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Established in [[Established::1986]], the [[International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana|International Centre of Graphic Arts]] (MGLC) is housed in the [[Tivoli Mansion]]. It runs the [[Biennial of Graphic Arts]], maintains an international collection of graphic arts and artists' books, and organises personal and thematic contemporary arts exhibitions, often reflecting political or social atmospheres of the chosen periods.
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Established in [[Established::1986]], the [[International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana|International Centre of Graphic Arts]] (MGLC) is housed in [[Tivoli Mansion]]. It runs the [[Biennial of Graphic Arts]], maintains an international collection of prints and artists' books, and organises personal and thematic contemporary art exhibitions, often reflecting the political or social atmospheres of the chosen periods.
  
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Founded in 1955, the Ljubljana [[Biennial of Graphic Arts]] is the world's oldest existing biennial exhibition of contemporary graphic arts. MGLC is among the founding members of the International Biennial Association (IBA), established in 2014. As of 2017, MGLC also runs the [[Švicarija Art Centre]], a nearby residency and exhibition venue, also located in Tivoli Park.
 
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==Background==
 
==Background==
The idea of establishing MGLC dates back to the mid-1970s as a direct consequence of the development of the [[Biennial of Graphic Arts|Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art|International Graphic Art Biennial]] and the enormous growth of contemporary graphic art production in Slovenia during that period, especially represented by the "Ljubljana Graphic Art School".
 
  
This idea was advanced by the secretary of the [[Biennial of Graphic Arts|Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art]] [[Zoran Kržišnik]], the then-director of the [[Museum of Modern Art]]. In 1981 the MGLC Foundation commenced its first activities and began to adapt the [[Tivoli Mansion]]. In 1987 the MGLC moved from the [[Museum of Modern Art]] to the renovated mansion positioned majestically at the end of the [[Jože Plečnik|Plečnik]] "promenade" in Ljubljana's Tivoli Park.  
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The idea of establishing MGLC dates back to the mid-1970s as a direct consequence of the development of the [[Biennial of Graphic Arts|Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Arts]] and the enormous growth of contemporary printmaking production in Slovenia during that period, especially represented by the "Ljubljana Graphic Art School".
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This idea was advanced by the secretary of the [[Biennial of Graphic Arts|Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Arts]] [[Zoran Kržišnik]], the then-director of the [[Museum of Modern Art]]. In 1981, the MGLC Foundation commenced its first activities and began to adapt the [[Tivoli Mansion]]. In 1987, the MGLC moved from the [[Museum of Modern Art]] to the renovated mansion positioned majestically at the end of the [[Jože Plečnik|Plečnik]] "promenade" in Ljubljana's Tivoli Park.  
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{{wide image|MGLC 2015 Janez Knez Retrospective Exhibition Of Printmaking.jpg}}
  
 
==Mission==
 
==Mission==
Besides the organisation of the [[Biennial of Graphic Arts]] and the organisation of other contemporary art exhibitions MGLC also maintains a collection of Slovene and international prints, artists' books, art projects in magazines and on billboards, and other printed art materials. It also edits limited print editions in the techniques of lithography, silkscreen, and intaglio and offers workshops about printing techniques.  
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Besides the organisation of the [[Biennial of Graphic Arts]] and the organisation of other contemporary art exhibitions, MGLC also maintains a collection of Slovenian and international prints, artists' books, art projects in magazines and on billboards, and other printed art matter. MGLC also edits limited print editions in the techniques of lithography, silkscreen and intaglio and offers workshops about printing techniques.
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{{image|MGLC 2010-2012 production.jpg}}
  
 
==Collection of art prints and artists' books ==
 
==Collection of art prints and artists' books ==
The MGLC collection contains more than 4,500 items created since 1945. Since 2000, the collection has grown by approximately 4,000 items of artist-created printed matter by international and Slovene artists. These works include artist’s books, posters, newspapers, magazines, postcards, printed invitations, greeting cards, fanzines, and artists’ archives.
 
  
The collection is also composed of art prints of some representatives of the ''École de Paris'' such as Zadkine and Picasso, works of international established artists as Robert Rauschenberg, Victor Vasarely, Emilio Vedova, Maria Bonomi and also representatives of the "Ljubljana Graphics School". The collection also includes artists' books of international and Slovene artists such as [[OHO Group]], West East Publications edited by [[Franci Zagoričnik]], Damien Hirst and further great names of art history such as Boltansky, Lewitt, Opalka, Buren, Roth, Reiner, and Yves Klein.
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The MGLC collection contains more than 4,500 items created since 1945. Since 2000, the collection has grown by approximately 4,000 items of artist-created printed matter by international and Slovenian artists. These works include artist's books, posters, newspapers, magazines, postcards, printed invitations, greeting cards, fanzines and artists' archives.
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The collection is also composed of art prints of some representatives of the "École de Paris" such as Zadkine and Picasso (in 2011 shown in the [[Lek Gallery]]), works of international established artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Victor Vasarely, Emilio Vedova, Maria Bonomi and representatives of the Ljubljana Graphics School. The collection also includes artists' books of international and Slovenian artists such as [[OHO Group]], West East Publications edited by [[Franci Zagoričnik]], Damien Hirst and further great names of art history such as Boltansky, Lewitt, Opalka, Buren, Roth, Reiner and Yves Klein.
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{{image|International Centre of Graphic Arts - 04.jpg}}
  
