The exhibition Grandma’s Feast is the artist’s greatest challenge to date, as the focus shifts from the medium to the visitor.
The exhibition itself becomes the medium, an immersive experience that transports the visitor into the warmth of a grandmother’s home. This site-specific installation incorporates technically refined elements, including paintings, sculptures, sound, and homemade sweets, evoking reminiscences of growing up in a fairytale-like, imaginatively rich, and playful environment. The exhibition marks the first milestone in the development of the artist’s master’s project, which she is developing under the mentorship of Asst. Prof. Maja Smrekar and Assoc. Prof. Zora Stančič (MA). At the same time, it concludes a three-month residency in the studio of the DobraVaga gallery, where the artist shaped, tested, and refined her ideas.
Polona Pečan graduated in painting/printmaking from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Zora Stančič (MA) and Asst. Prof. Dr. Tomo Stanič. She received the Prešeren commendation for her thesis The Continual Whirr of Machines. She frequently exhibits in both local and international gallery spaces and was awarded the honorary prize for the development of global printmaking at the International Graphic Triennial Bitola (2021). She is a member of the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies and the Ljubljana Fine Artists Society. In addition to her artistic practice, she works at the Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet.
Curated by: Urška Kleindienst
Free admission.
9. 1.–1. 2. 2025
Organization: DobraVaga / Kino Šiška.
