Beli sladoled

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http://www.belisladoled.org/

Beli sladoled is a painting group consisting of two academic painters: Miha Perne from Ljubljana and Leon Zuodar from Postojna. They are primarily interested in drawing and use the element of surprise when preparing exhibitions where they always avoid showing things twice.

Beli Sladoled develops a drawing in a wider context. It considers the drawings as living forms that set off visible reactions in contact with the viewer, mostly laughter. The drawings are usually on smaller formats and with various motifs that are a result of artistic experiment and development of a context.

Background

The members of the Beli sladoled met in 1998 at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. They created the group Beli sladoled and had their first exhibition in Slovenske Konjice, Kulturni dom in 2006. The name of the group Beli sladoled "White ice-cream" was chosen by coincidence.

The work of Miha Perne focuses on mythological register of Western society, ranging from historical facts to futuristic projections while Leon Zoudar uses references to subculture movements. Their work is multilayered, saturated, stylised and repetitive. Both of them demonstrate iconographic heterogeneity and unique way of remodelling, and combining elements.

Awards

Beli Sladoled won the first prize in OHO Group Award competition in 2011. On the exhibition of the nominees in the Vžigalica Gallery in may 2011 it presented an unconventional artwork The Winner's Podium, an installation of wood, bolts, paint, plastic grass, metal numbers and two human beings. The artwork can be understood as a part of a parallel universe that opposes the competition.

Self-publishing

The publications of Beli sladoled are an important part of it's production. They can also be used as a promotion material. Beli sladoled generally uses low-budget funds and do not sell the publications but give them to people that are interested in drawing. They usually make about 100 copies. Beli sladoled has independently published a comic strip album ANTIŠALCE (123pages/A5) and drawing compilations: 10 O'CLOCK drawings (76pages/A6), IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON - relationships drawings (24pages/A6) and MY MSN DRAWINGS - mouse drawings (62pages/A6). BELI SLADOLED and FRIENDS is an international drawing compilation that Beli sladoled was working on for over a year. It was published in 2008 and includes drawings of 25 excellent drawers from all Europe: Beli sladoled, Foco, Sergej, Koco, Vasja Lebaric, Matej Lavrencic, Milanka Fabjancic, Rone84, Puma34, Oko, Pas, Ioke42, Jaka Vatovec, Nina Slejko, Conny Blom, Luka Cesnik, Matjaz Bertoncelj, Dulait, Anne-May, Finsta, Aorta, Uros Weinberger, Klemen Gorup.

Exhibitions and projects

Beli Sladoled has been exhibiting in Ljubljana (Ganes Pratt Gallery, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana), Novo mesto (Simulaker Gallery), Celje (Likovni salon Celje) etc. and abroad (Stuttgart). Among their most important exhibitions are International graphic biennial in 2007 where they presented Anti Liquid Staircase and Galeri Rotor 2, Göteborg, Sweden in 2007 where they presented I Like Volvo Tattooz Show.

The recent exhibitions (in 2010) of Beli Sladoled are:

• Alkatraz Gallery, This is not a political exhibition,
• Pekmez Gallery, Paintings,
• Schwarz Gallery, Paintings,
• Kapsula Gallery, A ship of fools,
• Domžale Gallery, painting installation Paintings for the wall.

Since 2008 Beli Sladoled is writing blog.

External links

• Beli sladoled website
• Beli sladoled blog
• Portrait photographs of Beli sladoled by Borut Peterlin
• pdf Beli sladoled, Schwarz Gallery