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Performance Ways of love / Une façon d'aimer by artists Maja Delak and Luka Prinčič at the Račka Gallery in Celje, 2010

The Račka Gallery of Erotic Art, a branch of the Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts, is the first erotic art gallery in Slovenia which presents art that challenges gender divisions, morality, pornography, feminism, and new artistic as well as social trends. It was opened in the second floor of the former peep show space Račka (duckling) in 2005 and has retained part of the original furnishing and equipment. Entrance is permitted to adults only.

Programme

With approximately 4 exhibitions annually, the Račka Gallery features mostly solo exhibitions of Slovene and international artists addressing erotic themes. In 2008 Slovene artist of the older generation Drago Tršar exhibited his erotic opus of small sculptures and works in other media that he has been developing since 1954. In summer 2009 the Croatian artist Vlasta Delimar and her partner Milan Božić re-enacted the happening Tactile communication (for Jerman) [Taktilna komunikacija (za Jermana)] from 1981. Solo exhibitions featured in 2010 included Ana Čigon, the winner of the 2009 OHO Group Award, the performance Une façon d'aimer [Poti ljubezni] by Maja Delak and Luka Prinčič, and paintings of Boštjan Plesničar.

In 2018 first edition of a humorous and critical, seductive and provocative two-day Duckling Festival was set, focusing on the relationship between art and sexuality. Its title was : "Production of Desire and Pleasure". Račka Gallery was one of the venues of Celje FOKUS Festival in its 2019 edition dedicated to everyday banallity which addresses issues of photography and visual culture in relation to the ordinary, the everyday, the famous, the boring and the bizarre.

Ugly Duckling Collection

The Ugly Duckling Collection (Zbirka Grda Račka) is the foundation of the Račka Gallery's future Museum of Erotic Objects and is based on (mostly) anonymous donations. Part of it is on permanent display in the gallery. It commenced with a public call for contributions, addressing anybody who wanted to share all kinds of objects which mediated erotic (personal) experiences, memories, or similar. Along with photographs, videos, letters, gifts, souvenirs, and year-long diary about 154 lovers by an anonymous woman, the Ugly Duckling Collection consists of personal objects from the popular Slovene porno diva La Toya.

External links

Gallery

Nani Poljanec and Jani Pirnat, art historian (Domestic Research Society), presenting the first volume of the KunstHaus fanzin at Račka Gallery in Celje, 2011

Dance performance Fast, Cheap and Good at Gallery Račka

Collection of erotic objects Grda račka on display at the RaÄka Gallery, 2010

Performance Ways of love / Une façon d'aimer by artists Maja Delak and Luka Prinčič at the Račka Gallery in Celje, 2010

Performance Ways of love / Une façon d'aimer by artists Maja Delak and Luka Prinčič, produced by Emanat Institute. Staged at Račka Gallery in Celje, 2010

