Octobre 2022
Interview with Hamja Ahsan
“Contemporary Art is an Economy Based on Irony”
The interview was initially published in the Art Words [Likovne besede] magazine, 119/2021 in Slovenian language.
Photo: Urška Boljkovac, MGLC archive
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September 2022
Neja Tomšič’s OPIUM CLIPPERS exhibition (2015–2022).
CANKARJEV DOM, Ljubljana
On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 5 p.m., the opening of the exhibition
from the cycle Art Critics Choose. In the first lobby of Cankarjev dom.
From September 6 to December 6, 2022
Selection: Miha Colner
Author: Neja Tomšič
In cooperation with the Slovenian Society of Art Critics
First lobby, Europlakat Gallery, free entry
August 2022
Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana, 17. 8. 2022, 19:00
Tea for Five. Opium Clippers is a performance piece in which Neja Tomšič explores the history that led to the current epidemic of opioid addiction in the US through painted ceramics, a tea-drinking ritual and a book.
Through the particular stories of individuals, merchants and politicians, businesses and pirates, the project reveals the cradle of capitalism and consumerism and the role that opium and tea played in it.
July 2022
ORGAN VIDA, international photography festival 29/06-28/08
Titled “no tears left to cry”, the 12th edition of Organ Vida is dedicated to exploring the various manifestations of feeling in contemporary society. Focusing on the social dimension of feeling, Organ Vida presents artwork that channels the prevalent negative feelings such as apathy or anxiety, as well as artwork that presents affective alternatives to it, explores and/or imagines different affective dimensions of dis/u/topias, imagination and fantasy.
Museum of Contemporary Art – Avenija Dubrovnik 17, Zagreb, Croatia
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June 2022
Presentation of the book CIRCUS by Jože Suhadolnik.
The discussion will be moderated by Ilija Tomanić
Saturday 18th at 19:30.
Galerija fotografija / gallery and bookshop specialized for fine art photography.
Levstikov trg 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia.