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Opis razstave

S. a. b. a. 1979–####

6. 8. –11. 9. 2020

Umetnika: Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu (s. a. b. a. )

Kurator: Maximilian Lehner

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Lepo vabljeni na odprtje razstave v četrtek, 6. avgusta, ob 19. uri!

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Od 6. avgusta do 11. septembra Galerija Škuc predstavlja s. a. b. a. 1979–####, retrospektivo romunskega umetniškega dvojca Silvia Amancei-Bogdan Armanu. Razstava obsega video, risbe in arhiv performansov, preko katerih umetnika raziskujeta svoj edinstven razmislek političnega statusa quo in njegove kritike kulture. V svojih delih hrepenita po političnih spremembah idealiziranega komunizma in vanje vključujeta tudi reference na najnovejše teorije tega diskurza. Umetniška praksa s. a. b. a. , cinična do kulturne sfere, ki omenjene ideje sprejema, vsebuje tako biografske kot tudi zgodovinske prikaze, kako specifične razmere na vzhodu Romunije nekatere strukturno izključujejo kljub pozivanju k enakosti. V njuni naraciji ima Romunija vlogo evropskega vira poceni delovne sile in tudi s. a. b. a. se spopadata s pomanjkanjem dostopa do sveta umetnosti. Silvia Amancei in Bogdan Armanu razpravljata o politiki kot o za našo realnost nejasnem področju, kar poudarjata z mešanjem tehnike kolaža, risbe in montaže v vseh uporabljenih medijih. Z odprtim koncem retrospektiva izpostavlja tako njuno ustvarjanje zadnjih let kot tudi njuno negotovost glede prihodnosti, ki jo bo sedanja politika oblikovala ali celo onemogočila.

Razstavo v Galeriji Škuc bo od 4. avgusta do 3. septembra spremljala razstava plakatov Unloveable Prospects: When the Future Disappears v TAM-TAMovi Ulični galeriji na Vegovi ulici v Ljubljani.

Več o razstavi: https://bit. ly/3gabUDw

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Silvia Amancei (1991) in Bogdan Armanu (1991) sta umetniški par, živita in aktivirata v romunskem mestu Ia?i. Sodelujeta od leta 2012, za seboj imata številne samostojne razstave: It was always in plain sight (2020, Bukarešta, RO), If Then What After (2019, Baden, AT), What Past? What Future? (2017, Linz, AT), Return to Spaceship Earth (2017, Bukarešta, RO), Depression, Uncertainty and Other Symptoms of Mortality (2016, Lodz, PL), Clinical Architectures for a Compositionist Future (Part II) (2016, Ia?i, RO), (No)Future (2015, Eckernforde, DE), Metropia (2014, Ia?i, RO).

Njuna dela so bila predstavljena tudi na številnih skupinskih razstavah, od katerih najbolj izstopajo: STRIKE GENTLY AWAY ____ (2019, Salzburg, AT), Displacement and Togetherness (2019, Bruselj, BE), Baywatch (2018, Berlin, DE), Alternative Facts (2018, Stuttgart, DE), Odessa Biennial (2017, Odessa, UA), Between Democracies 1989–2014, (2015, Johannesburg, ZA), Appearance & Essence, 1^st Timisoara Art Encounters Biennale (2015, Timisoara, RO), CLOSE-UP (2015, Praga, CZ).

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Obrazstavni dogodki:

6. 8. ob 18. 00 ogled razstave s kuratorjem (v angleščini)

8. 8. ob 21. 00 projekcija filma Life’s a Bitch (2016) in pogovor z umetnikoma (v angleščini)

20. 8. ob 18. 00 ogled razstave s kuratorko Tio Čiček

6. 9. ob 11. 00 ogled razstave s kuratorjem (v angleščini)

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Kontakt:

Tia Čiček – 051 807 849 / galerija©skuc. org

s. a. b. a. 1979–####

8. –11. 9. 2020

Artists: Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu (s. a. b. a. )

Curator: Maximilian Lehner

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You are kindly invited to the opening of the exhibition on 6 August at 7 pm!

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From 6 August until 11 September, Škuc Gallery presents s. a. b. a. 1979–####, a retrospective by the Romanian artist duo Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu. The exhibition comprises video works, drawings and an archive of performance works, exploring their unique reflections on the political status quo and on its critique from the cultural field. In their works, they long for political change to an idealised communism also featuring references to the latest theories shaping that discourse. Cynical about the cultural sphere embracing these ideas, s. a. b. a. ’s art practice contains biographical and historical elements showing how the specific situation in the East of Romania structurally excludes some, despite calling for equality. In their narrations, Romania plays the role of Europe’s source of cheap labour and s. a. b. a. themselves struggle with the lack of access to the art world. Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu discuss politics in a realm opaque to our reality, which is emphasised by blending techniques of collage, drawing and montage in all the media they use. By leaving the end undefined, the retrospective reflects s. a. b. a. ’s work of the last years and highlights their uncertainty of how current politics will shape the future, or even make it impossible.

The exhibition at Škuc Gallery will be accompanied by a poster exhibition at TAM TAM Street Gallery on Vegova ulica from 4 August until 3 September in Ljubljana, entitled Unloveable Prospects: When the Future Disappears.

More about the exhibition: https://bit. ly/306tcMc

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Silvia Amancei (1991) and Bogdan Armanu (1991) are an artist couple living and activating in the city of Ia?i, Romania. Working together since 2012, the two artists have materialised a series of solo exhibitions, exploring the paradigm of life exploitation: It was always in plain sight (2020, Bucharest, RO), If Then What After (2019, Baden, AT), What Past? What Future? (2017, Linz, AT), Return to Spaceship Earth (2017, Bucharest, RO), Depression, Uncertainty and Other Symptoms of Mortality (2016, Lodz, PL), Clinical Architectures for a Compositionist Future (Part II) (2016, Ia?i, RO), (No)Future (2015, Eckernforde, DE), Metropia (2014, Ia?i, RO).

Their works have been present in numerous collective exhibitions from which the most noteworthy are: STRIKE GENTLY AWAY ____ (2019, Salzburg, AT), Displacement and Togetherness (2019, Brussels, BE), Baywatch (2018, Berlin, DE), Alternative Facts (2018, Stuttgart, DE), Odessa Biennial (2017, Odessa, UA), Between Democracies 1989–2014, (2015, Johannesburg, ZA), Appearance & Essence, 1^st Timisoara Art Encounters Biennale (2015, Timisoara, RO), CLOSE-UP (2015, Prague, CZ).

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Exhibition events:

6. 8. at 6 pm viewing of the exhibition with the exhibition curator (in English)
8. 8. at 9 pm screening of the film Life’s a Bitch (2016) and s. a. b. a. artist talk (in English)
20. 8. at 6 pm viewing of the exhibition with curator Tia Čiček
6. 9. at 11 am viewing of the exhibition with the exhibition curator (in English)

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Contact info:

Tia Čiček – 051 807 849 / galerija©skuc. org

program Galerije Škuc omogočata: Mestna občina Ljubljana in Ministrstvi za kulturo