Final guided tour of the exhibition Invisible Hand
Final guided tour of the exhibition Invisible Hand
UGM | Maribor Art Gallery, Strossmayerjeva 6
Sunday, 8 October 2023, 11.00
led by: Jure Kirbiš, curator
Don't miss the final guided tour of the of the exhibition Invisible Hand with curator Jure Kirbiš. The exhibition is an attempt to position us within the complex dynamics at play in the world of contemporary art today. The beginning of the decade saw some exceptional factors shaping the world, and the art landscape adapted to those changes accordingly. The concurrent extremes of the physical world coming to an abrupt halt while we advanced into the metaverse with supersonic acceleration affected all aspects of life, including art, yielding unpredictable new formations. This exhibition showcases a selection of artists who have activated the infinite allure of the image as a conduit between the digital and material worlds.
The artists in the exhibition each act as avatars of various currents in contemporary art. By instrumentalising the image, they skilfully manoeuvre between the object created in the studio and a globally plugged-in audience. In their works, they invite us into thoughtfully crafted worlds of their own cosmologies, which, even when transmitted into a digital image, retain the aura of the artist's signature. Yet the image is not limited only to the reproduction of the object, but goes hand in hand with the image of the artist as well. In this sense, along with the crisis of criticism and journalism, artists have taken the matter of their own image into their own hands. With worldbuilding in art and storytelling in art spaces, online being one of those spaces – working in the studio, attending exhibition openings, sharing their point of view, appearing in a network of acquaintances – they create ground for establishing a parasocial relationship between the audiences and their work and persona.
Guided tour is free of charge on payment of the entrance ticket.
