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Together with Škrabec Homestead and Stanislav Škrabec’s Association, the Riko Art Collection is a distinguished part of the Riko Group's vivid and variegated cultural activities. It comprises more then 300 art works, mostly paintings and sculptures from the beginning of the 20th century to today.

Since 2004 selected works are annually exhibited on the traditional Riko Art Collection Exhibition in Mikl House Gallery in Ribnica – in December 2009 the 6th such exhibition presented the work of 6 artists including Sandi Červek and Sergej Kapus. In spring 2009 the selection of the collection was exhibited in Piran City Gallery. When not exhibited, the Riko Group gathers art works in their depositories in Hrovača, a small village south of Ribnica.

Background

The Škrabec family have been avid art collectors and culture supporters since the beginning of 20th century. Its director Janez Škrabec is one of the most visible contemporary Maecenas of Slovenian culture with a very personal and exceptional vision, based in the tradition of his ancestors, who supported Slovene impressionists and their followers already at the beginning of 20th century. The author of the book The New Philanthropists Charles Handy, published in 2006, placed Janez Škrabec as the only Slovene among 23 personalities designated as a new philanthropist.

Although not the fruit of a systematic strategy of collecting and a rigorous buying politic as for many well-known corporate art collections, the Riko Art Collection follows the very personal strategy of its proprietor.

Collection

The Riko Art Collection offers special overview of the last 100 years of Slovene art history. It comprises works of all great names of the first half of 20th century as Ivan Grohar, Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen, Matija Jama, Maksim Gaspari or sculptures as Lojze Dolinar, Ivan Zajec, Boris Kalin, brother Kralj among other.

Today, the Riko Art Collection pays special attention to the visual art production of the last three decades. Among others, the collection includes 35 paintings by Živko Marušič, a favourite contemporary painter of the Collection´s owner. Further it includes also works by Emerik Bernard, Gustav Gnamuš, Mirsad Begić, Mirko Bratuša, Jakov Brdar, Marko Jakše, or Zdenka Žido. Representative of the youngest generation are: Uršula Berlot, Matej Košir, and Jaša.

Programme Paris-Hrovača

Riko's programme Paris-Hrovača allows artists – mostly graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design – to live in an apartment and create in a studio in Paris (both owned by the Riko Group) in exchange for donating the art works created there to the Riko Art Collection. Since 2009, visitors of this programme in Paris also receive scholarships for living and working in the French capital.

