At the exhibition in Lamut's Art Salon, Matjaz Geder presents himself with the latest prints executed in the technique of monoprint, unique works that erase the line between pictorial and graphic expression. The map of the artist's reflections, which unfold before us on the landscape of the graphic sheet, is wide, because Geder is interested in modern social themes and crises of the time in which we live. The artist is well known for his works, in which he raises questions about systems in society, individual rebellion and the search for boundaries and the desire for freedom, which is most expressed precisely in topics related to the age of growing up. With adolescents, the artist is bound by a special bond, because he meets them daily and teaches them as a teacher of Fine Arts. Motifs from classrooms in the form of objects such as rulers and stamps with which teachers assess students ' achievements, the motif of school benches and the green color of school tables often find their way onto his prints. Drawn and inscribed school desks in drawings, slogans and verses, in which a conglomerate of fragments of the adolescent world, longings, interests and rebelliousness are captured, are the most common background of the artist's prints.
The title of the exhibition on wings indicates both adolescent enthusiasm and crossing borders, as well as the desire to overcome conflicts, inspiration and flight of imagination. The exhibition is thematically complemented by mobiles in the form of paper airplanes, printed with wrappers of Psycho-pharmacological tablets, reflecting the desire to move, free from the shackles of social systems and control in schools and families. At the same time, they carry the message of deep mental distress and an epidemic of tranquilizers and antidepressants, which more and more young people need to function "normally" in a dysfunctional world.
Curator: Kristina T. Simoncic
Photo By Marko Adamic
Matjaž Geder se na razstavi v Lamutovem likovnem salonu predstavlja z najnovejšimi grafikami izvedenimi v tehniki monoprinta, unikatnimi deli, ki brišejo ločnico med slikarskim in grafičnim izrazom. Zemljevid umetnikovih premišljevanj, ki se pred nami razprostirajo na pokrajini grafičnega lista, je širok, saj Gederja zanimajo sodobne družbene teme in krize časa, v katerem živimo. Umetnik je dobro poznan po svojih delih, v katerih odpira vprašanja o sistemih v družbi, posameznikovem uporu in iskanju mej ter želji po svobodi, kar se najbolj izrazi ravno v tematikah, povezanih z dobo odraščanja. Z mladostniki umetnika veže posebna vez, saj jih vsakodnevno srečuje in poučuje kot učitelj likovne umetnosti. Motivi iz učilnic v obliki predmetov, kot so ravnila ter štampiljke, s katerimi učitelji ocenjujejo dosežke učencev, motiv šolskih klopi in zelena barva šolskih tabel se pogosto znajdejo na njegovih grafikah. Porisane in popisane šolske mize v risbah, sloganih ter verzih, v katerih je ujet konglomerat drobcev mladostniškega sveta, hrepenenj, zanimanj in uporništva, pa so najpogostejše ozadje umetnikovih grafik.
Naslov razstave Na krilih označuje tako mladostniško zanesenost in prestopanje mej kot tudi željo po preseganju konfliktov, navdih in let domišljije. Razstavo tematsko dopolnjujejo mobili v obliki papirnatih letal, potiskanih z ovoji psiho farmakoloških tablet, ki odražajo željo po premikanju, osvoboditvi iz spon družbenih sistemov ter nadzora v šolah in družinah. Hkrati nosijo sporočilo o globokih dušenih stiskah in epidemiji pomirjeval in antidepresivov, ki jih za »normalno« funkcioniranje v disfunkcionalnem svetu potrebuje vse več mladih.
Kustosinja: Kristina T. Simončič
Foto: Marko Adamič
