Women Curators: Examining Women’s Roles at the ŠKUC Gallery in the 1980s

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in the 1980s was crowded with collectives, organisations and individuals who fought for autonomous spaces in larger cities where they created thinking hubs brimming with creativity, comradeship and progressive exchange of thought. In Ljubljana, one...

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Main Author: Tia Čiček
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Published: Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw 2021-12-01
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description The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in the 1980s was crowded with collectives, organisations and individuals who fought for autonomous spaces in larger cities where they created thinking hubs brimming with creativity, comradeship and progressive exchange of thought. In Ljubljana, one such location existed at Staritrg 21, a space which the Student Cultural Centre (ŠKUC) acquired in 1978 and where the ŠKUC Gallery currently still operates as part of the same organisation. As various sections (visual art, music, publishing, etc.) operated at the same premises, exhibition-making itself was intertwined with various events and art forms, through which the people behind the ŠKUC also addressed current social issues. The following paper focuses on the work by artistic directors Barbara Borčić and Marina Gržinić during the years between 1982–1985. Gathering their intentions mainly through their writing and selected projects, we clearly see that as artistic directors they created a playground for younger generations to collectively create and produce multifarious forms of artistic expression rooted in social criticism, which is something we can surely learn from even today.
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spelling doaj-art-1034d251b3f94ec78c22e0d041357f8d2025-08-26T11:30:52ZengAcademy of Fine Arts in WarsawMiejsce2450-16112956-41582021-12-017456310.48285/ASPWAW.24501611.MCE.2021.7.3Women Curators: Examining Women’s Roles at the ŠKUC Gallery in the 1980sTia ČičekThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in the 1980s was crowded with collectives, organisations and individuals who fought for autonomous spaces in larger cities where they created thinking hubs brimming with creativity, comradeship and progressive exchange of thought. In Ljubljana, one such location existed at Staritrg 21, a space which the Student Cultural Centre (ŠKUC) acquired in 1978 and where the ŠKUC Gallery currently still operates as part of the same organisation. As various sections (visual art, music, publishing, etc.) operated at the same premises, exhibition-making itself was intertwined with various events and art forms, through which the people behind the ŠKUC also addressed current social issues. The following paper focuses on the work by artistic directors Barbara Borčić and Marina Gržinić during the years between 1982–1985. Gathering their intentions mainly through their writing and selected projects, we clearly see that as artistic directors they created a playground for younger generations to collectively create and produce multifarious forms of artistic expression rooted in social criticism, which is something we can surely learn from even today.https://miejsce.asp.waw.pl/en/women-curators-examining-womens-roles-at-the-skuc-gallery-in-the-1980s/tia čičekbarbara borčićmarina gržiniškuc gallerysocialist federal republic of yugoslavia
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Women Curators: Examining Women’s Roles at the ŠKUC Gallery in the 1980s
Miejsce
tia čiček
barbara borčić
marina gržini
škuc gallery
socialist federal republic of yugoslavia
title Women Curators: Examining Women’s Roles at the ŠKUC Gallery in the 1980s
title_full Women Curators: Examining Women’s Roles at the ŠKUC Gallery in the 1980s
title_fullStr Women Curators: Examining Women’s Roles at the ŠKUC Gallery in the 1980s
title_full_unstemmed Women Curators: Examining Women’s Roles at the ŠKUC Gallery in the 1980s
title_short Women Curators: Examining Women’s Roles at the ŠKUC Gallery in the 1980s
title_sort women curators examining women s roles at the skuc gallery in the 1980s
topic tia čiček
barbara borčić
marina gržini
škuc gallery
socialist federal republic of yugoslavia
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