PREPIH / DRAUGHT | Jakob Ganslmeier & Ana Zibelnik: Bereitschaft

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐇 | 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐛 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫 & 𝐀𝐧𝐚 𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐧𝐢𝐤: 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐭
𝐌𝐮𝐳𝐞𝐣 𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐛𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐚, + 𝐌𝐒𝐔𝐌
𝟎𝟑. 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 — 𝟐𝟗. 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐜 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐎𝐝𝐩𝐫𝐭𝐣𝐞 𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐯: 𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚, 𝟑. 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐨𝐛 𝟏𝟖. 𝐮𝐫𝐢
Kustosinja razstave je 𝐀𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭.

V zgodovini umetnosti so telesa pogosto nosila pomen, ki je presegal njihovo fizično prisotnost. Bila so simboli moči, idealov, discipline, pa tudi orodja ideološkega nagovarjanja. Umetniško delo 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒇𝒕 (kar pomeni pripravljenost, tudi za ukrepanje) 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐛𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐚 in 𝐀𝐧𝐞 𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐧𝐢𝐤 je sodoben poseg v to dolgo tradicijo, v katerem se prepletata zgodovina totalitarne estetike in sodobna vizualna kultura družbenih omrežij.

Izvorni kip Bereitschaft (1939) Arna Brekerja je nastal v času, ko so bila umetniška dela prežeta z ideologijo nacistične Nemčije. Brekerjev bojevnik je utelešal telesno popolnost, discipliniranost in pripravljenost – vrednote, ki jih je nacistična propaganda povezovala z vizijo močnega naroda. V današnjem času je ta kip nepričakovano doživel renesanso na platformah, kot je TikTok. Ne kot zgodovinski artefakt, temveč kot vizualni referenčni okvir za t. i. looksmaxxing, mewing in druge trende, ki obljubljajo dosego idealizirane moške lepote. Ta temelji na zunanjem videzu in zagovarjanju samodiscipline v fitnesu kot pogojema za pravo moškost, prežeto z mizoginijo in fizičnimi stereotipi ter ekstremnimi praksami, kot sta »zlom kosti« – lomljenjem čeljustnih kosti, da ta postane bolj oglata, ali uporabo kirurških posegov za pridobitev »lovskega pogleda« z izrazitimi obrvi in zoženimi očmi.

Jakob Ganslmeier in Ana Zibelnik fenomen teh nagnjenosti, ki odražajo fašistične težnje in služijo kot simptomi desničarskega ideološkega premika, prevajata v monumentalno videoskulpturo. Ta deluje kot križišče med umetniškim delom, reklamnim panojem in telefonskim zaslonom v katerem se prelivajo podobe vplivnežev, posnetki iz fitnesov, fragmenti Brekerjeve estetike in sodobne internetne subkulture.

𝑅𝑎𝑧𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑣𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑖 𝑣 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑗𝑜 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑖ℎ, 𝑘𝑖 𝑗𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑣𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑙𝑎𝑗𝑠̌𝑖ℎ 𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑛𝑖𝑘𝑜𝑣 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑣𝑒𝑧̌𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑗𝑎𝑚.

👉 https://www.mg-lj.si/si/razstave/4277/prepih-jakob-ganslmeier-ana-zibelnik-bereitschaft/

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𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 | 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐛 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫 & 𝐀𝐧𝐚 𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐧𝐢𝐤: 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐭
𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐚, +𝐌𝐒𝐔𝐌
𝟑 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 – 𝟐𝟗 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤: 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐚𝐭 𝟔 𝐩.𝐦.
Curator: 𝐀𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭

In the history of art, bodies have often had connotations going beyond their physical presence – they were symbols of power, ideals, discipline, and also tools of ideological address. 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐛 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫 and 𝐀𝐧𝐚 𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐧𝐢𝐤’𝐬 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒇𝒕 (which is German for readiness or willingness) is a contemporary intervention in this long tradition, intertwining the history of totalitarian aesthetics and the present-day visual culture of social media.

The original Bereitschaft, a 1939 sculpture by Arno Breker, was created at a time when works of art were suffused with the ideology of Nazi Germany. Breker’s warrior embodied physical perfection, discipline, and readiness/willingness – values that Nazi propaganda associated with the vision of a strong nation. Today, the statue has seen an unexpected renaissance on platforms like TikTok, not as a historical artifact, but as a visual frame of reference for the looksmaxxing, mewing, and other trends that promise the attainment of idealized masculine beauty. This ideal is rooted in external appearance and promoting self-discipline in the gym as a condition of true masculinity, coupled with misogyny, physical stereotypes and extreme practices, such as “bone breaking,” which entails fracturing the lower jaw so that it becomes squarer, or resorting to plastic surgery to achieve “hunter eyes” with heavy eyebrows and hooded lids.

Ganslmeier and Zibelnik translate the phenomenon of these proclivities reflecting fascist tendencies and serving as symptoms of the right-wing ideological shift into a monumental video sculpture that functions as an intersection between an artwork, an advertising billboard, and a smartphone screen. It is a blend of images of influencers, footage from fitness studios, fragments of Breker’s aesthetic, and contemporary internet subculture.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠.

👉 https://www.mg-lj.si/en/exhibitions/4277/draught-jakob-ganslmeier-ana-zibelnik-bereitschaft/