Onkraj akademije / Beyond Academia: Bosilj, Sekulić, Skurjeni, Tisnikar

Onkraj akademije: Bosilj, Sekulić, Skurjeni, Tisnikar

Otvoritev: petek, 25. september 2026, ob 19. uri

Galerija Božidar Jakac
Muzej moderne in sodobne umetnosti, Kostanjevica na Krki

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Razstava ‘Onkraj akademije’ predstavlja obsežen presek delovanja štirih izjemnih slikarjev druge polovice 20. stoletja: Ilije Bašičevića Bosilja, Save Sekulića, Matije Skurjenija in Jožeta Tisnikarja. Njihovi umetniški opusi predstavljajo vrhunec umetniške produkcije umetnikov samoukov v širši regiji v povojnem času, ko je bila na mednarodni ravni umetnost neakademskih ustvarjalcev izjemno priljubljena med publiko in stroko.

V zgodovini umetnosti je v 20. stoletju umetnost samoukih likovnih ustvarjalcev dobila najrazličnejše nazive, kot so primitivna in naivna umetnost, art brut in umetnost samorastnikov. A za mnoge nekonvencionalne in samouke umetnike tistega časa, je bil to zgolj institucionalni okvir, ki jim je omogočil javno delovanje v času, ko je moderna umetnost zrahljala klasicistične akademske spone. Predstavljeni štirje umetniki – Bosilj, Sekulić, Skurjeni in Tisnikar – s stališča svojih umetniških praks in ustvarjalnih vzgibov ne sodijo v nobeno izmed omenjenih kategorij neakademskih umetnosti. Vsak izmed štirih umetnikov je razvil prepoznaven likovni jezik, ki je utemeljen na njihovih osebnih izkušnjah, fantazijskih vizijah ali sanjskih svetovih. Njihove prakse so izjemno raznovrstne, radikalno samosvoje, dvoumne in zaznamovane z elementi mističnega in magičnega.

Razstava je plod sodelovanja z različnimi muzejskimi institucijami in umetniškimi zbirkami: Muzej naivne i marginalne umetnosti iz Jagodine, Fondacija Ilija & Mangelos iz Novega Sada (Srbija), Muzej Matije Skurjenija iz Zaprešića (Hrvaška), Sammlung Zander iz Kölna (Nemčija),Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti iz Slovenj Gradca (Slovenija), Kulturno društvo Jože Tisnikar iz Mislinje in Galerija Božidar Jakac – Muzej moderne in sodobne umetnosti iz Kostanjevice na Krki (Slovenija) ter zasebnima zbirkama iz Slovenije in Hrvaške.

Razstava je na ogled do 28. 2. 2027.

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Beyond Academia: Bosilj, Sekulić, Skurjeni, Tisnikar

Opening: Friday, 25 September 2026, at 7pm

Galerija Božidar Jakac
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Kostanjevica na Krki

The exhibition ‘Beyond Academia’ presents a comprehensive overview of the work of four exceptional painters from the second half of the 20th century: Ilija Bašičević Bosilj, Sava Sekulić, Matija Skurjeni, and Jože Tisnikar. Their artistic oeuvres represent the pinnacle of artistic production by self-taught artists in the broader region during the postwar period, when the art of non-academic creators was exceptionally popular among both the public and experts on the international stage.

In art history, the work of non-academic artists in the 20th century was given a wide variety of labels, such as primitive and naïve art, art brut, and the art of self-taught artists. But for many unconventional and self-taught artists of that time, this was merely an institutional framework that enabled them to work publicly at a time when modern art was loosening the classical academic constraints. The four artists showcased here – Bosilj, Sekulić, Skurjeni, and Tisnikar – do not, from the perspective of their artistic practices and creative impulses, fit into any of the aforementioned categories of non-academic art. Instead, each of the four artists has developed a distinctive visual language rooted in their personal experiences, fantastical visions, or dream worlds. Their practices are extremely diverse, radically idiosyncratic, ambiguous, and marked by elements of the mystical and magical.

The exhibition is a result of collaboration with number of museums and art collections: Museum of Naive and Marginal Art in Belgrade and Jagodina, the Ilija & Mangelos Foundation in Novi Sad (Serbia), Museum of Matija Skurjeni in Zaprešić (Croatia), Zander Collection in Cologne (Germany), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška in Slovenj Gradec, Jože Tisnikar Cultural Society in Mislinja, and Galerija Božidar Jakac – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Kostanjevica na Krki (Slovenia), and two private collections from Slovenia and Croatia.

The exhibition is on display until 28 February 2027.