Each year MGLC acquires some works. Beside the works of 4 Slovene artists ([[Vesna Črnivec]], [[Janez Knez]], [[Tanja Lažetić]], and [[Petra Varl]]) in 2008 the MGLC also acquired 4 works of foreign artists including  ''White Cube Book'' of James Lee Byars from 1986 and 54 publications of Bernard Villers entitled ''Publishing House Remorqueur and Nouveau Remorqueur Archives''.
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Each year, MGLC acquires some works. Beside the works of 4 Slovenian artists ([[Vesna Črnivec]], [[Janez Knez]], [[Tanja Lažetić]] and [[Petra Varl]]), in 2008 MGLC also acquired 4 works of foreign artists including  ''White Cube Book'' of James Lee Byars from 1986 and 54 publications of Bernard Villers entitled ''Publishing House Remorqueur and Nouveau Remorqueur Archives''.
  
In 2010 the Slovene painter and printmaker [[Tinca Stegovec]] donated to the Centre her entire print oeuvre, including her matrices and four drawings, as well as a large portion of her library.
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In 2010, the Slovenian painter and printmaker [[Tinca Stegovec]] donated to MGLC her entire print oeuvre, including her matrices and four drawings, as well as a large portion of her library.
  
 
==Programme==
 
==Programme==
MGLC organises regular contemporary arts exhibitions, including surveys of national artistic creativity and exhibitions by individual artists, often in collaboration with international institutions such as the [[British Council Slovenia]], [[French Cultural Institute Charles Nodier, Ljubljana]] or private collection such as Rene Block Edition from Berlin. In non-biennial years MGLC prepares 4 to 8 exhibitions.
 
  
In 2010 the ''We Want to be Free as the Fathers Were'' exhibition featured 18 Slovene painters of the younger generation. The parallel exhibitions juxtaposed Sol LeWitt's ''The Book: A Machine That Makes Art'' with [[Ivo Mršnik|Ivo Mršnik's]] ''Reflections of Consciousness'' series of prints and drawings. The ''Quartet–Four Biennials Reflected in Prints'' exhibition presented print portfolios from four biennials (Hamburg 1985, Sydney 1990, Istanbul 1995, and Cetinje 2005).  
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MGLC organises regular contemporary art exhibitions, including surveys of national artistic creativity and exhibitions by individual artists, often in collaboration with international institutions such as the [[British Council Slovenia]], [[French Cultural Institute Charles Nodier, Ljubljana]] or private collections such as Rene Block Edition from Berlin.  
  
In 2009 MGLC featured ''May ’68 in Paris and the Student Movement in Ljubljana, 1968–1972. Posters, Film, and Photographs'' – an exhibition presenting around 80 posters, loaned from the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée in La Louvière (Belgium). Created for the events in Paris, these images have become synonymous with urban struggle. The protests which changed the traditional values of society soon spread across the world, encompassed Yugoslavia as well, including Ljubljana. The student movement in Ljubljana, from 1968 to 1972 was presented through a documentary film by [[Majda Širca]], the student newspapers ''[[Tribuna Magazine|Tribuna]]'' and ''SP'' (standing for ''slovensko podzemlje'' – "the Slovene underground"), leaflets and announcements, and photographs of [[Tone Stojko]], [[Edi Šelhaus]], and [[Žare Veselič]].  
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In non-biennial years, MGLC prepares 4 to 8 exhibitions. The exhibitions present Slovenian and international visual artists as well as phenomena that have shaped the cultural life in Slovenia. Such an exhibition was ''FV, Alternative Scene of the Eighties'' (2008), which shed light on the important social and artistic events in the 1980s, the appearance of the first gay and lesbian clubs, independent publishing houses, multimedia groups and other forms of counterculture creativity. On this occasion, [[Neven Korda]], a video artist and one of the protagonists, donated his entire archive to the MGLC collection. In 2009, MGLC featured ''May ’68 in Paris and the Student Movement in Ljubljana, 1968–1972. Posters, Film, and Photographs'' – an exhibition presenting around 80 posters, loaned from the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée in La Louvière (Belgium).  
  
