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Galerija Skuc : MATEJ ANDRA� VOGRINČIČ - �KUC BAKE SHOP - 6 Aug 2009 to 22 Aug 2009 Current Exhibition |
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MATEJ ANDRA� VOGRIN�I� �KUC BAKE SHOP 6. � 22. 8. 2009 With his site-specific installations, Matej Andra� Vogrin�i� narrates stories about the spaces in which he creates. He always seeks to tap into the unique character of the venue, which he then transforms and enriches with a whole new dimension through his art. A white watering can is the only colour not naturally present in a desert spectrum (Moon Plain, 2002); a house is literally clad in its own clothes (1993); a shovel symbolises one of the main industries in Krasnoyarsk (Shovels, 2007); and a boat tells how Liverpudlians used to spend their free time in the early 20th century (Untitled (56 Boats), 2006). Vogrin�i� is thus among those artists who use the venue to define their objects so as to establish a relationship of interdependence between them - the object cannot function without the venue and the venue cannot function without the object. Another important component of Vogrin�i�s installations, in addition to this reliance on a specific venue, is temporariness. His installations are largely conceived so as to include the perception of looking through a camera lens, which somehow makes photography an integral part of the artwork, i.e. a chronicle of art, not just a record of a past event. Of course, it needs to be stressed that experiencing an installation as opposed to photography is quite different. However, neither enables the viewer to experience a vital component of Vogrin�i�s work - the creative process. The artist says that his works are created through a creative process and never emerge completed at the very beginning. The process thus co-shapes and defines an artwork. This is what makes the �kuc Bake Shop project unique, as it enables the viewer to manipulate the creative process of baking bread in the gallery. The project is also Vogrin�i�s first site-specific intervention in the gallery venue, and like his previous projects, it is conceptually linked to the features of the venue. Local residents from the Old City Centre say that �kuc Gallery once housed a glassmakers and a bakery. Vogrin�i� opted for the bakery, which was allegedly there between the wars, as it enables him to manifest both the formal and wider social components of his art. He says he finds it easier to express himself as a baker than a glassmaker. At the formal level, the dough enables the artist to have contact with the material itself and the production of the artistic �object�, its endless multiplication, accommodation in the context of the venue and, consequently, the construction of an installation. Baking bread in a gallery also enables the viewer to engage their sense of smell, which has largely been ignored in the context of visual art. On the other hand, by baking bread in the Gallery, the artist seeks to draw attention to the vanishing culture of baking in Ljubljana�s Old City Centre. Linking the history of the Gallery with current issues in the wider cultural context is in itself a new dimension which Matej Andra� Vogrin�i� seeks to establish in his work. The �kuc Bake Shop project does not attempt to recreate a historical place in which the artist intervenes, but to tell a story about a space that has not yet been written. Ingredients Flour: type 500, type 850, type 1100, type 1250, 10kg buckwheat, 10kg corn, 5kg wholemeal Senna Ziehplatte and Senna Back margarine Jam Walnut halves Pumpkin seeds Sesame Ground poppy seeds Flaxseed Sunflower seed Appliances and utensils MIWE Aero 8.0604 TC oven� �������������������������������������� Diosna�S 35 plus mixer ������������������������������������� Rollex 250 croissant maker Fortuna III/30�dough divider/rounder Baker�s peel Dough rising baskets �kuc Bake Shop is open Monday to Friday 10am � 6pm, Saturday 10am � 2pm. Sunday closed. �kuc Bake Shop is supported by Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia and City Council Ljubljana-Cultural department. Supported by Ur�i�, Pekarsko � konditorska oprema, d.o.o. Biotehni�ki izobra�evalni center Ljubljana Rams d.o.o. Mlin Kati� Beja+ d.o.o. Gastpro d.o.o. Thanks Pekarna Grosuplje, Miran Kastelic, Sla��i�arna Pri vodnjaku |
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