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One of two private galleries in Ljubljana which specialises in photography, since 2004 Photon Gallery presents, promotes and sells photography of Slovene as well as international photographers. In 2005 the gallery initiated the Month of Photography festival in Ljubljana. In addition to collaborating on many international and national projects, Photon Gallery regularly attends international art fairs.

Exhibitions

Focused on contemporary photography by Slovene and other photographers of Central and Eastern European regions, Photon Gallery prepares both solo and group exhibitions, at a frequency of approximately one exhibition monthly. Recently the gallery has exhibited works of the young Slovene artist Špela Volčič, a representative of the new wave photography Vanja Bučan, as well as work of Tomo Brejc, a photographer of the young established generation. Beside exhibitions of established artists such as Stane Jagodič, the gallery also presents artists of older, classical Slovene photography: in 2009 the gallery featured the series entitled Vanishing by Janez Korošin.

Beside solo exhibitions, Photon Gallery is also known for its themed group shows like Early 80s Music Scene (2008), Laibach-Focus (2004) or Contemporary Erotic Photography (2008) prepared in cooperation with Primož Lampič, the head of the photography department of the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAD) (then the Architecture Museum of Ljubljana). The exhibition in 2008 featured works by Goran Bertok, Matjaž Prešeren, Jure Breceljnik, Voranc Vogel, Rajko Bizjak, and the tandem Barbara Jakše and Stane Jeršič.

The nude in photography is an often-present theme in the gallery's programme. In 2007 the Photon Gallery first introduced the Slovene public to the work of the notorious Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki with a selection from his Pola Eros series. Recently the gallery also featured photography of French artists Enna Chaton and Italian photographer Luca Donnini, whose works expresses the unusual presence of a highly involved voyeur – both solo exhibitions were featured in 2009, the last one within the programme of the Red Dawn International Women's Festival in the Autonomous Cultural Centre Metelkova mesto in Ljubljana.

Photon Gallery cooperates intensively with national and international institutions. In the summer of 2009 it featured the group exhibition Camera Obscura – Autoportrait of the Students of Photography from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. In early 2010, in collaboration with Nessim Gallery from Budapest, the gallery presented the renowned Hungarian contemporary photo artist Gabor Kerekes with the series Over Roswell and a selection of other works.

Ljubljana Month of Photography and Photonic Moments

Inspired by events that have been happening in 2004 in the number of European cities under the name European Month of Photography, the Photon Gallery initiated 2005 the Ljubljana Month of Photography. Each year the event focuses on presentation of contemporary trends in photography from Slovenia and other countries of the region. The 2006 programme involved a total of almost 20 exhibitions and accompanying events in Slovenia capital. In last three editions, the Month of Photography encompassed a yearly average of 30 exhibitions as well as related events, such as symposium entitled Discussions on Contemporary Photography etc. Within the event the »Photo Exhibition of the Year« award is granted.

The most significant annual production project of Photon Gallery is the exhibition entitled Photonic Moments, which shows by international curators selected works of young and emerging artists from Middle and South-eastern European region. In 2006, Photonic Moments became the official exhibition of the Month of Photography festival. The first edition of Photonic Moments featured 40 artists from 8 countries, the second edition shown also works of Damjan Kocjančič, Tomo Brejc, Andrej Osterman, Damjan Švarc and international artists as Joszef Bartha, Alexander Valchev, Boriana Rossa, Anna Orlikowska, Sitara Ibrahimowa and many others. The fourth edition in 2008 gathered artists from 6 countries (Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey) including Primož Bizjak, Maša Bajc, Ektor Dimissianos, Marko Ercegović, Valentino Bilić Prcić, Špela Volčič and others. The Photonic Moments tours often throughout Europe.

Video in progress and Photonic Luminatic

In 2006 the Gallery introduced the programme entitled Video in progress, consisting of presentation of contemporary video art. The focus of the first year was on video artists from the region, for the second year more conceptual criteria were used.

As the intersection between photography and video, the Photon Gallery prepares annually since 2008 the exhibition entitled Photonic Luminatic. It goes about an overview introducing the selection of Slovenian artists who use medium of photography and video for research and creative endeavour in the broader context of the visual arts. The selection for the show is traditionally done by Dejan Sluga, the director of the Photon Gallery, video artists are selected by Vesna Bukovec and Metka Zupanič. The first edition focused in the phenomenon of the new documentary photography within the contemporary artistic practise with the aim to show how the photography continues to become increasingly relevant as a completely independent artistic medium, and it is additionally evermore used as a tool for the presentation of various multi- and inter-media projects. Within the selection of 15 artists was as well works of Bojan Salaj, Borut Peterlin, and Tomo Brejc. In 2009 the show featured beside 14 photographers also vidos of Zmago Lenardič & Jasna Hribernik, group Kolektiva, Polonca Lovšin, Anja Medved, Tanja Lazetić, and Dejan Habicht.

Sales service and international art fairs

The Photon Gallery represents almost 40 national and international artists. The works that could be commissioned from the gallery are documented on the Gallery website. Since few years it visits regularly the international art fairs using the strategy of the curated presentation based on thematic frame. Until now the gallery presented itself on Viennafair and Berliner Liste, where the Gallery booth opened topics of death, death-wish and dark sexual desires. The presentation under the title Thanatos featured 4 photo-artists (Bojan Salaj, Tomo Brejc, Goran Bertok, and Gyula Fodor) and the video group Kolektiva showing a kind of bizarre video, demonstrating how an art institution is swallowed by a giant vagina.

