Literary and Fine Arts are often intertwined; illustrations of books or comics that we read and viewed in childhood have been imprinted in our memory for all of us. Monuments of literary artists accompany us on the way through the city or the park, and their portraits and illustrations of literary works are kept in museum collections. Quite often, a poem or story was also a direct inspiration for artistic depiction, and vice versa; both genres of art often connect and complement each other.
This is why we asked children and young people what they like to read or what they have read interesting recently. What is their favorite story or song? Maybe they are fans of comics? We invited them to present their favorite story, fable, poem, comic in any artistic way ... they could choose a book hero, a favorite part of the story, they could design the cover of their favorite book, illustrate a popular poem or prose text ... A wide variety of motifs and artistic solutions were welcome, which is also reflected in the diverse selection of works of art at the exhibition.
And what did the children and young people read? We met with interpretations of Slovenian works, such as Sapramiska , Kekec , Pekarna mishmash , Zvezdica Slumberka , cat Muri , Piki Jakob , poetry of Setko Kosovel and France Preserna, as well as with depictions of foreign ones, where the comics Dogman and Captain Gatnik stood out , in addition to these two , the detective agency for Ghosts, The Adventures of Pepe Pig and, of course, the famous magician Harr / Potter.
We thank all participants and their mentors for their cooperation and efforts. The exhibition presents award-winning and outstanding works selected by the commission.
More about the competition on the link .
Exhibition author
Natasha Braunsberger
Preparation of material
Tina Buh
Competition committee
Tamara Bregar and Nina Borg, Fine Arts pedagogues, Ines Dovetech Kurat, professor of Fine Arts, Natasha Braunsberger, curator
20. June – 30. August 2026
National Gallery
The 24th
1000 Ljubljana
Literarna in likovna umetnost se pogosto prepletata; vsem nam so se vtisnile v spomin ilustracije knjig ali stripov, ki smo jih brali in si jih ogledovali že v otroštvu. Spomeniki književnikov nas spremljajo na poti skozi mesto ali park, njihove portrete in ilustracije književnih del pa hranimo v muzejskih zbirkah. Nemalokrat je bila pesem ali zgodba tudi neposreden navdih za likovno upodobitev, in obratno; obe zvrsti umetnosti se pogosto povezujeta in dopolnjujeta.
Prav zato smo otroke in mlade povprašali, kaj radi prebirajo oziroma kaj so v zadnjem času zanimivega prebrali. Katera je njihova najljubša zgodba ali pesem? So morda ljubitelji stripa? Povabili smo jih, da nam na poljuben likovni način predstavijo svojo najljubšo zgodbo, basen, pesem, strip … Za upodobitev so lahko izbrali knjižnega junaka, najljubši del zgodbe, lahko so oblikovali naslovnico svoje najljubše knjige, ilustrirali priljubljeno pesem ali prozno besedilo ... Dobrodošli so bili najrazličnejši motivi in likovne rešitve, kar se kaže tudi v raznovrstnem izboru likovnih del na razstavi.
In kaj so prebirali otroci in mladi? Srečali smo se tako z interpretacijami slovenskih del, denimo s Sapramiško , Kekcem , Pekarno Mišmaš , Zvezdico Zaspanko , Mačkom Murijem , Pikijem Jakobom , poezijo Srečka Kosovela in Franceta Prešerna, kot tudi z upodobitvami tujih, kjer sta izstopala predvsem stripa Pasji mož in Kapitan Gatnik , poleg teh dveh pa še detektivska Agencija za duhove , prigode Pujse Pepe in seveda vsem znani čarovnik Harry Potter.
Vsem udeležencem in njihovim mentorjem se zahvaljujemo za sodelovanje in trud. Na razstavi predstavljamo nagrajena in izstopajoča dela po izboru komisije.
Več o natečaju na povezavi .
Avtorica razstave
Nataša Braunsberger
Priprava gradiva
Tina Buh
Natečajna komisija
Tamara Bregar in Nina Borg, likovni pedagoginji, Ines Dovečer Kurat, profesorica likovne umetnosti, Nataša Braunsberger, kustosinja
20. junij – 30. avgust 2026
Narodna galerija
Prešernova 24
1000 Ljubljana