{"id":20289,"date":"2024-01-29T14:01:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=20289"},"modified":"2024-04-12T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T17:16:50","slug":"neue-slowenische-kunst-monumental-spectacular","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/neue-slowenische-kunst-monumental-spectacular\/","title":{"rendered":"Neue Slowenische Kunst | Monumental Spectacular"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Neue Slowenische Kunst | Monumental Spectacular<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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April 12 – October 5, 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) is an artists\u2019 collective founded in 1984 in Slovenia from existing groups that formed earlier that decade\u2013the industrial band Laibach, The Scipion Nasice Sisters Theatre, and the visual art collaborative IRWIN. As a loose organization of like-minded creatives active during the last decade of communist Yugoslavia before Slovenia became an independent country in 1991, they mimicked the language and format of authoritarian regimes and bureaucracy. In doing so, NSK drew attention to the absurdities of power structures through their manifestos, repetitive diagrams and symbols, and pastiche of historical iconography, allusions, and references. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


While the collective is still active today, Neue Slowenische Kunst | Monumental Spectacular <\/em>is a focused exhibition of 11 prints that are part of a portfolio from our collection and select multimedia elements primarily from the 1980s that meld the group\u2019s many facets of music, art, theater, and graphic design. Together, their work reexamines the complexities around Slovenian, Eastern European, and global history, culture, language, politics, and violence to unearth art\u2019s entanglement with power at a time when Slovenia was held between nationalist, capitalist, and communist ideologies. Highlighting the epic and heroic graphic style of these prints, this exhibition illuminates the purpose, according to IRWIN,  \u201cto reassert Slovenian culture in a monumental and spectacular way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curatorial Lead: Samantha Sigmon, Assistant Curator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curatorial and Exhibition Interns on Project: Keira January, Clara Kennedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laibach<\/strong>, Die Freiheit F\u00fchrt das Volk – Gerhilda (Liberty Leading the People)<\/em>, 1985, screenprint on paper, Bates Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Robert and Minna Johnson Art Acquisition. 2015.20.9 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laibach<\/strong>, Vsi Mrtvi Ve\u010dno Sanjajo Resnico (All the Dead Eternally Dream About Truth)<\/em>, 1985, screenprint on paper, Bates College Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.20.10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neue Slowenische Kunst (Novi kolektivizem and Laibach)<\/strong>, Krst Pod Triglavom (Baptism under Triglav)<\/em>,1986, Cankajarev Dom Cultural and Congress Center, Ljubljana, screenprint on paper, Bates College Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.20.11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laibach<\/strong>, Die erste Bombardierung! (The First Bombing over Germany!)<\/em>, 1983, screenprint on paper, Bates College Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.20.8 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laibach<\/strong>, Resurr Exit<\/em>, 1985, screenprint on paper, Bates College Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.20.7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laibach<\/strong>, La Libert\u00e9 Guidant le Peuple (Liberty Leading the People)<\/em>, 1985, screenprint on paper, Bates College Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.20.4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laibach<\/strong>, Politizacija \u017eena (The Politicization of Women)<\/em>, 1982, screenprint on paper, Bates College Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.20.6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laibach<\/strong>, Blut Und Eisen (Blood And Iron)<\/em>, 1985, screenprint on paper, Bates College Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.20.5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neue Slowenische Kunst (Builders and Laibach)<\/strong>, TALNI NA\u010cRT KOLONIZACIJE SLOVENSKE ZEMLJE V NSK zavodu izdelali Graditelji (GROUND PLAN OF COLONIZATION OF SLOVENIAN LANDS Created by the Builders at the NSK Institute)<\/em>,1986, screenprint on paper, Bates Museum of Art purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.20.1 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neue Slowenische Kunst (Novi kolektivizem)<\/strong>, Der NSK Koffer F\u00fcr Geistigen Gebrauch (The NSK Suitcase for Spiritual Use),<\/em> 1986, screenprint on paper, Bates Museum of Art, purchase with Elizabeth Gregory MD ’38 Fund, Dorothy Stiles Blankfort Fund, and Robert and Minna Johnson Art Acquisition. 2015.20.3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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