External links

Photon Gallery website (in English)
The Photonic Moments project's website (in English and Slovenian)
Feature from Viennafair 2009 (also about Photon Gallery) on Artnet website
Photon Gallery on Artfacts

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 ==Exhibitions==
-Focused on the contemporary photography of Slovene and other photographers of CEE regions, the Photon Gallery prepares approximately one exhibition monthly. The Gallery features plenty of solo exhibitions. Recently the Gallery exhibited works of young Slovene artist [[Špela Volčič]], the representative of the new wave photography [[Vanja Bučan]], but also work of [[Tomo Brejc]], photographer of young established generation. Beside exhibitions of established artists as [[Stane Jagodič]], the Gallery presents each year also artist of older, classical Slovene photography; in 2009 the gallery featured the series entitled ''Vanishing'' of [[Janez Korošin]].
+Focused on contemporary photography by Slovene and other photographers of Central and Eastern European regions,  Photon Gallery prepares both solo and group exhibitions, at a frequency of approximately one exhibition monthly. Recently the gallery has exhibited works of the young Slovene artist [[Špela Volčič]], a representative of the new wave photography [[Vanja Bučan]], as well as work of [[Tomo Brejc]], a photographer of the young established generation. Beside exhibitions of established artists such as [[Stane Jagodič]], the gallery also presents artists of older, classical Slovene photography: in 2009 the gallery featured the series entitled ''Vanishing'' by [[Janez Korošin]].
-Beside solo exhibitions, is Photon Gallery known also for its themed group shows like ''Early 80s Music Scene'' (2008), ''Laibach-Focus'' (2004) or ''Contemporary Erotic Photography'', which was in 2008 prepared in the cooperation with [[Primož Lampič]], the head of the photography department of the [[Museum of Architecture and Design (MAD)]] (then Architecture Museum Ljubljana). The exhibition in 2008 featured also works of [[Goran Bertok]], [[Matjaž Prešeren]], [[Jure Breceljnik]], [[Voranc Vogel]], [[Rajko Bizjak]], and of tandem [[Barbara Jakše and Stane Jeršič]].
+Beside solo exhibitions, Photon Gallery is also known for its themed group shows like ''Early 80s Music Scene'' (2008), ''Laibach-Focus'' (2004) or ''Contemporary Erotic Photography'' (2008) prepared in cooperation with [[Primož Lampič]], the head of the photography department of the [[Museum of Architecture and Design (MAD)]] (then the Architecture Museum of Ljubljana). The exhibition in 2008 featured works by [[Goran Bertok]], [[Matjaž Prešeren]], [[Jure Breceljnik]], [[Voranc Vogel]], [[Rajko Bizjak]], and the tandem [[Barbara Jakše and Stane Jeršič]].
-Moreover, the nudity is the theme often present in the programme of the Photon Gallery. In 2007 the Photon Gallery for the first time introduced to Slovene public the work of the notorious Japanese photographer ''Nobuyoshi Araki'' with the selection from his Pola Eros series. Recently the Gallery featured also photographies of French artists Enna Chaton or Italian photrographer Luca Donnini, whose works expresses the unusual presence of a highly involved voyeur – both solo exhibitions were featured in 2009, the last one within the programme of the [[Red Dawn International Women's Festival]] in the [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone|Autonomous Cultural Centre Metelkova mesto]] in Ljubljana.
+The nude in photography is an often-present theme in the gallery's programme. In 2007 the Photon Gallery first introduced the Slovene public to the work of the notorious Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki with a selection from his ''Pola Eros'' series. Recently the gallery also featured photography of French artists Enna Chaton and Italian photographer Luca Donnini, whose works expresses the unusual presence of a highly involved voyeur – both solo exhibitions were featured in 2009, the last one within the programme of the [[Red Dawn International Women's Festival]] in the [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone|Autonomous Cultural Centre Metelkova mesto]] in Ljubljana.
-The Gallery intensively cooperates with national and international institutions. In the summer of 2009 it was featuring as well the group exhibition ''Camera Obscura – Autoportrait'' of the Students of Photography from the [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]]. In the collaboration with ''Nessim Gallery'' from Budapest the Gallery presented in the beginning of 2010 a renowned Hungarian contemporary photo artist Gabor Kerekes with the series Over Roswell and a selection of other works.
+Photon Gallery cooperates intensively with national and international institutions. In the summer of 2009 it featured the group exhibition ''Camera Obscura – Autoportrait'' of the Students of Photography from the [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]]. In early 2010, in collaboration with ''Nessim Gallery'' from Budapest,  the gallery presented the renowned Hungarian contemporary photo artist Gabor Kerekes with the series ''Over Roswell'' and a selection of other works.
 ==Ljubljana ''Month of Photography'' and ''Photonic Moments''==

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Exhibitions

Ljubljana Month of Photography and Photonic Moments

Video in progress and Photonic Luminatic

Sales service and international art fairs

See also

External links

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