Trajectories: Works from the Gorjup Gallery Collection

The exhibition Trajectories: Works from the Gorjup Gallery Collection will mark the 50th anniversary of the Galerija Božidar Jakac – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and present the rich Gorjup Gallery Collection, the oldest collection of the museum. Today, it comprises of more than 2,100 works, and the exhibition includes more than 110 artists from the collection. Due to the absence of a permanent public display, which is otherwise set up in a small version at the elementary school in Kostanjevica na Krki, many of the works will be on display for the first time.

The exhibition is divided into four thematic sections, each based on a pair of concepts – two points in the direction of development, two points on a line that stretches back through the beginnings in elementary school and beyond, further than this year’s anniversary. These concepts: intuition – strategy, formation – reinterpretation, stability – dynamics, collective – individual, serve as conceptual frameworks and starting points for reading the historical development of gallery activities and open up various levels of interpretation. The thematic pairs enable a multi-layered reading of the collection: as an archive of institutional decisions, as a field of artistic experimentation, and as a space where different currents of thought and creation meet. Each room functions as an independent reflection on one of the directions of development — both of the Galerija Božidar Jakac and of art in general — while at the same time inviting transition, connection, and reinterpretation.

Photo: Kaja Selko

Exhibiting:
Uroš Abram, Kosta Angeli Radovani, Jaka Babnik, Mirsad Begić, Milan Berbuč, Janez Bernik, Bogdan Borčič, Jagoda Buić, Mire Cetin, Jože Ciuha, Branko Cvetkovič, Dragica Čadež, Lojze Čampa, Hamo Čavrk, August Černigoj, Sandi Červek, Riko Debenjak, Tina Dobrajc, Lojze Dolinar, Dušan Džamonja, Roberto Faganel, Dušan Filipčič, Boris Gaberščik, Olaf Globočnik, Tomaž Furlan, Blaž de Gleria, France Godec, Nataliya Gorza, Petar Hadži Boškov, Shoshana Heimann, Jože Horvat Jaki, Zdenko Huzjan, Stane Jagodič, Andrej Jemec, Zmago Jeraj, Drago Jurak, Metka Kavčič, Albert Kinert, Anda Klančič, Aleksij Kobal, Staš Kleindienst, Dore Klemenčič, Damijan Kracina, Mara Kralj, Vatroslav Kuliš, Andrej Lamut, Vladimir Lamut, Tone Lapajne, Vladimir Leben, Janez Lenassi, Ivan Lesiak, Lojze Logar, Vasilije Jordan, Petar Lubarda, Bata Marianov, Jože Marinč, Franc Mesarič, Mijo Mijušković, Jasmina Nedanovski, Ana Pečar, Tejka Pezdirc, Borut Peterlin, Zlatko Prica, Štefan Planinc, Vladimir Makuc, Adriana Maraž, Armando Marrocco, France Mihelič, Edo Murtić, Ivan Napotnik, Tajda Novšak, Valentin Oman, Silvan Omerzu, Janko Orač, Ludvik Pandur, France Peršin, Tihomir Pinter, Janez Pirnat, Marij Pregelj, Boštjan Pucelj, Ivan Repnik, Vjenčeslav Richter, Giuseppe Santomaso, Jakob Savinšek, Apolonija Simon, France Slana, Hinko Smrekar, Jeanne Spiters, Tinca Stegovec, Franjo Stiplovšek, Gabrijel Stupica, Andraž Šalamun, Robert Šimrak, France Šubic Ajdo, Ive Šubic, Marko Šuštaršič, Miroslav Šutej, Vittorio Tavernari, Jože Tisnikar, Andrej Trobentar, Drago Tršar, Dušan Tršar, Fedor Vaić, Petra Varl, Vladimir Veličković, Žarko Vrezec, Šime Vulas, Miroslav Zdovc, Karel Zelenko and Bogosav Živković.