Mestna galerija Nova Gorica
Trg Edvarda Kardelja 5, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia, SI-5000
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ProprietorNova Gorica Arts Centre
Nova Gorica City Gallery
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History
Founded within the premises of the Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Nova Gorica and initially operating under the auspices of the Goriška Museum, the management of the Nova Gorica City Gallery was in 2000 transferred to the Nova Gorica Arts Centre.
Programme
Nova Gorica City Gallery engages in solo and group exhibitions of established Slovene artists and artist groups as well as international exhibitions curated by Slovene and guest curators, presenting up to 10 exhibitions each year. The gallery's exhibition programme includes all genres of contemporary art; projects are selected according to their quality, their originality of ideas, and their achievements in relation to contemporary art movements. The gallery seeks to present a complex, quality-based view of the Slovene and foreign artistic production, as well as paying attention to artists from the area of Nova Gorica.
Programme
Beside the organisation of the Pixxelpoint International Festival of Computer Art, the Nova Gorica City Gallery featured annual up to 10 exhibitions prepared by house and very often by guest curators of national and sometimes international origins. Solo and group exhibitions are focused on all genres of contemporary art; projects are selected according to their quality, their originality of ideas, and their achievements in relation to contemporary art movements. The gallery tends to present a complex, quality-based view of the Slovene and foreign artistic production, as well it pays attention to artists from the area of Nova Gorica.
The year 2008 saw a rich programme of solo exhibitions by middle generation of Slovene artists as Aleksij Kobal, Lujo Vodopivec, and Bojan Štokelj. Notable group exhibition in 2008 was the one of selected works of the Slovene contemoporary artists from the City Gallery Collection featuring under the title Aesthetics of the New Millennium also many established artists of the young generation, the gallery worked prevous years with (Uršula Berlot, Viktor Bernik, Boštjan Drinovec, Arjan Pregl, Miha Štrukelj, Sašo Vrabič, etc. The multimedia exhibition entitled Data Collision featured beside the work of young and internationaly renowned art collective BridA and postgravity world known artist Dragan Živadinov also two international names (Hans H. Diebner, Florian Grond).
In 2009, the group exhibition Eros Kalos curated by Brane Kovič featured erotic motives in 38 graphic and photographic works of such world-renowned artists as Nobuyoshi Araki, Nan Goldin, André Masson, Helmut Newton, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray – Emmanuel Rudnitsky, Pierre-Auguste Renior, Egon Schiele, Jeanloup Sieff, Miroslav Šutej, Shu Takahashi, Sam Taylor-Wood, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann.
The 2010 line-up of solo exhibitions include Slovene artists Duša Jesih, Mitja Ficko, and Roberto Kusterle as well as a group exhibition entitled Wild in Heart featuring Aleksij Kobal, Silvester Plotajs Sicoe, Jurij Kalan and Mirko Bratuša. Petja nova razstava
Other activities
As well as mounting exhibitions, Nova Gorica City Gallery is the site of various talks on contemporary visual arts, fine arts workshops for children, and guided exhibition tours for the public.
The gallery also runs interdisciplinary programmes and concerts, and is the co-presenter of and main venue for the Pixxelpoint International Festival of Computer Art, which saw its 10th edition in 2009.
See also
- Nova Gorica Arts Centre
- Pixxelpoint International Festival of Computer Art
- Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Nova Gorica
- Goriška Museum
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Founded in 1997, the Nova Gorica City Gallery has since developed into one of the most high-profile contemporary arts spaces in the Goriška region. +
Founded in 1997, the Nova Gorica City Gallery has since developed into one of the most high-profile contemporary arts spaces in the Goriška region. +
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