Jakopič Gallery
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8 May 2018
North Macedonia Skopje Osten Gallery
The opening of the exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints by the Slovenian painter Jože Ciuha (1924-2015), curated by Barbara Savenc and Marija Skočir (Jakopič Gallery), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Skopje and Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union,
Programme
Since 2010 the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana public institute has co-produced many exhibition projects exclusively for the Jakopič Gallery, covering mainly visual arts, but also paying significant attention to performance and multimedia projects. Besides contemporary art production it highlighted historical authors and phenomena with the aim to serve as a bridge between the contemporary art practices and the mission of museums.
In 2010 the first exhibition was dedicated to Two Spanish Masters in Ljubljana, introducing Pablo Picasso's prints in the City Museum of Ljubljana and Antoni Clavé's works from 1934 to 2002 in the Jakopič Gallery. It was followed by the travelling exhibition Bauhaus Twenty-21: An Ongoing Legacy – Photographs by Gordon Watkinson, which marked the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus and was co-produced by Foto+Synthesis, National Gallery of Slovenia and Goethe-Institut Ljubljana.
Staging several exhibitons by a number of Slovenian and globally acclaimed photographers through the years the programme of Jakopič Gallery gradually became centered on photography exclusively, ranging from photojournalism to art photography. In recent years extensive exhibitions were held by photographers such as Lee Miller, Josef Koudelka, Marc Riboud, Sebastião Salgado, and Lucien Hervé, as well as by important Slovenian photographers such as Tihomir Pinter and Damjan Gale.
Jakopič Gallery holds year-long education programmes for adults, as well as programmes for children and students, attempting to expand their understanding of photography. Lectures, concerts, round tables and other presentations are also organised.
Sound Explicit Festival, a series of experimental sound events, is held at Jakopič Gallery since 2011, organised by P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute.
Reading room and mediatheque
In 2010 the Gallery cooperated with MoTA Museum of Transitory Art in establishing a reading room and mediatheque on contemporary arts, architecture, and design. It is dedicated to the memory of the architect and publicist Tomaž Brate (1963–2008), whose books form the core of this collection.
See also
External links
- Jakopič Gallery web page
- Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943) on Wikipedia
- Tomaž Brate (1963–2008) on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)