Tell Me Brother
May 23 — September 17, 2023
May 23 — September 17, 2023
Museum of modern art, Ljubljana, SI
Maja Babič Košir, who often combines traditional media with various found objects and materials from her family archive in her practice, deals with the theme of tension in her new spatial installation, both in the literal, material sense of the art installation, and in the figurative sense, i.e. in the themes she addresses, while the multi-part sculpture is also an exercise in the sensory impact of different materials.
The sculpture, consisting of a leather-covered iconic chair by world-renowned Slovenian designer Niko Kralj, a roughly polished brass bow and a dropped animal skin, is at first glance minimalist, refined and simply beautiful. At a second reading, it can become its grimy opposite, steeped in decay and death. The decades-old leather stinks, the bow has a sharp blade, a bullet wound yawns in the fur, and on the wall hangs an inexplicable picture of an unnamed woman putting on make-up. The installation is part of the artist's multi-year project Love Letters Series, which she is working on at RAVNIKAR GALLERY SPACE in 2024. The work can thus be seen as the first, uneasy half of a whole that, in the final stages of dissolution, will represent the fragile but loving balance of two opposing dispositions.
Shell Square Lounge, design Niko Kralj (1956), Brass, Plastic
Inkjet print, Edition of 1 + 1AP, 135 x 100 cm, Plexiglass