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ON THE EDGE
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND IN BETWEENCiril Jazbec, Matjaž Krivic & DK
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"On the edge" is indeed a fitting title for the exhibition of Ciril Jazbec and Matjaž Krivic currently on view in Ptuj as part of the Art Stays 21st Festival of Contemporary Art. While Ciril Jazbec has travelled to the extreme conditions of the far north, exploring the lives of young inuit generations, one can almost feel the dry heat of the south through Matjaž Krivic's photographs. Each artist finds himself at one extreme, bringing a unique point of view to the overall theme of the festival - voyage.
DK, also exhibiting at the Art Stays festival, brings yet another contrasting approach to voyage. In his series, he embarks on imaginary journeys through the camera lens, while never actually leaving the proximity of his studio space.
At the peak of tourist season the vivid results of these artists' journeys can inspire, satisfy or awaken the traveller within us all.
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MATJAŽ KRIVIC, URBANISTAN, BODHGAYA INDIA, 2008 - 2012
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CIRIL JAZBEC, ON THIN ICE #0025, 2014
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DK, REMNANTS, DON QUIXOTE, 2021
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READ MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS
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Ciril Jazbec
Ciril Jazbec received several awards, amongst them the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and an award at the Les Rencontres d’Arles in 2013, both for his photo story On Thin Ice, which also won MAGNUM 30 under 30 in 2015. He has been working as a contributing photographer for National Geographic Magazine since 2014. His projects took him to Kiribati and Alaska, and later to Uganda and Greenland. -
Matjaž Krivic
Matjaž Krivic is a documentary photographer who is capturing the stories of places in poverty, in actuality rich with tradition and religious heritage. He documents important social events all over the globe, mainly regarding topics of ecology, globalization and social inequality. -
DK
DK, who signs his works only with his initials, attained his artistic and photographic knowledge at academies in München and Köln. He has been predominantly working from Ljubljana and was an important part of its alternative scene, its documentarist and occasional performer. In 2019, he presented himself for the first time with a large selection of abstract photographs, in Jakopič Gallery, in an exhibition titled Scotoma.
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MORE ON THE TOPIC OF VOYAGE
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Nik Erik Neubauer
Nik Erik Neubauer (1994) is a visual artist and a photographer from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He graduated from photography on VIST – Department for photography (2017) and got his master's degree at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana (2021). He was the finalist of Balkan Photo Award (2017), Malta International Photo Award (2018), Brussels Street Photography Festival (2019) and Different Worlds (2020). He won numerous awards at Rovinj Photodays (2018, 2020). At the Tresk Festival in 2020 he was awarded for The Best Photo of a Musical Event. In 2021 he was nominated for Leica Oscar Barnack Newcomer Award. In the same year, Fresh Eyes, an annual publication powered by GUP Magazine, selected him as one of the greatest emerging photographers in Europe. -
Klavdij Sluban
Klavdij Sluban is a French photographer of Slovenian origin. He has exhibited his work around the world and has received numerous awards – among others the Prix de Photographie de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2015 and the Leica award in 2004.
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ON THE EDGE: Matjaž Krivic, Ciril Jazbec & DK
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