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Established in 1993, Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art is located on the fringes of the old town centre and is part of the architectural complex of buildings that once formed the foothill castle of the Counts of Celje. Since 2005 the gallery has been a part of Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts, which runs also Likovni salon Celje, Račka Gallery, the AIR - programme of residency for artists and curators, the new on the photography specialized space Pelikan tower on the old castle and will soon overtook also the managing and organisation of the programme in Friderik tower, still in renovation, where long term site-specific exhibitions are going to be featured.

Beside the main location the Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art manages also the exhibition space Hodnik (Corridor Gallery) and is known on the exclusive presentaton of young artists. It hosts also creative workshops for children and youth, as well as the so-called 'student premieres'. Students and graduates of fine arts academies get a chance to present their work to the public for the first time, gain their first experience in the public sphere and their first references.

The Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art might be understood as the motor of the Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts. Although in the terms of the programme and orientation all Celeia Institute galleries and exhibition spaces are specialized, the programme of them is as a rule connected with each other, i.e. projects of huge dimensions are presented on the combined locations.

Programme

Exhibition programme of the The Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art featured in 2009 four solo and five group exhibitions, most of them prepared by house curators, although the gallery usually cooperates with guest curators as well, expecially with curators of the AIR - residency for artists and curators. The Gallery uses systematic approach to the topics and phenomenon of the group shows, inviting foreign artists as well - like in the show Prohibited death (2009), beside five Slovene artists of different generations was in the exhibition included Zuzanna Janin, Teresa Margolles, Eleonore Phillips, Kate Pollard, etc. Solo shows are usually dedicated to artist connected with the town (in 2009 Stane Jagodič, Marjan Krošl, Marijan Tršar); the multidisciplinary accession is here carried out as well.

Collection

Besides being an active exhibition hall for recent and current visual art production, the Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art aims through its programme to create a museum collection of contemporary Slovene visual arts. The permanent exhibition has gradually grown; at first it was contributed to by important Slovene artists, later on it has been regularly expanded with work by artists who either live in the Celje region, are natives of the city or are connected with it in some other way. The gallery currently possesses over 200 works that are presented to the public in thematic exhibitions.

External links

Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art Archive

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+Established in [[Established::1993]], [[Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art]] is located on the fringes of the old town centre and is part of the architectural complex of buildings that once formed the foothill castle of the Counts of Celje. Since 2005 the gallery has been a part of [[Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts]], which runs also [[Likovni salon Celje]], [[Račka Gallery]], the AIR - programme of residency for artists and curators, the new on the photography specialized space [[Pelikan tower]] on the old castle and will soon overtook also the managing and organisation of the programme in [[Friderik tower]], still in renovation, where long term site-specific exhibitions are going to be featured.
+}}
+Beside the main location the Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art manages also the exhibition space Hodnik (Corridor Gallery) and is known on the exclusive presentaton of young artists. It hosts also creative workshops for children and youth, as well as the so-called 'student premieres'. Students and graduates of fine arts academies get a chance to present their work to the public for the first time, gain their first experience in the public sphere and their first references.
-{{Teaser|
+The Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art might be understood as the motor of the [[Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts]]. Although in the terms of the programme and orientation all Celeia Institute galleries and exhibition spaces are specialized, the programme of them is as a rule connected with each other, i.e.  projects of huge dimensions are presented on the combined locations.
-Established in [[Established::1993]], [[Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art]] is located on the fringes of the old town centre and is part of the architectural complex of buildings that once formed the foothill castle of the Counts of Celje. Since 2005 the gallery has been a part of [[Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts]].
-}}
+==Programme==
+Exhibition programme of the The Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art featured in 2009 four solo and five group exhibitions, most of them prepared by house curators, although the gallery usually cooperates with guest curators as well, expecially with curators of the AIR - residency for artists and curators. The Gallery uses systematic approach to the topics and phenomenon of the group shows, inviting foreign artists as well - like in the show ''Prohibited death'' (2009), beside five Slovene artists of different generations was in the exhibition included Zuzanna Janin, Teresa Margolles, Eleonore Phillips, Kate Pollard, etc. Solo shows are usually dedicated to artist connected with the town (in 2009 Stane Jagodič, Marjan Krošl, Marijan Tršar); the multidisciplinary accession is here carried out as well.
-==Programme==
+==Collection==
+Besides being an active exhibition hall for recent and current visual art production, the Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art aims through its programme to create a museum collection of contemporary Slovene visual arts. The permanent exhibition has gradually grown; at first it was contributed to by important Slovene artists, later on it has been regularly expanded with work by artists who either live in the Celje region, are natives of the city or are connected with it in some other way. The gallery currently possesses over 200 works that are presented to the public in thematic exhibitions.
-Besides being an active exhibition hall for recent and current visual art production, the gallery aims through its programme to create a museum collection of contemporary Slovene visual arts. The permanent exhibition has gradually grown; at first it was contributed to by important Slovene artists, later on it has been regularly expanded with work by artists who either live in the Celje region, are natives of the city or are connected with it in some other way. The gallery currently possesses over 200 works that are presented to the public in thematic exhibitions.
-Exhibition programme featured in 2009 four solo and five group exhibitions, most of them prepared by house curators, although the gallery usually cooperates with guest curators as well. Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art using systematic approach to the topics and phenomenon of the group shows, inviting foreign artists as well - like in the show ''Prohibited death'' (2009), beside five Slovene artists of different generations was in the exhibition included Zuzanna Janin, Teresa Margolles, Eleonore Phillips, Kate Pollard, etc. Solo shows are usually dedicated to artist connected with the town (in 2009 Stane Jagodič, Marjan Krošl, Marijan Tršar); the multidisciplinary accession is here carried out as well.
-==Venues==
-For the huge exhibitions Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art expanse on other affiliated premises like the ''Ducal Court'' (''Knežji dvorec'') or in its satellite galleries ([[Likovni salon Celje]] and [[Račka Gallery]]) which present the most recent visual arts work and also manages a residency programme for international visual artists.
-The ''Hodnik (Corridor)'' Gallery is a part of the Gallery intended exclusively for young artists. It hosts creative workshops for children and youth, as well as the so-called 'student premieres'. Students and graduates of fine arts academies get a chance to present their work to the public for the first time, gain their first experience in the public sphere and their first references.
 ==See also==
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 * [[Likovni salon Celje]]
 * [[Račka Gallery]]
+* [[Pelikan tower]]
+* [[Friderik tower]]
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.celeia.info/GSU_Napovedujemo Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art Archive]
+[[Category:Visual arts]]
 [[Category:Visual arts]]
 [[Category:New media art]]

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