{"id":2825,"date":"2020-12-01T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2023-03-02T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T12:53:56","slug":"vesna-bukovec-in-vendar-me-briga-and-yet-i-do-bother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/archives\/2825","title":{"rendered":"Vesna Bukovec: In vendar me briga \/ And yet I do bother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exhibition:<\/strong> Vesna Bukovec: In vendar me briga \/ And yet I do bother<br \/>\n<strong>Venue:<\/strong> GONG Gallery, Nova Gorica, SI<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> 1 December 2020 \u2013 15 January 2021<\/p>\n<p>Curator: Nata\u0161a Kov\u0161ca<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vesna Bukovec:  In vendar me briga \/ And yet I do bother\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tckdF4r1ggA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Due to the current situation regarding the Covid-19 epidemic and the closure of cultural institutions, the exhibition of drawings is presented in adapted video format on a screen inside shop window under the gallery space at Kidri\u010deva ulica 20 and online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the exhibition<\/strong><br \/>\nVesna Bukovec is one of the artists who critically respond to the burning issues of contemporary society. Her projects, complete in terms of content, deal with the consequences of neoliberal ideology, consumerist oriented society, socio-political reality in Slovenia, the role of women in contemporary society and the refugee crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition consists of a series of drawings that \u2013 in terms of content \u2013 summarize a large part of the artists body of work. In the cycle <em>Do you not want me, because I\u2019m critical<\/em> (2012) the artist exposes the stereotypical role of women in today\u2019s society. In the cycle <em>At whose expense<\/em> (2015), she raises the questions of consumerism as the central cultural practice of modern times and its adverse impact on living organisms and the environment. The triptych of colour drawings entitled <em>Not in my name<\/em> (2016) deals in detail with the xenophobic relationship of wider Slovenian public and politics in relation to migrants who massively crossed Slovenian borders. Her latest cycle of drawings <em>And yet I do bother<\/em> (2019) is some kind of an answer to the passivity and lack of empathy of the wider society for the anguish of others. The central theme of her drawings is represented by images of brave women from the 20th century history and contemporary time who fought and are still fighting for social changes as well as against social, political and sexual inequalities, from the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst to the Swedish activist for climatic changes Greta Thunberg. Images of women protesters that according to the artist became \u201ca symbol of the fight against oppression\u201d create hope that the world can be changed. Hope defines Vesna Bukovec\u2019s newest work\u00a0<em>Cyclists are Coming<\/em> (2020) \u2013 a homage to the sculpture of the female motorcyclist by Duba Sambolec from 1976 entitled <em>Women are Coming<\/em> \u2013 the first Slovenian feminist artwork.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nata\u0161a Kov\u0161ca<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Katalog-VesnaBukovec-Galerija-GONG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catalogue (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/texts\/vesna-bukovec-and-yet-i-do-bother#_ftn1\">Full text<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Works at the exhibition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/drawings\/cyclists-are-coming\">Cyclists are Coming<\/a>, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/drawings\/in-vendar-me-briga-and-yet-i-do-bother\"> In vendar me briga \/ And yet I do bother<\/a>, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/projects\/not-in-my-name\">Not in my Name<\/a>, 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/drawings\/na-cigav-racun-at-whose-expense\">Na \u010digav ra\u010dun \/ At whose expense<\/a>, 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/projects\/as-if\">As if<\/a>, 2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/drawings\/ali-me-nocete-ker-sem-kriticna-do-you-not-want-me-because-im-critical\">Ali me no\u010dete, ker sem kriti\u010dna \/ Do you not want me, because I\u2019m critical<\/a>, 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Galerija-GONG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Galerija GONG<br \/>\nKidri\u010deva ulica 20<br \/>\n5000 Nova Gorica (SI)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/galerijagong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com\/galerijagong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Photo: GONG Gallery archive<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4108\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/01_Gong_Bukovec-450x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4109\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/02_Gong_Bukovec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4110\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/03_Gong_Bukovec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/04_Gong_Bukovec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/05_Gong_Bukovec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/06_Gong_Bukovec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07_Gong_Bukovec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/08_Gong-Natasa-Vesna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<table class=\"povzetek\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/archives\/2825\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/In-vendar-me-briga_03.jpg\" alt=\"Vesna Bukovec, Danuta Danielsson, shod neonacistov, S\u030cvedska, 1985, risba iz serije In vendar me briga, 2019\" width=\"190\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Solo exhibition<br \/>\nGONG Gallery, Nova Gorica (SI)<br \/>\n1 December 2020 \u2013 15 January 2021<\/p>\n<p>Curator: Nata\u0161a Kov\u0161ca<\/p>\n<p><a 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