Red Poppy Fields: The Great War Reflected in Contemporary Photography
Curated by Dejan Sluga and Miha Colner
Photon Gallery
English
Participating artists include: Hassan Abdelghani, Anikó Bodor, András Bozsó, Lara Ciarabellini , diSTRUKTURA, Ernst Friedrich, Peter Hebeisen, Svätolpuk Mikyta, Radenko Milak, Roman Uranjek, Jonathan Olley, Borut Peterlin, Darije Petković, Martin Piaček, Bonnell Robinson, Károly Sándor Áron, Pavel Maria Smejkal, Antal Tarjáni, Vladimír Židlický.
Hardcover
123 pages
240 x 210mm
2017
ISBN 9789619274460
The project of the Poppy Field explores the reasons and consequences of the war, which marks the beginning of the 20th century, and its far-reaching social implications. Participating artists and curators present different views on this turbulent period, drawing parallels between the past and the present, focusing primarily on photographic and video media. The project connects partners from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, that is, from countries that participated in the war mainly as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, nevertheless the participating authors address these phenomena from a broader European perspective.
(source: https://collection.photoireland.org/photobooks/red-poppy-fields/)
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About the Artists
Dejan Sluga graduated Art History and Sociology of Culture at the Philosophical Faculty at the Ljubljana University. He finished his post-graduate studies at the Sotheby’s Art Institute in London and enrolled in Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Humanistic Studies in Koper (unfinished). Sluga worked as a critic, editor and public relations manager for various media and cultural organizations in Ljubljana/Slovenia.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dejan-sluga-141a233b/?originalSubdomain=si
Miha Colner (1978) is an art historian who works as a curator at GBJ – Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia. He is also active as a publicist, specialised in visual arts, namely photography, printmaking, artists’ moving image and various forms of (new) media art. In the period 2017-2020 he was a curator at MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana; in the period 2006-2016 he was a curator at Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana. Since 2005 he has been a contributor of newspapers, magazines, specialist publications, and his personal blog, as well as part-time lecturer. He lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
mihacolner.com
(source: https://mihacolner.com/about/)
About the Publisher
Photon Gallery was founded in Ljubljana in 2003 to present and promote photo-artists from Central and South-Eastern Europe. It regularly shows work by both established artists and young emerging photographers. Photon encompasses various professional activities such as gallery work (production and organization of exhibitions), festivals (organization of Photonic Moments festival), educational work (organization of lectures, guided tours, artist talks, workshops, and from 2020 also “Photonic School”), legal and agency services (artist consulting and copyright issues). At the same time, it focuses on the promotion of artists, popularizes contemporary photography and acquaints the target audience about international news and activities in the field of contemporary photography (website and social media).
https://photon.si/?lang=en
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