In 2009 for the very first time in Slovenia MGLC featured and exhibition inspired in and mirroring the phenomenon of computer games entitled ''Screenshots: I Was Disappointed by Lara Croft'' prepared by an external group of Slovene curators [[Milan Kleč]], [[Lev Menaše]], [[Helena Pivec]], [[Barbara Novakovič]], and [[Boštjan Borič]].
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{{image|MGLC 2014 Mina Fina This Mess We´re In.JPG}}
  
In 2008 the MGLC also featured an exhibition conveying the tumultuous times of the 1980s in Slovenia entitled ''FV, Alternative Scene of the Eighties'' shedding light on the important social and artistic events of a period in which significant shifts were happening on the margins of the socialist society that also made possible the appearance of the first gay and lesbian clubs, independent publishing houses, multimedia groups, and other forms of counterculture creativity. On this occasion [[Neven Korda]], a video artist and one of the protagonists, donated his entire archive to the MGLC collection.
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MGLC also stages solo shows and in past years has featured [[Štefan Galič]], Regina Pessoa, [[Gabrijel Stupica]], [[Zora Stančič]] and [[Petra Varl]], [[Herman Gvardjančič]], [[Laibach]] (''Gesamtkunst Laibach, Fundamentals 1980–1990'', 2010), [[Mina Fina]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Alenka Pirman]] and others.
  
MGLC also stages solo presentations of Slovene and foreign artists. Recently projects have been featured by [[Štefan Galič]], Regina Pessoa, [[Gabrijel Stupica]], [[Zora Stančič]] and [[Petra Varl]], [[Herman Gvardjančič]], [[Laibach]] (''Gesamtkunst Laibach, Fundamentals 1980–1990'', 2010), and others.
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==Publishing==
  
==Publishing==
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MCLC produces in-depth theoretical publications, full-colour illustrated exhibition catalogues, and other books. Among their publications include the extensive retrospective study ''Mnemosyne: The Time of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts''.
The Centre produces in-depth theoretical publications, full-colour illustrated exhibition catalogues, and other books. Most recently they published the extensive retrospective study ''Mnemosyne: The Time of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts''.
 
  
 
==Education==
 
==Education==
Besides workshops for professional artists, the MGLC organises workshops of various graphic techniques (silkscreen, lithography, woodcutting, linocutting, dry point, and etching) and other special events for children.
 
  
Occasionally the MGLC organises also symposia, lectures and public discussions with invited artists, publishers, curators and experts from abroad and guided visits to accompany exhibitions.
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Besides workshops for professional artists, the MGLC organises workshops of various graphic techniques (silkscreen, lithography, woodcut, linocut, drypoint and etching) and other special events for children.
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Occasionally, the MGLC organises also symposia, lectures and public discussions with invited artists, publishers, curators and experts from abroad and guided visits to accompany exhibitions.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[Biennial of Graphic Arts]]  
 
* [[Biennial of Graphic Arts]]  
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* [[Švicarija Art Centre]]
 
* [[Tivoli Mansion]]
 
* [[Tivoli Mansion]]
* [[Association of Slovene Museums#Muzejska_no.C4.8D event|Annual ''Museums on a Summer Night'' event]]
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* [[Association of Slovene Museums#Muzejska_no.C4.8D event|Annual Museums on a Summer Night event]]
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==External links==
  
==External Links==
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* [http://www.mglc-lj.si/eng International Centre of Graphic Arts website]
*[http://www.mglc-lj.si/eng/index.htm International Centre of Graphic Arts website] (in English and Slovenian)
 
  
 
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MGLC 2009 Tivoli Mansion Photo Borut Peterlin.jpgThe International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) is located in Tivoli Mansion, Ljubljana.

Established in 1986, the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) is housed in Tivoli Mansion. It runs the Biennial of Graphic Arts, maintains an international collection of prints and artists' books, and organises personal and thematic contemporary art exhibitions, often reflecting the political or social atmospheres of the chosen periods.

Founded in 1955, the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts is the world's oldest existing biennial exhibition of contemporary graphic arts. MGLC is among the founding members of the International Biennial Association (IBA), established in 2014. As of 2017, MGLC also runs the Švicarija Art Centre, a nearby residency and exhibition venue, also located in Tivoli Park.


Background

The idea of establishing MGLC dates back to the mid-1970s as a direct consequence of the development of the Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Arts and the enormous growth of contemporary printmaking production in Slovenia during that period, especially represented by the "Ljubljana Graphic Art School".

