Galerija Simulaker
Vrhovčeva 1a, SI-8000 Novo mesto
Phone386 (0) 7 337 4371
Managed byLokalPatriot, Novo Mesto
Matjaž Brulc, Curator
Phone386 (0) 31 384 966
Simulaker Gallery
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Administered by the Novo mesto-based organisation LokalPatriot, Simulaker Gallery showcases all forms of contemporary visual arts. In the last two years the space has featured more than 10 exhibitions annually. Although open to international cooperation and international artists, the programme pays strongest attention to younger generation Slovene artists. The space was inaugurated by the exhibition Transsubstanciacije of Uroš Weinberger, one of the representatives of new media painting, a phenomenon of the young generation of Slovene painters.
Besides internationally respected Slovene artists such as Marija Mojca Pungerčar, the new media artist Janez Janša (formerly Davide Grassi) and Son:DA (both have already prepared 2 projects here), the exhibition programme has continued further with nationally-established young artists such as Vesna Bukovec, Suzi Bricelj, Viktor Bernik, and Borut Peterlin, among others.
In 2008 the gallery exhibited the solo exhibition Mrežne strukture of Miha Štrukelj, who later represented Slovenia at the Venice Biennial in 2009 at A+A Gallery. In the beginning of 2007 the group exhibition Ctrl C presented art works questioning and reflecting the phenomena of artistic uses of the digital copy and the digital original. This exhibition presented also the work of Slovene net.art pioneer Vuk Ćosić. Photographic works of Bojan Radovič, featured in the exhibition entitled On Photography [O fotografiji] in the beginning of 2009, opened many fundamental questions on contemporary photography including the role of the photographer working for artists, as Radovič did for Roman Uranjek (Irwin) and his project entitled Skopje 6.12.2007.
Recently Simulaker has presented solo exhibitions of Luka Prinčič, Sašo Vrabič, and the complex project The Lovest by Jaša (Mrevlje), who at the opening offered a specific micro-utopian atmosphere, which resulted in a film that opened questions about provocations and manipulations of (film) directors.
In spring 2009 the gallery started an annual project entitled The First Chance [Prva priložnost] with the aim to collaborate with institutions of higher education that have art-related programmes and give their best students an opportunity to present a gallery exhibition. The first edition of this national project with international intentions presented the sculpture department of the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, mentored by sculptor Roman Makše. The 5 artists who received their first chance were: Tina Grobovšek, Meta Kos, Matija Lapuh, Matic Praznik, and Valentina Štirn.
See also
External links
- Simulaker Gallery website
- Video documentation of Bojan Radovič exhibition in Simulaker by Bojan Peterlin
- Video documentation of Auke Touwslager & Ursula Lavrenčič exhibition Cell Phone Disco in Simulaker
- Documentation of Boštjan Pucelj exhibition in Simulaker Gallery by Bojan Peterlin
- LokalPatriot on Facebook
- Report on Ctrl C exhibition at We-make-money-not-art online art magazine (2007)
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Established in 2006 as a non-profit space, the Simulaker Gallery has grown into the most important space for presentations of contemporary art practices in the southeast region of Slovenia. +
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