Merry'), O as Odlično (Excellent) or Odvisno (Dependent) and P as Prezrto (Overlooked) and Pozabljeno (Forgotten). The edition of 2008 in Lendava featured 121 artists and was again more free (entitled the Freedom of Creation [Svoboda ustvarjanja]). In 2009 the May salon exhibited works of 137 artist and again offered the theme: My Image [Moja podoba].

See also

• May Salon Award
• Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU)
• Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU) Gallery

External links

• The annual exhibition Majski salon 2007 at Musrka Sobota Gallery