Galerija Alkatraz
Metelkova 8, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 434 0345
Managed byKUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association
Jadranka Ljubičič, Artistic Director and Curator
Phone386 (0) 40 454 714
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Past Events
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22 Sep 2016
25 Sep 2016
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 Vienna,
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20 May 2016
23 May 2016
Der Mensch an der Grenze, an exhibition co-organised by Alkatraz Gallery featuring works by Ana Čigon, Tomaž Furlan, Nika Oblak & Tomaž Oblak, and Beli Sladoled (Miha Perne and Leon Zuodar), curated by Jadranka Plut and Vasja Nagy, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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3 Jul 2015
Socialdress project presentation by artist Marija Mojca Pungerčar, project author at Trivia Art Association, Jadranka Plut (Alkatraz Gallery), and Ana Novak (Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA)) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), in cooperation with SOHO in Ottakring
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4 Dec 2013
14 Dec 2013
Slovenia, the promised land, a joint exhibition by Nika Autor, Suzana Brborović, Tomaž Furlan, Marija Mojca Pungerčar, curated by Jadranka Plut (Alkatraz Gallery),
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30 Nov 2012
2 Dec 2012
The exhibition Exit station produced by KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association and Alkatraz Gallery, and co-produced by Strip Core
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11 Nov 2011
Alkatraz Gallery with the works of Damijan Kracina, Meta Kastelic, Tomaž Tomažin, Neven Korda and Tomaž Furlan
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4 Nov 2011
1 Dec 2011
Break of Whiteness by Robertina Šebjanič and Mirjana Batinić, organised by Alkatraz Gallery and HULU
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30 Sep 2011
14 Oct 2011
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9 Sep 2011
11 Sep 2011
Alkatraz Gallery at the Preview Berlin 2011 contemporary art with the works of Damijan Kracina, Nika Oblak & Primož Novak and Tomaž Tomažin
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18 Aug 2011
31 Aug 2011
Break of Whiteness by Robertina Šebjanič and Mirjana Batinić, organised by Alkatraz Gallery and HULU
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8 Oct 2010
10 Oct 2010
Alkatraz Gallery with the works by Damijan Kracina, Nika Oblak & Primož Novak and Tomaž Tomažin and Equrna Gallery at the Preview Berlin Emerging Art Fair 2010
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6 May 2010
9 May 2010
Background
After studios in Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone were in the middle of 90s slowly filled by artist, the Alkatraz Gallery was founded by the informal group of artists, at that time mostly students of the Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts and Design with Boštjan Drinovec and Nataša Tajnik on the head and primarily with the goal to present home production of Metelkova.
In 1998, the gallery obtained two curators, historians of art Bojana Piškur, today the senior curator of Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, and curator Jadranka Ljubičič, who is managing the Gallery since 2000. They reorganized the programme: besides exhibiting artists from Metelkova, the gallery began to work with more recognized and international artists.
As a non-profit space, the Alkatraz Gallery has been sponsored by the Soros Foundation from the time of its formation until its withdrawal from Slovenia. Since 1998, its has been co-funded by the Municipality of Ljubljana and by the Ministry of Culture.
Exhibitions
With more than one exhibition per month the Alkatraz Gallery is featuring mostly the recent production of Slovene artists, presented as solo exhibition, so there was recently exhibiting Žiga Kariž, Nika Oblak and Primož Novak, Goran Medjugorac, Tina Smrekar, Nika Autor, Robertina Šebjanič and plenty other artists from Slovenia. International artist presented recently in the Gallery include Elke Auer and Esther Straganz, Miklós Erhardt, and many artist from the Balkan region as Goran Despotovski, Srdjan Ljubiša Stoiljković, Slađana Mitrović, Sara Filipović, Isidora Ilić, Loreta Visic, and many others.
Commercial activity
Since 2008 the Alkatraz Gallery is visiting international art fairs with the aim to present more radical positions of the artists that are coming out from critical or even ironical situations towards the actual global problems. Since then the Gallery attended each year one art fair: in 2008 Volta Show in Basel, and in 2009 Viennafair. Each time the Gallery presented art works of Damijan Kracina, Nika Oblak and Primož Novak and Tomaž Tomažin.
Collaborations
The gallery regularly collaborates with festival organisers and other visual arts organisations, mostly those that are based at Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone (such as City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts and SCCA-Ljubljana Centre for Contemporary Arts). In 2009 the gallery was one of the venues of the Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art. It also cooperated with the Studio 8 Gallery from Ljubljana with whom the art project of the Brazilian artist Camila Rocha was presented.
Contemporary Art Tea Parties
Since 2006, Petja Grafenauer, Jadranka Ljubičič, and Zoran Srdić have been organizing Contemporary Art Tea Parties as a joint project of KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association, the Alkatraz Gallery, and the GULAG Institute for Contemporary Art and Culture. The monthly events have encouraged public discussions on current issues in contemporary arts but have recently faded into an annual event. In 2009 the Contemporary Art Tea Party accompanied the Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art where the lack of a large exhibition venue in Ljubljana was discussed.
Location and exhibition space
Located within the Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone, in the former barracks of the army of ex-Yugoslavia, the Alkatraz Gallery is known for its specific "outlook:" the façade is covered almost entirely with mosaics and different sculptures, inspired by the slogan of Metelkova mesto citizens all for one and one for all. Large numbers of young participants contributed significantly to shaping of its look.
- gallery: 90m² (10m W x 9m D x 4.5m H), incorporating 30 linear metres of wall space
- installation system: hammer-and-nail installation throughout
- lighting: halogen lighting system
- sound: mixing table, amplifiers
- technical equipment: 2 TV sets, digital camera, digital camera, video recorder, screen, video projector, slide projector, laptop computer
- climate control: none
- availability: space can be rented if the event fits the programme
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