The group exhibition of vegetation presents the works of four visual artists who, in their work, dedicate themselves to different aspects of the depiction and treatment of nature through the perspective of art. In their practices, they are engaged in addressing the relationship of man to the natural environment, which in different periods of history, as well as in modern times, was inevitably manifested and reflected in the dominant visual culture and art.
Although many civilizations in the course of history have succeeded in establishing an apparent dividing line between wild nature and human-produced culture, the aforementioned distinction is now increasingly proving to be forced and artful. Nevertheless, it was nature that was the eternal inspiration in the creation of culture and art, as they constantly summarized its forms, structures and modes of action. The attitude of man to the natural environment was therefore always two-faced: on the one hand, extremely competitive, because man wanted to subjugate and control nature, but also symbiotic, because he always perceived it with a very special admiration and awe. The works in the vegetation exhibition thus reflect the deep attachment and connection of the participating artists with everything earthly, which is largely evidenced by the completely different ways of using vegetative or plant elements. The four artists are united mainly by the extreme diversity of their authoring practices: Nika Erjavec presents herself with a new media spatial installation, Tina Konc with a series of large format drawings, Tea Kralj with a painting cycle and Tilakven Mucik mainly with a set of photographs in an expanded field. In their lucid, engaged and multifaceted artistic practices, the artists show man's dependence on nature and on the environmental ills of the modern world.
Curator: Miha Colner
Photo: Jaka Babnik
Skupinska razstava Vegetacije sooča dela štirih vizualnih umetnic, ki se v svojem delovanju posvečajo različnim vidikom upodabljanja in obravnavanja narave skozi perspektivo umetnosti. V svojih praksah angažirano naslavljajo odnos človeka do naravnega okolja, ki se je skozi različna obdobja zgodovine, kakor tudi v sodobnem času, neizbežno izkazoval in odražal tudi v dominantni vizualni kulturi in umetnosti.
Čeprav so mnoge civilizacije v toku zgodovine uspele vzpostaviti navidezno ločnico med samoniklo naravo in človeško proizvedeno kulturo, se omenjena distinkcija danes vse bolj izkazuje za prisiljeno in umetelno. Kljub temu je bila prav narava večna inspiracija pri ustvarjanju kulture in umetnosti, saj sta le-ti nenehno povzemali njene oblike, strukture in načine delovanja. Odnos človeka do naravnega okolja je bil zato vselej dvoličen: na eni strani skrajno tekmovalen, saj si je želel človek naravo podrejati in jo kontrolirati, hkrati pa tudi simbiotičen, saj jo je vselej dojemal s prav posebnim občudovanjem in strahospoštovanjem. Dela na razstavi Vegetacije tako odražajo globoko navezanost in povezanost sodelujočih umetnic z vsem zemeljskim, o čemer v veliki meri pričajo povsem različni načini uporabe vegetativnih oziroma rastlinskih elementov. Štiri ustvarjalke druži predvsem skrajna raznolikost njihovih avtorskih praks: Nika Erjavec se predstavlja z novomedijsko prostorsko instalacijo, Tina Konec s serijo velikoformatnih risb, Tea Kralj s slikarskim ciklusom in Tilyen Mucik predvsem z naborom fotografij v razširjenem polju. Umetnice v svojih lucidnih, angažiranih in večplastnih umetniških praksah kažejo na človekovo odvisnost od narave in na okoljske tegobe sodobnega sveta.
Kustos: Miha Colner
Foto: Jaka Babnik
