Likovne besede Magazine

Contact

Likovne besede

Komenskega 8, SI-1000 Ljubljana

likovne.besede@zveza-dslu.si

Phone386 (0) 1 433 0464

Published byUnion of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU)

Frequencybiannually

Ljubljana Personal, Alternative City Guide, Lucija Stepančič, Ljubljana's Phonebook [Ljubljanski imenik], 2010

The magazine Likovne besede [Art Words] has been published since 1985 by the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU). Likovne besede usually comes out twice a year as a double issue and is the main periodic publication in the field of visual art and art theory in Slovenia. It is published in Slovenian with summaries in English.

In 2009 the editors Nevenka Šivavec and Mojca Zlokarnik conceived a new bilingual book series Ljubljana Personal, Alternative City Guide [Ljubljana osebno, alternativni vodič]. These booklets which feature alternative guides for the city of Ljubljana are written by artists or art-related experts. Up to 2011 appeared the City Within the City [Mesto v mestu] by art historian Miklavž Komelj, Revolution Action [Revolucija Akcija] by Estela Žutić and Gill Duvivier, Ljubljana's Phone Book [Ljubljanski imenik] by painter, restorer and writer Lucija Stepančič, illustrated by Damijan Stepančič and Infantile City, Inside – Outside [Infantilno mesto, od znotraj – od zunaj] by Daniel Jewesbury, an artist from Ireland and the 2008 AiR Celeia Celje artist-in-residence.

Content

Each issue of the magazine focuses on a theme ("Arte-fact?", "Women in Art"; "Microutopias"; "Views on Contemporary Slovene Art"; "Art and Time"; "Dreams", "Psychoanalysis and Art" ...) combined with regular formats such as "Round Table", "Interview, "Contributions to the Slovenian Dictionary of Art Terms", and the "Theoretical Supplement". The magazine features also exclusive notes by the artists (diaries, reflections, artistic pages).

In 2010 the exhibition Likovne besede – 25 years and forth at the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU) Gallery presented the selected artworks that were created for the magazine by Mirsad Begić, Milan Erič, Milan Golob, Meta Grgurevič, Milena Kosec, Marko Kovačič, Ivo Mršnik, Alen Ožbolt, Irena Romih, Alenka Sottler, Matej Andraž Vogrinčič and Kamila Volčanšek.

See also

• Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU)

External links

• Likovne besede on Facebook
• Likovne besede on Myspace
• Refuge: A Migratory and Momentary Guide to the City, Ljubljana Alternative City Guide by Justseeds Artists' Cooperative

Gallery

Ljubljana Personal, Alternative City Guide, City Within the City [Mesto v mestu] by Miklavž Komelj, 2009

Ljubljana Personal, Alternative City Guide, Estela Žutić, Gilles Duvivier: Revolution Action [Revolucija Akcija], 2009

Ljubljana Personal, Alternative City Guide, Lucija Stepančič, Ljubljana's Phonebook [Ljubljanski imenik], 2010

Ljubljana Personal, Alternative City Guide, Daniel Jewesbury, Infantile City, Inside - Outside [Infantilno mesto, od znotraj - od zunaj], 2010