With her large mural depicting an animated scene, artist Iva Tratnik enters the field of dreamy nightlife, inviting us along to where the pace is dictated by unpredictable dancing creatures. The wall dance is accompanied by sculptures representing lithe spines, clothed in textile, writhing from under the ceiling, and addressing us in their wavy fragility,
With her large mural depicting an animated scene, artist Iva Tratnik enters the field of dreamy nightlife, inviting us along to where the pace is dictated by unpredictable dancing creatures. The wall dance is accompanied by sculptures representing lithe spines, clothed in textile, writhing from under the ceiling, and addressing us in their wavy fragility, yet also giving exceptional and crucial support as the basis and the inception provided to the painting by the original drawing.
Iva Tratnik (1980) has been exploring diverse artistic practices, including textile collages, oil and acrylic paintings, sculpture, drawing, installations and other site-specific interventions. Made in a collaboration with Marko Jakše, her project War Dance for the Bombarded Moon was exhibited in the Contemporary Arts Gallery Celje, Kibla Maribor and at the Ljubljana Castle (2010/11). Her works have been presented at solo exhibitions Moths Dust in the Plevnik-Kronkowska Gallery, Celje (2011), Blackboard in the gallery Likovni salon, Celje, and at the Sarajevo Winter Festival (2013), Escape: Imaginary Jungle, in the Plevnik-Kronkowska Gallery, Celje (2015), Blanche: Imaginary Jungle in Atelje Gallery, Ljubljana (2015), and in the Slovenia Pavilion at the Expo Milan (2015). She participated in group exhibitions The Taste of a Painting 16/16 in the Equrna Gallery (2011), Beautiful Painting is Behind Us in Maribor Art Gallery (2012), The Art of Dreaming in the gallery Miklova hiša (2012), Poems in the Air in the Contemporary Arts Gallery Celje (2013), Materiality in Kibla (2013) and A Look7, Tottaly Fresh at various locations (2014-15). She also appears in performances and contemporary dance shows, and works as scenographer and costume designer.
Curated by: Lara Plavčak
Kino Šiška, on view every day from noon until 11 pm (first-floor lobby). Admission Free.
Organised by: Kino Šiška.
