17. 10. 2025–20. 11. 2025 Polona Maher / Hustle and Bustle

Polona Maher / Hustle and Bustle
UGM Kabinet, Strossmayerjeva 6
17 October–20 November 2025
opening: Friday, 17 October 2025, 19:00

curator: Breda Kolar Sluga

After a long exhibition break, sculptor Polona Maher finally returns to the Maribor art scene. The original artist will present a completely new series of works that she has recently developed. The interventions, created in the field of drawing in space, are "drawn" as a direct reaction to the exhibition spaces as well as to social events. Her works consist of strings, wires and ribbons of different origins and visual qualities. Polona Maher's recent attractive spatial drawings often take on the appearance of likeability to address the themes of recycling and “women’s art”.

Polona Maher was born in Maribor in 1971 and studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy, and fine arts education at the Faculty of Education in Maribor. She worked as a freelance artist for several years, but has recently focused on educational work. Her works can be found in the permanent collections of the Maribor Art Gallery, the Bank of Slovenia, the NLB Art Collection, the Palazzo Forti Gallery in Verona, Italy, and in private collections.