A performance at the Račka Gallery

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-The [[Račka Gallery]] as the  brunch of the [[Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts]] is the first erotic art gallery in Slovenia presenting art that challenges gender divisions, morality, pornography, feminism and new artistic as well as social trends. It was opened in the second floor of the former peep show space Račka in [[Established::2005]] and is keeping part of the original equipment. Entrance is allowed for persons of full age. The entrance is for free.
+The [[Račka Gallery of Erotic Art]], a branch of the [[Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts]], is the first erotic art gallery in Slovenia which presents art that challenges gender divisions, morality, pornography, feminism, and new artistic as well as social trends. It was opened in the second floor of the former peep show space ''Račka'' (duckling) in [[Established::2005]] and has retained part of the original furnishing and equipment. Entrance is permitted to adults only.
 }}
 ==Programme==
-With approximately 4 exhibition annual, the Račka gallery features mostly solo exhibitions of Slovene and international artist addressing erotic themes. In 2008 Slovene artist of the older generation [[Drago Tršar]] exhibited his erotic opus of small sculptures and works in other media, he was developing since 1954. In the summer 2009 the Croatian artist Vlasta Delimar and her partner Milan Božić re-prepared happening ''Tactile communication (for Jerman)'' [Taktilna komunikacija (za Jermana)], first time realized in 1981. 2010 features solo exhibitions of [[Ana Čigon]], the winner of [[OHO Group Award]] 2009, performance of [[Maja Delak]] and [[Luka Prinčič]], and paintings of [[Boštjan Plesničar]].
+With approximately 4 exhibitions annually, the Račka Gallery features mostly solo exhibitions of Slovene and international artists addressing erotic themes. In 2008 Slovene artist of the older generation [[Drago Tršar]] exhibited his erotic opus of small sculptures and works in other media that he has been developing since 1954. In summer 2009 the Croatian artist Vlasta Delimar and her partner Milan Božić re-enacted the happening ''Tactile communication (for Jerman)'' [Taktilna komunikacija (za Jermana)] from 1981. Solo exhibitions featured in 2010 included [[Ana Čigon]], the winner of the 2009 [[OHO Group Award]], the performance ''Une façon d'aimer'' [Poti ljubezni] by [[Maja Delak]] and [[Luka Prinčič]], and paintings of [[Boštjan Plesničar]].
-==Collection Grda račka==
+In 2018 first edition of a humorous and critical, seductive and provocative two-day Duckling Festival was set, focusing on the relationship between art and sexuality. Its title was : "Production of Desire and Pleasure".
-Between December 2009 and January 2010 featured exhibition entitled ''Grda račka'' in Račka Gallery  is the foundation for the collection of the Gallery with the aim to form the Museum of erotic objects. The exhibition was commenced on the call of entries addressing anybody who wanted to share all kind of objects mediating erotic (personal) experiences, memories or similarly. Beside photographies, videos, letters, gifts, souvenirs, diary about 154 lovers the anonymous women experienced in one year, the exhibition ''Grda račka'' featured also personal objects of popular Slovene porno diva La Toya. Porno producer Peter Planinšek lend temporarily to the Gallery the Zlati Stojan, the award he received on the international fair 'EROTIKA 69' in Celje in 2008. Beside the projection of the first Slovene film with the gay thematic, the exhibition featured also some documentary materials from shooting the first porno film commenced in Yugoslavia.
+Račka Gallery was one of the venues of [[Celje FOKUS Festival]] in its 2019 edition dedicated to everyday banallity which addresses issues of photography and visual culture in relation to the ordinary, the everyday, the famous, the boring and the bizarre.
-Donations for the exhibition were mostly anonymous, what could be the case also for all further potential donator having the interest to shape the collection. The part of the collection is permanently exhibited and combined with the actual programme of the Gallery.
+==Ugly Duckling Collection==
+The Ugly Duckling Collection (Zbirka Grda Račka) is the foundation of the Račka Gallery's future Museum of Erotic Objects and is based on (mostly) anonymous donations. Part of it is on permanent display in the gallery. It commenced with a public call for contributions, addressing anybody who wanted to share all kinds of objects which mediated erotic (personal) experiences, memories, or similar. Along with photographs, videos, letters, gifts, souvenirs, and year-long diary about 154 lovers by an anonymous woman, the Ugly Duckling Collection consists of personal objects from the popular Slovene porno diva [[La Toya]].
 ==See also==
-* [[Celeia Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts]]
+* [[Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts]]
-* [[OHO Group Award]]
+* [[Celje FOKUS Festival]]
 ==External links==
+* [http://www.artfacts.net/en/exhibition/ana-aigon-let-me-fly-238887/overview.html Ana Čigon exhibition in the Račka Gallery of Erotic Art on the Artfacts.Net website]
+* [http://www.culturenet.hr/default.aspx?id=25841 Vlasta Delimar's exhibition ''Guilt'' in the Račka Gallery on the Culturenet.hr portal]
+* [https://csu.si/en/exhibition/production-of-desire-and-pleasure-the-duckling-festival-2018-performances-and-exhibition/ Duckling Festival]
+{{Gallery}}
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Difference between revisions of "Račka Gallery of Erotic Art"

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