The large retrospective at the Bozidar Jakac Gallery presents a comprehensive overview of the artistic work of Vladimir Makuc, one of the most iconic fine artists in Slovenia. Although he was primarily known as a master of graphic arts, the exhibition shows the various stages of development of his highly interdisciplinary practice, which also extends to the fields of drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics and various hybrid techniques. Makuc was constantly researching and changing the flow of his authorial expression.
The exhibition is based on an extensive donation by Vladimir Makuc to the Bozidar Jakac Gallery, comprising 53 graphic sheets from the period between 1957 and 1999, and chronologically shows the development of his creative practice. Some rarely seen early works from the 50s are presented. flight 20. for centuries, when he was still looking for formal expression and substantive interest, recognizable works from the mature period that entered the local history of art, and late works when Makuc largely turned away from printmaking after 2000. Due to its diversity and creative curiosity, Makuc is one of the most influential and recognizable artists in the Slovenian cultural space of the second half of the 20th century. century.
Makuch's creative path stretched over seven decades and was constantly evolving and changing in accordance with his personal and artistic development, as well as the spirit of space and time. His iconic position in local cultural history is conditioned precisely by his stylistic and motivic determination, worldview and calmness with his own position as an interpreter of the karst and Mediterranean cultural landscape. The exhibition shows Makuc as a man and artist of his own space and time, who was inevitably influenced by the simultaneous currents in society, culture and art. Despite ostensibly resorting to intimate and archaic expressiveness, his artistic practice was closely intertwined with the events of his life, both personal experiences and collective social history.
The exhibition features works from the collection of the Bozidar Jakac Gallery, The Gorizia Museum, The Novak Antiquities Gallery, the legacy of Vladimir Makuc and private collections. At the present retrospective, an extensive exhibition catalogue with texts by exhibition curator Miha Colner and guest writer jure Vuga was published.
Curator: Miha Colner
Photo: Kaja Selko
Velika retrospektiva v Galeriji Božidar Jakac predstavlja obsežen pregled umetniškega delovanja Vladimirja Makuca, enega najbolj ikoničnih likovnih umetnikov na Slovenskem. Čeprav je bil prvenstveno znan kot mojster grafične umetnosti, so na razstavi prikazane različne razvojne faze njegove izrazito interdisciplinarne prakse, ki sega tudi na področja risbe, slikarstva, kiparstva, keramike in raznih hibridnih tehnik. Makuc je namreč nenehno raziskoval in spreminjal tok svojega avtorskega izraza.
Razstava temelji na obsežni donaciji Vladimirja Makuca Galeriji Božidar Jakac, ki obsega 53 grafičnih listov iz obdobja med 1957 in 1999, in kronološko prikazuje razvoj njegove ustvarjalne prakse. Predstavljena so nekatera redko videna zgodnja dela iz 50. let 20. stoletja, ko je še iskal formalen izraz in vsebinski interes, prepoznavna dela iz zrelega obdobja, ki so se vpisala v lokalno zgodovino umetnosti, in pozna dela, ko se je Makuc po letu 2000 v veliki meri odvrnil od grafike. Ravno zaradi raznovrstnosti in ustvarjalne zvedavosti sodi Makuc med najvplivnejše in najbolj prepoznavne likovne ustvarjalce v slovenskem kulturnem prostoru druge polovice 20. stoletja.
Makučeva ustvarjalna pot se je namreč raztezala skozi sedem desetletij in se je skladno z njegovim osebnostnim in umetniškim razvojem, kakor tudi z duhom prostora in časa, nenehno razvijala in spreminjala. Njegov ikonični položaj v lokalni kulturni zgodovini je pogojen prav s slogovno in motivno determiniranostjo, svetovnim nazorom in pomirjenostjo z lastnim položajem interpreta kraške in mediteranske kulturne krajine. Razstava prikazuje Makuca kot človeka in umetnika svojega prostora in časa, na katerega so neizbežno vplivali sočasni tokovi v družbi, kulturi in umetnosti. Kljub temu, da se je navidezno zatekal v intimno in arhaično izraznost, je bila njegova umetniška praksa tesno prepletena z dogodki iz njegovega življenja, tako z osebnimi izkušnjami kot s kolektivno družbeno zgodovino.
Na razstavi so na ogled dela iz zbirke Galerije Božidar Jakac, Goriškega muzeja, Galerije Antikvitete Novak, zapuščine Vladimirja Makuca in zasebnih zbirk. Ob pričujoči retrospektivi je izšel tudi obsežen razstavni katalog z besedili kustosa razstave Mihe Colnerja in gostujočega pisca Jureta Vuge.
Kustos: Miha Colner
Foto: Kaja Selko