External links

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 | name                = Riko Art Collection
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-| name                = Janez Škrabec
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 | name                = Polona Lovšin
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 {{Teaser|
-Together with [[Škrabec Homestead]] and [[Stanislav Škrabec’s Association]], the [[Riko Art Collection]] is a distinguished part of the Riko Group's vivid and variegated cultural activities. Its director Janez Škrabec is one of the most visible contemporary Maecenas of Slovenian culture with a very personal and exceptional vision, based in the tradition of his ancestors, who supported Slovene impressionists and their followers already at the beginning of 20th century. The author of the book ''The New Philanthropists Charles Handy'', published in 2006, placed Janez Škrabec as the only Slovene among 23 personalities designated as a new philanthropist.
+Together with [[Škrabec Homestead]] and [[Stanislav Škrabec’s Association]], the [[Riko Art Collection]] is a distinguished part of the Riko Group's vivid and variegated cultural activities. It comprises more then 300 art works, mostly paintings and sculptures from the beginning of the 20th century to today.
+Since 2004 selected works are annually exhibited on the traditional Riko Art Collection Exhibition in [[Mikl House Gallery]] in Ribnica – in December 2009 the 6th such exhibition presented the work of 6 artists including [[Sandi Červek]] and [[Sergej Kapus]]. In spring 2009 the selection of the collection was exhibited in [[Piran City Gallery]]. When not exhibited, the Riko Group gathers art works in their depositories in Hrovača, a small village south of Ribnica.
 }}
-==History==
+==Background==
-The Škrabec family have been avid art collectors and culture supporters since the beginning of 20th century. The most important cultural pulse of Janez Škrabec was his time spent in Brežice, where his grandfather &ndash; a doctor and passionate admirer of culture &ndash; lived. "He was a friend of the Slovene impressionists, had many books and in his villa he had plenty of styled furniture, too. All this influenced my sense for culture," claimed Janez Škrabec in an interview for the website of Novo mesto TV.
+The Škrabec family have been avid art collectors and culture supporters since the beginning of 20th century. Its director [[Janez Škrabec]] is one of the most visible contemporary Maecenas of Slovenian culture with a very personal and exceptional vision, based in the tradition of his ancestors, who supported Slovene impressionists and their followers already at the beginning of 20th century. The author of the book ''The New Philanthropists Charles Handy'', published in 2006, placed [[Janez Škrabec]] as the only Slovene among 23 personalities designated as a new philanthropist.
-== Strategy==
-The Riko Art Collection is to be understood as the culmination of Janez Škrabec's vision of supporting predominantly Slovene visual artists by buying their art works and thus building up a collection comprising now more then 300 art works and still growing, the collection contains mostly paintings and sculptures from the beginning of the 20th century to today. Although not the fruit of a systematic strategy of collecting and a rigorous buying politic as for many well-known corporate art collections, the Riko Art Collection follows the very personal strategy of its proprietor.
-== Collection and its Artists==
-Today, the Riko Art Collection pays special attention to the visual art production of the last three decades. Among others, the collection includes 35 paintings by Živko Marušič, a favourite contemporary painter of Janez Škrabec, as Polona Lovšin, art historian and curator of the Riko Art Collection, said for the interview for Slovenian newspaper ''Dobro jutro'' in 2008. The collection includes works by all of the most prominent Slovene artists of the 20th century, such as Emerik Bernard, Sandi Červek, Gustav Gnamuš, Marijan Gumilar, Marko Jakše, Sergej Kapus, Ivo Prančič, Zdenka Žido. From the younger generation of Slovene sculptors, the collection possesses works of Uršula Berlot. Further sculptors: Stojan Batič, Mirsad Begić, Mirko Bratuša, Jakov Brdar, Lojze Dolinar, France Gorše, Stane Jarman, Boris Kalin, Tone Kralj, Matjaž Počivavšek, Karel Putriha, Lujo Vodopivec, Ivan Zajc, and Vasilija Žbone.
-As a result, the collection displays the dynamism, diversity, and high-quality aesthetic expression of Slovene modern and contemporary visual arts.
+Although not the fruit of a systematic strategy of collecting and a rigorous buying politic as for many well-known corporate art collections, the Riko Art Collection follows the very personal strategy of its proprietor.
-== Accessibility==
+== Collection==
+The Riko Art Collection offers special overview of the last 100 years of Slovene art history. It comprises works of all great names of the first half of 20th century as [[Ivan Grohar]], [[Rihard Jakopič]], [[Matej Sternen]], [[Matija Jama]], [[Maksim Gaspari]] or sculptures as [[Lojze Dolinar]], [[Ivan Zajec]], [[Boris Kalin]], brother [[Kralj]] among other.
-The Riko Group has gathered art works in their depositories in Hrovača, a small village south of Ribnica, where the [[Škrabec Homestead]] is located. Since 2004 some selected works have been shown on the traditional Riko Art Collection Exhibition in [[Mikl House Gallery]] in Ribnica &ndash; among others this municipal institution is also co-supported by the Riko Group. In spring 2009 some paintings of the abovementioned artists were exhibited in [[Piran City Gallery]].
+Today, the Riko Art Collection pays special attention to the visual art production of the last three decades. Among others, the collection includes 35 paintings by [[Živko Marušič]], a favourite contemporary painter of the Collection´s owner. Further it includes also works by [[Emerik Bernard]], [[Gustav Gnamuš]], [[Mirsad Begić]], [[Mirko Bratuša]], [[Jakov Brdar]], [[Marko Jakše]], or [[Zdenka Žido]]. Representative of the youngest generation are: [[Uršula Berlot]], [[Matej Košir]], and [[Jaša]].
 == Programme Paris-Hrovača==
-Riko's programme Paris-Hrovača allows artists &ndash; mostly graduates of the [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]] &ndash; to live in an apartment and create in a studio in Paris (both owned by the Riko Group) in exchange for donating the art works created there to the Riko Art Collection. Since 2009, visitors of this programme in Paris also receive scholarships for living and working in the French capital.
+Riko's programme Paris-Hrovača allows artists – mostly graduates of the [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]] – to live in an apartment and create in a studio in Paris (both owned by the Riko Group) in exchange for donating the art works created there to the Riko Art Collection. Since 2009, visitors of this programme in Paris also receive scholarships for living and working in the French capital.
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 == External links ==
-* [http://www.skrabceva-domacija.com/ Škrabec's Home website]
+* [http://www.riko-hise.si/en/values/riko-art-collection Riko Art Collection on the Riko Haus website]
+* [http://www.skrabceva-domacija.com/ Škrabec's Homestead website]
 * [http://www.skrabceva-ustanova.si/en_index.php/ Stanislav Škrabec's Association website]
 * [http://www.rikogroup.com/ Riko Group website]
-* [http://www.riko-hise.si/ Riko Houses website]
+* [http://videolectures.net/foe09_lovsin_cibl/ ''Culture & Innovation & Business Leadership '' lecture by Polona Lovšin] (2009) on [[VideoLectures.Net]]
 [[Category:Visual arts private collections]]
+[[Category:Visual arts]]
+[[Category:Collections]]
+[[Category:Slovene Impressionists and their Time]]

Difference between revisions of "Riko Art Collection"

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Contents

Background

Collection

Programme Paris-Hrovača

See also

External links

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