This idea was advanced by the secretary of the Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Arts Zoran Kržišnik, the then-director of the Museum of Modern Art. In 1981, the MGLC Foundation commenced its first activities and began to adapt the Tivoli Mansion. In 1987, the MGLC moved from the Museum of Modern Art to the renovated mansion positioned majestically at the end of the Plečnik "promenade" in Ljubljana's Tivoli Park.

MGLC 2015 Janez Knez Retrospective Exhibition Of Printmaking Photo Jaka Babnik.jpgJanez Knez Retrospective Exhibition of Printmaking at the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana, 2015.

Mission

Besides the organisation of the Biennial of Graphic Arts and the organisation of other contemporary art exhibitions, MGLC also maintains a collection of Slovenian and international prints, artists' books, art projects in magazines and on billboards, and other printed art matter. MGLC also edits limited print editions in the techniques of lithography, silkscreen and intaglio and offers workshops about printing techniques.

MGLC 2013 Production 2010–2012 Photo Urska Boljkovac.jpgProduction 2010–2012, installation view. The MGLC Print Studios production presented at the International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, 2013.

Collection of art prints and artists' books

The MGLC collection contains more than 4,500 items created since 1945. Since 2000, the collection has grown by approximately 4,000 items of artist-created printed matter by international and Slovenian artists. These works include artist's books, posters, newspapers, magazines, postcards, printed invitations, greeting cards, fanzines and artists' archives.

The collection is also composed of art prints of some representatives of the "École de Paris" such as Zadkine and Picasso (in 2011 shown in the Lek Gallery), works of international established artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Victor Vasarely, Emilio Vedova, Maria Bonomi and representatives of the Ljubljana Graphics School. The collection also includes artists' books of international and Slovenian artists such as OHO Group, West East Publications edited by Franci Zagoričnik, Damien Hirst and further great names of art history such as Boltansky, Lewitt, Opalka, Buren, Roth, Reiner and Yves Klein.

International Centre of Graphic Arts 2010 Jean Tinguely Meta.jpgJean Tinguely: Meta (Signed Drawing) by K.G. Pontus Hulten and Jean Tinguely, Paris, 1973. An artist's book object bound as a suitcase with lock closure and handle, MGLC collection.

Each year, MGLC acquires some works. Beside the works of 4 Slovenian artists (Vesna Črnivec, Janez Knez, Tanja Lažetić and Petra Varl), in 2008 MGLC also acquired 4 works of foreign artists including White Cube Book of James Lee Byars from 1986 and 54 publications of Bernard Villers entitled Publishing House Remorqueur and Nouveau Remorqueur Archives.

In 2010, the Slovenian painter and printmaker Tinca Stegovec donated to MGLC her entire print oeuvre, including her matrices and four drawings, as well as a large portion of her library.

Programme

MGLC organises regular contemporary art exhibitions, including surveys of national artistic creativity and exhibitions by individual artists, often in collaboration with international institutions such as the British Council Slovenia, French Cultural Institute Charles Nodier, Ljubljana or private collections such as Rene Block Edition from Berlin.

In non-biennial years, MGLC prepares 4 to 8 exhibitions. The exhibitions present Slovenian and international visual artists as well as phenomena that have shaped the cultural life in Slovenia. Such an exhibition was FV, Alternative Scene of the Eighties (2008), which shed light on the important social and artistic events in the 1980s, the appearance of the first gay and lesbian clubs, independent publishing houses, multimedia groups and other forms of counterculture creativity. On this occasion, Neven Korda, a video artist and one of the protagonists, donated his entire archive to the MGLC collection. In 2009, MGLC featured May ’68 in Paris and the Student Movement in Ljubljana, 1968–1972. Posters, Film, and Photographs – an exhibition presenting around 80 posters, loaned from the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée in La Louvière (Belgium).

MGLC 2014 Mina Fina This Mess We're In Photo Ziga Mihelcic.JPGMina Žabnikar's (alias Mina Fina) solo exhibition This Mess We're In at the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana, 2014.

MGLC also stages solo shows and in past years has featured Štefan Galič, Regina Pessoa, Gabrijel Stupica, Zora Stančič and Petra Varl, Herman Gvardjančič, Laibach (Gesamtkunst Laibach, Fundamentals 1980–1990, 2010), Mina Fina, Peter Brötzmann, Alenka Pirman and others.

Publishing

MCLC produces in-depth theoretical publications, full-colour illustrated exhibition catalogues, and other books. Among their publications include the extensive retrospective study Mnemosyne: The Time of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts.

Education

Besides workshops for professional artists, the MGLC organises workshops of various graphic techniques (silkscreen, lithography, woodcut, linocut, drypoint and etching) and other special events for children.

Occasionally, the MGLC organises also symposia, lectures and public discussions with invited artists, publishers, curators and experts from abroad and guided visits to accompany exhibitions.

See also

External links

Gallery