Lecture / Spectator and statue
Almost summer: three lectures on Slovenian sculpture
Spectator and statue: views in the extended field of sculpture, 1980-2010
UGM | Maribor Art Gallery, Strossmayerjeva 6
Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 18:00
lecture by: Tomaž Brejc, PhD, art historian and art critic
The last from the series of lectures on Slovenian sculpture in the 20 and 21 century is dedicated to contemporary trends in the sculpture. Changes in comprehension of the "statue", his material "corporality" (Merleau-Ponty), role of the space and emptiness, installation and effect, the use of different materials, having space, concept and context at disposal - all that and much more determines new ideal and material production from the end of the century, which evolves platforms of contemporary theory and practice.
Tomaž Brejc (1946, Ljubljana) obtained PhD in European sources for Slovenian impressionism (1979). He was professor at Academy of fine arts in Ljubljana from 1980 and its dean in 1991. He is author of numerous articles, art critiques and books, he curated numerous exhibitions, among them the first triennial of contemporary art U3 at Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana (1994). For outstanding research achievements in art history he received Izidor Cankar prize (2009).
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