Hest Gallery, Ljubljana
Exhibition programme
Recently, the Hest Gallery in Ljubljana has begun to feature more annual exhibitions than Hest Gallery in Maribor. In 2009 it presented 5 solo exhibitions, mostly of the young generation of Slovene artists: internationally acclaimed Uršula Berlot and her works researching spatial phantasms, Ptujska Gora-based Dušan Fišer, as well as exhibitions of Jože Šubic, Mateja Kavčič, and Tanja Špenko. In February 2010 Hest Gallery presented an exhibition of Jože Tisnikar, which was featured a month later in its Maribor filial. The Hest Gallery in Ljubljana has also featured older artists, such as the themed group exhibition The Russian Avant-garde [Ruska avantgarda] in 2007.
Represented artists
In both Maribor and Ljubljana the Hest Gallery offers a very bright palette of the work of more than 100 artists including some art works of established deceased Slovene authors as drawings of Slovene impressionist Rihard Jakopič, drawings of Avgust Černigoj (the key figure of Constructivism and the Slovene historic avant-garde), oils on canvas and aquarelles of Jože Tisnikar, oil paintings of France Kralj, drawings and graphics of Božidar Jakac and many others. Hest Gallery also sells works of some established older generation Slovene artists such as Janez Bernik, Jože Ciuha, and Lojze Spacal, as well as further works of middle generation as Zora Stančič, Andrej Jemec, Živko Marušič, or Dušan Kirbiš. It sells also works of the young middle generation: Dušan Fišer, Marko Jakše, Metka Kavčič, Borut Korošec, and many others.
Exhibition space
- dimensions: Room 1: 24.75m² (5.5m x 4.5m x 3m H) incorporating 19 linear metres of wall space; Room 2: 35m² (11.5m x 3m x 3m H) incorporating 30 linear metres of wall space; Room 3: 12m² (6m x 2m x 3m H) incorporating 14 linear metres of wall space; Room 4: 25m² (5.5m x 4.7m x 3m H) incorporating 13.5 linear metres of wall space
- installation system: Nielsen hanging system
- lighting: halogen lighting system
- climate control: yes
- sales policy: sales permitted (% by negotiation)
- security: security system installed