With his solo exhibition Long Black Summer, artist Erik Mavric tells the story of the shortsightedness and self-evident nature of contemporary society and The Associated existential ills of an individual caught in the patterns of social norms. He created completely new works for the exhibition, which were already drafted and adapted to the specific lapidary exhibition space in the Bozidar Jakac Gallery. The works present (only)ironic grotesque and Humoresque, where there is always a man in the lead role.
Mavric is one of the most enigmatic domestic creators, because in his extremely diverse artistic practice he relates to many techniques, genres and tendencies from history and places them in the field of contemporary art; his highly contemporary and current motives are fueled, among others, by social realism, expressionism, surrealism, cubism and comic production. These works are created on wooden supports, on which the Rainbow drew with charcoal, creating complex, extensive and detailed compositions that bring an extremely dark and at the same time humorous narrative about the world here and now, as well as in the near and distant future. The drawings are apocalyptic and are drawn in the light of a resigned view of the future, where everyday phenomena turn into grotesque. In this respect , the exhibition Long Black Summer is a peculiar modern interpretation of the ship of Fools motif, where the passengers of a fragile raft surrender headlong to carnal pleasures, which the artist compares with the state of mind of the modern world. All these considerations are still (or again) present in society today, since the idea of a more responsible and just global society has not (yet) been realized. Therefore, the Rainbow in this cycle does not look to the past, but merely analyzes the present.
Curator: Miha Colner
Photo: Jaka Babnik
Umetnik Erik Mavrič s svojo samostojno razstavo Dolgo črno poletje pripoveduje zgodbo o kratkovidnosti in samoumevnosti sodobne družbe in s tem povezanimi eksistencialnimi tegobami posameznika, ujetega v vzorce družbenih normativov. Za razstavo je ustvaril povsem nova dela, ki so bila že osnutkih zastavljena in prilagojena specifičnemu razstavnemu prostoru lapidarija v Galeriji Božidar Jakac. Dela predstavljajo (samo)ironično grotesko in humoresko, kjer je v glavni vlogi vselej človek.
Mavrič je eden najbolj enigmatičnih domačih ustvarjalcev, saj se v svoji skrajno raznoliki umetniški praksi navezuje na številne tehnike, žanre in tendence iz zgodovine in jih umešča v polje sodobne umetnosti; njegovi izrazito sodobni in aktualni motivi se med drugim napajajo pri socialnemu realizmu, ekspresionizmu, nadrealizmu, kubizmu in stripovski produkciji. Pričujoča dela so ustvarjena na lesenih nosilcih, na katere je Mavrič risal z ogljem in tako ustvaril kompleksne, obsežne in podrobne kompozicije, ki prinašajo skrajno temačno in hkrati humorno pripoved o svetu tukaj in zdaj, kakor tudi v bližnji in daljni prihodnosti. Risbe so apokaliptične in se izrisujejo v luči resigniranega pogleda v bodočnost, kjer se vsakdanji pojavi sprevračajo v grotesko. V tem pogledu je razstava Dolgo črno poletje svojevrstna sodobna interpretacija motiva ladje norcev , kjer se potniki krhkega splava brezglavo predajajo mesenim užitkom, kar umetnik primerja s stanjem duha sodobnega sveta. Vsi ti premisleki so danes še vedno (ali ponovno) prisotni v družbi, saj se ideja po bolj odgovorni in pravični globalni družbi (še) ni uresničila. Zato se Mavrič v pričujočem ciklusu ne ozira v preteklost, ampak zgolj analizira sedanjost.
Kustos: Miha Colner
Foto: Jaka Babnik
