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Exhibition of KOLEKTIVA (Vesna Bukovec, Lada Cerar, Metka Zupanič)

May 10 - June 17, 2012
Gallery Mihelič, Ptuj, Slovenia
Opening view: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 7 pm

We are informing you about the project of the art group KOLEKTIVA and Vesna Bukovec, SCCA-Ljubljana's webmaster and member of the art group.

After ten years of working together in an art group KOLEKTIVA, artists Vesna Bukovec, Metka Zupanič and Lada Cerar present their first mid-career retrospective, curated by Stanka Gačnik (Mihelič gallery) and Petja Grafenauer (independent curator).

Various projects by KOLEKTIVA

In their collective work they research various aspects of communication, inter-personal relationships, and everyday life. In their projects they search for all kinds of personal stories and are interested in both storytelling and voyeurism at the same time. As a group they create projects in response to given situations.

They frequently collaborate with the public. They invite different individuals, passersby or specially targeted groups to collaborate and they include them in their projects as a source or co-authors of the work. The artists understand the process of art making as a mixture of imagination, negotiation, exchange and cooperation.

In ten years of collaboration KOLEKTIVA have presented their works in several solo exhibitions and participated in significant international group shows in Slovenia and Europe. KOLEKTIVA is mostly known for different projects within their platform Special Place in the City for which they gain international recognition.
Besides working in KOLEKTIVA all three authors work as successful solo artists. Metka Zupanič and Vesna Bukovec also curate video screenings and exhibitions of international contemporary video art in collaboration with the Photon Gallery.

Photos for Press

Contact person:
Vesna Bukovec, +386 41 258 215
www.kolektiva.org
www.special-place.net
kolektiva@gmail.com

Gallery Mihelič
Dravska 4, 2250 Ptuj, Slovenia
Opening hours: Tue – Fri: 10 am – 4 pm,
Sat: 10 am – 1 pm
http://muzej-ptuj-ormoz.si

The exhibition is part of the program of European Capital of Culture Maribor 2012.
Production: Regional museum Ptuj Ormož and Kolektiva Institute
Sponsors: Albin Promotion d.o.o., Hotel Mitra
Thanks: Tomaž Kučer (Moderna galerija, Ljubljana)

[Published May 4, 2012]