35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts

15. 9. 2023–14. 1. 2024

MGLC Grad Tivoli, MGLC Švicarija, Cukrarna, PLAC, Krater, SVS Studio

The 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts explores the ecosystem of connections, solidarities and histories of resistance that emerge from the once close post-independence relations between Ghana and the former Yugoslavia. It looks at the emancipatory vision of Ghana's pan-African theorist and first president Kwame Nkrumah, which gave rise to the intellectual, cultural, scientific and economic infrastructure that gave shape to Ghana's first republic. Nkrumah pursued his vision by working with architects, designers, engineers and urban planners, who were active in countries like Ghana and Yugoslavia that were part of the Non-Aligned Movement. From the void came gifts of the cosmos looks to the connections between contemporary art and printmaking in the fields of architecture, design, agriculture and botany, and reflects on the proliferation of visual culture as a way of creating spaces of potentiality, portals between spaces that transcend borders.

The Biennale is conceived as a void and a space of potential that offers the possibility of transforming the void into gifts of the cosmos. In this context, the void suffices as an egalitarian framework from which multiplicities emerge, while functioning as a site of artistic indeterminacy in the spirit of inclusion.

Can the void created by past (political) failures serve as the soil for nurturing different relationships based on solidarity, friendship and intimacy? Artistic Director Ibrahim Mahama sees the upcoming Biennale as an opportunity to revive past connections and strengthen transnational alliances.

Participants:

Anita Afonu, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji, Yasmina Benabderrahmane, Assadour Bezdikian, Max Cegielski and Janek Simon, Virginia Chihota, Galle Winston Kofi Dawson, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Nabil Djedouani, DNLM (Danilo Milovanović), Jihan El Tahri, El Warcha in dialogue with PLAC (Participatory Ljubljana Autonomous Zone), Beti Frim and Ines Sekač, Helga Griffiths, Christian Guerematchi, Eric Gyamfi, Sonia Kacem, Mohammad Omar Khalil and Abed Al Kadiri (in dialogue), Soghra Khurasani, Kolektiv Krater / Krater Collective, Kvadratni meter / Square Meter, Lalitha Lajmi, Malle Leis, Silvi Liiva, Kagiso Patrick Mautloa, Raul Meel, Amina Menia, Yussif Musah, Medhat Nasr Ali, Ilona Németh, noks collective, Nonument Group, NPR., Henry Obeng, Temitayo Ogunbiyi, Thierry Oussou, Krishna Reddy, Tjaša Rener, Martyna Rzepecka, Duba Sambolec, Jaanus Samma, School of Mutants (Hamedine Kane, Stéphane Verlet-Bottéro), Mori Sikora, Aldona Skirutyte, Sanaz Sohrabi, Tejswini Narayan Sonawane, Selasi Awusi Sosu, Sreda v sredo (SVS), Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, Marje Üksine, Tõnis Vint, Ala Younis, Lara Žagar, Manca Žitnik.

Exhibition of the Grand Prize Recipient of the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, RAVNIKAR GALLERY SPACE, (15. 9.–12. 11. 2023)

Exhibition of the Print Portfolio of Artists of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, Plečnik's kiosk in Prešeren Square, (16. 11.–3. 12. 2023)

More: https://35.bienale.si/en/