Guided tour / Love Me Tender
GUIDED TOUR / LOVE ME TENDER
Saturday, 18 April 2015, at 11.00
UGM Studio, Leon Štukelj Square 2, Maribor
guided by: Maja Babič Košir and Tanja Vergles, visual artists
Join the artists Maja Babič Košir and Tanja Vergles on a guided tour through the exhibition Love Me Tender. Their common language is gobelin embroidery, that are created on the basis of matrices made of illustrations, drawings, sculptures. They use gobelins as a means to resolve issues of identity, including the position and perception of women in our culture, femininity, the perception of the female body and censorship of female sexuality. The artists make use of different materials – plastic bags, condoms, cloth, leather, felt, nails, wool, rope, nylon. Materials, originally designed for other purposes, thus become materials of exploration of new perspectives, tactile perceptions, odours, sensations. The working process is highlighted and aimed at the development and purification of the authors as females, sculptresses, artists, mothers, friends.
Maja Babič Košir graduated and received her Master's Degree in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana under the mentorship of Professor Duba Sambolec. At the Escola de Disseny y Art in Barcelona she concluded the post-graduate specialization in creative illustrations and visual communication techniques. She is active in the fields of sculpture and illustration and has participated in numerous international group and individual exhibitions.
Tanja Vergles graduated in sculpture in 2006 from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana under the mentorship of Professor Jože Barši. She also studied at the Famul Stuart School of Applied Arts in Ljubljana, majoring in sculpture and ceramics, and at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, where she graduated in 2001 from the Department of Organization and management. She lives and works in Ljubljana and is active in the fields of sculpture, photography, graphics and design. She has participated in several international group exhibitions. Since 2003 she designs and creates awards for the Festival of Creative Communication Magdalena, Maribor.
The guided tour will be in Slovenian.
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