Prints

The Print Portfolio of Artists of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Crack up - Crack down

102 x 72 cm

Edition: 1-20

Year: 2019

Artists and works

Martina Vacheva

The Bikini Carwash Company, 2018, silkscreen, 72 × 102 cm.

Marlie Mul

Comfy?, 2019, silkscreen, 88 × 63 cm.

Giorgi Xaniashvili

Untitled, 2019, silkscreen, 72 × 102 cm.

Endre Tot

Zer0 Poem, 2019, silkscreen, 90 × 60 cm.

Cevdet Erek

Circular Week Ruler – Slovene/Turkish edition, 2011, 2019, laser and black paint on transparent Perspex, 12 × 0.3 cm.

Nicole Wermers

Terrazzo Jokes #1, 2019; digital print, 88 x 63 cm.

Though lauded for their powers of intellectual and critical legitimisation, many of the most esteemed biennials have also had an explicit, if less acknowledged, programme of commercial activity. At nearby Venice, until 1968, for example, the public could purchase works by artists exhibiting in the Biennale. The Print Portfolio engages the heritage of the Ljubljana Biennial as a site of production as much as one for exhibition. Participating artists were invited to spend time at the Švicarija residency – in an effort to slow down the acceleration of engagements which make up contemporary artists’ punishing schedules – and work with the extensive print facilities and expertise of the International Centre of Graphic Arts. As a result, each artist has contributed a print edition to the portfolio.

Curators: Slavs and Tatars.

The Print Portfolio is for sale as a single piece.

Works in the print portfolio

Cevdet Erek, Circular Week Ruler – Slovene/Turkish edition, 2011, 2019, laser and black paint on transparent Perspex, 12 × 0.3 cm. Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive.